News from February 2013
By Interior Newswire | Feb 14, 2013
News Release: In the summer of 2012 the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) was officially documented in Ross County. This exotic beetle has already decimated ash trees in many parts of Ohio causing millions of dollars in damage. However, all is not lost in the battle to lessen the damage and save valuable trees. New research...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 14, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today unveiled a new version of legislation to allow Southeast Alaska’s Sealaska Native Regional Corp. to complete the aboriginal land claims selections promised its shareholders 42 years ago under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA).
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 14, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee adopted the bipartisan Committee report entitled “Billions of Federal Tax Dollars Misspent on New York’s Medicaid Program." The report details some of the historic problems with New York State’s Medicaid program as revealed by independent...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Mission, South Dakota woman convicted of Involuntary Manslaughter was sentenced on Feb. 12, 2013 by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Harold Howard, 42, of Buffalo, N.Y., was convicted after a jury trial of conspiracy to distribute cocaine, possession with intent to distribute cocaine, possession of firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking crimes, possession of firearms and ammunition while being a convicted felon, and unlawful possession of a machine gun. The charges carry a mandatory minimum sentence of 35 years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2013
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Lemoyne Veney, age 44, of Clarksville, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to bank fraud conspiracy and aggravated identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Ceres, California man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Failure to Pay Legal Child Support.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 14, 2013
News Release: As a father of two young boys, I know today’s kids learn differently than previous generations. They are more adept at effortlessly figuring out new technology and seamlessly incorporating it into their daily lives.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 14, 2013
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will host the free Measurement Science and Standards in Forensic Handwriting Analysis Conference on its Gaithersburg, Maryland, campus on June 4 and 5, 2013. This conference, organized by NIST's Law Enforcement Standards Office in collaboration...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - - Twenty-one individuals have been charged with using fraudulent prescriptions to unlawfully obtain Oxycodone, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth J. Gonzales, Second Judicial District Attorney Kari E. Brandenburg, Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) El Paso Field Division, and Executive Director Larry Loring, R.Ph., of the New Mexico Board of Pharmacy.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2013
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury in Fresno returned an indictment today charging Enrique Reynosa, 36, of Calexico, with possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine and cocaine following a California Highway (CHP) traffic stop in Kern County, according to Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2013
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - John D. Anderson, 48, of Lake, Mississippi, pled guilty in U.S. District Court to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than five grams of methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis announced. Anderson will be sentenced on April 30, 2013, and a faces a maximum penalty of 40 years in prison and a $5 million fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault With a Dangerous Weapon and Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 14, 2013
News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE: Get a sweet taste of spring at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore's annual Maple Sugar Time. The historic Chellberg Farm will be bustling with the activities of maple sugaring from 10:00 am - 4:00 pm on the weekends of March 2 & 3 and March 9 & 10, 2013. Join park rangers and volunteers for this fun and educational event marking the unofficial start of spring in dune country.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2013
News Release: Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that on Feb. 14, 2013, Kerry L. Smith, 41, of Carbondale, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court in Benton, Illinois. Smith, who had previously pled guilty to a five-count indictment charging...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2013
News Release: Grimmett had more than 600 child-pornography pictures and videos on his computer.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2013
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury in Fresno returned an indictment today charging Marcos Antonio Robles, 36, of Fresno, for his involvement in a marijuana cultivation operation in Mendota, Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 14, 2013
News Release: The Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, chaired by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), today held a hearing entitled, "Sequestration: Examining Employers’ WARN Act Responsibilities." The hearing examined guidance released in July 2012 by the Department of Labor that states the WARN Act does not apply to sequestration. Members also discussed the department’s failure to fully cooperate with the committee’s oversight efforts surrounding this important issue.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 14, 2013
News Release: An exhibition organized by Xiomáro Art Studio in partnership with Sagamore Hill National Historic Site and the Oyster Bay Historical Society.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney James L. Santelle announced today that on Feb. 13, 2013, a federal jury in Green Bay, Wisconsin found Kalmar Gronvall guilty of three counts of tax evasion. Gronvall (age: 68) who previously resided in Shawano, Wisconsin, was convicted of attempting to evade more than $430,000 in federal taxes he owed for the years 2006 - 2008.
