News from June 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2013
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a federal jury found Pal Sat, 42, of India, guilty of two counts of impeding or hampering his deportation. United States District Judge Dee D. Drell presided over the trial.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 7, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced its hearing schedule for the week of June 10, 2013. Beginning on Wednesday, the Subcommittee on Health will continue its Medicaid reform efforts, and the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology will continue its examination...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2013
News Release: Chad Root, 41, from Waukon, Iowa, has been charged with possessing firearms as a felon, attempting to manufacture methamphetamine, conspiring to manufacture methamphetamine, and possession of pseudoephedrine. The charges are contained in a Superseding Indictment filed on June 5, 2013 in United States District Court in Cedar Rapids.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2013
News Release: Today, June 7, 2013, Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announced the conviction after a jury trial of Dr. Robert B. Sperrazza, age 60, formerly a resident of Lee County, Georgia. Dr. Sperrazza was convicted in United States District Court after a four day trial before the Honorable W. Louis Sands, United States District Judge for the Middle District of Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2013
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska -U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that a Nenana, Alaska, resident was sentenced for violating federal wildlife laws, including the Lacey Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 7, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Continuing its bipartisan review of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), the House Energy and Commerce Committee today released the fourth in a series of white papers examining a number of issues emerging with the current system. Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman (D-CA) are leading this effort to review the law and its implementation and are soliciting input from interested stakeholders.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2013
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington yesterday sentenced Nedal Faisal Ahmad to four years and three months in federal prison for mail fraud and aggravated identity theft. As part of his sentence, the court also entered a money judgment in the amount of $35,989.75, the proceeds of the charged criminal conduct. Ahmad pleaded guilty on March 8, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a man from Mexico has been indicted by a federal grand jury.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 7, 2013
News Release: A primary focus of the DOE Office of Indian Energy is to provide Tribes with reliable, accurate, timely information that empowers them to put their energy visions into action. In support of this mission, the Office has released a comprehensive tribal renewable energy development course curriculum and five new publications that provide in-depth guidance on renewable energy development opportunities as well as project planning and financing.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 7, 2013
News Release: Joshua R. Laird Confirmed as Commissioner of the National Parks of New York Harbor Philadelphia - Johsua R. Laird has been selected as the next commissioner of the National Parks of New York Harbor, according to Northeast Regional Director Dennis Reidenbach. Laird replaces Maria Burks who retired in 2012.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly failing to register as a convicted sex offender in Pennington County on Sept. 1, 2012.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 7, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced its hearing schedule for the week of June 10, 2013. Beginning on Wednesday, the Subcommittee on Health will continue its Medicaid reform efforts, and the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology will continue its examination...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2013
News Release: James L. Santelle, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that O’Brain J. Lynch (age 28) of Jamaica, pleaded guilty to wire fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1349 and 2. He faces a maximum of 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000. Lynch is believed to be the first Jamaican national charged in the United States for this type of fraud.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 7, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton issued the following statement in honor and recognition of his friend, Michigan colleague, and former Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman John D. Dingell, who today became the longest-serving Member of Congress in the history of the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2013
News Release: Rep. John Conyers issued the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2013
News Release: South Bend, Indiana -The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in Federal Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a White River, South Dakota man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assaulting a Federal Officer.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Peter N. Militello, 32, of Tonawanda, N.Y., was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession with intent to distribute and distribution of heroin and crack cocaine. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, a fine of $1,000,000 or both.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 7, 2013
News Release: A road widening project will cause a temporary closure of the Devils Postpile access road from 8:30 p.m. on June 9 through Thursday June 13 at 9:00 a.m. On Monday June 10 and Wednesday June 12 there may be intermittent access to Devils Postpile via the overnight hiker parking lot and a ¼ mile trail from...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2013
News Release: MOBILE, Ala. - Charles Pierre Watson, 29, of Bay Minette, was sentenced this morning in federal court on his second federal drug conviction. Watson pled guilty to six counts of possession with intent to distribute of crack cocaine, and this morning, Judge Kristi Dubose imposed a sentence of 54 months...
