News from June 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a McLaughlin, South Dakota man convicted of Assault With a Dangerous Weapon and Domestic Assault by a Habitual Offender Resulting in Substantial Bodily Injury was sentenced on June 24, 2013 by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2013
News Release: Contact: Public Information Officer. Number: (313) 234-4310. BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - United States Attorney David J. Hale announced the sentencing of the last of 21 defendants prosecuted in a large marijuana distribution ring operating from June 2008 to February 2010, in Warren County, Kentucky.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2013
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Mexican citizen who has been living in Emporia, Kan., has been indicted on charges of document fraud, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2013
News Release: Raynard Versatile Crowe, 31, formerly of Hazel Park was sentenced yesterday to 535 months in federal prison, following his conviction on March 21, 2013 by a jury in Detroit on charges of bank robbery, pharmacy robbery, using a firearm during a crime of violence, felon in possession of a firearm and conspiracy, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 27, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.) released the following statement after voting for the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act (S.744). The historic legislation passed by a vote of to 68 to 32...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 27, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., June 27, 2013 - Twenty five groups from across the country are calling for passage of Republican legislation to expand American energy production. From groups focused on economic development to seniors issues to fiscal conservatism, these organizations have come together to support H.R. 2231, the Offshore and Energy Jobs Act, which could create 1.2 million jobs long-term and generate $1.5 billion in new revenue.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2013
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Michael J. DePalma, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Division (IRS-CID), Ronald Verrochio, Inspector in Charge, U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), and Sergio Velazquez...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2013
News Release: As Part of Plea Jarrell Williams Admits to Previously Unsolved Homicide.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 27, 2013
News Release: KEYSTONE, SD: Visitors to Mount Rushmore National Memorial on July 3 and 4 will have the opportunity to experience a wide variety of educational programs, patriotic tributes, and musical entertainment in celebration of Independence Day. The focus of the 2013 celebration will be on active duty military, veterans, and their families.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 27, 2013
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 172,500 metric tons of soybeans to unknown destinations during the 2013/2014 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2013
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Donald J. Cazayoux, Jr., announced that ROY E. MADDEN, age 46, of Denham Springs, Louisiana, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge James J. Brady to serve four (4) months in federal prison. MADDEN was also ordered to serve a two-year term of supervised release following his release from imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2013
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that KAMAR JAMES, also known as “Sean Steppa," “Sean Lawson" and “Akamar Lawson," 30, a citizen of Jamaica last residing in Hartford, pleaded guilty today before United States Magistrate Judge Thomas P. Smith in Hartford to one count of sex trafficking of a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice today announced Jamie Larson, 49, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Seattle to a federal hate crime relating to a racially-motivated assault of a 50-year-old Sikh man who works as a taxi cab driver.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 27, 2013
News Release: CAÑON CITY, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management Royal Gorge Field Office is asking for public input on a proposal to thin 65 acres of forested land in Fremont County. The RGFO will use the comments it receives to prepare an assessment of the project.
By State Newswire | Jun 27, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY), the top Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, released the following statement on the recent elections in Albania.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2013
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A former Kansas Air National Guard senior airman who was assigned to McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita has been convicted on a federal charge of wire fraud, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 27, 2013
Release: Washington, DC, 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: FORT WORTH, Texas - Three North Texans, who were convicted for their role in a drug trafficking operation that mailed large quantities of marijuana from the Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) area to St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, have been sentenced, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 27, 2013
News Release: We are here today to learn about the corrective action that the Internal Revenue Service has taken to address mismanagement in processing of tax-exempt applications.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 27, 2013
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, released the below statement on the Senate's passage of its Comprehensive Immigration Reform bill (S. 744) today...
