News from March 2013
By Interior Newswire | Mar 29, 2013
News Release: Brookline, MA - Looking for something fun, free, and fantastic to do with family and friends?Why not become a Junior Ranger?! John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site and Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site in Brookline and Longfellow House-Washington Headquarters National Historic Site...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2013
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A Turkish citizen who resides in Orange County was sentenced this morning to five years in federal prison after admitting she provided material support to terrorists by wiring money to Pakistan to help fund attacks against American military personnel.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2013
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a professional gambler from New Jersey has been charged in federal court with illegally structuring financial transactions, including cashing in hundreds of thousands of dollars in chips at a local casino.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2013
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: JAEQUAN S. MALONE, 24, of Columbia, South Carolina, was sentenced earlier this week by United States District Court Judge J. Randal Hall to 48 months imprisonment for his involvement in a conspiracy to fraudulently possess and use credit, debit, and gift cards and electronically-stored account...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 29, 2013
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA is seeking applications to provide assistance to agricultural producers and rural small businesses for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects. Funding is available from USDA's Rural Energy for America Program (REAP). The...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Torron Frieson, also known as Torron Frierson, 35, of Washington, D.C., has pled guilty to charges stemming from a robbery earlier this year of a liquor store and market in Northwest Washington, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 29, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Despite stubbornly high gas prices, the Obama administration today announced it is moving forward with a new regulation for gasoline that is expected to drive prices at the pump even higher. The Environmental Protection Agency unveiled its new Tier 3 rule requiring ultra-low sulfur gasoline...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2013
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Frank Dwayne Randolph a/k/a Tubbs, 48, of Pulaski, Tennessee, was sentenced yesterday to 70 months in prison for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy, announced Jerry E. Martin, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 29, 2013
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management announced today that the Secretaries of Interior and Agriculture have made selections for three positions on its National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board. Timothy J. Harvey of Campton, New Hampshire, has been re-appointed for the position representing Humane Advocacy;...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2013
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Kansas City, Mo., man has been sentenced in federal court for his role in an $809,000 conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 29, 2013
News Release: Reservation requests for wilderness camping areas with overnight use limits will be accepted by fax or postal mail beginning Monday, April 1, 2013.Phone reservations are no longer accepted.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 28, 2013
News Release: Dear Secretary Sebelius: For the past two years, we have written to you requesting information about the discretionary authority granted to you as Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) through Section 6401(a)(6) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) regarding...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2013
News Release: Defendants Include Organization Insider Who Processed Fraudulent Applications And Engaged In Witness Tampering.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that more than $3 million has been presented to the Pennsylvania State Police and the Lycoming County District Attorney’s Office as their share of a forfeiture of $4.9 million in a federal criminal case.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2013
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Joseph Mitchell, 36, of Rochester, N.Y., and his brothers, Jamar Mitchell, 27, and Jerrod Mitchell, 23, pleaded guilty to federal drug charges before Hon. Frank P. Geraci, Jr.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 28, 2013
News Release: National Nutrition Month Provides Opportunity to Focus National Conversation on Nutrition SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota, March 28, 2013 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today discussed USDA efforts to improve access to healthy foods, and outlined the need for a renewed commitment to improve childhood ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2013
News Release: Justin D. Schoenauer, 41, also known as Corey J. Schoenauer, a resident of Twin Falls County, Idaho, was sentenced late yesterday in U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho to 27 months in prison for income tax evasion. Schoenauer was also sentenced to three years of supervised release and ordered ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2013
News Release: The Department of Justice’s Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) today announced a new Mentor Court Initiative to support criminal and civil domestic violence courts across the country.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2013
News Release: Mary Bennett, Narendrakumar Patel and Eugenia Burks, all residents of Elmore County, Ala., were sentenced for their roles in an identity theft and tax fraud scheme. Bennett was sentenced today to 75 months in prison; Patel was sentenced yesterday to 24 months in prison; and Burks was sentenced yesterday ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2013
News Release: A federal court permanently barred a Gary, Ind., tax-preparation firm and its owner, John Newlin, from preparing tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today. The civil injunction order, to which Newlin and Quick Sam agreed without admitting the allegations against them, was signed by Judge Jon E. DeGuilio of the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of Indiana.
