News from March 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of Pittsburgh pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of deprivation of civil rights, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a St. Francis, South Dakota man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Larceny.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2013
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Frank Alan Klukosky, age 43, of Laurel, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to producing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2013
News Release: POCATELLO - Cesar Urrea-Navarette, 34, of Meridian, Idaho, was sentenced in federal court today to 150 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for possession with intent to distribute in excess of fifty grams of actual methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also fined Urrea-Navarette $1,000. He pleaded guilty to the charge on Dec. 18, 2012.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that an Aberdeen, South Dakota man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for two counts of Assault With a Dangerous Weapon.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 4, 2013
News Release: Park staff is seeking public comment on a proposed fee increase to the shuttle bus operation at Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park. The shuttle bus operates on weekends and takes visitors to the top of the mountain. This service enhances the visitor's safety and park experience by allowing them...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 4, 2013
News Release: The Gateway National Recreation Area Fort Hancock 21st Century Advisory Committee will hold its second meeting Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at the Ocean Place Resort and Spa in Long Branch, N.J. from 9 A.M. to 5:30 P.M. The Committee was established to make recommendations for the reuse of over 30 historic buildings in the Fort Hancock Historic Landmark District within Gateway's Sandy Hook Unit. This meeting, like all meetings of the committee, is open to the public.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 4, 2013
Release: Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack met with Haiti's Minister of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Rural Development, Thomas Jacques, March 4 to emphasize USDA's ongoing commitment to help the Haitian agricultural sector recover from the devastating impact of the 2010 earthquake.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 4, 2013
News Release: On Wednesday, March 6 at 10:00 a.m., the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), will mark up the Supporting Knowledge and Investing in Lifelong Skills (SKILLS) Act (H.R. 803). The markup will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 4, 2013
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - The National Park Service and Great Arizona Puppet Theater are proud to again present Canyon Condor, a fun and educational puppet show. Free performances will be offered daily, March 11 - 16, at 1 p.m. in the Shrine of the Ages Auditorium on the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2013
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Toni Weirauch, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (“IRS-CI"), and George Venizelos, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Division...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2013
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Manuel Vasquez, 30, a Fresno bail bondsman who resided in Selma, pleaded guilty today to participating in a long-term methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy and aiding and abetting a convicted felon, Edwan Dablan, 37, of Kingsburg, to possess multiple firearms, Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Lower Brule, South Dakota man convicted of Abusive Sexual Contact was sentenced on Feb. 25, 2013 by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange. Merle Wilson, age 56, was sentenced to 15 months in custody and 5 years of supervised release. Wilson is also to pay $100 to the Victim Assistance Fund.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2013
News Release: SAN JOSE - Two children, both United States citizens, were reunited with their mother, a Mexican national, after spending more than eighteen months in captivity in Mexico, United States Attorney Melinda Haag and FBI Special Agent in Charge David J. Johnson announced.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 4, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Representative Nick J. Rahall (D-WV), top Democrat on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, will be joined by Committee Members tomorrow in introducing legislation which strengthens ‘Buy America’ laws to ensure Federal Transportation and Infrastructure investments support American jobs.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Thomas Asa Fields, 19, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 16 months in prison on a charge stemming from a break-in last year at a public charter school in Northeast Washington, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 4, 2013
Release: Washington, DC, March 4, 2013 - Today, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack kicked off an exciting National Nutrition Month by marking the start of National School Breakfast Week (March 4-8), a time that highlights the importance of promoting healthy choices for our nation's children throughout the school day.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2013
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Michael B. Steinbach, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, and the members of the South Florida Joint Terrorism Task Force (“JTTF"), announced today that a Miami federal jury...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2013
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Chief U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced Bolarinwa Adeyale, a/k/a “Bola," age 23, of Greenbelt, Maryland, today to seven years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, in connection with a scheme to use stolen credit card convenience checks and counterfeit...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2013
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Operation Mercury, a multicounty marijuana initiative focusing on agricultural marijuana grows, has resulted in the guilty plea today of Christopher Gallegos, 19, of Temecula, and the sentencing today of Ramon Manjarrez Del Vaal, 37, of Sinaloa, Mexico, Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
