News published on Federal Newswire in March 2013

News from March 2013


News Release: The public is invited to a dedication ceremony at Fort Moultrie to celebrate the return of two reproduction Revolutionary War 18-pounder cannons to Fort Moultrie. The program will take place at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, March 18, 2013 and is free.


Thompson Statement: DHS Cybersecurity

News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Committee on Homeland Security Ranking Member Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) delivered the following prepared remarks for the full Committee hearing entitled DHS Cybersecurity: Roles and Responsibilities to Protect the Nation's Critical Infrastructure...


News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Ohio. Wednesday, March 13, 2013. CONTACT: Fred Alverson. Public Affairs Officer. COLUMBUS - A federal grand jury has indicted Ashkir Ali, 45, of Columbus alleging that he defrauded the U.S. Department of Education’s Supplemental Education...


Boston Man Convicted In Armed Robbery

News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man was convicted today for the armed robbery of a Dorchester Metro PCS retail store in 2011.


News Release: HOUSTON - Debra Jean Eyerly, 54, formerly Debra Martin-Pryce, has been ordered to prison for 25 years following her convictions for production, transportation and possession of child pornography, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Eyerly pleaded guilty Oct. 25, 2012, to conspiracy to produce, production, transportation and possession of child pornography.


Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Arrest Of Four Bronx Men In Connection With Robbery And Shooting Of Off-Duty Police Officer

News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Joseph Anarumo, Jr., Special-Agent-in-Charge of the New York Division of the United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (“ATF"), and Raymond W. Kelly, the Police Commissioner of the City of New York...


News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin today announced that a Detroit man pleaded guilty to distribution of oxymorphone, also known as “Opana." Delbert Lapsley, 48, pleaded guilty in federal court in Charleston. Lapsley admitted to that on Aug. 2, 2011, he illegally sold Opana at or near Charleston.


News Release: BOSTON - A Lynn man was sentenced to 21 years in prison yesterday for possessing a firearm and ammunition.


19 Blytheville Residents Charged In Multiple Drug Trafficking And Weapons Cases

News Release: Little Rock - Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas and Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Special Agent in Charge Marino F. Vidoli announced seven indictments which were unsealed today charging nineteen defendants in Blytheville, Arkansas, with multiple...


Issa & Cummings Unveil FOIA Oversight and Implementation Act

News Release: WASHINGTON- Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and Ranking Member Elijah Cummings, D-Md., unveiled a discussion draft of Freedom of Information Act Reform legislation.


News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - Depri Marquis Spenser, 25, of Tacoma, Washington, was sentenced to 10 years in prison today by United States District Judge Michael H. Simon, for transporting two young girls from Washington to Oregon for the purpose of prostitution. On Oct. 17, 2012, Spenser pleaded guilty to one...


News Release: BROOKLYN, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Dejvid Mirkovic, 38, of Lake Worth, Florida, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge John Keenan, to a felony charge of conspiring to murder the U.S. District Judge (the “federal judge") who presided over the boiler room fraud...


News Release: Defendant With Multiple Prior Convictions Arrested With Heroin And Firearms.



Fayette County Couple Sentenced To Federal Prison For Selling Oxycodone

News Release: Defendants are 4th and 5th convictions this year in connection with an investigation in Fayette Co.


2013 Temporary Closures to Protect Nesting Raptors In Rocky Mountain National Park

News Release: Each year to protect raptor nesting sites, Rocky Mountain National Park officials initiate temporary closures in the Lumpy Ridge and Sheep Mountain areas of the park. To ensure that these birds of prey can nest undisturbed, specific areas within the park are closed temporarily to public use during nesting...


Indiana Coastal Land Conservation Alliance Formed

News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE: Four local organizations have joined together as the initial members of the Indiana Coastal Land Conservation Alliance. Save the Dunes, Shirley Heinze Land Trust, The Nature Conservancy, and the National Park Service signed the founding charter of the new alliance.


Lowey Statement at Hearing on Syria

News Release: With so many concerns about who the opposition is, who we are working with, and whether Syria will break into fragments, first and foremost what the Administration's goal is in Syria and how the Congress can help achieve it.


News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A New Brunswick, N.J. man has been arrested in connection with five bank robberies, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced today.


Englewood Woman Pleads Guilty For Failure To Pay Over $4.7 Million In Employment Taxes

News Release: DENVER - Beth Ann Pettyjohn, age 60, of Englewood, Colorado, pled guilty Monday, (March 11, 2013) before U.S. District Court Judge William J. Martinez for failure to pay over employment tax, United States Attorney John Walsh and IRS Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Stephen Boyd announced.