News from June 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2013
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-A federal indictment unsealed late last week charges a former postal carrier with stealing cash and gift cards from the U.S. mail. The indictment, which was filed on June 11, 2013, charges Bobbi J. Ouradnik, age 27, of Hinckley, with one count of theft of mail by postal employee. The indictment was unsealed following Ouradnik’s initial appearance in federal court on Friday, June 21, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2013
News Release: RUTLAND, Vt. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that yesterday, Darlene Palmer, 45, of Rutland, was sentenced to 20 months imprisonment on her guilty plea to...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 25, 2013
News Release: Each spring and summer female sea turtles--loggerhead, green, and occasional leatherback--make a brief trip to the shores of Cape Hatteras National Seashore to nest. Approximately 2 months later, under the cover of darkness, up to 150 hatchlings emerge from each sandy nest in a mad dash across the beach to reach the safety of the Atlantic Ocean.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2013
News Release: Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, New York, the Honorable Sandra L. Townes, United States District Judge, sentenced Derome Gray to 241 months in prison for the armed robbery of a post office in Queens, New York, and for shooting at the Deputy U.S. Marshals who ultimately tracked him down and apprehended him.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2013
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal grand jury today indicted a South Carolina man for wire fraud in connection with a scheme to sell a piece of heavy machinery he did not possess to a Birmingham company, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and U.S. Secret Service Acting Special Agent in Charge Jeffrey Anderson.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Park Ridge, Ill., has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of mail fraud, misbranding of drugs, distribution of human growth hormone and money laundering, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Akshay Rajashekar, 19, of Salisbury, Md., has pled guilty to federal charges of traveling interstate to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor and possession of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr., Valerie Parlave, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, and Cathy L. Lanier, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 25, 2013
News Release: On Friday, June 21, nearly 300 people gathered to celebrate the protection of the Indian town of Werowocomoco, the principal residence and headquarters of the influential secular and spiritual Indian leader Powhatan when Jamestown was settled in 1607.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 25, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The National Academy of Sciences today released its study on “Effects of Diluted Bitumen on Crude Oil Transmission Pipelines" that was required as part of the Pipeline Safety, Regulatory Certainty and Jobs Creation Act of 2011, which incorporated language approved by the Energy and Commerce...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 25, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - During today’s remarks on climate, President Obama stated that he would support the Keystone XL pipeline only if it will not significantly affect climate change, stating, “Our national interest will be served only if this project does not significantly exacerbate the problem of carbon pollution."
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - A former Hadley man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Springfield for conspiring to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine.
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. -U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, will convene a hearing tomorrow on reforming the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), an agency that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton referred to as “defunct" and was harshly critiqued by the Governmental...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 25, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The National Academy of Sciences today released its study on “Effects of Diluted Bitumen on Crude Oil Transmission Pipelines" that was required as part of the Pipeline Safety, Regulatory Certainty and Jobs Creation Act of 2011, which incorporated language approved by the Energy and Commerce...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 25, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - During today’s remarks on climate, President Obama stated that he would support the Keystone XL pipeline only if it will not significantly affect climate change, stating, “Our national interest will be served only if this project does not significantly exacerbate the problem of carbon pollution."
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2013
News Release: Contact: Public Information Officer. Number: (313) 234-4310. CLEVELAND - A grand jury returned a 57-count indictment charging 17 people for their roles in a conspiracy that distributed cocaine, heroin and marijuana on the streets of Youngstown, Akron and Columbus, law enforcement officials...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2013
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS- Earlier today in federal court, Eric Michelle Hunter, age 41, of Bloomington, was sentenced to life in federal prison for conspiring to distribute heroin, cocaine, and other controlled substances. United States District Court Judge Ann D. Montgomery specifically ordered Hunter to serve concurrent...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2013
News Release: Maynard is accused in the April 2013 shooting death of Mingo County Sheriff Eugene Crum.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 25, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Leaders of the House Energy and Commerce today responded to President Obama’s climate change action plan, which includes imposing costly regulations on new and existing fossil-fuel power plants and expanding taxpayer spending for more climate activities across the federal government. The committee will hold hearings to further examine the president’s climate change plan and its anticipated economic impacts.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 25, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Leaders of the House Energy and Commerce today responded to President Obama’s climate change action plan, which includes imposing costly regulations on new and existing fossil-fuel power plants and expanding taxpayer spending for more climate activities across the federal government. The committee will hold hearings to further examine the president’s climate change plan and its anticipated economic impacts.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2013
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - An Essex County, N.J., woman who admitted using stolen credit card numbers to purchase $133,000 worth of high-end merchandise was sentenced today to 84 months in prison, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
