News from March 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of Buffalo, New York, has been sentenced in federal court to two years probation and ordered to perform 150 hours of community service on his conviction of importation of steroids, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 1, 2013
News Release: The importance of freight and passenger rail to America’s transportation system and the economy will be the focus of the first hearing of the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials under Chairman Jeff Denham (R-CA).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2013
News Release: A man whose house caught fire from an illegal methamphetamine lab pled guilty on Feb. 28, 2013, in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2013
News Release: Defendant Continued To Possess Drugs And Guns After First Federal Arrest.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 1, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its schedule for the week of March 4, 2013. On Tuesday, the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold a bipartisan forum to explore severe mental illness and violence. Also on Tuesday the Energy and Power Subcommittee...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 1, 2013
News Release: New report shows visitor spending supports 367 jobs in Arizona.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 1, 2013
News Release: Savannah, GA - Fort Pulaski National Monument will commemorate Women's History Month with a day of programs focusing on women in the Civil War era on Saturday, March 9, 2013.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 1, 2013
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, made the following statement in reference to the U.S. State Department's draft environmental impact report on the Keystone XL pipeline that was released...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2013
News Release: South Bend, Indiana -- The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in Federal Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Robert I. Pomani, age 21, of Rosebud, South Dakota appeared before U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange on Feb. 25, 2013 and pled guilty to a Superseding Information that charged him with Abusive Sexual Contact. The maximum penalty upon conviction is 2 years' imprisonment, a $250,000 fine or both, and a mandatory minimum term of supervised release of 5 years up to a maximum of life.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 1, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement in response to the Obama Administration's release of the draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Keystone XL pipeline permit application.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2013
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Today, United States Magistrate Judge Bruce McGiverin authorized a criminal complaint against José E. Toledo-Bayouth for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute five kilograms or more of a mixture and substance containing cocaine, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico. The investigation was conducted by the Drug Enforcement (DEA).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Norman Little Shield, Jr., age 21, of La Plant, South Dakota appeared before U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange on Feb. 25, 2013 and pled guilty to an Indictment that charged him with Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury. The maximum penalty upon conviction is 10 years of custody, a $250,000 fine, or both; 3 years of supervised release; and a $100 special assessment.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2013
News Release: Peoria, Ill. - Two local men and a woman face federal charges in the July 1, 2012, armed robbery of the Casey’s convenience store in Washington, Ill. Those charged with interference with commerce by robbery, known as the Hobbs Act, are: Todd Lawson, 23, no known address; Whitney Graham, 21, of Sun Valley Court, East Peoria; and Lucious Turntine, 24, of the 900 block of S. Sumner, Peoria, Ill.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2013
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FL - Jean Therve, 29, of Haiti, was sentenced yesterday to thirty-three months in federal prison for attempting to bribe an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Deportation Officer to release him from federal detention where he was being held pending deportation to Haiti.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2013
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A former management information systems specialist for the city of Hoboken pleaded guilty today for intercepting communications meant for the mayor of Hoboken and top city officials and passing some of those communications on to other officials, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2013
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas --- Jordan Weston Hamilton, 24, of Big Spring, Texas, appeared yesterday before U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings and pleaded guilty to the federal charge of false information and hoaxes, stemming from a bomb threat he made in December 2012. Hamilton, who remains in custody, faces a...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 1, 2013
News Release: A local backcountry skier died today during an avalanche in the Teton Range at Grand Teton National Park. Jarad Spackman, age 40, of Jackson, was involved in the avalanche that took his life while he was ascending Apocalypse Couloir near the mouth of Death Canyon.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Wounded Knee, South Dakota man convicted of Theft of Government Property was sentenced on Feb. 20, 2013 by U.S. Magistrate Judge Veronica L. Duffy. Jeremy Elk, age 30, was sentenced to a $500 fine and 1 year probation.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2013
News Release: Charges Include Distribution of Heroin Resulting in Three Deaths.
