News from July 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: A sex offender who failed to register with authorities was sentenced today to over three years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal grand jury sitting in New Haven has returned an eight-count indictment charging JOHNNIE JEFFERSON, also known as “Jeezy," 23, and TRUMAINE HEARST, also known as “Man," 19, both of Bridgeport, with murder, robbery, drug and firearms offenses related to the October 2012 death of Dawayne Cobb in Bridgeport.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: What a difference a year makes! Last year, Chairman Latham put forward a responsible bill that invested in our nation's infrastructure and took care of the housing needs of our most vulnerable citizens. The bill we consider today, which is $7.7 billion below the FY 2013 CR level and $13.9 billion below the President's request, is a stark contrast.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: In an effort to provide for public safety and foster the future welfare of the animal, a 212-pound male grizzly bear was captured and relocated from the Lizard Creek campground at Grand Teton National Park on Monday afternoon, July 29. The bear was radio-collared and released northwest of Grand Teton in coordination with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service grizzly bear recovery coordinator, Caribou-Targhee National Forest, and Wyoming Game and Fish Department.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Jerome Dominic Concha, 20, a member and resident of Jemez Pueblo, was sentenced this afternoon to 57 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for two assault convictions. Concha also was ordered to pay $13,359.38 to the Indian Health Services in Taos and Jemez Pueblos to cover the costs of medical care for the victims of Concha’s assaults.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the below statement in response to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report entitled "Transportation Security: TSA Could Strengthen Monitoring of Allegations of Employee Misconduct (GAO-13-624)" on how employee misconduct is handled by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today made the following statement after Ways and Means Republicans produced an analysis of an unspecified and unverified subset of tax-exemption applications to which only they have access...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: 1125 Chapline Street, Federal Building, Suite 3000 ● Wheeling, WV 26003.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - John W. Vandermeer, 62, of Albuquerque, N.M., pleaded guilty this morning to receipt of a visual depiction of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Vandermeer will be sentenced to 15 years in federal prison followed by a lifetime of supervised...
By State Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee introduced a fiscally responsible State Department authorization bill to improve security at U.S. embassies and diplomatic facilities around the world. H.R. 2848, the “Department of State Operations and...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - An Andover man was convicted today for possessing child pornography.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement today after the Senate confirmed five nominees to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The HELP Committee held confirmation hearings for the nominees in May and earlier this month.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Dennis George Cheresposy, 49, a member and resident of the Pueblo of Laguna, pleaded guilty this morning to two assault charges announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth J. Gonzales, DuWayne W. Honahni, Sr., Special Agent in Charge of District IV of BIA’s Office of Justice Services, and Chief Michelle F. Ray of the Pueblo of Laguna Police Department.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: SILT, Colo. - Stage 1 fire restrictions will be lifted effective Wednesday, July 31, for private lands within Garfield County and Bureau of Land Management lands managed by the Colorado River Valley Field Office. The BLM Grand Junction Field Office and Mesa County are also lifting fire restrictions effective Wednesday.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: CHICAGO - Northwestern University will pay the United States $2.93 million to settle claims of cancer research grant fraud by a former researcher and physician at the university’s Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Center for Cancer in Chicago. Northwestern agreed to the settlement in a federal False Claims Act lawsuit that was unsealed today after the government investigated the claims made by a former employee and whistleblower who will receive a portion of the settlement.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: An Aurora man was sentenced to more than six years in prison and ordered to pay restitution for crimes related to a scheme of more than $300,000 involving construction projects, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Cleveland office.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: Join us for a highly interactive workshop to brainstorm possible strategies for the increased comfort of wild horses and burros at the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Palomino Valley National Wild Horse and Burro Center (PVC) preparation and adoption facility.The workshop will be held at the Reno City...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) released the following statement in response to the President’s speech today in Chattanooga, Tennessee...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: Defendants Illegally Sent Restricted Defense Department Information.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - A Haverhill man was convicted today in U.S. District Court in Worcester of bankruptcy fraud for concealing assets from his bankruptcy creditors; specifically, property he owned in Puerto Rico.
