News from June 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2013
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Michael J. DePalma, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigations (IRS-CI), announced that defendant Efrain Felipe, 41, of Hallandale Beach, pled guilty to a two-count Information...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2013
News Release: Ordered to Pay More Than $11 Million in Restitution to Victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2013
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal grand jury has indicted six defendants in a mortgage fraud conspiracy in which lenders provided over $3.5 million for fraudulently obtained loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Hector Rodriguez, 25, of Buffalo, N.Y., who was convicted of Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Conspiracy, was sentenced to 86 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 13, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) released the following statement in response to today’s announcement that the main Energy and Commerce Committee hearing room will be named in honor of former Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman John D. Dingell (D-MI).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2013
News Release: HARTFORD, Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that a federal grand jury sitting in Hartford returned an indictment today charging Kevin J. Dunbar, 44, of Manchester, and Oves St. Orbin Wright, 56, of Massapequa, N.Y., with marijuana trafficking offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2013
News Release: CHRISTIEN SCOTT, 29, a resident of St. Helena Parish, was sentenced today by U. S. District Court Judge Jane Triche Milazzo to seventy months imprisonment after pleading guilty to cocaine and marijuana charges, announced U. S. Attorney Dana J. Boente. In addition to the term of imprisonment, Judge Milazzo...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 13, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) released the following statement in response to today’s announcement that the main Energy and Commerce Committee hearing room will be named in honor of former Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman John D. Dingell (D-MI).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Anne M. Tompkins Western District Of North Carolina.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 13, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - President Obama today signed into law S.622, the Animal Drug and Animal Generic Drug User Fee Reauthorization Act of 2013. The legislation would reauthorize the Animal Drug User Fee Act (ADUFA) and the Animal Generic Drug User Fee Act (AGDUFA) that expire at the end of Fiscal Year 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2013
News Release: St. Louis, MO -Eric Hinson was sentenced to 35 months in prison on mail fraud and multiple tax evasion charges involving his misuse of approximately $593,236 of St. Clair Fire Protection District funds between January 2006 and September 2011. As a result of the federal investigation, Hinson resigned...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 13, 2013
News Release: BUSHKILL, PA: Superintendent John J. Donahue announced today that a consortium of five local canoe livery operators and the PSEG Foundation-a philanthropic arm of the New Jersey-based utility company Public Service Electric and Gas (PSE&G) and their parent company Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG)-...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 13, 2013
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), top Republican on the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, along with seven other Republican Senators sent a letter to President Obama asking him not to designate large ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Jeffrey Klenk, 24, of Alexandria, Va., has pled guilty to federal charges of distribution and possession of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr., Valerie Parlave, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, and Cathy L. Lanier, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2013
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Springfield, Mo., man and two Kirbyville, Mo., men have been indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute synthetic marijuana, commonly referred to as K2.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 13, 2013
News Release: Celebrate the sun with family activities featuring our closest star! To celebrate the start of the summer season and the magnificence of Mound City Group, Hopewell Culture National Historical Park is hosting a "Summer Solstice Celebration" on Friday evening, June 21st. Evening activities will begin at...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 13, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today welcomed the nation’s new Secretary of Energy, Dr. Ernest Moniz, in a hearing focused on the president’s proposed FY2014 budget for the Department of Energy. Members questioned Secretary Moniz over the department’s budget requests and expenditures and discussed a new vision for the nation’s energy future, especially in light of the country’s new era energy abundance.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 13, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - President Obama today signed into law S.622, the Animal Drug and Animal Generic Drug User Fee Reauthorization Act of 2013. The legislation would reauthorize the Animal Drug User Fee Act (ADUFA) and the Animal Generic Drug User Fee Act (AGDUFA) that expire at the end of Fiscal Year 2013.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 13, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today held a hearing examining the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 (TSCA) to gain a better understanding of this complex statute and its impacts on the economy and public heath and safety.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2013
News Release: Fort Wayne, INCThe United States Attorney's Office announced that a Grand Jury sitting in South Bend, Indiana, returned the following Indictment on June 12, 2013.
