News from March 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2013
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Ebensburg, Pa., pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - An individual found in Adams Township, Butler County, Pa., has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of re-entry into the United States after deportation, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By State Newswire | Mar 19, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, will convene a hearing entitled, “Crisis in Syria: The U.S. Response " TOMORROW at 9:45 a.m.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2013
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Clexton Ward was sentenced last week to 24 months in prison for conspiring to file false claims, United States Attorney Melinda Haag and Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Jose M. Martinez, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2013
News Release: Daniel L. Gregg, 40, of Boynton Beach, FL, was sentenced to 27 months in prison, 3 years supervised release, and ordered to pay a $375 file and a $100 special assessment fee, Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today. Gregg pled guilty to one...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A Westmoreland County man has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.

By Commerce Newswire | Mar 19, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today made the following statement on the House floor in opposition to the Republican budget...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 19, 2013
News Release: Experience National History Day in Ohio and meet the students who have worked hard this school year to prepare projects for District 9 Ohio History Day. This event is open to the public on Saturday March 23 from 1:00 - 2:00pm at Bennett Hall on campus at Ohio University-Chillicothe. Exhibit rooms remain closed during contest judging. Please check at the History Day welcome table upon your arrival at Bennett Hall on the day of the event for more details.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2013
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By EPA Newswire | Mar 19, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today kicked off the “Health Information Technologies" hearing series to discuss the critical role of technology in the health care industry and how federal regulations and...

By Commerce Newswire | Mar 19, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, joined with Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) to reintroduce legislation to save jobs and prevent health insurance premiums from skyrocketing for America’s small businesses and families. The Jobs and Premium Protection Act, eliminates the costly, unfair and job-crushing health insurance tax (HIT) included in the President’s health care law.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 19, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., March 19, 2013 - Today the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation held a legislative hearing on H.R. 1126, the “Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Completion Act." The legislation introduced by Public Lands and Environmental Regulation Subcommittee Chairman Rob Bishop...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2013
News Release: COEUR D’ALENE - Alex James Ellenwood, 24, of Lapwai, Idaho, pleaded guilty today in United States District Court in Coeur d’Alene to unlawful possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2013
News Release: This afternoon, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee held a full committee hearing entitled, “The Release of Criminal Detainees by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement: Policy or Politics?" At the hearing, Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) delivered the following statement during his opening remarks...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2013
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Allie Speight, 58, of Philadelphia, was sentenced today to 160 months in prison for a loan fraud scheme that included aggravated identity theft, bank fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering. Speight pleaded guilty on April 16, 2012 to orchestrating a scheme to induce others to obtain loans...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 19, 2013
News Release: Washington - Beginning today, all exporters of U.S. pork will begin reporting weekly export sales to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS). The data will allow USDA to issue weekly export sales reports to the public, allowing for information on the total volume...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2013
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. -U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin today announced that a Williamson woman has pleaded guilty in connection with her role in operating a Mingo County pill mill. Myra Sue Miller, 49, of Williamson, Mingo County, W.Va., pleaded guilty in federal court in Charleston to misusing a Drug Enforcement...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2013
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-Earlier today in federal court, a 37-year-old Plymouth man pleaded guilty to smuggling ammunition from the United States to the Ukraine. Paul Kalash pleaded guilty to one count of smuggling goods from the United States. Kalash, who was charged on Feb. 11, 2013, entered his plea before U.S. District Court Chief Judge Michael J. Davis.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 19, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today kicked off the “Health Information Technologies" hearing series to discuss the critical role of technology in the health care industry and how federal regulations and...

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2013
News Release: BISMARCK - U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on March 19, 2013, Fermin Cadena-Solis, 49, of Municipio De Petalon, Queretaro, Mexico, pleaded guilty and was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Daniel L. Hovland on a charge of reentry of deported alien.