News from June 2013
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: To date, this investigation has been characterized by a series of unsubstantiated accusations by Members of Congress with no evidence to support their claims, and today’s proceeding is the latest unfortunate example.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ- The National Park Service invites the public to the annual Western Arts Day on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park. Western Arts Day celebrates the western culture which helps define what Grand Canyon, Northern Arizona, and Southern Utah are today. Programmed activities take...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Orson Black Spotted Horse, age 49, of St. Francis, South Dakota appeared before U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange on June 25, 2013 and pled guilty to Assault with a Dangerous Weapon. The maximum penalty upon conviction is 10 years in custody, a $250,000 fine, or both; 3 years of supervised release; and $100 to the Federal Crime Victims Fund.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - Gina D. Salayandia, age 45, of West Point, Utah, pleaded guilty this week in federal court to assisting as many as 15 individuals in filing false federal tax returns using exemptions and credits they were not legally entitled to claim. The individual returns were filed for the years 2006 through 2011.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - On a vote of 22-17, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee today approved a resolution determining that IRS official Lois Lerner waived her 5th amendment rights when at a May 22, 2013 hearing she offered testimony and answered questions.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Sheri L. Becirovic, 47, of Hamburg, N.Y., pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Court Judge H. Kenneth Schroeder, Jr., to conspiracy to defraud the government. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison, a fine of $250,000 or both.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA is accepting applications for grants to provide access to education, training and healthcare resources in rural areas. Funding is authorized through the Department's Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) Grant Program. The United...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: In expectation of continued three-digit temperatures this weekend and to address public concerns, the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Palomino Valley Center outside Reno is installing sprinklers to three of the large, outside wild horse pens and five mare/foal pens as a stop-gap measure to attempt...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: MONTROSE, Colo. - On Friday, June 28, the Bureau of Land Management approved the Sunset Trail Area Coal Exploration Plan to conduct coal exploration activities 11 miles east of Paonia, Colo. The exploration plan, submitted by Ark Land Company on behalf of Mountain Coal Company, consists of drilling ten holes during 2013 and 2014 to collect core samples within their lease area (federal coal leases COC-1362 and COC-67232).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2013
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ARTHUR GALLOWAY, 38, of Shelton, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 30 months of imprisonment, followed by 10 years of supervised release, for trading child pornography on the Internet.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2013
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that Larry Maurice Malmay, 36, of Zwolle, La., and Kellie Amanda Craig, 29, of Many, La., were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Tom Stagg for making counterfeit Federal Reserve notes. Malmay received 27 months in prison followed...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2013
News Release: A federal indictment was filed charging five people with taking part in a $4.1 million mortgage fraud scheme involving six luxury properties in Medina, Ohio, and one property in Gates Mills, Ohio, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 27, 2013
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 “I applaud the U.S. Senate on their bipartisan passage of commonsense immigration reform. The bill devotes unprecedented additional resources to the already historic border security improvements this Administration has put in place while also ...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 27, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, June 27, 2013 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today made the following statement on the Senate passage of the Immigration Bill: "Today's strong bipartisan vote in the U.S. Senate to fix America's broken immigration system is good news for farmers and ranchers, good news for farm workers, ...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 27, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, June 27, 2013 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that under USDA's new " Smart Snacks in School " nutrition standards, America's students will be offered healthier food options during the school day.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2013
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it has reached an agreement with Macy’s Retail Holdings and other Macy’s entities (Macy’s) resolving allegations that the company violated the anti-discrimination provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). Macy’s employs approximately 180,000 employees in the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2013
News Release: Yesterday a federal grand jury in Portland, Ore., indicted George Allen Mason Jr., 23, and his wife, Saraya Sophia Lisa Gardner, 23, on charges related to the assault of a 26-year-old gay man who was walking his dog with his boyfriend on the streets of Hillsboro, Ore., which occurred because of animus against the victim’s sexual orientation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2013
News Release: A federal grand jury returned a 30-count indictment against Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev for his alleged role in using weapons of mass destruction at the Boston Marathon to kill three individuals and maim or seriously injure many others, as well as for using a firearm to intentionally kill Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Police Officer Sean Collier.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2013
News Release: The Justice Department announced today the filing of a lawsuit against the Reading Parking Authority in the city of Reading, Pa., alleging that the Reading Parking Authority discriminated against former employee Henry Perez, as well as other current and former employees, in violation of Title VII of ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2013
News Release: A former employee of the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (HHS-ASPR) was sentenced today to serve six months in prison for his role in a scheme to defraud the United States by submitting fraudulent employment offers in order to claim ...
