News from June 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Great Falls, on June 18, 2013, before Chief U.S. District Judge Dana L. Christensen, ABEL "ALEX" ALVAREZ, a 51-year-old resident of Box Elder, was sentenced to a term of.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 18, 2013
News Release: MONTROSE, Colo. - On Wednesday, June 19, the Bureau of Land Management will begin Stage One fire restrictions within Archuleta, Delta, Dolores, La Plata, Montezuma, Montrose, Ouray and San Miguel counties.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 18, 2013
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement after the Department of Education announced a new plan to offer states another round of waivers from K-12 education law...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2013
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 70-year-old Beaumont orthodontist has pleaded guilty to health care fraud violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2013
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MICHELLE LAUDATO, 35, of Farmington, waived her right to indictment and pleaded guilty today before United States Magistrate Judge Donna F. Martinez in Hartford to one count of bank fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2013
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 63-year-old Tyler, Texas eco-tourism guide has pleaded guilty to smuggling live snakes into the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A Westmoreland County man has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of theft of government property, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2013
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - On June 17, 2013 defendant Gilberto Gómez was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of 70 months and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $1,956,750.54 by US District Court Judge Gustavo A. Gelpí, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District of...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 18, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) issued the following statement on Ranking Member Elijah Cummings’ announced intention to post the full investigative interview of IRS employee John Shafer on the Internet in the middle of an ongoing investigation into the facts and origins of IRS efforts to target Tea Party groups...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2013
News Release: Three Ashland residents held a cognitively disabled woman and her child against her will for more than two years and forced her perform manual labor for them, law enforcement officials said.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 18, 2013
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has cited Worldwide Produce & Groceries Inc., of Miami, Fla., for failure to pay for produce.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2013
News Release: Jesus Estaban Reynoso, 34, of Camden, NJ, and Jose Francisco German-Vallejo, 31, of Lindenwold, NJ, are charged by indictment, unsealed today, in a drug conspiracy involving heroin, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. The defendants were arrested this morning.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2013
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Liberty, Mo., husband and wife pleaded guilty in federal court today to a nearly $2.8 million embezzlement and check kiting scheme and with filing a false tax return.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - An Allegheny County man pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of theft of government money, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2013
News Release: NEWARK, N.J- An extradited British national today admitted his role in an organization that smuggled cocaine aboard commercial airlines from the West Indies to England via the United States, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 18, 2013
News Release: The Big Meadows Fire remains at an estimated 604 acres; the fire is considered to be 95% contained. Management of this fire will be transitioning from a Type II to a Type III team within the next two days. Though fire crews have built secure fire lines, interior burning within the Big Meadows Fire may...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Denver, Colorado man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Failure to Pay Legal Child Support.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 18, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today delivered a keynote address during the Energy Information Administration (EIA)’s annual conference. The conference focused on current and future challenges facing domestic and international energy markets and policymakers.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 18, 2013
News Release: Glen, West Virginia, June 18, 2013 - New River Gorge National River is coordinating service projects during the 2013 National Scout Jamboree with hundreds of scouts that will provide improved trail access for visitors and community members. The park will host mobility impaired scouts with their troops...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 18, 2013
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) today joined House Republican leaders at a press conference to discuss the urgent need for Senate action on a permanent fix to the student loan interest rate problem.
