News from March 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2013
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 39-year-old Fort Worth, Texas man has been sentenced to 51 months in federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2013
News Release: Joshua Michael Beckstead, 32, of Ogden, Utah, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl on March 7, 2013, for four counts of bank robbery. Beckstead was arrested in North Dakota. He received 112 months imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release. In addition, he was ordered to pay a $500.00 special assessment and restitution in the amount of $14,033.00. This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
By State Newswire | Mar 7, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Robert Menendez, Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, is currently presiding over a full committee hearing on U.S. policy toward North Korea. In light of the recent North Korean nuclear and missile tests, the hearing is intended to provide a broad-based examination of current U.S. policy towards North Korea; to explore what is working and what isn’t - and why; and to offer insights that lead to better policy.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 7, 2013
News Release: A manure spill that reaches a nearby creek or river can create a serious environmental hazard because it significantly boosts phosphorus loads in the water. Now scientists at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and their research partners have determined how channel sediments capture and release manure phosphorus, and have identified strategies for reducing phosphorus loads from manure spills.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2013
News Release: Ammunition By A Convicted Felon And With Being A Fugitive From Justice.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 7, 2013
News Release: In consultation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Grand Teton National Park law enforcement rangers completed their comprehensive investigation into the fatal shooting of a grizzly bear on Thanksgiving morning, 2012 by three hunters participating in the park's elk reduction program. As the final step in the process, the United States Attorney's Office has determined that no criminal charges will be filed against the hunters involved in this incident.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2013
News Release: VINH Q. TRAN, age 63, a resident of Cutoff, Louisiana, was sentenced today in federal court by U.S. District Court Judge Nannette Jolivette Brown, to six months home confinement followed by three years probation for bribing a public official, announced U. S. Attorney Dana J. Boente.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2013
News Release: In Eagle Pass, Texas, Federal Bureau of Investigation agents arrested Jose Telles, Jr, operator of 4x4 Construction, in connection with an alleged bribery, kickback and bid-rigging scheme announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman and FBI Special Agent in Charge Armando Fernandez.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2013
News Release: Today, Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) attended the President’s signing ceremony for the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (VAWA). Last Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 286 to 138, with 87 House Republicans breaking with their party, to pass the bipartisan version ...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 7, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Federal Reserve yesterday released a report confirming that uncertainty and increased costs caused by the health care law are leading employers to lay off workers and slowing new job creation. The “Beige Book " - which summarizes economic conditions from twelve regions across the...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2013
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Donald “Bruce" Barlow, 50, who served as the Mendenhall, Mississippi Chief of Police until October 2010, was arrested today by Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation pursuant to a federal indictment charging him with conspiracy, extortion, soliciting bribes, and witness tampering, U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and FBI Special Agent in Charge Daniel McMullen announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2013
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Frank Carter, 43, a former officer Laredo Police Department (LPD), has entered a guilty plea today in federal court to violating the civil rights of an arrestee, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today along with Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Thomas E. Perez.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2013
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Lenora Banks-Davis, aka “Jacqui Banks-Davis," 58, of Richmond, Virginia, was sentenced today to 120 months in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release for defrauding an elderly widow.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Lower Brule, South Dakota man convicted of Sexual Abuse was sentenced on March 6, 2013 by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange. Martin Charger, age 37, was sentenced to 151 months in prison, 5 years of supervised release and $100 to the Victim Assistance Fund.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2013
News Release: Hector Aleman Lemos, the former leader of the Flushing, Queens, chapter of the violent international gang La Mara Salvatrucha, also known as “MS-13," pleaded guilty today to racketeering and murder conspiracy charges. Lemos entered his plea before United States District Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn. As part of his plea, Lemos agreed to a sentence of 30 years’ imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2013
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - On March 6, 2013, Gerrard Dixon, entered a plea of guilty to armed bank robbery and conspiracy to commit an armed bank robbery.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 7, 2013
News Release: Organizations representing our nation’s employers are applauding the commonsense reforms included in the Supporting Knowledge and Investing in Lifelong Skills (SKILLS) Act, which was approved by the House Education and the Workforce Committee on Wednesday. As noted in letters to the committee, the SKILLS ...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 7, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today outlined a new path forward on the Keystone XL pipeline, releasing a discussion draft of legislation that will remove the project’s fate from the president’s hands and clear away the roadblocks preventing construction of the pipeline.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 7, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today outlined a new path forward on the Keystone XL pipeline, releasing a discussion draft of legislation that will remove the project’s fate from the president’s hands and clear away the roadblocks preventing construction of the pipeline.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2013
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Ohio. Thursday, March 7, 2013. CONTACT: Fred Alverson. Public Affairs Officer. CINCINNATI - Tawanda Marimbire, 25, of Cincinnati was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 70 months in prison for his role in a scheme to use stolen identities...
