News from May 2013
By Commerce Newswire | May 15, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., May 15, 2013 - Members of the House Natural Resources Committee introduced two bills to protect and expand U.S. onshore energy production on federal lands. The bills would remove government roadblocks and hurdles that delay American energy production, promote production of our oil shale resources, and ensure that oil and natural gas resources in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A) are developed and transported in a timely, efficient manner.
By Interior Newswire | May 15, 2013
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park invites children in grades 4 - 8 to participate in the park's fourth annual summer day camp, entitled A Call to Arms: The Gateway City Falls. This year the park will conduct two camps, each for different grade levels. The first camp...
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2013
News Release: MOBILE, AL-- United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown announced today that John Robert McGhee, an Atlanta, Georgia area resident, who previously pleaded guilty to a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization (RICO) conspiracy, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1962(d), was sentenced today to a term of ten years imprisonment by Chief Judge William Steele.
By Commerce Newswire | May 15, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) announced the release of the 2013 Compilation of Trade Statutes - commonly known as the “Trade Blue Book." First published in 1987 and periodically updated since, the Blue Book compiles the statutory text of U.S. trade laws, integrating...
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Tajahn Clinton, age 35, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota appeared before U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier on May 15, 2013, and pursuant to a plea agreement pled guilty to Count 2 of the Fourth Superseding Indictment that charged Clinton with Sex Trafficking by Force, Fraud, or Coercion.
By Interior Newswire | May 15, 2013
News Release: Glen Jean, West Virginia, May 14, 1013 - A frantic call for help, shocked and shattered family and friends standing on the riverbank, an agonizing search for a victim's body by park rangers and rescue personnel. It is the sad but true reality that every spring we prepare for this tragic, unnecessary...
By Commerce Newswire | May 15, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight Chairman Charles Boustany Jr., MD (R-LA) sent a letter to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) regarding the IRS admitting they unfairly targeted conservative groups. After multiple inquiries from the Ways and Means Committee, the IRS repeatedly denied that they were targeting conservative grassroots organizations.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2013
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 38-year-old Longview, Texas woman has pleaded guilty to federal tax violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - A Dorchester man was sentenced yesterday for operating a mortgage fraud scheme to sell his own home and to buy other residential properties.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2013
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Brooklyn, N.Y., man who was arrested in April in connection with a Bergen County bank robbery will make his initial court appearance today, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By State Newswire | May 15, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered the below statement, as prepared for delivery, at today’s hearing, “U.S. Policy Toward Iran."
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2013
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Darwin D. Dieter, 53, of Kempton, PA, was sentenced late yesterday to 18 months in prison and was ordered to pay $532,333.51 restitution in connection with his thefts from a health care benefit program, the dialysis treatment center where his wife was receiving dialysis treatments. Dieter...
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2013
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that five defendants were convicted in federal court today for their roles in a $10.2 million securities fraud and wire fraud conspiracy that victimized thousands of investors across the United States and Canada who bought shares in Petro America Corporation, which was purported to be a profitable company with $284 billion in assets.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Dewey County man convicted of Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury was sentenced on May 13, 2013 by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOL Newswire | May 15, 2013
News Release: LINTHICUM, Md. - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Emcor Group Inc. in Arlington, Va., doing business as Emcor Government Services, and EEC Inc. in Landover, Md., for serious safety violations. These violations include flammable vapor hazards that...
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2013
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court today Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever III, sentenced JAMES LEE WOODARD, 24, of Jacksonville, North Carolina, to 60 months imprisonment followed by three years supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2013
News Release: DALLAS - U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas and Ann M. Harkins, the President and CEO of the National Crime Prevention Council, will speak at an information and health fair for seniors that is being held tomorrow, Thursday, May 16, 2013, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at Eddie...
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2013
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Robert E. O'Neill announces that Alexander Ende (35, Boynton Beach) yesterday pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and mail fraud, and wire fraud affecting a financial institution. Ende faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in federal prison for his involvement in this mortgage fraud conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2013
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - Four Mexican nationals who had illegally entered the U.S. and possessed 40 mm grenades and a launcher have been ordered to federal prison, three of whom received the maximum sentences allowed by law, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Juan Ricardo Martinez-Cardenas, 38, Daniel Blanco-Avila, 23, Martin Martinez-Medina, 18, and Jose Lopez-Cerda, 24, entered guilty pleas on March 5, 2013, for possessing a destructive device.
By Homeland Newswire | May 15, 2013
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the below statement in response to a Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General (DHS OIG) report on Customs and Border Protection (CBP) information technology (IT) control...
