News from February 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Eric Gaskin, 39, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 360 days in jail, with all but 180 days suspended, on two counts of animal cruelty stemming from the abuse of two kittens, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2013
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. -A Middlesex County, N.J., man was arrested today for allegedly producing and distributing numerous images of child pornography, some taken in his own bedroom, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2013
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska B U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that an Oregon resident was indicted by the federal grand jury sitting in Anchorage, Alaska, for flying without a valid airman’s certificate. The offenses charged occurred in Alaska from April 1, 2010, through June 10, 2010.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Great Falls, on Feb. 21, 2013, before U.S. Magistrate Judge R. Keith Strong, the following individuals were arraigned.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 22, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 22, 2013 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) today sent a letter to Department of the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to follow up on a more than two and a half year investigation into the Obama Administration’s decision to throw out the 2008 Stream...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2013
News Release: Today, the Republican leadership announced they will bring their version of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) reauthorization to the House Floor next week. As opposed to S. 47, which passed the Senate with a bipartisan vote of 78 to 22 last week, the House Republican version of VAWA omits protections ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2013
News Release: Hammond, Indiana - The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in Federal Court.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 22, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 22, 2013 - In a major victory for American agriculture, the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a landmark ruling Thursday in the case reaffirming that government decision-making must be based on science and not the misguided agenda of activist groups. House Natural Resources...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 22, 2013
News Release: San Francisco, CA--Golden Gate National Recreational Area is showing some color and humor with its exhibit in the Southwest Airlines Chinese New Year Parade 2013 in the form of a colorful 60' endangered San Francisco garter snake chasing an equally endangered California red-legged frog. This Saturday, Feb. 23, the National Park Service will join in the celebration by carrying a magnificent handmade fabric snake created by park staff and volunteers.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2013
News Release: JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Robert E. O’Neill, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced yesterday that a federal jury found Frank (36, Hastings) guilty of one count of conspiracy to manufacture...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2013
News Release: Henry Ingram, 34, an inmate at the United States Penitentiary at Marion, Illinois, was sentenced today in United States District Court in Benton to a term of 42 months’ imprisonment for assaulting a correctional officer at that facility, announced Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois. The offense occurred on Aug. 21, 2012. Ingram pled guilty to the single count indictment charging him with assault on November 19th.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 22, 2013
News Release: HARKERS ISLAND, NC - The North Carolina coast is an ever changing environment. Explore the effects of Climate Change-one factor that is rapidly changing our coast-during the March Second Saturday Event at Cape Lookout National Seashore's Harkers Island Visitor Center.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2013
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Kelly Jackson, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) in Minneapolis, José A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, IRS-CI, Miami Field Office, Larry Gomer, Chief, North Miami Beach...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 22, 2013
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - Brandon Torres, Grand Canyon National Park's Chief of Emergency Services, is a real life action hero, ready to hang from a helicopter, dangle off a cliff, or climb a mountain to assist someone in need. Since becoming a park ranger in 1998, he has dedicated his life to helping others as a federal law enforcement officer, paramedic, rescuer, firefighter, coach, guide, and teacher.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 22, 2013
News Release: ANDERSONVILLE, Georgia - Andersonville National Historic Site will host its annual Civil War Living History Weekend on Saturday, March 9 and Sunday, March 10, 2013.This living history program offers visitors the opportunity to gain a better understanding of what life was like at Camp Sumter, the infamous Civil War military prison near Andersonville. Civil War period living historians will portray Union prisoners and Confederate guards.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 22, 2013
News Release: FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA - Do you "dig" archeology? So do the Flagstaff Area National Monuments. Throughout the month of March, visit Walnut Canyon, Wupatki, and Sunset Crater Volcano to learn more about the amazing science of archeology and how it is used in your National Parks and Monuments. There won't be any digging, but it will be a lot of fun for the whole family.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 22, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.) commended the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) launch of the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies (NICCS ), an online resource for cybersecurity career, education, and training...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2013
News Release: HOUSTON - Matthew David Eyerly, 36, has been handed a 30-year term of federal imprisonment following his conviction of conspiracy to produce child pornography and possession of child pornography, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Eyerly pleaded guilty May 16, 2012.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2013
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a state employee is among three persons indicted for their roles in a conspiracy to commit marriage fraud in order to evade immigration laws.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 22, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Senator Tom Carper (D-DE), Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Congressman Dave Reichert (R-WA), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Ways and Means, along with Congressmen Erik Paulsen (R-MN) and Tom...
