News from February 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2013
News Release: Memphis, TN - Clarence Mumford, Sr., 59, of Memphis, has pled guilty to charges related to the teacher certification cheating scam of which he was the ringleader, announced United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, Edward L. Stanton III. Mumford was originally charged in July 2012...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2013
News Release: CONCORD, NH -Inez Rodriguez, 43, of Manchester, was sentenced in United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to 12 months in prison and 2 years of supervised release, for her involvement in the distribution of oxycodone and crack cocaine, announced United States Attorney John P. Kacavas.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Three people have been charged this week in Newark, Miami and New York City with wildlife smuggling and related charges for their alleged roles in an international rhino horn smuggling ring, the Department of Justice announced today. The arrests and charges are the result of “Operation Crash"...
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 13, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Representative Nick J. Rahall, top Democrat on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today urged his colleagues to retain a strong Federal role for development of critical, job-creating infrastructure. At a hearing before Rahall’s Committee to examine the Federal role in infrastructure, business and labor leaders offered testimony on the economic and job creation benefits that investment in modern infrastructure yields.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2013
News Release: PHOENIX - Valentine’s Day is a time to celebrate loving relationships. But maybe it is also a good time for parents to check-in with their teenagers who may be involved in a romantic relationship.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2013
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge William D. Quarles, Jr., sentenced Barry Thomas, age 51, of Baltimore, Maryland, today to 235 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking. Judge Quarles enhanced Thomas’ sentence upon finding that he is a career offender based on two previous drug trafficking convictions.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 13, 2013
News Release: The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure held its first hearing of the 113th Congress today focusing on the importance of infrastructure to the U.S. economy and examining the role played by the Federal Government in ensuring safe, efficient, and reliable infrastructure.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 13, 2013
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Colorado will offer five parcels totaling 5,577 acres during the quarterly competitive oil and gas lease sale scheduled for 9 a.m., May 9, 2013, at the Colorado State Office in Lakewood.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Great Falls, on Feb. 12, 2013, before U.S. District Judge Sam E. Haddon, LOGAN QUINN SANDAU, a 24-year-old resident of Poplar and an enrolled member of a federally recognized tribe, appeared for sentencing. SANDAU was sentenced to a term of.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 13, 2013
News Release: House Republicans leaders today urged President Obama to work with the U.S. Senate to confirm four qualified individuals to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The letter is in response to a unanimous decision by a federal appeals court that ruled President Obama’s controversial recess appointments ...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 13, 2013
News Release: On March 1st, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) will sequester $85 billion in FY 2013 spending as mandated by the Budget Control Act, unless Congress acts. This across-the-board cut will slow economic growth and job creation while cutting critical services and investments.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2013
News Release: Defendants Include Organization Insider Who Processed Fraudulent Applications.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2013
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Union County, N.J., man employed by the Westfield, N.J., branch of TD Bank was sentenced today to 37 months in prison for his role in a plan to rob the bank, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 13, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C.--U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement on the Committee's approval of the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA), the Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers Who Deliver Infants Early (PREEMIE) Act, and new chairmen of the Children and Families and Primary Health and Aging Subcommittees.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Billings, on Feb. 13, 2013, before Chief U.S. District Judge Richard F. Cebull, HEATHER LOUISE MANYEN, a 32-year-old resident of Laurel, pled guilty to conspiracy to possess methamphetamine with intent to distribute and distribute. Sentencing has been set for May 16, 2013. She is currently released on special conditions.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 13, 2013
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Indian Energy is collaborating with the University of Alaska Fairbanks ACEP (Alaska Center for Energy and Power) to support in-depth technical and economic analysis of wind-diesel energy systems in rural Alaska. The resulting report will evaluate the costs and benefits of installing hybrid power systems in Alaska Native villages to alleviate high energy costs by reducing dependence on imported fossil fuels.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2013
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A man who was arrested on a bus pleaded guilty Thursday to robbing a bank in Kansas City, Kan., U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2013
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Ocean County man today admitted his role in a mortgage loan fraud scheme that succeeded in obtaining $4.4 million in mortgage loans while masquerading as a foreclosure rescue operation based in Holmdel, N.J., U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2013
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Dennis Nicholas, 62, Bernadette Nicholas, 64, both of Newtown Square, PA, and Kevin McAllister, 59, of Drexel Hill, PA, were sentenced today for engaging in schemes to defraud Wilmington Trust Federal Savings Bank and Malvern Federal Savings Bank that involved properties valued at more...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2013
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, PA - A resident of Blairsville, Pa., pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
