News from March 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - William Leandro Herrera-Bohorquez, 33, of Colombia, was sentenced today to 87months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for his role in a highly sophisticated jewelry theft ring. He was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $891,441 and to forfeit $4,435,500.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Republican members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee are requesting that EPA provide further information regarding the President’s climate change agenda for his second term. Members today wrote to EPA Acting Administrator Robert Perciasepe expressing concern over the impacts of EPA’s recently issued greenhouse gas regulations and the agency’s plans for additional rules that will raise energy prices and impede job creation and economic growth.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - A Westfield man was charged today with the sexually exploitation of a child.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-Earlier today in federal court, a 30-year-old Minneapolis man was sentenced for committing a series of armed robberies at various businesses, including a US Bank. United States District Court Judge Patrick J. Schiltz sentenced Donte McKinley Hollister to 210 months in prison on one count...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: NPS RELEASES ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FOR REHABILITATION OF KATHERINE LANDING ACCESS ROAD.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Republican members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee are requesting that EPA provide further information regarding the President’s climate change agenda for his second term. Members today wrote to EPA Acting Administrator Robert Perciasepe expressing concern over the impacts of EPA’s recently issued greenhouse gas regulations and the agency’s plans for additional rules that will raise energy prices and impede job creation and economic growth.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Larry Bradshaw was indicted involving his alleged scheme to defraud a local lady by obtaining a reverse mortgage on her home, then using the money for himself, including the purchase of a car and illegal drugs.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: House Republicans today visited a workforce development center at Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA) to discuss the need to reform the nation’s broken job training system.
By Commerce 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: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney Robert E. O'Neill announces that Jerrell L. Epps (27, Ocala) pleaded guilty today to making counterfeit United States Federal Reserve Notes. Epps faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not been set.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - A group of bipartisan, bicameral congressional leaders will hold a press conference tomorrow, Friday, March 15, 2013, at 10:00 a.m. to discuss House and Senate bills that would advance construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. Friday will mark 1,638 days since the Keystone XL application was first filed with the State Department.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Republican members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee are requesting that EPA provide further information regarding the President’s climate change agenda for his second term. Members today wrote to EPA Acting Administrator Robert Perciasepe expressing concern over the impacts of EPA’s recently issued greenhouse gas regulations and the agency’s plans for additional rules that will raise energy prices and impede job creation and economic growth.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - A group of bipartisan, bicameral congressional leaders will hold a press conference tomorrow, Friday, March 15, 2013, at 10:00 a.m. to discuss House and Senate bills that would advance construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. Friday will mark 1,638 days since the Keystone XL application was first filed with the State Department.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that a Charleston man was sentenced to 12 years and seven months in federal prison for distribution of oxymorphone, also known as “Opana." Maurice Minter, also known as “Mo," 26, previously pleaded guilty in December 2012. Minter...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: A U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientist is giving guidance to growers in Montana and the Dakotas on how grazing sheep when fields are left fallow will affect soil quality.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., March 14, 2013 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) today introduced, The Cabin Fee Act of 2013. The bill, which was passed by the House last year, would establish a fair, predictable fee-setting system for families who own cabins in our National Forests.
By DOE 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 DOL Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: “For several years now I have held hearings focusing on the need to bolster the middle class in this country and restore the American Dream. The American Dream is supposed to be about building a better life. If you work hard and play by the rules, you should be able to support your family, join the middle class, and build a brighter future for your children.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas --- Billy Ray Doyle, 59, of San Angelo, Texas, appeared in federal court in Lubbock, Texas, today and pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings, to one count of attempted transfer of obscene material to a minor, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - A second superseding indictment was unsealed today charging eleven people in a conspiracy that involved secreting packets of heroin inside the body, in order to smuggle the drugs into the United States from the Dominican Republic, drug charges and kidnapping. The indictment names defendants...
