News from January 2013
By State Newswire | Jan 22, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, called on the Obama Administration to approve the Keystone pipeline and issued the following statement on today’s announcement that Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman has approved a route for the Keystone pipeline...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 22, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee released a video today in conjunction with its first full Committee hearing- Wasting Information Technology Dollars: How Can the Federal Government Reform its IT Investment Strategy? The hearing is at 1 p.m. and can be viewed online here.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2013
News Release: DENVER - Steven Raines, age 35, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge R. Brooke Jackson to serve 412 months (over 34 years) in federal prison for attempted coercion and enticement (to engage in unlawful sexual activity with a minor child) and distribution of child pornography...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today Christine Whitney, 35, of Williamsville, N.Y., pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Court Judge Richard J. Arcara to using an unauthorized access device. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison, a $250,000 fine or both.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 22, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today applauded Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman’s approval of the revised route for the Keystone XL pipeline.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2013
News Release: US Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Sioux Falls man charged with bank robbery was sentenced on Jan. 18, 2013, by US District Judge Karen E. Schreier. Alvione Anthony Jones, age 22, was sentenced to 70 months in custody and ordered to pay over $1,600 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2013
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By State Newswire | Jan 22, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on the conclusion of today’s Israeli election...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 22, 2013
News Release: Today’s hearing appears to have been originally designed to give the veneer of credibility to the notion that it might be appropriate, thinkable, or manageable to default on our debt.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - A Lawrence gang member pleaded guilty today to illegally possessing a firearm and 84 rounds of ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2013
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Michael B. Steinbach, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, announced today’s sentencing of Pedro Antonio Marcuello Guzman, 46, of Miami, Florida, and Maria Martha...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2013
News Release: MEDFORD, Ore. - Francisco Hernandez-Figueroa, 29, from San Rafael, Mexico and Jaime Eugene Muniz, 28, from Sacramento, California were both sentenced to federal prison for possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute it. U.S. District Judge Owen M. Panner sentenced Hernandez-Figueroa to 120...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 22, 2013
News Release: U.S. House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Collin C. Peterson, D-Minn., today announced the Democratic Ranking Members and Subcommittee membership for the Agriculture Committee’s five Subcommittees. Peterson will serve as an ex officio member of all subcommittees.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2013
News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La.: United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that Edward Rodriguez, 39, an inmate at Pollock USP, was sentenced today to an additional two years in prison for assaulting a Bureau of Prison employee.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 22, 2013
News Release: A rock slide occurred sometime on Jan. 20, 2013 and has blocked a 100 foot section of the towpath east of the Paw Paw Tunnel. The Paw Paw Tunnel and this section of towpath are currently closed and will remain so until a full assessment of the area can be made to safely conduct repairs. A detour route has been established on the Paw Paw Tunnel Hill trail. For additional information, call the Cumberland Visitor Center at (301) 722-8226.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2013
News Release: US Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Joshua Hale, age 22, of Cherry Creek, South Dakota, appeared before US Magistrate Judge Mark A. Moreno on Jan. 18, 2013, and pled guilty to a Superseding Information that charged him with Assault by Striking, Beating and Wounding. The maximum penalty upon conviction is 6 months in custody, a $5,000 fine, restitution, and a $10 special assessment.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2013
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that a Huntington couple was sentenced to federal prison for illegal firearm possession. Steven Ray Pauley, 32, of Huntington, was sentenced to two and a half years in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Pauley...
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 22, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C.- U.S. Representative Nick J. Rahall (D-WV), Democratic Leader of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today announced that the Committee Democratic Caucus has selected Subcommittee Ranking Members for each of its six panels.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Brian Crowell, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York Division and William J. Hochul, Jr. United States. Attorney, Western District of New York announced Friday, Jan. 18, 2013 that a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Steven Bennett, 42, of Buffalo, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A citizen of Mexico has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating federal immigration laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
