News from January 2013
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 7, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Reps. Darrell E. Issa and Elijah E. Cummings, sent a joint letter to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and Comptroller of the Currency Thomas Curry requesting a briefing as the agencies finalize...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 7, 2013
News Release: Pipestone, MN: Glen Livermont, Superintendent, at Pipestone National Monument, announces the third presentation in this year's Guest Speaker Series. Guest speakers, Dr. Theodore Catton and Dr. Diane Krahe, will be talking about indigenous Maori Sacred Sites and the National Parks of New Zealand at the Pipestone Performing Arts Center, Pipestone, Minnesota, on Friday, January 18th from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Attorney General Eric Holder announced today the appointment of U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Loretta E. Lynch as chair of the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee of U.S. Attorneys (AGAC). Attorney General Holder also appointed U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia Sally Quillian Yates to serve as vice chair. Both appointments became effective Jan. 1, 2013.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 7, 2013
Release: By Sonya Jenkins, FAS Agricultural Marketing Specialist, U.S. Embassy, Ottawa, Canada.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2013
News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss - Regon Hollis Hill, 32, of Prentiss, and Jonas A. Windham, 31, of Laurel, were both sentenced in federal court this week by U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett in two separate federal firearms cases, U. S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 7, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Former Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., will set a precedent by including his Committee emails with the rest of his Committee records to be sent to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2013
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - Charles M. Oberly, III, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that Kyong Ho Kim, age 45, of Newark, Delaware, was sentenced today by the Honorable Leonard P. Stark, United States District Judge for the District of Delaware, to 97 months imprisonment and full...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2013
News Release: Keith Gidelson, 36, a former Philadelphia Police Detective, was sentenced today to 4 years in prison for operating anabolic steroid and human growth hormone (“HGH") distribution organization in Philadelphia and throughout the United States. His wife, Kirsten Gidelson, was sentenced to three years probation...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2013
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Peter A. Laporte, 47, of Warwick, a four-time convicted felon who helped orchestrate the straw-purchase of 10 firearms and a significant quantity of ammunition from a federally licensed firearms dealer in Wyoming, R.I., pleaded guilty today in federal court to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2013
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced that Italian citizen ISIDORO “MARIO" GARBARINO was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to time served - approximately four months in prison - and will be deported for unlawfully importing more than 100,000...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2013
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - Federal prosecutors have charged a Birmingham real estate lawyer with wire fraud in connection with a nearly $1 million mortgage fraud scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2013
News Release: U.S. Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Winner man convicted of one count of Assault With a Dangerous Weapon and one count of Brandishing a Firearm During, in Relation to, or in Furtherance of a Crime of Violence or Drug Trafficking Crime was sentenced on January 4, 2013, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann. Anthony Brown Otter, age 25, was sentenced to 125 months in custody, 3 years of supervised release, and a $200 special assessment.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 7, 2013
News Release: The success of Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area's Volunteers-in-the-Parks program is a result of the hard work and dedication of the volunteers who choose to serve at the park. The park relies on the skills, talents, and abilities of many individuals to assist park staff in providing a quality visitor experience while preserving and protecting the natural and cultural resources of the park.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Wally Reynolds, 36, of Niagara Falls, N.Y., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara, to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 100 kilograms of marijuana. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 40 years, a $2,000,000 fine, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2013
News Release: U.S. Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Dustin Swimmer, age 26, of Wakpala, appeared before U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann on Jan. 3, 2013, and pled guilty to a superseding information that charged him with Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess With Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance. The maximum penalty upon conviction is 20 years' imprisonment, a $1,000,000 fine, or both, and a period of supervised release of 3 years.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2013
News Release: SHERMAN, Texas - Two Collin County, Texas men, including the former mayor of the city of Melissa, have pleaded guilty in connection with a bribery scheme in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Jason Bielicki was sentenced today by United States District Judge John M. Gerrard to 84 months in federal prison followed by 5 years of supervised release after entering a guilty plea to one count of Receipt and Distribution of Child Pornography.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 7, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today announced the committee will conduct its formal organizational meeting for the 113th Congress on Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The meeting will include the adoption of Committee Rules and the formal appointment of Subcommittee leadership and member rosters.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Waubay, South Dakota, man convicted of Unlawful Possession of Migratory Birds, Unlawful Possession of Endangered Species, and Unlawful Taxidermy Services, was sentenced on Jan. 3, 2013, by United States District Judge Charles B. Kornmann. Kevin Jorgenson, age 54, was sentenced to 2 years of probation with 8 months of home confinement, $15,000 in restitution, and a $45 assessment to the Victim Assistance Fund.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 7, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today announced the committee will conduct its formal organizational meeting for the 113th Congress on Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The meeting will include the adoption of Committee Rules and the formal appointment of Subcommittee leadership and member rosters.
