News from July 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2013
News Release: DENVER - Jeffery Allan Johnston, age 46, of Parker, Colorado, has been arrested based on a Criminal Complaint charging him with the drug trafficking related crimes, United States Attorney John Walsh, FBI Denver Special Agent in Charge Thomas Ravenelle and Littleton Police Chief Doug Stephens announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 22, 2013
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management today announced its current summer schedule for gathering wild horses and burros roaming Western public rangelands. The schedule is subject to change because of continuing drought conditions across the West that are resulting in significantly limited water and forage for...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 22, 2013
News Release: Whiskeytown National Recreation Area, in partnership with the Shasta Astronomy Club, will be holding a special star party to view the Perseid Meteor Shower on Saturday, Aug. 10, 2013. Several very knowledgeable and passionate amateur astronomers will be displaying meteorites and providing powerful telescopes to view what is often considered the most brilliant meteor shower of the year.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2013
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Multiple indictments have been partially unsealed following the arrest and appearances of several area residents for numerous drug and money laundering charges, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. The enforcement actions took place in the Laredo, Houston and Dallas areas on Friday, July 19, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2013
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A physician who wrote illegal prescriptions for oxycodone was sentenced today to 108 months in prison for his participation in a conspiracy to illegally distribute the medication, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2013
News Release: SANTA ANA, Calif. - A San Clemente man who owned and operated a string of nine illegal marijuana stores that generated at least $25 million in profits was sentenced today to 262 months in federal prison.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 22, 2013
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, today sent a letter to Ms. Nancy Stoner, Acting Assistant Administrator for the Office of Water of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), along with three other Senators. The letter asked EPA to refrain ...
By State Newswire | Jul 22, 2013
News Release: Dear Mr. President: I urge you to make human rights a top priority during the upcoming visit of President Truong Tan Sang of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. As you know, Vietnam has long been as one of the most oppressive societies in Southeast Asia. Democratic aspirations, human rights advocacy,...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 22, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The senior Republicans on the U.S. Senate and House health policy committees and subcommittees today pressed the White House to release data it has collected on health insurance premiums in 34 states, after the administration released a report last week highlighting premium information in just 11 states.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 22, 2013
News Release: Great Smoky Mountains Park officials announce the completion of two unique summer programs engaging selected high school students and teachers as park rangers. The Teacher-Ranger-Teacher and the High School Student Intern programs are six-week paid work experiences where participants learn a great deal...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 22, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX), and Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman John Carter (R-TX) today wrote to U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano regarding the...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2013
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A man from Kansas City, Kan., has been sentenced to10 years in federal prison for using the Internet to entice a 12-year-old girl in California to send him pictures of herself naked, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2013
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal jury today convicted Daren Kareem Gadsden, aka “D," age 36, of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, on charges related to a conspiracy to steal almost $1.4 million from a Housing Authority of Baltimore City bank account.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 22, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX), and Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman John Carter (R-TX) today wrote to U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano regarding the...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 22, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX), and Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman John Carter (R-TX) today wrote to U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano regarding the...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 22, 2013
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, today responded to news reports that the U.S. Department of Interior is planning a second offshore lease sale for wind energy in the Atlantic Ocean on September 4, 2013. The first sale is scheduled for July ...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 22, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The senior Republicans on the U.S. Senate and House health policy committees and subcommittees today pressed the White House to release data it has collected on health insurance premiums in 34 states, after the administration released a report last week highlighting premium information in just 11 states.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 22, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The senior Republicans on the U.S. Senate and House health policy committees and subcommittees today pressed the White House to release data it has collected on health insurance premiums in 34 states, after the administration released a report last week highlighting premium information in just 11 states.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2013
News Release: DES MOINES, IA - On July 19, 2013, Johnelle Lewis Bell, age 29, of Hammonton, New Jersey, was sentenced in United States District Court in Des Moines on charges of sex trafficking and associated charges, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt. Chief United States District Court Judge...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - Twelve western Pennsylvania residents have been indicted by a federal grand jury alleging their participation in a prescription drug ring operating in Allegheny and Beaver Counties, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today. The indictments were returned on July 16, 2013, and unsealed this week.
