News from February 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2013
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Han Sa Yu, 44, a resident of Maryland who is originally from South Korea, was sentenced today to 210 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for using fear, violence and threats of violence to extort Korean businesses operating in Annandale, Va. Yu also agreed to pay over $98,000 in restitution to the victims of his extortion.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 1, 2013
News Release: SERVICES TO CONTINUE AT ECHO BAY BEYOND FEB. 1.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 1, 2013
News Release: Celebrate Gullah Heritage! The National Park Service, in partnership with the Town of Mount Pleasant, is sponsoring a series of free cultural programs at Charles Pinckney National Historic site every Saturday at 2:00 p.m. during March 2013.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 1, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today made the following statement regarding the January jobs report...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2013
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Hudson County, N.J., man who worked as a tax preparer admitted today that he filed falsified returns on behalf of his clients, and also failed to report his own income, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 1, 2013
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement regarding immigration reform and the President's speech on the topic this week...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2013
News Release: Jacie Kyger Agrees To 15-Year Sentence Recommendation.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2013
News Release: Raleigh - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court yesterday, charges were filed under a Criminal Information against TINA LURETHA TYREE JOHNSON, 45, of Rocky Mount, North Carolina. JOHNSON has entered into a plea agreement in which she will pled guilty to Tax Fraud and Aiding and Abetting in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 287 and 2. The case is to be scheduled before Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 1, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced its hearing and vote schedule for the week of February 4, 2013. The committee will launch a new energy hearing series with a review of North America’s abundant energy resources and continue efforts to promote Internet freedom. The committee will also vote on the oversight plan for the 113th Congress.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 1, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced its hearing and vote schedule for the week of February 4, 2013. The committee will launch a new energy hearing series with a review of North America’s abundant energy resources and continue efforts to promote Internet freedom. The committee will also vote on the oversight plan for the 113th Congress.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 1, 2013
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican of the Environment and Public Works Committee, led a group of 23 Senators questioning the administration on how the proposed changes to economic impact analyses required by the Endangered Species Act (ESA) could potentially hide the true impact of a species listing on jobs and private property rights across the nation.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Ashley Cottier, age 36, of Martin, South Dakota appeared before Chief U.S. District Judge Jeffrey L. Viken on Jan. 28, 2013 and pled guilty to distribution of a controlled substance. The maximum penalty upon conviction is 20 years' imprisonment and/or a $1,000,000 fine.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 1, 2013
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today highlighted how the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) resolved dozens of export issues in 2012, freeing up an estimated $4 billion in U.S. agricultural and forestry exports and protecting roughly 30,000 American jobs in the process. The work is highlighted on Performance.gov, a resource for demonstrating how the Obama Administration is improving performance and accountability for the American people and businesses.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 1, 2013
News Release: See "Keepers of the Land: Three Montana Families and Their Homestead Legacies" at the Homestead National Monument of America's Education Center on Saturday and Sunday, February 16 & 17, 2013 at 2 p.m.This is the sixth film in the 2013 "Year of the Homesteader Film Festival"series.The chance for free...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Jesus Enrique Rejon Aguilar, aka “Mamito" and “Caballero," a high ranking member of the “Los Zetas" drug cartel, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to import multi-ton quantities of cocaine and marijuana into the United States, announced Administrator Michele M. Leonhart of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2013
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha and Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced Andrew Rios, 41, of California, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Providence...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2013
News Release: John Arnold, 25, of East St. Louis, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court in East St. Louis, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today. Arnold, who was indicted by a federal grand jury on June 20, 2012, and entered a plea...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 1, 2013
News Release: Grand Teton National Park ranger naturalists invite visitors and area residents to discover the wonders of winter and boost their heart rate during an exhilarating snowshoe hike to Taggart Lake. Join a park ranger from noon to 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, February 6, for a moderately strenuous snowshoe trek to Taggart Lake at the foot of the Teton peaks.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 1, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON- Today, Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa issued the following statement on United States Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan’s retirement.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 1, 2013
News Release: Throughout February - The T. Stell Newman Visitor Center hosts spectacular exhibits that feature gripping stories and information about Guam's history, the Pacific Theater of World War II, and the beautiful natural resources of our island. Visitors can also watch a 10-minute movie in our theater and...
