News from July 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2013
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Kimberly K. Mertz, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Peter Y. Kim, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Department of the Interior, Office of Inspector General, Eastern...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 24, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce leaders from the Health and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittees today sent a letter to the President and Chief Executive Office of Smithfield Foods, Inc., C. Larry Pope, requesting information regarding the pending acquisition of the company by Shuanghui...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 24, 2013
News Release: Statement of Senator Barbara Boxer Full Committee Hearing: "Oversight Hearing on Implementation of MAP-21's TIFIA Program Enhancements" July 24, 2013 (Remarks as prepared for delivery) We are here to conduct oversight of the Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) program, which ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2013
News Release: WILLIAM STEVENSON, age 26, a native of New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced today by U. S. District Judge Stanwood R. Duval, Jr., to 140 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of 1 kilogram or more of heroin and 500 grams or more of cocaine...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2013
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska-U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that a man from Anchorage was sentenced here in federal court to prison for an assault on a Federal Officer.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Jessica Alamina, age 27 of St. Robert, Missouri, was sentenced to 21 months imprisonment by United States District Judge Joseph F. Bataillon for transporting an individual with intent to promote prostitution. Following her release from incarceration...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 24, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy and Power today wrapped up its two-day hearing on “Overview of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS): Stakeholder Perspectives." The hearing continued the committee’s bipartisan oversight of the RFS, following the release of a series of bipartisan white papers...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 23, 2013
News Release: AGOURA HILLS, Calif. - The National Park Service invites the public to attend the Summer Star Festival at Paramount Ranch on Saturday, August 10 from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. The free event will feature star-gazing, constellation tours, music and children's activities.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON. - The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York announced today that they, along with plaintiff adult home residents, entered into a comprehensive settlement agreement with the state of New York under the Americans with...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Fort Thompson, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2013
News Release: Vessels, vehicles, and real estate property forfeited.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2013
News Release: Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that on July 23, 2013, Steven J. Perry, 38, of Herrin, Illinois, was sentenced for accessing child pornography images online. Perry had earlier pled guilty to accessing the child pornography on his computer. The District Court in Benton sentenced Perry to 24 months in prison, a $500 fine, and 10 years supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2013
News Release: A man who conspired to distribute methamphetamine pled guilty July 23, 2013, in federal court in Sioux City.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2013
News Release: LANGUNDO FLOWERS, age 33; ODELL WELLS, age 31; DENNIS MORGAN age 27; WALTREL KNOX, age 23, JONATHAN MARTIN, age 28, JOSEPH LEWIS, age 34, CARY BRYANT, age 22, DARREN WILLIAMS, age 25, RICHARD GARRETT, age 25, ALCEE JONES, age 24, RYAN MAGEE, age 20; and CLYDE MITCHELL, age 53, were charged on July 18, 2013, in a thirty (30) count superseding indictment for violations of the Controlled Substances Act and the Federal Gun Control Act, announced U. S. Attorney Dana J. Boente.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 23, 2013
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 BROWNSVILLE, Texas— Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Acting Commissioner Thomas Winkowski, and Assistant Secretary of International Affairs Alan Bersin today met with Mexican Secretary ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2013
News Release: A former senior executive of ArthroCare Corp., a publicly traded medical device company based in Austin, Texas, pleaded guilty for his role in a scheme to defraud the company’s shareholders and members of the investing public by falsely inflating ArthroCare’s earnings, announced Acting Assistant Attorney ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2013
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it has asked a federal court to bar Ronald Manis of Carbondale, Ill., from preparing tax returns for others. The civil injunction suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, alleges that Manis routinely prepares federal tax returns for individuals and corporations improperly claiming deductions that result in his customers understating their federal tax liabilities.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2013
News Release: The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York announced today that they, along with plaintiff adult home residents, entered into a comprehensive settlement agreement with the state of New York under the Americans with Disabilities Act ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2013
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it has reached a settlement with Louisiana Tech University and the Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System to remedy alleged violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The settlement resolves allegations that the University ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2013
News Release: The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that the San Antonio Water System (SAWS) has agreed to make significant upgrades to reduce overflows from its sewer system and pay a $2.6 million civil penalty to resolve Clean Water Act (CWA) violations stemming from illegal discharges of raw sewage. The state of Texas is a co-plaintiff in this case and will receive half of the civil penalty.
