News from February 2013
By DOL Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.- Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA) today applauded a “Let’s Move!" announcement from First Lady Michelle Obama that will help ensure that more students can get 60 minutes of physical activity while at school. Companies and institutions...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: Everglades National Park is seeking public comment on its Draft General Management Plan / East Everglades Wilderness Study / Environmental Impact Statement (Draft GMP). The Draft GMP was released today for public review and public comment is requested by Sunday, May 12, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: MOBILE, Ala. - Robert Lee Locke, 29, of Prichard, Alabama, was sentenced in federal court today for his assault of two United States deputy marshals. Court documents reflect that the attack occurred outside a federal courtroom where Locke had just been sentenced for a violation of a supervised release...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: Boston - An Illinois man was sentenced today in federal court for an interstate sex offense involving a 15-year-old girl.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure today approved a number of General Services Administration (GSA) leases for federal work space that will save taxpayers over $350 million with reductions in space for federal agencies and more efficient utilization rates.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: Raleigh - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court on Feb. 27, 2013, Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever III, sentenced FREDERICK WILLIAMS, 29, of Ash, North Carolina, to 112 months imprisonment followed by 3 years supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: HOUSTON - Timothy Ross Estabrook, 52, has been charged with trafficking in counterfeit Viagra® and Cialis®, introducing and delivering misbranded drugs into interstate commerce, smuggling and conspiracy, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: Permits Required Seven Days Per Week to Hike Half Dome Cables.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: (WASHINGTON, D.C.) - U.S. Sens. Tom Coburn, M.D. (R-OK) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) today introduced a bill that would reduce the federal funding available for the acquisition and leasing of new federal vehicles by 20 percent. The legislation would save approximately $500 million by reducing the amount...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: SAN JUAN, PR - On Feb. 26, 2013, a federal grand jury indicted 42 individuals as a result of an investigation led by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)-Homeland Security Investigations (HIS) and the Puerto Rico Police Department (PRPD), announced today United States Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez. The following agencies collaborated during the arrests: DEA, FBI, ATF, CBP, San Juan and Guaynabo Municipal Police.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Eastern District of Arkansas. Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. Little Rock - Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, and Christopher Henry, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI)...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: TAMPA, 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 that earlier this week U.S. District Judge James D. Whittemore sentenced Jose (61, Colombia) to 20 years...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Missoula, on Feb. 27, 2013, before U.S. District Judge Donald W. Molloy, AUDRA ANN FISHER, a 43-year-old resident of Missoula, appeared for sentencing. FISHER was sentenced to a term of.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: Defendant Who Received Multiple Still Images and Videos of Child Pornography Sentenced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: Five Cleveland men were indicted on charges of being felons in possession of a firearm or ammunition, said U.S. Attorney Steven M. Dettelbach.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Michael B. Steinbach, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, and José A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), announced...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. - A new National Park Service (NPS) report for 2011 shows that the 650,000 visitors to national park lands in the Santa Monica Mountains spent $26 million in the surrounding community. This spending supported 350 jobs in the local area.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: TAMPA, FL - U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington sentenced Tampa residents Juan Miranda Amores (44) and Yudelkis Portes (31) for credit card fraud and identity theft. Miranda Amores was sentenced to seven years and three months in federal prison. Portes was sentenced to five years in federal prison. The court also ordered both Miranda Amores and Portes to forfeit $59,897.84 each, the proceeds of the credit card fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - U.S. Attorney Robert E. O'Neill announces that a federal jury today found Dr. Stephen M. Lovell (55, Windermere) guilty of conspiracy to commit health care fraud. He faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for June 10, 2013.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON -Today, Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa released the following responding to the Attorney General’s statement that he does not respect members of Congress, including 17 Democrats, who voted to hold him in contempt...
