News from June 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2013
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the DEA’s New England Field Division, United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha and Woonsocket Police Chief Thomas S. Carey announced that Joshua Rojas, a/k/a Joshua Ramos, 19, of Woonsocket, and Victor Burgos, a/k/a Fat Boy, 20, of Providence, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A Pittsburgh resident was sentenced in federal court on June 5, 2013, for violating federal narcotics trafficking laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2013
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - Jacob Ray Albarado, 20, of Big Spring, Texas, appeared in federal court in Lubbock today, before U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings, and pleaded guilty to one count of possession of child pornography. He faces a maximum statutory penalty of 10 years in federal prison, a $250,000 fine...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 6, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today approved a group of commonsense bills that seek to improve environmental regulations and increase state authority in certain regulatory programs. The Coal Residuals Reuse...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 6, 2013
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), today released a letter he received from the Coordinating Research Council, Inc. (CRC) regarding inaccurate statements from Gina McCarthy, nominee to lead the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in response to questions for the record regarding the research and test results of ethanol blends' impacts on engines.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2013
News Release: SAN JOSE, Calif. - James Kellems pleaded guilty today to robbing two banks in Campbell and one in Capitola between Oct. 25, 2010, and Nov. 12, 2010, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that two people from Sioux Falls, South Dakota have been indicted by a federal grand jury for Obstruction of Justice and False Statement. These indictments are related to the Operation Black Widow case, where ten individuals were arrested and indicted in federal court in May as a result of an investigation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2013
News Release: Two officials with Dart Trucking were found guilty of bank fraud charges related to a $3.6 million check-kiting scheme against Huntington Bank, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2013
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-A federal indictment unsealed yesterday charges a 34-year-old Delano man in connection with the April 24, 2013, robbery of a McDonald’s in Buffalo. Matthew Dillon Sisneros was charged with one count of interference with commerce by robbery, pursuant to the Hobbs Act, one count of possession...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2013
News Release: A 22-year-old Detroit man was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for drug trafficking on Tuesday, June 4, 2013, U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade announced today.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 6, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today approved a group of commonsense bills that seek to improve environmental regulations and increase state authority in certain regulatory programs. The Coal Residuals Reuse...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2013
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that BERNARD McALLISTER, 42, of Lisbon, pleaded guilty today before United States District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to one count of possession of firearms by a previously convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2013
News Release: BRYSON CITY, N.C. - - Nineteen members of a methamphetamine trafficking ring have been charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Thirteen of those charged were arrested on Wednesday, May 29, 2013; during an early morning round-up conducted by federal, state and local law enforcement, announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 6, 2013
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) selected Alternative B (the Trail Development Alternative) of the Trail Development Plan/Environmental Assessment for implementation and prepared a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI). The FONSI describes the alternatives considered, the alternative selected for implementation...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A Pittsburgh resident pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of escape from federal custody, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Anthony Lusk, 24, of San Rafael, N.M., and Peter Valdez, 26, of Grants, N.M., pleaded guilty this morning to federal methamphetamine trafficking charges under plea agreements with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 6, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today approved a group of commonsense bills that seek to improve environmental regulations and increase state authority in certain regulatory programs. The Coal Residuals Reuse...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2013
News Release: Following the public revelation concerning the collection of phone records, ranking member of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.), ranking member of the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), and ranking member of the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Robert C. “Bobby" Scott (D-Va.) issued the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2013
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Livingston, N.J., tax return preparer today admitted filing false claims with the IRS using a dead tax return preparer’s identification and preparing false documents for numerous fraudulent loans, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Anne M. Tompkins Western District Of North Carolina.
