News from February 2013
By USDA Wire | Feb 8, 2013
The US Agriculture Department published a six page proposed rule on Feb. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 8, 2013
The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on Feb. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 8, 2013
The US Transportation Department published a six page proposed rule on Feb. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Feb 8, 2013
The US Agriculture Department published a three page proposed rule on Feb. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Feb 8, 2013
The US Justice Department published a three page proposed rule on Feb. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2013
News Release: South Bend, Indiana -- The United States Attorney’s Office announced today that.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 8, 2013
News Release: Natural warfare between a virus and a Pseudomonas bacterium is helping U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists continue to learn about the bacterium's ability to kill arugula, broccoli, and several other cruciferous vegetables.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2013
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: WILLIAM ELLIEN, 57, of Savannah, Georgia, was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury sitting in Savannah, Georgia for felony drug charges related to the unlawful distribution of prescription drugs, including percocet and hydrocodone. According to the Indictment and an earlier filed Criminal Complaint, Ellien, a Savannah physician, exchanged prescriptions for very addictive prescription drugs for sex acts with various women from 2009 through 2012.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2013
News Release: Two men who illegally possessed concealed handguns following a fight at a Waterloo liquor store will each serve time in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2013
News Release: RICHARD S. HARTUNIAN, United States Attorney, Northern District of New York, announces that DARNELL WILLIAMS, age 27, of Syracuse, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Syracuse to 150 months imprisonment for his role in conspiring to engage in a pattern of racketeering activity through his membership in the Bricktown Gang, a violent street gang operating on the streets of Syracuse.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Robert Louis Prue, Jr., age 34, of Bonesteel, South Dakota appeared before U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange on February 6, 2013 and pled guilty to one count of Sexual Abuse of a Minor and one count of Sexual Contact with a Minor. The maximum penalty upon conviction is 17 years in custody, a $250,000 fine, or both; a mandatory minimum of 5 years up to life of supervised release; and a $200 special assessment.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2013
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Jose A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), Michael B. Steinbach, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, and Paula Reid...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2013
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A federal grand jury has indicted two members of the Compton 155 street gang on federal hate crime charges related to a racially motivated attack on four African-American juveniles at a residence in the City of Compton on New Year’s Eve.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 8, 2013
News Release: See "A Pioneer Family in Alaska" at the Homestead National Monument of America's Education Center on Saturday and Sunday, February 23 & 24, 2013 at 2 p.m.This is the final film in the 2013 "Year of the Homesteader Film Festival"series. This film features original archival footage of the Kilcher family...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - Western Pennsylvania law enforcement will continue to vigorously enforce federal and state firearms laws that target prohibited possessors, U.S. Attorney David J. Hickton, ATF Acting Asst. Special Agent in Charge Marcus Watson and others announced at a news conference today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2013
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington sentenced Andrew Dennis Kromer (34, St. Petersburg) yesterday to 10 years in federal prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release, for distribution and possession of child pornography. The court also ordered Kromer to forfeit laptop computers and hard drives that he used to facilitate the offenses. Kromer pleaded guilty on Nov. 13, 2012.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2013
News Release: Memphis, TN - Vacha Vaughn, 36, of Memphis, TN was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Samuel H. Mays, Jr. to 438 months in prison for his role in the Craig Petties Drug Trafficking Organization (DTO), announced U.S. Attorney Edward L. Stanton III and Resident Agent-in-Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Memphis office Brian Chambers.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 8, 2013
News Release: Outer Banks Group Superintendent Barclay Trimble announced today that Oregon Inlet, Frisco, and Ocracoke Campgrounds will open to the public on Friday, April 5, 2013.Oregon Inlet and Frisco Campgrounds will close at noon on Oct. 14, 2013.Ocracoke Island Campground, on a reservation system, will close at noon on Oct. 28, 2013.Cape Point Campground in Buxton, on Hatteras Island, will open Friday, May 24, 2013 for Memorial Day weekend and close on Sept. 2, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2013
News Release: This afternoon, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued a final rule formalizing, “the national standard for determining whether a housing practice violates the Fair Housing Act as a result of discriminatory effect." After the announcement of this rule, Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) issued the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2013
News Release: OAKLAND, Calif. - Federal agents arrested Matthew Aaron Llaneza, age 28, of San Jose, Calif., this morning after he allegedly attempted to detonate a vehicle-borne explosive device at a bank branch in Oakland. Llaneza’s arrest was the culmination of an undercover operation during which he was closely...
