News from July 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2013
News Release: A Jersey County resident pleaded guilty to felony charges of tax evasion and possession of a firearm by a user of controlled substances on July 23, 2013, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today. David Ray, 54, of Fieldon, Illinois, waived his right to face a grand jury indictment and pled guilty to charges brought directly by the US Attorney’s Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2013
News Release: CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE - Seven defendants have been sentenced in United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire following their guilty pleas to charges of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute and to unlawfully distribute marijuana, hashish and MDMA, commonly known as “ecstasy"...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 23, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today announced that the full committee will hold a hearing Aug. 1, 2013, to question the Obama administration on the details and status of the implementation of the health care law. Just two months before the deadline...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2013
News Release: John David Clark, 48, of Harrisburg, Illinois, has been charged in an indictment in United States District Court in Benton with possessing pseudoephedrine with the intent that it be used to manufacture methamphetamine, announced Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois. The indictment, returned by a Federal Grand Jury on July 9th, alleged that the offense occurred on June 25, 2013, in Saline County.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2013
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Pedro Guerra-Ruiz, 34, of Rio Grande City, has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction for possession with intent to distribute approximately 1.51 kilograms of methamphetamine, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Guerra pleaded guilty April 29, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney James L. Santelle of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that earlier today, a federal grand jury returned indictments against Mark S. Parks (age: 39) of Denmark, Wisconsin, Mindy L. Parks (age: 34) of Denmark, Wisconsin, Ashley M. Conant (age: 28) of Green Bay, Wisconsin, and Eileen M. Goltz (age: 51) of Port Charlotte, Florida, charging each of them with one count of Conspiracy to Commit Mail and Wire Fraud.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 23, 2013
News Release: “Today’s hearing is the result of a bipartisan deal that was reached to allow for a fully-confirmed National Labor Relations Board for the first time in a decade. A fully-confirmed, fully-functional Board will be a huge step forward for workers, employers, and our country. Indeed, I hope that this agreement...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 23, 2013
News Release: New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park is currently hosting "A Voyage to Health," a traveling exhibit developed and produced by the National Library of Medicine. This six-panel exhibit explores the recent revival of the ancient arts of navigation and voyaging that first brought the people of Hawai'i...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 23, 2013
Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 106,400 metric tons of corn for delivery to Mexico. Of the total, 11,000 tons is for delivery during the 2012/2013 marketing year and 95,400 tons is for delivery during the 2013/2014 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2013
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Utah. Tuesday, July 23, 2013. Indictment follows arrests, search warrants in St. George last month. SALT LAKE CITY - A federal grand jury returned an indictment Tuesday charging 14 individuals with conspiracy to distribute spice in connection with...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 23, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee today advanced a draft, bipartisan proposal to repeal the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) and replace it with a fair, stable, simplified system of physician payment in the Medicare program. After more than two and a half years of transparent...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 23, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives is set to vote this week on H.R. 2218, the Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act, sponsored by Rep. David McKinley (R-WV).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2013
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - Martin Glaves Kuna, 66, of Vancouver, Washington, was sentenced yesterday to 14 months in prison by the U.S. District Judge Michael H. Simon after pleading guilty today to one count of wire fraud. Kuna falsely advertised and told customers that he was certified to perform lead-based paint inspections and testing in homes where children resided, when in fact, he was not properly qualified or certified by state authorities to do so.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ronnie Moore, 48, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to four years in prison on charges stemming from an incident in which he lured a woman into his car and then tried to sexually assault her, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 23, 2013
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. -Glacier National Park Rangers captured and euthanized a black bear in the Fish Creek Campground area yesterday afternoon after numerous incidents in which the bear exhibited aggressive and food-conditioned behavior towards park visitors.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 23, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today announced that the full committee will hold a hearing Aug. 1, 2013, to question the Obama administration on the details and status of the implementation of the health care law. Just two months before the deadline...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 23, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration will hold a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health Aug. 22-23, 2013, in Washington, D.C.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 23, 2013
News Release: MONTROSE, Colo. - On Tuesday, July 23, the Bureau of Land Management will lift all fire restrictions on public lands in Delta, Gunnison, Hinsdale, Montrose, Ouray, San Juan and San Miguel as well as public lands in Saguache County managed by the BLM Gunnison Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2013
News Release: A Bay Village man was sentenced to nearly four years in prison and ordered to pay more than $620,0000 for fraud and tax crimes, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 23, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives is set to vote this week on H.R. 2218, the Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act, sponsored by Rep. David McKinley (R-WV).
