News published on Federal Newswire in March 2013

News from March 2013


News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Western District of Michigan. Friday, March 15, 2013. MARQUETTE, MICHIGAN - Shawn Marshall Brewer, 23, of St. Ignace, Michigan, was sentenced to 48 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney Patrick A. Miles, Jr. announced...


News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Monmouth County, N.J., man was sentenced today to 71 months in prison for defrauding 16 victims, including friends and family, of $1.2 million in an investment fraud scheme, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - A report by Bloomberg indicates that President Obama is preparing to expand red tape under the National Environmental Policy Act to block important energy and infrastructure projects. According to Bloomberg, President Obama will soon tell federal agencies that they must consider climate...


Park Celebrates 75th Anniversary

News Release: First National Historic Site in U.S. to Celebrate 75th Anniversary on Sunday.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - A report by Bloomberg indicates that President Obama is preparing to expand red tape under the National Environmental Policy Act to block important energy and infrastructure projects. According to Bloomberg, President Obama will soon tell federal agencies that they must consider climate...


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce announced its schedule for the week of March 18, 2013. The Health Subcommittee will begin the week by exploring America’s looming entitlement crisis. The Energy and Power Subcommittee will continue its American Energy Security and Innovation...


Amish Volunteers Assist with Cabin Preservation

News Release: Amish Volunteers Assist with Cabin Preservation at Catoctin Mountain Park.


Week In Review – Hammond

News Release: Hammond, Indiana - The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in Federal Court.


Kbic Man Sentenced To Prison For Sexual Abuse Of A Minor

News Release: MARQUETTE, MICHIGAN - Brian Paul Loonsfoot, 31, of Baraga, Michigan, was sentenced to 78 months in federal prison for sexual abuse of a minor, U.S. Attorney Patrick A. Miles, Jr. announced today. In addition to the prison term, U.S. District Judge Robert Holmes Bell ordered Loonsfoot to serve ten years...


News Release: OREGON CITY, OR - The McLoughlin House unit of Fort Vancouver National Historic Site will hosting an open house on Saturday, March 23, from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm to highlight the Civil War Era Quilt Exhibit currently in the historic house museum. The quilts are from the private collection of quilt historian Eileen Jahnke Trestain and she will be on hand to discuss the quilts on display.


California Cocaine Dealer Sentenced To 24 Years In Prison

News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of Fontana, Calif., has been sentenced in federal court to 292 months imprisonment and five years supervised release on his conviction of federal drug and money laundering laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - A report by Bloomberg indicates that President Obama is preparing to expand red tape under the National Environmental Policy Act to block important energy and infrastructure projects. According to Bloomberg, President Obama will soon tell federal agencies that they must consider climate...


News Release: St. Louis, MO - Carl Mathews pled guilty to charges involving the sex trafficking of two area women by force and intimidation.


News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney of the Southern District of Florida, Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; Michael B. Steinbach, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, and Christopher B. Dennis...


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade today unveiled a new Facebook page highlighting the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s initiative to promote the success of American manufacturers and to help make American manufacturing more competitive in the global marketplace.


Mayfield Heights Woman Charged With Embezzling More Than $650,000

News Release: A one-count criminal information was filed today charging Willoughby Hills woman with embezzling more than $650,000 in federal funds, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.


News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington sentenced Danny Crane (32, Riverview) yesterday to 12 months and one day in federal prison for theft of government funds. He is also ordered to serve a 3-year term of supervision, following his release from prison. Crane pleaded guilty on...


Dubuque Woman Becomes Third Person Sent To Federal Prison For Methamphetamine Lab That Caused House Fire

News Release: A woman who assisted in the manufacture of methamphetamine that caused a fire in a home she was renting was sentenced on March 15, 2013, to just less than six years in federal prison.


Katelyn & Claire, Inc And Alex T, Inc Guilty Plea

News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Donald J. Cazayoux, Jr. announced today that KATELYN & CLAIRE, INC. and ALEX T, INC., both doing business as Quality Express, pled guilty before United States District Court Chief Judge Brian A. Jackson to conspiracy to launder monetary instruments and multiple...


News Release: A Colorado man who conspired to distribute methamphetamine in Iowa was sentenced March 15, 2013, to more than seven years in federal prison.