News from June 2013
By EPA Newswire | Jun 14, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement today in response to the Obama administration’s spectrum initiative...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2013
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Erie, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court to 14 years in federal prison on his conviction of violating federal drug distribution laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2013
News Release: Fort Wayne, Indiana -The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in Federal Court.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 14, 2013
News Release: Weather and Climate Monitoring in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 14, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Kicking off a new hearing series, the Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today held a hearing on “Examining the Federal Government’s Response to the Prescription Drug Abuse Crisis." Prescription drug abuse has plagued the U.S. for many years and continues to be...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2013
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-The United States Attorney’s Office announced today that Jason Berg, 23, Buffalo, N.Y., was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with committing two bank robberies. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, a $250,000 fine, or both.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 14, 2013
News Release: Thank you to Chairman Brady for calling this hearing. I appreciate your willingness to approach the topic of Medicare post-acute care in a true bipartisan fashion. I suspect there is much that we can agree upon here.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney ALICIA A.G. LIMTIACO, U.S. Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands (NMI), announced that after a year of planning, the State and Local Anti-Terrorism Training (SLATT) Program was very well-received in the Marianas. The program was presented by the the...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 14, 2013
News Release: This afternoon, fire crews conducted a burnout operation to strengthen fire lines and reduce fuels along the southern flank of the fire in the Tonahutu Creek drainage. Smoke was visible in the communities of Estes Park, Grand Lake, and Granby. The objective of the firing operation was to prevent movement...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Seven individuals were arrested this morning on federal narcotics trafficking charges as a result of a multi-agency investigation targeting heroin traffickers operating in the Northeast Height of Albuquerque, N.M., announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth J. Gonzales and Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit of the DEA’s El Paso Field Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Presho, South Dakota man convicted of Felon and Drug User in Possession of a Firearm was sentenced on June 13, 2013 by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2013
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Susan J. Waddell, Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General for New England, and Kimberly K. Mertz, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, today announced...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2013
News Release: Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announced the sentencing of Kelvin Johnson, age 35, of Donalsonville, Georgia, Carlos Johnson, age 29, of Donalsonville, Georgia, Antonio Winbush, age 30, of Leary, Georgia, and Raymond Sutton, age 38, of Albany, Georgia, on June 13, 2013, before the Honorable W. Louis Sands, United States District Judge for the Middle District of Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Thomas Williams, 41, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to eight years in prison for stealing a car from an 87-year-old woman after pretending to be a public officer of the District of Columbia and then failing to appear for a court date following his arrest in the case, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 14, 2013
News Release: Van Buren, MO- Ozark National Scenic Riverways recently recognized employees, Carl Terrill and Tom Haney for 10 years of service, and Bill O'Donnell for 25 years of service. Jerry Gates was also awarded for his long dedicated participation on the park's safety program committee.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2013
News Release: PLANO, Texas - A 34-year-old Edinburg, Texas woman has been indicted in a bank fraud scheme in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 14, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Kicking off a new hearing series, the Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today held a hearing on “Examining the Federal Government’s Response to the Prescription Drug Abuse Crisis." Prescription drug abuse has plagued the U.S. for many years and continues to be...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2013
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Waynesboro, Pa., pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy to distribute cocaine, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 14, 2013
News Release: NOAA today released for public comment a draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) and proposed rule for expanding the boundaries of Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary in Lake Huron from its current 448 square miles to 4,300 square miles.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Decordre Franklin, 25, of Washington, D.C., pled guilty today to a charge stemming from a fatal shooting that took place earlier this year in Northeast Washington, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
