News from March 2013
By USDA Wire | Mar 25, 2013
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on March 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Mar 25, 2013
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on March 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2013
News Release: HOUSTON - A second person charged in the armed robbery of two local banks has been ordered to prison for more than 16 years, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Barry Ogilvie, 37, of Houston, pleaded guilty March 28, 2011, to two counts of aiding and abetting aggravated bank robbery and one count of discharging a firearm during a crime of violence.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2013
News Release: HOUSTON - The two remaining defendants standing trial for their involvement in the armed robbery of several Houston-area banks have been convicted on all counts as charged, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today along with FBI Special Agent in Charge Stephen Morris. Early this afternoon...

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Fargo, North Dakota man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Failure to Pay Legal Child Support.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Mission, South Dakota woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Second Degree Burglary and Larceny.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 25, 2013
News Release: AGOURA HILLS, Calif. - The National Park Service (NPS) will share an informative history on a less-recognized form of recreation - driving in the mountains - with its latest lecture series, titled "Mulholland, Miller and Motor Sports." The free event will be held from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 30 at Paramount Ranch, once a hotbed in the feature film movie industry.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2013
News Release: FARGO - U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on March 25, 2013, Hamzo Omerovic of Fargo, N.D., pleaded guilty before U S. Magistrate Judge Karen K. Klein to a federal tax charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2013
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Western District of Michigan. Monday, March 25, 2013. Gerald Singer “arson for profit scheme" lasted almost twenty years. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - A federal jury convicted Muskegon-area landlord Gerald Singer, 73, of two counts of Arson, three counts of Use...

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Blackfoot, South Dakota man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault With a Dangerous Weapon and Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Derek Black Elk, age 25, of Pine Ridge, South Dakota appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Veronica L. Duffy on March 20, 2013 and pled guilty to Sexual Abuse of a Minor. The maximum penalty upon conviction is 15 years' imprisonment and/or a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a McLaughlin, South Dakota man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault With a Dangerous Weapon and Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury.

By Commerce Newswire | Mar 25, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Reps. Patrick Meehan (R-PA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Scott Rigell (R-VA), and Elijah Cummings (D-MD) announced that more than 100 Members of the House of Representatives from both political parties have signed on as co-sponsors of H.R. 452, The Gun Trafficking Prevention Act of 2013.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 25, 2013
News Release: Superintendent Barclay Trimble and Refuge Manager Mike Bryant announced today that National Park Service (NPS) and US Fish & Wildlife (USFWS) staff are sharing office and work space in the recently renovated and remodeled Bodie Island U.S. Coast Guard Station, the Bodie Island Lifesaving Station and...

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2013
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - Two Kansas men have been charged as a result of a federal investigation into organized dog fighting, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2013
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Jose Gomez-Ramirez, 30, has entered a plea of guilty to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2013
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - After a five-day trial, a federal jury in Montgomery, Ala., found James Timothy Turner, 57, also known as Tim Turner, of Skipperville, Alabama guilty of conspiracy to defraud the United States, attempting to pay taxes with fictitious financial instruments, attempting to obstruct...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2013
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Samad Jafari, 55, of Henrico, Va., pleaded guilty today to tax evasion as part of a multi-year scheme involving his used car sales business known as United Import Company, Ltd. (United Import). In addition, United Import plead guilty to structuring cash deposits to prevent banking institutions from reporting currency transactions to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2013
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A veteran member of the Pueblo Bishops Bloods street gang was sentenced today to 40 years in federal prison for his role in a racketeering plot that resulted in the death of a young man with no gang affiliation who was executed in front of his 2 year old son.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 25, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., March 25, 2013 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04), Senator Orin Hatch (UT), Senator John Barrasso and Rep. Cynthia Lummis (WY) today, along with 68 other Members of Congress, sent a bipartisan, bicameral letter to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Director Dan Ashe urging support for the delisting of the gray wolf under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in all lower 48 states.