News from July 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2013
News Release: A podiatrist, a psychologist and a pharmacist were convicted today in federal court in Detroit, Michigan for health care fraud and controlled substance distribution, United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 10, 2013
News Release: Mount Rainier is one of 34 national parks across the country selected to receive a 2013 America's Best Idea grant from the National Park Foundation, the official charity of America's national parks. Inspired by the critically acclaimed Ken Burns documentary "The National Parks: America's Best Idea,"...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2013
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - On July 9, 2013, a federal jury in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, at Knoxville, found Rigoberto Francisco-Reyes, a national and citizen of Mexico, guilty of being previously deported and re-entering the United States without permission. After the jury’s verdict was announced, Francisco-Reyes was remanded into federal custody by the Honorable Thomas Varlan, U.S. District Judge. Sentencing has been set for 2:00 p.m., Dec. 4, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2013
News Release: FortWayne,IN - TheUnited States Attorney's Office announced that a Grand Jury sitting in Fort Wayne, Indiana, returned the following Indictment on June 26, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Ryan Soft, age 22, of McLaughlin, South Dakota, appeared before U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange on July 9, 2013, and pled guilty to Count I of the Indictment that charged him with Assault with a Dangerous Weapon.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 10, 2013
News Release: “Today is an historic day in the HELP Committee, where we have the opportunity to move forward with landmark civil rights legislation that will make us a stronger, better, fairer country. Today’s proceedings are the culmination of a long history of work by this Committee - the Employment Non-Discrimination...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2013
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr., announced today that Richard Bailey, 54, of Rochester, N.Y., pleaded guilty to distributing and receiving child pornography before U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five year in prison, a maximum of 20 years, a $250,000 fine, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Fort Pierre, South Dakota, man convicted of Failure to Appear was sentenced on July 8, 2013, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2013
News Release: WARREN STEWART, age 37, a resident of Terrytown, Louisiana, was charged in a two-count Bill of Information with unauthorized recording of a motion picture and criminal infringement of a copyright, announced United States Attorney Dana J. Boente.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2013
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that AARON FREELOVE, 29, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 84 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally possessing firearms.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 10, 2013
News Release: Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for holding this hearing. And thank you, Mr. Dodaro, for testifying today. I appreciate the work that you and your staff have put in to the reports that form the basis for your testimony today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2013
News Release: Truck And Weapons Reported Stolen By Butte, Montana Man.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Leo Mellerson pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, a $1,000,000 fine or both. Mellerson was one of nine...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2013
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced that a Raleigh County man was indicted on July 9 by a federal grand jury sitting in Beckley on illegal firearm possession charges. Cameron Martin Taylor, 24, of Shady Spring, Raleigh Co., W.Va., was charged with being a felon in possession...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2013
News Release: An indictment was filed charging Brent North, age 47, of Rossford, Ohio, with with creating false federal law enforcement credentials and impersonating a federal law enforcement agent, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2013
News Release: The Justice Department this week distributed more than $3.4 million to local and state law enforcement agencies under its equitable sharing program, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 10, 2013
News Release: This bill will harm not just government agencies, private contractors, and federal employees - it will harm the American people.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, announced today the indictment of John H. Phillips, age 45, of York, by a grand jury in Harrisburg for failing to properly register in Pennsylvania as a Sex Offender.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 10, 2013
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, today made a statement after learning that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) withdrew their participation in a panel moderated by the National Resources Defense Council detailing how third party ...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 10, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee are responding to the Obama administration’s continued delays to Obamacare implementation and raising important questions about the law’s workability. Over the July 4 holiday, the administration announced a one-year delay to the employer...
