News from February 2013
By Commerce News Now | Feb 1, 2013
The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on Feb. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2013
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Chief U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced Dennis Smith, a/k/a Domo, age 31, of Capitol Heights, Maryland, today to 150 months in prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, for transporting a minor to engage in prostitution and sex trafficking of a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Joseph Marranca, Jr., 68, of Lancaster, N.Y., who was convicted of attempted receipt of child pornography, was sentenced to five year in prison and five years supervised release by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 1, 2013
News Release: The book In Full Glory Reflected: Discovering the War of 1812 in the Chesapeake was recognized with an award by the Maryland Historical Trust.The book serves as the history and travel guide to the Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail.The award was accepted at the ceremony in Annapolis by authors Ralph Eshelman and Burt Kummerow, and trail manager Suzanne Copping and interpretive specialist Paula Degen of the National Park Service.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2013
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Michael B. Steinbach, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, Jose A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), and Marlies...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 1, 2013
News Release: (Munising, MICH.) Join a Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore Park Ranger for the 2013 Fireside Chat speaker series. Enjoy new information, discussion and refreshments. All programs are at 7 p.m. at the Munising Falls Interpretive Center located at 1505 Sand Point Road in Munising, across from the Munising Memorial Hospital.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2013
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Michael B. Steinbach, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, Jose A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), and Jeff...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2013
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Michael B. Steinbach, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, W. Howard Harrison, Chief, Plantation Police Department, and Anthony Strianese, Chief, Delray Beach Police Department...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Dowen Knight, 48, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 52 ½ years in prison for first-degree felony murder while armed and related charges in the slaying of a Northwest Washington store owner, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2013
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La: United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that Isaac Hashi, 32, of San Diego, Calif., was sentenced on Wednesday to 18 years in prison for stabbing a federal prison guard with a makeshift knife.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2013
News Release: A 50-year-old Canton pharmacist who owned and operated 26 pharmacies in the metro-Detroit area was sentenced today to 17 years in prison, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2013
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A federal grand jury has returned a nine-count indictment that charges a now-shuttered Santa Monica sushi restaurant and two men who worked there as chefs with selling meat from Sei whales, which are protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 1, 2013
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has filed an administrative action under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) against Avocado Importers International Inc., doing business as Ultimate Avocado.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 1, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC -On Tuesday, February 5, 2013, Reps. Patrick Meehan (R-Pennsylvania), Carolyn Maloney (D-New York), Scott Rigell (R-Virginia), and Elijah Cummings (D-Maryland) will hold a press conference to announce the introduction of the first bipartisan bill in the House of Representatives during...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2013
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-Yesterday in federal court in St. Paul, a trial jury found a 35-year-old Red Lake man guilty of domestic assault involving a woman on the Red Lake Indian Reservation. On Jan. 31, 2012, Brian Gordon Graves was convicted on one count of assault with a dangerous weapon and one count of domestic...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2013
News Release: AMARILLO, Texas - Larry Boyd Wren, II, 40, appeared in federal court in Amarillo, Texas, yesterday, and pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Mary Lou Robinson to one count of mailing a threatening communication. Wren faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine. A sentencing date was not set. Today’s announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2013
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On Feb. 1, 2013, Tracy Lee White, age 47, of Gary, Indiana, was sentenced to 240 months imprisonment for conspiracy to manufacture, distribute, and possess with intent to distribute at least 1000 kilograms of marijuana, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt. United...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 1, 2013
News Release: COOLIDGE, AZ-Bring your family and friends to Casa Grande Ruins National Monument on Saturday and Sunday, February 9-10, to celebrate Native American culture with a full weekend of visual arts, music, dance, foods, and storytelling. From 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 each day, more than forty artisans will show...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 1, 2013
News Release: U.S. House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Higher Education and Workforce Training Subcommittee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) have launched a comprehensive review of the federal Job Corps program. In response to ongoing reports of financial challenges, the committee seeks information from the Obama administration, operators of Job Corps centers, and the National Job Corps Association.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2013
News Release: Memphis, TN - Melvin Victor Robinson, 32, a former Memphis Police Officer, was sentenced today to 84 months in federal prison following his guilty plea to civil rights violations and attempting to possess 10 kilograms of cocaine with the intent to distribute, announced U.S. Attorney Edward L. Stanton III.
