News from July 2013
By DOT News Wire | Jul 15, 2013
The US Transportation Department published a five page rule on July 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Jul 15, 2013
The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on July 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 15, 2013
The US Labor Department published a one page proposed rule on July 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 15, 2013
News Release: Copper Center, AK -- Federal subsistence registration permits for permit hunts in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve will be available starting Tuesday, July 30, at the park's Visitor Center in Copper Center and the Slana Ranger Station. The Visitor Center is open seven days a week from 9...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2013
News Release: St. Louis, MO - St. Louis, MO - Carl Mathews was sentenced to 120 months in prison on charges involving the sex trafficking of two area women by force and intimidation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2013
News Release: Robert Brown, Jr., Facing A Minimum Of 5 Years In Federal Prison.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 15, 2013
News Release: A new system that monitors livestock feeding behavior has been developed by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Kadoka, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly unlawfully entering the Indian Health Service Clinic at Wanblee and stealing prescription pills on July 5, 2013.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 15, 2013
News Release: Patchogue, NY - Fire Island National Seashore Superintendent Chris Soller announced that the National Park Service (NPS) has begun planning for proposed projects to dredge the existing navigational channels and their associated marinas and docking facilities at three sites on Fire Island. The purpose...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Tofeek Albanna, 36, Buffalo, N.Y., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara, to food stamp fraud. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, a fine of $250,000, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender was sentenced on July 10, 2013, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2013
News Release: Ocala, Florida - Acting United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the arrest today of Charles Robert Lester (48, Ocala) on charges of possession of firearms and ammunition by an unlawful user of a controlled substance; unlawful possession and transfer of machine guns; and unlawful possession and transfer of unlicensed machine guns and firearm silencers. Each of these offenses carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2013
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - Two Topeka men have pleaded guilty in unrelated federal firearms cases, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Middlesboro, Kentucky, man was sentenced for extortion on July 15, 2013, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Missoula, on July 12, 2013, before Chief U.S. District Judge Dana L. Christensen, JESSE SHADERIC WALL, Jr., a 66-year-old resident of Kalispell, was sentenced to a term of.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 15, 2013
News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE: The National Park Service has extended the closure of Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore’s Mount Baldy indefinitely. The extension is needed to bring in additional resources for the investigation of the hole that opened up on July 12 trapping a six-year old boy for 3 ½ hours. The boy was rescued and is currently in critical condition at a Chicago hospital.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2013
News Release: Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announced the sentencing of Dontreal Jenkins, age 31, and Trevayne Jones, age 37, both residents of Albany, Georgia, on July 11, 2013, before the Honorable W. Louis Sands, United States District Judge for the Middle District of Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2013
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - Indianapolis attorney William F. Conour today entered an open plea of guilty to an information that alleged that he has defrauded more than 25 clients of more than $4.5 million since 1999. Conour, 66, pleaded guilty during a hearing before Chief U.S. District Judge Richard L. Young in Indianapolis. Sentencing has been scheduled for Oct. 17, 2013.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 15, 2013
News Release: A ranger guided hike to a rock shelter along the Oscar Blevins Trail will take place on Sunday, July 21, near the Bandy Creek Visitor Center in Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area. On this moderate two mile hike, visitors will learn about plants and animals in the park, hear about park history, and will be able to view rock shelters along the trail.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 15, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Tom Harkin today delivered a speech on the floor of the Senate on presidential nominations, including President Obama’s nominations to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and for the Secretary position at the Department of Labor (DOL). The Senate HELP Committee held confirmation hearings on the five nominees to the NLRB and for Thomas Perez to serve as Secretary of Labor, and the Committee favorably reported the nominations in May 2013.
