News from February 2013
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.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 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, Jose A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), and Marlies T.
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. 12, 2013, before Chief U.S. District Judge Richard F. Cebull, WAMBLEE TONKA ROWLAND, a 34-year-old resident of Lame Deer and an enrolled member of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe, pled guilty to assault with a dangerous weapon. Sentencing has been set for May 15, 2013. He is currently detained.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Paul David Hite, 58, of Midlothian, Va., was found guilty by a jury today of two federal charges of attempting to entice a minor to engage in illicit sexual activity, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. and Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
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, RODRICK D. GANT, a 23-year-old resident of Billings, was sentenced to a term of.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 13, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today overwhelmingly approved the Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act, H.R. 267, bipartisan legislation authored by Energy and Commerce Committee members Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Diana DeGette (D-CO). H.R. 267 will help facilitate the development...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 13, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today held a hearing to discuss the current flu season, its impact on Americans and the nation’s preparedness and response efforts. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Thomas Frieden, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2013
News Release: BOSTON A Worcester man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Worcester for stealing over 50 firearms from a licensed gun dealer and reselling the weapons.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Fairfax, Va.-based skilled nursing facility Fairfax Nursing Center (FNC) and its owners have agreed to pay $700,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by knowingly submitting or causing the submission to Medicare of false claims for non-reimbursable rehabilitation therapy services, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 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, Jose A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), and Marlies T.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 13, 2013
Release: The House Agriculture Committee met today to approve its oversight plan for the 113th Congress.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 13, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today held a hearing to discuss the current flu season, its impact on Americans and the nation’s preparedness and response efforts. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Thomas Frieden, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that an Ormond Beach, Florida man appeared before Chief U.S. District Judge Jeffrey L. Viken on February 8, 2013 and pled guilty to Trafficking in Counterfeit Goods or Services. The maximum penalty upon conviction is 10 years' imprisonment and/or a $2,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2013
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Kathy Fernandez Rundle, State Attorney for Miami-Dade County, jointly announced the filing of a federal and state charges against defendant Kathryn Abbate, 64, of Hollywood, Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2013
News Release: A federal grand jury returned a 31-count indictment charging a Brian D. Krantz with crimes related to filing income tax refunds totaling more than $8.8 million, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Darryl Williams, IRS-Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 13, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Representatives Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Colleen Hanabusa (D-Hawaii) introduced legislation today that would restore the authority of the Department of Interior to put land into trust for all Indian tribes, regardless of when they were federally recognized by the United States.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 13, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today overwhelmingly approved the Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act, H.R. 267, bipartisan legislation authored by Energy and Commerce Committee members Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Diana DeGette (D-CO). H.R. 267 will help facilitate the development...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 13, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Vice Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) today responded to President Obama’s executive order on cybersecurity and reiterated their support for legislation to improve information sharing to mitigate and respond to cyber...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 13, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Vice Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) today responded to President Obama’s executive order on cybersecurity and reiterated their support for legislation to improve information sharing to mitigate and respond to cyber...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2013
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Yanira del Carmen Guerrero Andrade, aka Yadira or Litsy, 28, an illegal alien from El Salvador formerly of Adelphi, Md., pleaded guilty today to recruiting a 15-year-old runaway to engage in commercial sex for a prostitution ring.
