News published on Federal Newswire in January 2013

News from January 2013


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Week In Review – South Bend

News Release: South Bend, Indiana -- The United States Attorney’s Office announced today that.


News Release: Jackson, TN - Stephen E. Scott, 42, of Big Sandy, TN, was convicted this week of one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Edward L. Stanton III.


News Release: United States Attorney Robert Pitman and FBI Special Agent in Charge Mark Morgan announced that in El Paso this morning, 47-year-old Joe Tapia, III, of El Paso, was sentenced to the statutory maximum of 30 years in federal prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release after pleading guilty in October to solicitation of material relating to the sexual exploitation of children.


News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Dwayne O’Hagan, 30, of Woonsocket, arrested by members of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) Drug Task Force in April 2012 for dealing cocaine on the streets of Woonsocket, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Providence today to 24 months in federal prison, the high end...


Breakthrough Large-Scale Industrial Project Begins Carbon Capture and Utilization

News Release: Washington, DC - A breakthrough carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) project in Texas has begun capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) and piping it to an oilfield for use in enhanced oil recovery (EOR).


Increase in Campground Fee and New House Tour Fee Sought for National Lakeshore

News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE: The National Park Service is seeking an increase in the fee for camping to cover the cost of adding municipal water to the Dunewood Campground in Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. A new municipal waterline was installed in 2012 and will go into service in 2013. The municipal...


Blackfoot Man Pleads Guilty To Arson

News Release: POCATELLO -Trevor James Hurley, 20, of Blackfoot, Idaho, pleaded guilty yesterday in United States District Court in Pocatello to arson, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced.


News Release: More than $400,000 worth of illegal hormones sold.


News Release: United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Richard Stephen Stringer, Sr., 67, of Deer Park, Alabama, has been indicted by a grand jury on charges of conspiracy and theft of government money.


News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Chinese business owner and his employee pleaded guilty and were sentenced in federal court today for conspiring to steal trade secrets from Pittsburgh Corning Corporation, which has a manufacturing plant in Sedalia, Mo., that produces FOAMGLAS® insulation.


East Moriches Man To Be Arraigned Today On Charge Of Child Pornography Possession

News Release: Defendant Allegedly Took Photographs Of Children In Public Settings Which He Used To Create Images Of Child Pornography.


News Release: Amy M. Shelby, 38, of Madison, IL, was sentenced to fifteen months in prison, to be followed by three years on supervised release, and restitution of $112,383.52, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today. Shelby was indicted by a grand jury in July 2012 and later Shelby plead guilty to the federal offense of wire fraud.


News Release: Fairbanks, Alaska -U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that a Fairbanks man was sentenced in federal court in Fairbanks for two counts of drug trafficking.



News Release: Fort Wayne, Indiana- The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity.


News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen Loeffler announced today that a Juneau resident was sentenced in Juneau to federal prison for drug conspiracy.


Salt Basin Dunes Enhanced Visitor Use FONSI

News Release: (Pine Springs, TX) On Dec. 21, 2012, Intermountain Regional Director John Wessels signed a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for a project to enhance visitor access to the Salt Basin Dunes on the west side of Guadalupe Mountains National Park. This step concludes the agency's environmental...


Judge Sentences Miami Men For December 2010 Murder Of Postal Worker In Identity Theft Scheme

News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Antonio J. Gomez, Acting Inspector in Charge, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, José A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Division (IRS-CI), J.D. Patterson, Acting Director, Miami-Dade...


Baucus Picks Montana Leader for Spot on Social Security Advisory Board

News Release: Washington, DC - Senator Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today selected Bernadette Franks-Ongoy, a leading disability rights advocate in Montana, to be a member of the Social Security Advisory Board (SSAB).