News published on Federal Newswire in March 2013

News from March 2013


Smokies Officials Announce New Way to Explore Your Park in NC

News Release: Officials at Great Smoky Mountains National Park in conjunction with the Friends of the Smokies and the Great Smoky Mountain Association are announcing an opportunity to immerse yourself in the national park. The program, Experience Your Smokies, is a unique opportunity to get to know the park and its employees in a whole new way.


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Illinois Man Pleads Guilty To Criminal Trespass

News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Chicago, Illinois man convicted of two counts of Criminal Trespass has pled guilty to the charges and was sentenced on Feb. 27, 2013 by U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark A. Moreno. Steven Nichols, age 42, was sentenced on Count 1 to 30 days in custody...


In High Gear: Weights and Measures Week 2013

News Release: From the fuel for your vehicle to a cab ride to the airport, all kinds of consumer products and services are sold by some measurable quantity. The methods for measuring these quantities and the people who make sure those measurements are accurate are absolutely vital to maintaining fairness in the marketplace. Their professional field is called "weights and measures."


'Meth' Indictment Announced

News Release: Two Jackson County, Illinois, residents were indicted on Feb. 21, 2013, in an indictment, charging conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today.


News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that an Anchorage man was arraigned on one charge of felon in possession of a firearm.


News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Mission, South Dakota man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender.


Scientists Explore Brain, Cortisol, and Weight Loss Connections

News Release: Weight-management studies led by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists are helping determine why some dieters lose more weight than others, and are more successful in keeping it off.


News Release: Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Appropriations, today issued the following statement regarding the House majority's introduction of a Continuing Resolution for the remainder of Fiscal Year 2013 along with FY2013 Defense and Military Construction-VA Appropriations bills.


Staff Sergeant Sentenced For Bulk Cash Smuggling

News Release: Elizabeth City - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court today TONYA LONG, 30, of Fayetteville, North Carolinawas sentenced to 60 months imprisonment, 3 years of supervised release, and ordered to pay one million dollars in restitution, by United States District Judge...


St. Francis Man Indicted For Assault

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 Assault with a Dangerous Weapon and Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury.


GAO Report Reiterates that More Accurate Payments to Medicare Advantage Plans Could Save Billions

News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) and Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman (D-CA) today released a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report revealing that the Medicare Trust Fund could save billions of dollars if the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) adjusts payments for Medicare Advantage (MA) plans to more accurately reflect the health of MA enrollees.


News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - Newark, N.J., businessman Sonnie Cooper was sentenced today to two years of probation, including eight months of home confinement, for his part in an extortion conspiracy in which a former Newark deputy mayor official used his official position to steer demolition work to Cooper’s trucking company, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.


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Canton Man Sentenced To 14 Years In Prison For Eight Bank Robberies

News Release: A Canton man was sentenced to more than 14 years in prison after previously pleading guilty to eight bank robberies in Pennsylvania and Ohio, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Cleveland office.


Developer Eljwaidi Sentenced to Almost Two Years in Prision for Federal Fraud Conviction

News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A man who fraudulently enticed persons to give him almost $2 million for the development of a local commercial real estate project that never materialized, was sentenced today to 21 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $1.8 million in restitution, announced Daniel G. Bogden, United States Attorney for the District of Nevada.


News Release: Defendants brought thousands of pills from Detroit and distributed them in Huntington.


Lower Brule Man Sentenced For Sexual Abuse Of A Minor

News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Lower Brule, South Dakota man convicted of Sexual Abuse of a Minor was sentenced on Feb. 25, 2013 by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange. Ty Middletent, age 22, was sentenced to 18 months in custody followed by 5 years of supervised release. Middletent was also ordered to pay $100 to the Victim Assistance Fund.


Sioux City Man Pleads Guilty To Distributing And Receiving Child Pornography

News Release: A man who distributed and received child pornography pled guilty on Feb. 25, 2013, in federal court in Sioux City.