News published on Federal Newswire in May 2013

News from May 2013


News Release: BOSTON - A Fitchburg man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Worcester for possessing child pornography.


Judge Hands Down Multiple Sentences In Houston Area Ecstasy Conspiracy

News Release: HOUSTON - Six Houston residents, convicted for their roles in a multi-drug conspiracy operating in and around the Houston area over the course of approximately two years, have been ordered to serve time in federal prison, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today.


Cummings Calls on Issa to Hold Public Hearings on Benghazi

News Release: Dear Mr. Chairman: On May 7, 2013, we spoke by telephone, and I asked whether you would invite members of the Accountability Review Board (ARB), which was convened by the State Department to examine the attacks in Benghazi in September 2012, to the Committee’s public hearing on May 8, 2013. Ambassador...


News Release: Beginning Sept. 1, 2013, Canyonlands National Park will be changing the reservation process for all its backcountry permits including.


Topeka Man Charged With Producing Child Porn

News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Topeka man has been charged with producing child pornography, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.


News Release: WASHINGTON - House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa today sent letters to Benghazi Accountability Review Board (ARB) co-chairs former Ambassador Thomas Pickering and former Admiral Mike Mullen requesting that they submit to transcribed interviews in anticipation of a public...


News Release: BOSTON - United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz recently recognized 152 officials from federal, state and local law enforcement agencies for exceptional service at the annual Law Enforcement Public Service Awards Ceremony.


Omaha Man Sentenced to 6 years for Child Pornography

News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Michael L. Abraham, age 47 of Omaha, was sentenced in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska for receiving and distributing child pornography. The Honorable John M. Gerrard sentenced Abraham to the custody of the United States Bureau of Prisons for six...


News Release: A woman who conspired to distribute methamphetamine was sentenced May 10, 2013, to ten years in federal prison.


National Park Service To Re-Open Additional Trails Tuesday

News Release: THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. - Now that the 24,000-acre Springs Fire is officially controlled, the National Park Service will re-open trails on the western side of the Santa Monica Mountains Tuesday morning, with restrictions.


News Release: SAN JOSE, California - Cheryl Savage was sentenced last week to 14 months in prison, and ordered to pay a $10,000 fine and $123,463 in restitution for tax evasion, United States Attorney Melinda Haag and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, Special Agent in José M. Martinez announced.


News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-Earlier today in federal court, a 28-year-old felon from Minneapolis pleaded guilty to possessing a.44-caliber revolver. Eugene Denzel Johnson pleaded guilty to one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Johnson, who was indicted on Nov. 20, 2012, entered his plea before United States District Court Judge Ann D. Montgomery.


Denver Attorney Indicted Along With Clients For Defrauding The IRS

News Release: DENVER - Eva Melissa Sugar, age 59, of Denver, Colorado, Jerry Lynn Roberts, age 45, of Polk City, Florida, and Gregory Nathan Laurence, age 46, of Germantown, Tennessee, were indicted by a federal grand jury in Denver on May 8, 2013 for various charges related to obstructing and defrauding the Internal...


News Release: Seneca Falls, NY - Inrecognition of the anniversary of the 1954 landmark Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education, Women's Rights National Historical Park will host a series of events on May 17th & 18th to commemorate the 59th anniversary of the decision.


News Release: Memphis, TN - Clarence Mumford, Sr., 59, of Memphis, was sentenced to 84 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $167,338.84 in restitution after pleading guilty in February 2013 to aggravated identity theft and to conspiring to commit mail fraud, wire fraud, Social Security fraud and identity theft...


Three Defendants Plead Guilty To Participating In Massive Immigration Fraud Scheme

News Release: Seven Defendants Have Now Been Convicted In Connection With Scheme Involving Phony Asylum Applications.


News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has filed an administrative action under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) against Alejo Grocers Inc.


News Release: United States Attorney Anne M. Tompkins Western District Of North Carolina.


News Release: Big Bend National Park Celebrates Debut of the new Park Orientation Film.


Issa Statement on DOJ Monitoring of AP Phone Lines

News Release: WASHINGTON- House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa today issued the following statement on news that the Department of Justice has been monitoring Associated Press phone lines, including a line in the press gallery of the U.S. House of Representatives...