News from June 2013
By State Newswire | Jun 18, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC- Congressman Eliot Engel (D-NY-16), Ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on security transition in Afghanistan and the Taliban commitment to peace talks.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2013
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-A federal indictment unsealed earlier today charges a 32-year-old felon from St. Paul with possessing a nine-millimeter, semi-automatic pistol. The indictment, which was filed on May 7, 2013, charges Desmen Lee Parker with one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm. The indictment was unsealed following Parker’s appearance today in federal court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2013
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and George Venizelos, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI") announced the arrest today of William S. Belfar, a licensed psychiatrist in New York, on charges...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Fort Yates, North Dakota woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury.
By State Newswire | Jun 18, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - With the House of Representatives scheduled to consider a farm bill, H.R. 1947 (FARRM Act), this week, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY), the Committee’s Ranking Member, announced their intention to offer an amendment to reform U.S. international food aid to feed more people, more quickly, at a lower cost.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - A Leominster man was charged yesterday with operating a construction business under two different names in order to avoid paying union benefits for his employees, a practice commonly known as "double-breasting.".
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2013
News Release: Today, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee held a full committee markup of H.R. 2278, the “Strengthen and Fortify Enforcement (SAFE) Act." Following his opening remarks, Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) issued the following statement...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 18, 2013
News Release: Cañon City, Colo. - Today, fire crews finished mopping-up the fire perimeter. The Royal Gorge Fire is 100 percent contained as of 6 p.m. this evening. Smoke may continue to be visible in the fire area due to isolated pockets of unburned fuel inside the containment lines.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2013
News Release: EUGENE, Ore. - On June 18, 2013, Klamath Falls resident Kevin Rowdy Hurst, 45, was sentenced by U.S. District Chief Judge Ann Aiken to 120 months in federal prison for unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition. Upon his release from prison, Hurst will be on supervised release for three years.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2013
News Release: Gautier Espada Stole From Non-Profit Medical Clinics Serving Poor Residents Of The Bronx And Failed To File A Tax Return.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 18, 2013
News Release: “Thank you Mr. Speaker. I yield myself as much time as I may consume.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 18, 2013
News Release: NOAA-supported modelers at the University of Michigan offsite link, Louisiana State University offsite link, and the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium offsite link are forecasting that this year’s Gulf of Mexico hypoxic “dead" zone will be between 7,286 and 8,561 square miles which could place...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2013
News Release: UPDATE. Mark Bote Appears in Federal Court. DENVER - Mark Michael Bote, the man charged with false information and threats while aboard a Frontier Airline Flight that landed in Denver last Friday night appeared in U.S. District Court in Denver this afternoon. He appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2013
News Release: BENJAMIN M. GELLER, age 53, a resident of Austin, Texas, pled guilty last Friday before U. S. District Judge Lance M. Africk to one count of wire fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Dana J. Boente.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2013
News Release: CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - A total of 13 people from Eastern Tennessee, and Huntsville, Ala., have been arrested by agents of the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). All are believed to be part of in a large cocaine trafficking organization out of Fayetteville, Tenn., in Lincoln County.
By State Newswire | Jun 18, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC-Congressman Eliot Engel (D-NY-16), Ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement in honor of the 10th anniversary of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). To view Rep. Engel’s statement from the House floor -.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2013
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that a resident of Anchorage has been sentenced in federal court in Anchorage for her conviction of felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2013
News Release: Today, the U.S. House of Representatives considered H.R. 1797 the, “Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act," on the House floor. The legislation, which imposes a nationwide ban on abortions performed after 20 weeks, passed the House by a vote of 228 to 196. Following the passage of this legislation, Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) issued the following statement...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 18, 2013
Release: The House of Representatives began debating the 2013 Farm Bill, H.R. 1947, the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - Brothers Daniel J. Isabella, Jr. and David J. Isabella were indicted today by a federal grand jury on conspiracy and wire fraud charges, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
