News from June 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2013
News Release: Peter Smith, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, announced today that his office enthusiastically supports Attorney General Kathleen Kane’s proposal to establish a mobile street crime unit targeting gangs in specific areas of Pennsylvania, beginning with Hazelton.
By State Newswire | Jun 17, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Chairman Robert Menendez released the following statement regarding the attack on Camp Liberty in Iraq.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2013
News Release: TYLER, Texas - Two Mexican nationals living in Tyler, Texas, 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 DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2013
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that PATRICK PINTO, 44, of Bohemia, N.Y., waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty today before United States District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to one count of conspiring to commit bank bribery while he was an executive of Oxford Collection Agency.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 17, 2013
News Release: Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve Superintendent Susan Boudreau announced today that a vessel speed limit of 13 knots through the water will be implemented in lower Glacier Bay to protect numerous humpback whales that have been sighted in this area. This speed restriction will apply to all vessels...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2013
News Release: BISMARCK - U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on June 17, 2013, Ira Plenty Chief, 26, Cannonball, N.D., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Daniel L. Hovland on a charge of domestic assault by a habitual offender. Plenty Chief pleaded guilty to the charge on March 25, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2013
News Release: St. Louis, MO - SHARON NEKOL PROVINCE pled guilty today before United States District Judge Jean C. Hamilton to participating in a fraudulent scheme involving the sale of prearranged funeral contracts and the misappropriation of insurance premiums that were intended to fund those contracts. Province faces up to three years in prison for her role in one of the largest frauds ever prosecuted in the Eastern District of Missouri.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Mika-Jon Lowley, 23, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Iyanbito, N.M., pleaded guilty this morning to a federal assault charge under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that an Allen, South Dakota man was indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly killing an eleven-month old boy by fracturing his skull and for abusing two other young children.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2013
News Release: NEW BERN - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court today that WILLIAM DAVID DEVANE 30, of Maryland (formerly of Fayetteville, North Carolina) pled guilty before United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan to Theft of firearms from a Federal Firearms Licensee in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(u) and 924 and Possession of stolen firearms in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(j) and 924.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 17, 2013
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced actions to manage the domestic sugar surplus, as required by law, while operating the sugar program at the least cost to the government. Record-breaking yields of sugar crops and a global surplus have driven down U.S. sugar prices and USDA is required to act to stabilize the domestic market. Today’s actions are designed to manage the sugar program while minimizing federal sugar program expenditures.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 17, 2013
News Release: Mineral, CA - The Lassen Peak Trail will open for visitors wanting to hike to the summit of Lassen Peak on June 21, 22, and 23 during daylight hours. Evening closures from 9:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. have been set due to safety concerns. “An assessment of the trail revealed a few lingering snow fields which...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2013
News Release: A man who possessed child pornography was sentenced June 13, 2013, to nine years in federal prison.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 17, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) issued the following statement after the Obama Administration announced the United States and European Union (EU) will formally launch negotiations on a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) agreement...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2013
News Release: In recognition of LGBT Pride Month, the U.S. Attorney’s Office hosted representatives from the Greater Boston PFLAG (Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays). Greater Boston PFLAG aims to change attitudes and create an environment of understanding so that gay family members and friends can...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2013
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - A federal indictment charging Martin Christopher Edwards with twenty-three counts of mail fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering was unsealed this morning in federal court, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 17, 2013
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has cited Cardile Brothers Mushroom Packaging Inc., of Avondale, Pa., for failure to pay for produce.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 17, 2013
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - The public is invited to a free presentation about Glacier National Park's Going-to-the-Sun Road Rehabilitation Project on Tuesday, June 25, 5:30-7 p.m. at the St. Mary Visitor Center on the east side of Glacier National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2013
News Release: Federal Aviation Administration Resolves Civil Claims Against Aviation Technical Services.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2013
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin announced that a Michigan man was sentenced on June 17 to one year and four months in federal prison for aiding and abetting the possession with intent to distribute heroin. Ralph Oliver Mayes, Jr., 37, of Dearborn Heights, Michigan, previously pleaded guilty in March. The sentence was handed down by Chief United States District Judge Robert C. Chambers.
