News from March 2013
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Dozens of House and Senate members today sent a letter to President Obama raising the alarm about Japan’s possible interest in joining the Transpacific Partnership negotiations. Overall, 50 members of the House and Senate signed the letter (full list below).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal judge today sentenced a former computer printer service technician at Children’s of Alabama to 27 months in prison for defrauding the hospital of $426,986 by charging it for printer cartridges he sold to another company, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and FBI Special Agent in Charge Richard D. Schwein Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON -Eight individuals face federal charges stemming from a joint U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Missouri Department of Conservation investigation of interstate and international trafficking in paddlefish “caviar," the Department of Justice Environment and Natural Resources Division and the...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Mission, South Dakota woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Second Degree Burglary and Larceny.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - After a five day bench trial, U.S. District Judge William D. Quarles, Jr., convicted Pedro Rodriguez Garcia, age 34, formerly of Rosedale, Maryland, late yesterday of conspiring to commit an armed commercial robbery on July 29, 2009, armed robbery and brandishing a gun during a crime of violence.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - In a speech on the Senate floor today, Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) slammed Senate Democrats’ budget blueprint for fiscal year (FY) 2014 for failing to address the nation’s ongoing spending-fueled debt crisis.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Billings, on March 13, 2013, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Carolyn S. Ostby, the following individual was arraigned.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it has opened a pattern or practice investigation into use of force by the Cleveland Division of Police (“CPD"). The investigation will focus on allegations that CPD officers use excessive force, including unreasonable deadly force, and on the adequacy of CPD’s training, supervision, and accountability mechanisms that are essential to effective, constitutional policing.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: DES MOINES, IA - On March 14, 2013, Jeffrey Scott Kepler, age 53, of Altoona, Iowa, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge John A. Jarvey to one year and one day in federal prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. -- On, Friday, Feb. 22, Grand Canyon National Park and special guest Darryl Haley kicked off a weekend celebration of Black History Month and Healthy Parks Healthy People. This groundbreaking event was a part of the Grand Canyon Diversity Council's effort to increase diversity and inclusivity in Grand Canyon National Park.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: "Spring is an excellent time to explore the cave because it's literally alive with tiny creatures; some found nowhere else. And with the snow melting outside, the water flowing into the caves this time of year showcases the processes creating the beautiful cave formations," says Acting Superintendent Sean Denniston.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that following a two-day jury trial before U.S. District Court Judge Sylvia H. Rambo, Carlos C. Hill, age 41, was convicted of possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon. The jury returned a verdict after three hours.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: Jerry Richard Blackwell Charged With Methamphetamine.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: During the next few days, National Park Service fire crews will be conducting a series of prescribed fires within Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area. The prescribed fires, as defined in the approved Fire Management Plan, will all be located within the boundaries of the park. Fires will occur at locations in both Kentucky and Tennessee.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Chairman Jim Jordan(R-OH) and Chairman Blake Farenthold will convene a joint subcommittee hearing Tuesday, March 19th at 1:30 p.m. to examine and contrast how three federal agencies are implementing mandatory budget cuts enacted by sequestration over the coming months.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La: United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that Jacqueline Marie Benjamin, 43, of New Iberia, La., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Richard T. Haik to conspiring to defraud the Federal Emergency Management Agency out of thousands of dollars in false hurricane damage claims.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: Mexico Based Defendants Trafficking Large Amounts Of Heroin And Methamphetamine.
By State Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY), the Committee’s Ranking member, introduced bipartisan legislation (H.R. 1151) that calls for the Secretary of State to endorse Taiwan’s entry into the International Civil Aviation Organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - The last three area men arrested in January for various drug trafficking and money laundering conspiracies have entered guilty pleas, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Manuel Pena aka “Super," 47, Ignacio Pena aka “Nacho," 44, and Jose Fidel Guajardo aka “Garfield," 40, all of Corpus Christi, appeared before Senior United States District Judge Janis Graham Jack this morning and pleaded guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Missoula, on March 13, 2013, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeremiah C. Lynch, the following individuals were arraigned.
