News published on Federal Newswire in March 2013

News from March 2013


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE), today continued its “Nation of Builders" hearing series with a focus on steel manufacturing.


News Release: WASHINGTON - House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa (CA-49) today released the following statement on House passage of H. Con. Res. 25, the GOP budget resolution for fiscal year 2014.


News Release: The Bureau of Land Management is seeking parties interested in proposing solar energy development projects on 3,714 acres of land managed by the BLM San Luis Valley Field Office in Conejos and Saguache counties.The BLM's current actions come after a two-year planning effort on behalf of the Secretary...


News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The owner of Bluegrass Women’s Healthcare, located in Elizabethtown, Kentucky was charged, in a 13 count federal grand jury indictment this week, with health care fraud, mail fraud, misbranding and smuggling announced David J. Hale, United States Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky.


Rapid City Man Indicted For Illegal Reentry

News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota man was indicted by a federal grand jury for illegally reentering the United States after having been previously deported.


Prescribed Fire Scheduled in Yosemite National Park

News Release: Burn is Scheduled to Create Defensible Space in Wawona.


News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Natalie White Plume, a/k/a Natalie Lame, age 36, of Pine Ridge, South Dakota appeared before Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court, on March 8, 2013 and pled guilty to False Statement. The maximum penalty upon conviction is 5 years of imprisonment and a $250,000 fine.


News Release: Defendant Repeatedly Failed to Register Despite Prior Convictions for Four Brutal Rapes.


Union County, N.J., Man Charged With Distributing Images And Videos Of Child Sexual Abuse

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Linden, N.J., man was arrested yesterday and charged for allegedly distributing child pornography from his home computer, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.


Monroeville Man Sentenced In Aggravated Assault Case

News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - A federal judge sentenced Marcus Dupree Hurry, 22, of Monroeville, to seven years in prison for his assault on a Deputy United States Marshal in February, 2012, announced George L. Beck, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama.


Two Sentenced To Prison For Roles In 2010 Wedding Murders In Juarez, Mexico

News Release: EL PASO, Texas - In El Paso, 23-year old Gonzalo Delgado-Chavez of Namiquipa, Chihuahua, Mexico, was sentenced to 262 months in federal prison for his role in the kidnapping and murder of three individuals during a wedding ceremony in Juarez, Mexico in May of 2010 announced United States Attorney Robert...


News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that a grand jury has indicted three defendants in separate cases on firearms charges.


Shuster Statement on Amtrak Pennsylvanian Service

News Release: U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Bill Shuster statement on an agreement between Pennsylvania and Amtrak on maintaining the rail service’s Pennsylvanian route...


Warren County, N.J., Man Sentenced To 48 Months In Prison For Possessing Images Of Child Sexual Abuse

News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - Warren County, N.J., man was sentenced today to 48 months in prison for possessing images on his computer and an external hard drive of children being sexually abused, including violent video images, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.


News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Reuben Thomas, 35, of Richmond, Virginia, was indicted today for the theft of 2 electrical generators from the American Victory Base Complex in Baghdad, Iraq.


Crawford County Man Sentenced To Nearly Ten Years In Prison On Methamphetamine Conspiracy

News Release: On March 21, 2013, Michael G. Yankey, 49, of Annapolis, IL, was sentenced in United States District Court in Benton on a one-count indictment charging conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today.


Hatch Trade Amendments to Senate Democrats’ Budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2014

News Release: As the Senate begins to debate Democrats first budget blueprint in nearly four years, Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today filed the following trade related amendments to S.Con.Res. 8, the Senate Budget Resolution for FY 2014...


Three Family Members Sentenced for Stealing $3 Million from Armored Car

News Release: After Decades of Living Off of Stolen Funds, Husband, Wife and Son Appear in Federal Court for Sentencing.


News Release: GREENSBORO, N.C. - A Reidsville man was sentenced to five years in prison and 10 years supervised release for receipt of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Ripley Rand.


Three-Day Hearing Series Produces Much-Needed Certainty for Patients, Providers, and Innovators

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today concluded the committee’s three-day “Health Information Technologies " hearing series focused on potential regulations and taxes on smartphones, tablets, mobile apps, and other health information...