News from March 2013
By USDA Newswire | Mar 22, 2013
Release: By Sue Heinen, FAS Administrator Recently, I traveled to the Middle East to meet with local and U.S. Embassy leaders to discuss agricultural strategy within the region. Towards the end of my two-week journey, I also had the opportunity to meet with U.S. agricultural companies, state regional trade groups...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2013
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Della Scott,41, of Columbus, Ohio, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa to conspiracy to engage in the business of dealing firearms without a license, and in the course of such business, to transport firearms in interstate commerce. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years, a fine of $250,000, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Timothy Ernle, 51 of Buffalo, N.Y., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to bank robbery. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2013
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On March 20, 2013, a federal grand jury indicted 62 individuals in four separate indictments as the result of investigations led by the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and the Puerto Rico Police (PRPD), announced today by United States Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez. The United States Postal Inspectors and the Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Bureau also participated during the investigation and the arrests.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 22, 2013
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the below statement in response to a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) report on DHS's involvement in 'Operation Fast and Furious'. The report, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2013
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Antonio J. Gomez, Acting Inspector in Charge, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, and José A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Division (IRS-CID), announced today’s sentencing...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2013
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge William D. Quarles sentenced Jean Brown, age 43, of Jamaica, to life in prison in connection with a conspiracy to distribute marijuana as one of the leaders of the Brown Organization, a criminal organization whose members distributed narcotics primarily in Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York, Arizona and Jamaica.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2013
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - The owner of a meat distribution company admitted today to evading taxes related to income diverted from his companies for his personal use, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - Former Pittsburgh Police Chief Nathan E. Harper has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of conspiracy and willful failure to file income tax returns, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 22, 2013
News Release: PUBLIC MEETINGS SCHEDULED TO DISCUSS FUTURE OF LAKE MOHAVE RESORTS.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 22, 2013
News Release: Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Ranking Member John Thune (R-SD) and House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) wrote today to Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, expressing concerns about the potential impact on aviation safety due to the Administration’s choice to close 149 contract towers around the country.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 22, 2013
News Release: KREMMLING, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comment on its proposal to construct a new boat launch at the popular Radium Recreation Site on the upper Colorado River.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2013
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Law enforcement authorities today arrested three defendants and executed 26 search warrants as part of a federal criminal investigation into the sale of nitrous oxide - an inhalant ostensibly offered for use as a “booster" in sports cars, but in reality being distributed solely for recreational drug use.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 22, 2013
News Release: The John Muir National Historic Site in Martinez, CA, now features a new exhibit in one of the upstairs bedrooms of John Muir’s Victorian home. The exhibit focuses on John Muir’s influence on the creation of several national park units in the western United States and on the National Park Service’s mission to continue Muir’s beliefs today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2013
News Release: CHASE M. ROBICHAUX, age 23, a resident of Thibodaux, Louisiana, pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday to being part of a conspiracy involving the trafficking of methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Dana J. Boente.
By State Newswire | Mar 22, 2013
News Release: This Friday, the Foreign Ministers of the Americas are gathering in Washington D.C. at the august headquarters of the Organization of American States (OAS). There are a good number of these meetings throughout the year, and we could be forgiven for not noticing. But this one is different and we should...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2013
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - Two alleged conspirators in a $13 million mortgage fraud scam that used phony documents and straw buyers to make illegal profits on overbuilt condos at the Jersey shore are charged in connection with the scheme, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - A Chicopee store owner was charged today in federal court with selling counterfeit NHL, NFL, MLB and NBA sports apparel.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 22, 2013
News Release: A U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientist and his colleagues have opened the door to development of more heat-tolerant crops by crystallizing a plant protein that plays a key role in photosynthesis.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2013
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - The former director of Community Planning and Compliance for Hamilton Township, N.J., who admitted laundering a $5,000 bribe from an insurance broker to township Mayor John Bencivengo, was sentenced today to 18 months in prison, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
