News from June 2013
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.), Gang of Eight member Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), and Sen. Mark Udall (D-Colo.) introduced an amendment that would enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of border security provisions in the...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Robert E. O’Neill, United States Attorney’s (USAO) for the Middle District of Florida, announces that U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard sentenced Frank (36, Hastings, Florida) to...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: HOUSTON - Brice Burns Davenport, 51, of Tomball, has been handed a federal prison sentence for possessing child pornography, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Davenport pleaded guilty March 25, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Billings, on June 24, 2013, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Carolyn S. Ostby, the following individuals were arraigned.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Republicans today released the first in a series of videos highlighting the four key principles of the Student Success Act (H.R. 5), legislation to reform the nation’s K-12 education system.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska B U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that a Kodiak woman was sentenced for her role in embezzling $493,060 from Trident Seafoods.
By State Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC-U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel (NY-16), the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, published the following article in the Huffington Post today on the opportunity to strengthen US-Indian relations during Secretary Kerry’s trip to India this week. The link to the article can be found here.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: MANILA, Philippines - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) signed a letter of intent to establish a trade transparency unit in Manila to exchange information and promote the detection of trade-based money laundering and commercial fraud violations.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that former Chain Gang member Dearick Smith, 23, of Rochester, N.Y., who was convicted by a federal jury of engaging in racketeering activity, was sentenced to 50 years in prison by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a mother and son in northwest Missouri and a Kansas City, Mo., man have been indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and for illegally possessing firearms.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: Of the 152 deaths associated with leisure activities, fishing is followed by camping (15 deaths), boating (14 deaths), soccer (12 deaths) and golf (8 deaths). The remaining 77 people were struck by lightning while participating in a number of other leisure activities like enjoying the beach, swimming, walking and running, riding recreational vehicles, and picnicking or relaxing in their yard. Between 2006 and 2012, 82 percent of people killed by lightning were male.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: (DETROIT) - Following continued national security leaks by Edward Snowden, Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) issued the following statement...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON -Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today announced Elissa Alben has joined the Democratic Finance Committee staff, where she will serve as international trade counsel for issues including the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations and the World Trade Organization.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: The National Park Service and Fort Pulaski National Monument will celebrate the Nation’s 237th Birthday with family-friendly programs from Thursday, July 4 through Sunday, July 7, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A citizen of Mexico entered a plea of guilty to a one-count indictment and has been sentenced in federal court to two months in prison, no supervised release, and ordered immediately turned over to the custody of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement for deportation to Mexico on his conviction of re-entry of a removed alien, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a former Ozark, Mo., man has been sentenced in federal court for a $1.1 million investment fraud scheme that targeted the retirement savings of senior citizens.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: Raleigh - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court on June 21, 2013 Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever III, sentenced KEVIN BROWN, 33, of Brunswick County, North Carolina, to 92 months imprisonment followed by 4 years supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: Ordered to Pay More Than $581,000 in Restitution to Stimson Lumber.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: DENALI PARK, Alaska: After burning slowly since its discovery on June 22, the fire behavior of the Moving River Fire increased significantly on Sunday evening, June 23, growing from 5 acres to 700 acres. The fire was 100% active, with torching behavior (burning of the entire tree) observed. It is burning...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 24, 2013
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, in a letter today, urged Sylvia Mathews Burwell, Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), to reject a rule that would limit economic analysis required under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) for ...
