News from March 2013
By DOL Newswire | Mar 11, 2013
News Release: On Wednesday, March 13 at 10:00 a.m., the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), will hold a hearing entitled “Keeping College Within Reach: Examining Opportunities to Strengthen Federal Student Loan Programs." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2013
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Edwin Barcus Jr., aka “Boo," 27, of Georgia, pleaded guilty to running a commercial sex business that prostituted at least seven juvenile girls in Herndon, Va., and other locations throughout Virginia, Maryland, North and South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2013
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Romeo Serna Sr., 50, and Romeo Serna Jr., 26, both residents of Laredo, have been arrested for attempted distribution of cocaine base and for possession with intent to distribute marijuana in a school zone, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today along with Javier F. Peña, Special Agent in charge of the Drug Enforcement (DEA).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Malcolm Altisi, 31, a member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Shiprock, N.M., pled guilty this morning to second degree murder and attempted robbery charges under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Under the terms of the plea agreement, Altisi will be sentenced to 19 years in prison followed by not more than five years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2013
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-Earlier today in federal court in St. Paul, a 31-year-old Minneapolis man pleaded guilty in connection with the April 3, 2012, armed robbery of the West 7th Pharmacy in St. Paul. Michael Brooks Bynum pleaded guilty to one count of interference with commerce by robbery pursuant to the Hobbs...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2013
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-Earlier today in federal court in St. Paul, a 62-year-old woman was sentenced for stealing $8,600 in disaster relief from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (“FEMA"). United States District Court District Court Judge Donovan W. Frank sentenced Rena McCarter, of Kenner, Louisiana, to...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 11, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.) highlighted a Fiscal Year 2012 annual report by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) that evaluates implementation by federal agencies of the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA). According...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2013
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-Earlier today in federal court, a 32-year-old from the northern Minnesota community of Finland was sentenced for violating the Endangered Species Act. United States District Court Judge Ann D. Montgomery sentenced Kyler James Jensen to time served on two counts of violating the Endangered Species Act. Jensen was indicted on July 16, 2012, and pleaded guilty on Nov. 13, 2012.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2013
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin announced that a Michigan man pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting the possession with intent to distribute heroin. Ralph Oliver Mayes, Jr., 36, of Dearborn Heights, Michigan, admitted to the charge today in federal court.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 11, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - With Senate Democrats expected to unveil their first budget blueprint in nearly four years this week, Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) said including reconciliation instructions to the Finance Committee to raise taxes through a so-called overhaul of the tax code would “poison the well" for bipartisan tax reform.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2013
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-Earlier today in federal court in St. Paul, a 62-year-old woman was sentenced for stealing $8,600 in disaster relief from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (“FEMA"). United States District Court District Court Judge Donovan W. Frank sentenced Rena McCarter, of Kenner, Louisiana, to...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Victoria Running Hawk, age 31, of Pine Ridge, South Dakota appeared before Chief U.S. District Judge Jeffrey L. Viken on Feb. 28, 2013 and pled guilty to Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance. The penalty upon conviction is not less than 5 but no more than 40 years imprisonment and/or a $5,000,000 fine.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 11, 2013
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, along with Reps. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) and Michael Grimm (R-NY), announced that they will be sending a formal bipartisan letter to John S. Pistole, Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 11, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - As part of the Obama Administration’s all-of-the-above energy strategy to speed the transition to more sustainable sources of energy, the Energy Department today issued a new funding opportunity announcement to help U.S. industry design and certify innovative small modular nuclear reactors...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2013
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Alexander Williams, Jr. sentenced Edgar Daniel Mazariegos-Cifuentes, age 40, a Guatemalan citizen illegally residing in Monroe, New York, today to 10 years in prison, followed by lifetime supervised release, for transporting a minor to engage in sexual activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2013
News Release: A man who distributed and received child pornography was sentenced March 7, 2013, to five years in federal prison.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 11, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Data from an innovative test conducted last year that used carbon dioxide (CO2) and nitrogen (N2) injection to release natural gas from methane hydrates at a well on the Alaska North Slope is now available to researchers and the public on the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) website.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2013
News Release: Fort Myers, FL - United States Attorney Robert E. O'Neill announces that his office, in conjunction with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Federal Reserve Office of the Inspector General, the Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation, the Lee County Sheriff's Office, the United States...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Martin, South Dakota man convicted of Distribution of a Controlled Substance was sentenced on March 4, 2013 by Chief U.S. District Judge Jeffrey L. Viken.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Pine Ridge, South Dakota man was acquitted of the charge of Felon in Possession of a Firearm and Ammunition on Feb. 22, 2013.
