News from March 2013

By Commerce Newswire | Mar 27, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Reuters yesterday reported, “President Obama’s top health care adviser acknowledged on Tuesday that costs could rise in the individual health insurance market, particularly for men and younger people, because of provisions of the landmark 2010 health care measure due to take effect next...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2013
News Release: Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, today announced that a grand jury returned a four-count indictment charging Hamadoun Bacoco Samassekou, age 29, of Parma, Ohio, with three counts of Fraud and Misuse of Visa Permits, Melissa A. Davis, age 23, of Cleveland, Ohio, with two counts of Fraud and Misuse of Visa Permits, and Chella A. Davis, age 21, of Cleveland, Ohio, with one-count of False Statements to federal officers.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2013
News Release: Stole Tools and Scaffolding Which He Sold at Pawn Shops in Baltimore, Anne Arundel and Queen Anne’s Counties.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2013
News Release: Two Iowa men who conspired to rob a South Sioux City, Nebraska, business pled guilty March 26, 2013, in federal court in Sioux City.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 27, 2013
News Release: CAÑON CITY, Colo. - Contractors working on the Park Center well, north of Cañon City will reopen a bypass on County Road 9 (Red Canyon Road) as work continues at the well site. The traffic pattern will be temporarily altered through April.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2013
News Release: Fort Wayne, INCThe United States Attorney's Office announced that a Grand Jury sitting in Fort Wayne, Indiana, returned the following Indictments on March 27, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2013
News Release: A Brighton businessman and his son were found guilty today by a federal jury of conspiracy and multiple counts of wire fraud, announced United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 27, 2013
News Release: Park to Remove 134 Cans, Keeping a Few at Busiest Locations.

By DOE Newswire | Mar 27, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today announced a hearing for Wednesday, April 3, 2013, at 1 p.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building entitled “Protecting America’s Sick and Chronically Ill." Witnesses to be announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Christopher A. Crofts announced today that Bryson Brown of the Wind River Indian Reservation appeared in Federal Court after having been indicted in a four (4) count Indictment charging him with one count of Assault with a Dangerous Weapon with Intent to do Bodily Harm, one count...

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Anthony Gutierrez, 43, of Santa Fe, N.M., was sentenced this morning to 96 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release for a firearms conviction arising out of an armed robbery of a K-Mart Store in Santa Fe.

By Commerce Newswire | Mar 27, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today announced a hearing for Wednesday, April 3, 2013, at 1 p.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building entitled “Protecting America’s Sick and Chronically Ill." Witnesses to be announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2013
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal jury today convicted a Birmingham man and former candidate for a Jefferson County Circuit Court judgeship of attempting to entice a minor to engage in sexual activity and of receiving and possessing child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent in Charge Raymond R. Parmer Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2013
News Release: BOISE - Devin Edward Montgomery, 32, of Boise, Idaho, was sentenced this morning in United States District Court to 24 months plus 10 days in prison followed by three years of supervised release for unlawful possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordered Montgomery to forfeit the shotgun he illegally possessed. He pleaded guilty to the charge on January 7, 2013.

By DOE Newswire | Mar 26, 2013
News Release: OAK RIDGE - As part of the Obama Administration’s commitment to revitalizing America’s manufacturing sector, today the Energy Department launched the Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative (CEMI), a new Department initiative focused on growing American manufacturing of clean energy products and boosting...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2013
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO, California - A federal grand jury in San Francisco indicted Eric Flentoil of San Francisco last week with identity theft, access device fraud, and filing false claims, United States Attorney Melinda Haag and IRS-CI Special Agent in Charge Jose M. Martinez, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - A Cape Cod man, who is a registered sex offender, pleaded guilty today to possessing child pornography.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2013
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Ahmad Williams, 29, of Jackson, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Carlton W. Reeves to serve 97 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis announced. Williams was also ordered to pay a $1,500.00 fine.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 26, 2013
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 “I am proud of the historic decision by President Obama to appoint Julia A. Pierson to be the first female Director of the United States Secret Service. With over 30 years of experience in the Secret Service, Julia is exceptionally well-qualified, ...

By USDA Newswire | Mar 26, 2013
News Release: COLUMBIA, South Carolina, March 26, 2013—Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture will launch its "StrikeForce" initiative in 10 additional states, including South Carolina. The primary goal of the StrikeForce initiative is to increase partnership with ...