News from July 2013
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON -In a speech today, U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, outlined how trade liberalization will help grow the economy and spur job growth in the U.S. and said it was imperative the Obama Administration work with Congress to renew Trade Promotion Authority (TPA). Hatch delivered his remarks at an event hosted by the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) on the Trans-Pacific Partnership and 21st century trade agreements.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of Cranberry Township, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court to 24 months probation and a $2,000 fine on his conviction of union embezzlement, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: Former Assistant Also Failed to Pay More Than $250,000 in Taxes.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: On July 29, 2013, Renaldo D. Gordon, 30, of Cahokia, IL, pled guilty in United States Federal District Court, in East St. Louis, IL, to unlawful possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - On Thursday Aug. 1, 2013, at 10:00 a.m. in Room 2154 of the Rayburn House Office Building, the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform will hold a hearing entitled “Department of Energy’s Bonneville Power Administration: Discriminating Against Veterans and Retaliating Against Whistleblowers."
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: EUGENE, Ore. - John Christopher Norton, 40, of Eugene, Oregon, was sentenced on July 29, 2013, to 120 months in federal prison after previously pleading guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: OWENSBORO, Ky. - A Henderson, Kentucky man pleaded guilty last week, in United States District Court, before Magistrate Judge Dave Whalin, to robbing six financial institutions and to money laundering, announced David J. Hale, United States Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: A photography program will take place at 7:00 p.m. (EDT) on Saturday, Aug. 3, at the Oscar Blevins Farm in the Bandy Creek area at Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area. Visitors will learn quick and easy tips for all photography levels while out enjoying the Big South Fork. Visitors will...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced that John P. Gizzi, 64, of Rochester, N.Y., pleaded guilty to filing false tax returns in 2008 and 2009 before U.S. District Court Judge Frank P. Geraci. Jr. The charges carry a maximum sentence of six years in prison, a $500,000 fine, or both. In addition, a corporation owned by Gizzi, Rochester Machinery Suppliers, Inc., pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting the preparation of a false tax return.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Sophia Beltz, 55, of Philadelphia, PA was sentenced today to nine months in prison for the theft of $172,133 in government funds. Beltz stole Social Security Administration Retirement Insurance Benefits intended for her father who had died in February 1997. Beltz carried out her fraud...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Michael B. Steinbach, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, John A. Bolduc, Chief, Port St. Lucie Police Department, Kenneth Mascara, St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office, J. Michelle...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that yesterday the Honorable John M. Gerrard, U.S. District Court Judge, sentenced Luis Jordan, 36, to 60 months imprisonment, to be followed by 4 years of supervised release, and he was ordered to pay a $100 special assessment, following his conviction for distribution of methamphetamine.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today spoke on the merits of the Nuclear Waste Administration Act of 2013 (S. 1240 ) during a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on the bill. Murkowski, along with Sens. Wyden (D-Ore.), Feinstein (D-Calif.), and Alexander (R-Tenn.) introduced the bipartisan legislation last month to address the back end of the nuclear energy fuel cycle.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) and Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) joined civil rights groups in calling for passage of their legislation, the End Racial Profiling Act. This legislation is designed to protect minority communities by prohibiting the use of racial profiling by law enforcement officials...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Central Islip, New York, Mark Hotton, a former Long Island stockbroker, pled guilty to conspiring to launder the illicit proceeds of almost two decades of fraud before United States District Judge Joanna Seybert. When sentenced, Hotton faces up to 20 years in prison, forfeiture of $1.8 million and restitution of up to $5.75 million to the victims of his frauds.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that GEORGE SQUIRE was sentenced today in White Plains federal court to life in prison for his murder of Tomas Almodovar on March 24, 2012. SQUIRE shot and killed Almodovar while SQUIRE was robbing Almodovar in...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: Devils Tower Opens Public Comment Period for the Black-tailed Prairie Dog Management Plan / Environmental Assessment.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: Weavers from throughout San Juan Island and Washington State will gather for the weekend to demonstrate how European and American Indian techniques melded to create woven objects and clothing unique to the Pacific Northwest.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - Mission resident Jose Alaniz-Allen, 23, has been ordered to prison for nearly 19 years following his conviction of receipt of child pornography, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Alaniz-Allen pleaded guilty Jan. 31, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: Fraudulently Inflated Travel Costs Take Resources From Other VA Needs.
