News published on Federal Newswire in July 2013

News from July 2013


The US Commerce Department published a six page notice on July 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a four page notice on July 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published an eight page notice on July 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on July 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on July 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


FMCSA Orders Colorado Trucking Company to Immediately Cease Operations for Continuing to Endanger Public Safety

News Release: FMCSA 39-13 FMCSA Orders Colorado Trucking Company to Immediately Cease Operations for Continuing to Endanger Public Safety E & K Trucking found to be operating unsafe vehicles in violation of December 2012 out-of-service order WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier ...


Butler County Woman Sentenced To Prison, Ordered To Pay Restitution For Embezzling From Health Care Provider

News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A Butler County resident has been sentenced to 15 months incarceration, and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $66,443.50, in federal court on her conviction of embezzlement in connection with health care, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.


News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announced that Pennington Seed Inc., in Madison, Ga., has paid $19,500 to settle alleged violations of the Federal Seed Act.


Former U.S. Postal Letter Carrier Convicted Of Disability Fraud

News Release: ANNISTON - A federal jury last week convicted a former U.S. Postal Service letter carrier for a series of offenses related to workers’ compensation fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and Special Agent in Charge Max Eamiguel, Southern Area Field Office, U.S. Postal Service, Office of Inspector General.


Waterbury Man Sentenced To 30 Months In Federal Prison For Trading Child Pornography

News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that PAUL D’AMBROSIO, 49, of Waterbury, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 30 months of imprisonment, followed by six years of supervised release, for trading child pornography on the Internet.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel, the senior Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today released a statement on the resumption of peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians.


Bao Pham, D.O., and AccMed Healthcare Systems, LLC, d/b/a Florida Spine Care and Pain Center

News Release: JACKSONVILLE - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida announced today that Bao Pham, D.O., and AccMed Healthcare Systems, LLC, d/b/a Florida Spine Care and Pain Center, have paid $448,794 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by submitting false...


Leaders In A $3 Million Marijuana And Money Laundering Conspiracy Each Sentenced To Over 10 Years In Prison

News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Alexander Williams, Jr. sentenced Jose Valenzuela, age 59, and his wife Beatriz Valenzuela, age 56, both of Nogales, Arizona, today to 137 months and 125 months in prison, respectively, each followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana and for a money laundering conspiracy. The Valenzuelas also forfeited bank accounts worth $1,265,740.65 and $970,000 in cash.


News Release: GREENBELT, Md. - An Illinois woman was arrested Monday in Las Vegas after being charged in a superseding 12-count indictment, along with a Maryland man, for conspiracy to commit sex trafficking where the pair allegedly used guns, threats and violence to force victims into prostitution.


News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - An Allegheny County man has been sentenced in federal court to 30 months imprisonment, to be followed by 15 years supervised release, on his conviction of possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.


37-Year-Old Man Drowns in Lake Michigan

News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE: The National Park Service, Beverly Shores Police Department, Beverly Shores Fire Department and the Porter Fire Department Dive Rescue team rescued three members of a family that were swimming in the park at Lake View Beach on Saturday.


Customs and Border Protection Supervisor Pleads Guilty to Possession of Child Pornography

News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Steven Metz, 41, of Hamburg, New York, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge William M. Skretny, to Possession of Child Pornography. The defendant is a former supervisor with U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The charge carries a maximum possible sentence of ten years imprisonment, a fine of $250,000 and a term of supervised release of at least five years to life.


Excerpts of Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz’s Remarks at National Energy Technology Laboratory in Morgantown

News Release: WASHINGTON - On Monday, July 29, 2013, Secretary Moniz will visit the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) in Morgantown, W. Va. Moniz will tour the facility where the National Energy Technology Laboratory is leading the charge to develop clean and efficient energy technology.


News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that Bledar Bujilici, 36, of Albania, was found guilty Friday by a federal jury for impeding or hampering his deportation. U.S. District Judge Dee D. Drell presided over the trial.


District Man Found Guilty Of First-Degree Felony Murder In 2010 Shooting In Southeast Washington-OnStar Technology Helped Police Locate Victim’s Car And Evidence-

News Release: WASHINGTON - Marlon Williams, 34, Washington, D.C., has been found guilty by a jury of first-degree felony murder in the 2010 slaying of a man in Southeast Washington, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced today.