News from March 2013
By State Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: To the Editor: Re “Congress Gets in the Way" (editorial, March 9): We strongly support a diplomatic resolution of the Iranian nuclear crisis, but the only reason Tehran has come to the negotiating table is that tough sanctions have been imposed by the United States and the world. The bipartisan legislation...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Aliquippa, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court to time served of 19 months incarceration, to be followed by a three-year term of supervised release on her conviction of conspiracy to use stolen credit cards, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By State Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee issued the following statement as the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, chaired by Rep. Matt Salmon (R-AZ), convened a hearing focusing on U.S. energy security...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 50-year-old Athens, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul. Jr. announced today that Marcus Tunstall, 38, formerly of St. Louis, Illinois, pleaded guilty to failing to register as a sex offender before U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a fine of $250,000.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on two produce businesses for failure to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: Social Security is the ultimate legislative expression of our nation's shared values. For over 75 years, it has tied generation to generation. It ensures that seniors have a secure retirement after decades of service to their communities. And it provides a safety net for those who can no longer work due to an accident or disability.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA - On March 12, 2013, 54 year old Robert W. Duncan, formally a resident Thurman, Iowa, entered guilty pleas to defrauding the Social Security Administration, filing a false income tax return and making a false statement to a financial institution.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: Between January 28 and February 8, 2013, National Park Service (NPS) Resources Management staff conducted an annual assessment of breeding habitat for piping plover (PIPL), Wilson's plover (WIPL), American oystercatcher (AMOY), and colonial waterbirds (CWBs).During this assessment, preferred habit was...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - United States Attorney Robert E. O'Neill announces that Gregory Wayne Eagle (62, Cape Coral) pleaded guilty today to four counts of bank fraud, one count of mail fraud, and one count of wire fraud. Eagle faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in federal prison on each of the six counts, and a fine of up to $1 million. He will also be ordered to pay restitution to his victims.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - In the face of growing calls from the oil and gas industry to allow for the exportation of American-produced oil and gas resources, Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Rep. Rush D. Holt (D-NJ) today introduced three bills aimed at ensuring domestically-produced oil and gas stays in the United States to benefit American energy consumers and businesses.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Billings, on March 13, 2013, before Senior U.S. District Judge Jack D. Shanstrom, DAVID JOSEPH SANDERS, a 49-year-old resident of Billings, appeared for sentencing. SANDERS was sentenced to a term of.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Alejandro A. Salas, age 65, of Silver Spring, Maryland pleaded guilty today to making a false statement on a tax return.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: There are many answers owed to this Subcommittee and the American people regarding the impact of sequestration and the Continuing Resolution on ICE and, in that context, the recent release of detainees.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: Plea Agreement Requires Defendant to Serve 17 Year Prison Sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: Hammond, Indiana - announced U.S. Attorney David Capp of the Northern District of Indiana and Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today continued its oversight of the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Program (CFATS) with a hearing to review the progress of the program in safeguarding our nation’s chemical facilities...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: Urbana, Ill. - U.S. District Judge Michael P. McCuskey today ordered a Chicago man to remain in prison for life. Freddell Bryant, 34, was convicted in December 2012 for using a firearm during a drug-trafficking crime that resulted in the deaths of three people in Danville, Ill., nearly six years ago.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today held a hearing entitled “Oversight of the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) and Emergency Communications." Created by the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal judge today sentenced a Birmingham man to 30 years in prison on cocaine distribution charges from 2008, charges for which he was convicted in October after evading the law for four years, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and Drug Enforcement Administration Assistant Special Agent in Charge Clay A. Morris.
