News published on Federal Newswire in March 2013

News from March 2013


Fort Totten Man Pleads Guilty to Involuntary Manslaughter

News Release: FARGO - U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on March 6, 2013, Louis John Dunn of Fort Totten, N.D., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Ralph R. Erickson to a charge of involuntary manslaughter.


Special Agent For Hacienda Sentenced To 18 Months Incarceration For Bribing An Hacienda Tax Auditor

News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - Ricardo Fernàndez-Ramos was sentenced to 18 months incarceration, followed by three years supervised release, and 200 hours of unpaid community service by United States District Court Judge Carmen Consuelo Cerezo for bribing one of his colleagues at the Puerto Rico Department of Treasury...


Two Indicted On Federal Charges Of Unlawful Sale Of Eagle Feathers

News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - Ruben Dean Littlehead, 38, Lawrence, Kan., and Brian K. Stoner, 32, Ponca City, Okla., are charged with unlawfully selling feathers from eagles and hawks covered by a federal law protecting migratory birds, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today. The crimes are alleged to have occurred in Douglas County, Kan.


News Release: LAREDO, Texas- Juan Antonio Castillo-Mendoza, 46, a resident of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico, has been sentenced to 48 months for traveling into the United States with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today along with Vincent Iglio, acting special agent in charge of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). Castillo-Mendoza pleaded guilty to the charge on Oct. 25, 2012.


News Release: Congresswoman Nita Lowey, Ranking Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, today delivered the following statement on the House floor regarding the FY2013 Continuing Resolution and Defense and Military Construction/VA Appropriations bills.


News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney Robert E. O’Neill announces that following a ten day trial, in Orlando, a jury has found Stephen B. Deluca (53, Deland) guilty of one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud and thirty-two counts of wire fraud. The conspiracy conviction carries...


News Release: Hammond, Indiana- The United States Attorney’s Office announced that the following Indictments were returned on March 6, 2013.


Sherron Grace American Horse Pleads Guilty In U.S. Federal Court

News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Billings, on March 6, 2013, before Chief U.S. District Judge Richard F. Cebull, SHERRON GRACE AMERICAN HORSE, a 38-year-old resident of Ashland and an enrolled member of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe, pled guilty to involuntary manslaughter and assault resulting in serious bodily injury. Sentencing has been set for June 5, 2013. She is currently detained.


News Release: The deadline for submitting a proposal for the concession contract to provide lodging, food and beverage, retail and other visitor services at Glacier National Park has been extended to allow interested parties additional time to prepare a proposal. Proposals must be submitted by April 16, 2013. This is the second and last extension for proposals to be submitted.


Department of Justice Files its Notice of Approval of the Monitoring Plan

News Release: This afternoon, the Department of Justice filed its “Notice of Approval of the Monitoring Plan for the First Year" with the U.S. District Court. The Notice of Approval states.


News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court on March 6, 2013, Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever III, sentenced KENNETH HARRIS, 25, of Wilmington, North Carolina, to 120 months imprisonment followed by 3 years supervised release.


Fact Sheet on 2013 Continuing Resolution

News Release: The funding package contains 2013 Appropriations bills for Defense and Military Construction/Veterans Affairs, as well as continuing resolutions (CR) at Fiscal Year 2012 levels for the remaining 10 Appropriations bills. The Continuing Resolution maintains some anomalies included in the previous six-month Continuing Resolution valid through March 27th, and includes few others to account for changing needs and circumstances.


News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Billings, on March 5, 2013, before Chief U.S. District Judge Richard F. Cebull, ERIN RUTH SMITH, a 21-year-old resident of Wyola and an enrolled member of the Crow Tribe of Indians, pled guilty to assault resulting in serious bodily injury. Sentencing has been set for June 5, 2013. She is currently detained.


News Release: DENVER - Raul Mendoza, 48, Julia Castillo-Caraveo, 28, both of Denver, Colorado, and Isidro Noe Mendoza-Ortiz, 25, of Thornton, Colorado, were arrested on March 5, 2013 for structuring and money laundering, the United States Attorney’s Office, Drug Enforcement (DEA), IRS Criminal Investigation, and the...


News Release: The House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), approved legislation to reform the nation’s workforce development system and help ensure workers and employers have the resources they need to be successful in today’s economy. Introduced by Subcommittee on Higher ...


News Release: The Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area and Daniel Boone National Forest are pleased to announce a cooperative wildflower hike at Yahoo Falls on Saturday, March 30, beginning at 10:00 a.m. and ending at approximately 12:30 p.m. Eastern time. The Yahoo Falls area provides a stunning variety...


Former Bernalillo County Corrections Officer Convicted on Obstruction of Justice Charges

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - A federal jury late this afternoon convicted Kevin Casaus, 25, a former corrections officer at the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Albuquerque, N.M., on obstruction of justice and falsification of records charges, announced the Justice Department.


News Release: A 97-count indictment was filed charging 28 people with violations including conspiracy, wire fraud and money laundering for their roles in a scheme that skimmed more than $1.7 million from trucking companies, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and William Hayes, acting special agent in charge U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Detroit.


Levin Opening Statement at Markup of TANF Waiver Bill

News Release: At a time when this Committee should be emphasizing a search for opportunities to see if we can find common ground, we have before us a bill that only increases polarization. Today, a regrettable pattern of opposing initiatives put forth by President Obama continues at time when our nation desperately needs more governing and less political positioning.


Federal Grand Jury Returns Five Indictments

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