News from March 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2013
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin today announced that a Putnam County man was sentenced to a year and a half in federal prison for possession of a stolen firearm. Robert Allen Armstrong, 25, of Hurricane, W.Va., previously pleaded guilty in October 2012. On July 16, 2010, officers with...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Steven Shane McCann, age 29 of Missoula, Montana appeared before Chief U.S. District Judge Jeffrey L. Viken on Feb. 14, 2013 and pled guilty to Felon in Possession of a Firearm. The maximum penalty upon conviction is 10 years’ imprisonment and/or a $250,000 fine.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 4, 2013
News Release: Severe weather is far more common than most realize. The five most dangerous severe weather hazards - tornadoes, hurricanes, lightning, floods and winter storms, can be powerful and damaging. While spring is considered the height of season, severe weather occurs in every month of the year and in all 50 states. In 2012, there were more than 450 weather related fatalities and more than 2,600 injuries.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2013
News Release: Orlando, FL - U. S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr. sentenced Nicholas Knittig (30, Kansas) today to 20 years’ imprisonment for attempted sexual enticement of a minor, and 10 years’ imprisonment for transfer of obscene material to minors. The sentences were ordered to be served concurrently, followed...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2013
News Release: In First-Ever Sentence Of A Foreign Bank, Wegelin & Co. Ordered To Pay The United States Approximately $58 Million For Conspiring To Evade Taxes.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 4, 2013
News Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 100,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2012/2013 marketing year.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 3, 2013
News Release: Women's Rights National Historical Park continues its second annual Winter Film Festival by showing Episode Four of the documentary film The National Parks on Friday, March 8, and Saturday, March 9, 2013.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 2, 2013
News Release: Change doesn’t happen on its own. It’s led by dedicated and passionate people who are committed to empowering Indian Country to energize future generations. Leading the Charge is a regular feature spotlighting the movers and shakers in energy on tribal lands. We spoke with Chairman William Anderson of...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2013
News Release: BISMARCK - U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on May 31, 2013, Merrill J. Mann II, 37, New Town, N.D., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Daniel L. Hovland on a charge of involuntary manslaughter. Mann pleaded guilty to the charge on Feb. 20, 2013.
By State Newswire | Mar 2, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on the reported killing of Mokhtar Belmokhtar, one of North Africa’s most successful warlords...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 1, 2013
News Release: WASHINTON, March 1, 2013— The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced an interim rule that sets thresholds on the interest rates charged by lenders on guaranteed farm ownership and operating loans. The changes will amend guidelines for interest rates and establish new policies that clearly set the maximum interest rate lenders may charge to borrowers.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2013
News Release: The principal and co-owner of North Carolina-based Integra Capital Management LLC, was sentenced today to serve 36 months in prison for his role in a scheme to defraud commodities trading investors of more than $3.2 million, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney of the Western District of North Carolina Anne M. Tompkins.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2013
News Release: A member of the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas gang (ABT) pleaded guilty today to racketeering charges related to his membership in the ABT’s criminal enterprise, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson of the Southern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2013
News Release: Today President Barack Obama granted pardons to the following seventeen individuals: * Robert Leroy Bebee – Rockville, Md.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2013
News Release: A Long Beach, Calif., man was arrested yesterday arraigned this afternoon on federal sex trafficking charges that allege he worked with a previously charged defendant to coerce women to work as prostitutes.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2013
News Release: A Texas resident was convicted today by a federal jury for conspiring to hack into his former employer’s computer network, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Sarah R. Saldaña.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2013
News Release: Gilberto Lerma Plata, a former commander of the Mexican State Police and member of the Gulf Cartel, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to import multi-ton quantities of marijuana into the United States, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division ...
By DOT News Wire | Mar 1, 2013
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on March 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Mar 1, 2013
The US State Department published a one page notice on March 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Mar 1, 2013
The US State Department published a two page notice on March 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
