News published on Federal Newswire in June 2013

News from June 2013


Ranking Member Eliot Engel Statement on Reports that the Obama Administration is Moving Towards Providing Weapons to the Syrian Opposition

News Release: Washington, DC- U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel (NY-16), the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement today in response to reports that the Obama Administration is moving towards providing weapons to the Syrian opposition.


News Release: Saipan, MP - U.S. Attorney Alicia A.G. Limtiaco announced that on Friday, June 7, 2013, a federal jury convicted CHANG RU MENG BACKMAN (age 40) of the People’s Republic of China, of one count of Sex Trafficking by Force, Fraud or Coercion in violation of 18 U.S.C. §1591, in the District of the Northern...


Davie, Rowan County Residents Sentenced On Federal Drug Charges

News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Middle District of North Carolina. Monday, June 10, 2013. Lengthy sentences conclude joint investigation. GREENSBORO, N.C. - A group involved in the distribution of cocaine base (“crack") in southwest Davie County and western Rowan County has been dismantled...


News Release: BISMARCK - U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on June 10, 2013, Curtis D. Jochim, 26, Selfridge, N.D., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Daniel L. Hovland on a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon. Jochim pleaded guilty to the charge on March 18, 2013.


Shanera Washington-sylve Charged With Financial Aid Fraud

News Release: SHANERA WASHINGTON-SYLVE, age 46, a resident of Marrero, Louisiana, was charged in a one-count bill of information filed today for financial aid fraud, announced U. S. Attorney Dana J. Boente.


Belcourt Man Sentenced for Two Assaults

News Release: BISMARCK - U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on June 10, 2013, Joey M. Short, 25, Belcourt, N.D., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Daniel L. Hovland on a charge of assault resulting in serious bodily injury and a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon. Short pleaded guilty to the charges on March 14, 2013.


Jackson County Man Guilty Of Making ‘Meth’

News Release: On June 6, 2013, a Jackson County, Illinois, man pled guilty to conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today.


News Release: The Pilgrim Creek Road between Jackson Lake Lodge and Colter Bay Village will be closed to all public access Tuesday, June 11 through Friday, June 14 while a contractor hauls gravel and stages it along the side of the unpaved road.


News Release: National Park Service News Release. - JUNE 9, 2013. KAREN HUGHES, ACTING CHIEF RANGER, MOCA/TUZI, 928-567-3322 X223. Summer Solstice, Full Moon, and Flute Music at Montezuma Castle. CAMP VERDE, Ariz. - On Saturday evening, June 22, the National Park Service invites the public to Montezuma Castle National...


Issa Statement on Ranking Member Elijah Cummings’ Assertion on CNN SOTU that IRS Targeting is already ‘Solved’

News Release: WASHINGTON - House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) today issued the following statement in response to comments made by Ranking Member Elijah Cummings on CNN’s State of the Union with Candy Crowley that, in his word and view, the case of the IRS inappropriately targeting Tea Party groups has already been, “solved."


“Conservative Republican” Manager in Charge of IRS Screeners in Cincinnati  Denies Any White House Involvement or Political Influence in Screening Tea Party Cases

News Release: Washington D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Committee Chairman Darrell Issa with new information about the Committee’s six-hour transcribed interview with a self-identified “conservative Republican" manager...


News Release: STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES DISCOURAGED AT LAKE MEAD NRA DURING EXTREME HEAT.


News Release: New Bedford, MA -New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park will host a Flag Day concert featuring New Bedford elementary school students on Friday, June 14 at 10:30 AM. The band will play patriotic songs as well as other musical pieces. The concert will take place in the national park garden at 33 William Street in downtown New Bedford. The event is free and open to all.


The Air Fields of the Tuskegee Airmen

News Release: TUSKEGEE, AL- Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site invites you to attend, "The Air Fields of the Tuskegee Airmen" on Saturday, June 22, 2013 at 2:00 PM.


News Release: 1 DEAD, 5 RESCUED DURING SEARCH AND RESCUE AT LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA.


News Release: UPDATE: The no-swim advisory was lifted June 12, 2013.


News Release: Two federal judges in separate cases entered orders permanently barring Marvin Binion Sr., his son Marvin Binion II, Binion Sr.’s ex-wife Tonya Hubbard and her firm Universal Tax Service LLC from preparing tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today. The civil injunction orders, to which all defendants consented, were signed by Judge Roger W. Titus and Judge Alexander Williams Jr., of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.


News Release: The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan has issued an order permanently barring Nataki Davis, (formerly known as Nataki Barnes), a Southfield, Mich., tax preparer, from preparing federal tax returns for others for a period of five years, the Justice Department announced today. The ...


News Release: A former member of the U.S. Army National Guard was sentenced today to serve 57 months in prison for leading a conspiracy to obtain approximately $244,000 in fraudulent recruiting referral bonuses from various U.S. military components and their contractor, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.


News Release: Doreen Hendrickson of Commerce Township, Mich., was arrested today following an indictment by a federal grand jury for criminal contempt, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced.