News from June 2013
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 26, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, delivered the following opening statement at a committee hearing evaluating efforts to advance high quality healthcare in America...
By State Newswire | Jun 26, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY), the Committee’s Ranking Member, introduced H.Res. 273, a bipartisan resolution urging President Obama to nominate a qualified and independent Inspector General (IG) for the State Department and Broadcasting Board of Governors.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Dancing Bull Fischer, age 24, of Wagner, South Dakota appeared before U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier on June 26, 2013 and pled guilty to the charges of Second Degree Murder and Assault with Intent to Commit Murder.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2013
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - U.S. District Judge Karon O. Bowdre today sentenced a former Birmingham real estate lawyer to two years in prison for wire fraud in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme that exceeded $1 million, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 26, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., June 26, 2013 - Today, the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power held an oversight hearing on “The Power Marketing Administrations: A Ratepayer Perspective."For years, millions of electricity consumers have received low-cost hydropower generated at federal dams and...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2013
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A Fultondale woman pleaded guilty today in federal court to stealing money from an ATM at Children’s of Alabama while she worked as an ATM service technician, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and U.S. Secret Service Acting Special Agent in Charge Jeffrey L. Anderson.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2013
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - A federal grand jury in Salt Lake City returned a superseding indictment Wednesday charging Dick Reid Jenkins, a resident of Heber City, Utah, with 18 counts of presenting false, fictitious and fraudulent claims to the United States and one count of passing a fictitious obligation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Anne M. Tompkins Western District Of North Carolina.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 26, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.) released the following statement after voting for the Hoeven-Corker amendment to the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act (S.744). The measure passed by a vote of 69 to 29...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2013
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Robert E. O'Neill announces that Chad Sunyich (37, St. George, Utah), Jason Vowell (38, St. George, Utah), and Timothy Long (39, Tampa) have pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute more than 100 kilograms of marijuana. Sunyich and Vowell also pleaded guilty...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2013
News Release: Marty Cody Stacy, 46, of Calhoun, IL, was convicted in federal district court of methamphetamine related offenses following a two day jury trial, Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2013
News Release: MARSHALL, Texas - A Karnack, Texas man and woman have been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 26, 2013
News Release: The Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN), today held a hearing to examine reforms to improve the National Labor Relations Act. During the hearing, members discussed legislative proposals to protect workers’ access to secret ballot union elections and prevent the proliferation of micro-unions.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 26, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., June 26, 2013 - Today, House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings spoke on the House floor in strong support of H.R. 2231, the American Energy and Jobs Act, a bill that will expand access to affordable energy and create over a million American jobs. The House is scheduled to vote on H.R. 2231 this Friday.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2013
News Release: Fort Wayne, INCThe United States Attorney's Office announced that a Grand Jury sitting in Fort Wayne, Indiana, returned the following Indictment on June 26, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2013
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Florida announced that John W. Rudolph, 39, of Pensacola, Florida, pled guilty this morning on federal charges of possession with intent to distribute controlled substances, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Juan Montanez, 47, of Buffalo, NY., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Chief Judge Richard J. Arcara, to conspiracy to distribute, and to possess with intent to distribute, heroin and cocaine. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, a $1,000,000 fine, or both.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 26, 2013
News Release: DENALI PARK, Alaska: Three new wildfires were ignited in Denali National Park and Preserve when a storm cell moved through the western area of the park late Tuesday afternoon into the early evening. Fire managers immediately deployed resources to aggressively suppress two of the fire starts, as they...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 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 (IRS-CI), Steven Steinberg, Chief, City of Aventura Police Department, and Ray Black, Chief, City of Miramar Police Department...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2013
News Release: On June 26, 2013, searches were conducted at two Iowa City businesses pursuant to federal search warrants. Searches were conducted at 116 E. Washington Street and 123 E. Washington Street, Iowa City. Agencies involved in these searches included the Iowa Department of Public Safety - Division of Narcotics...
