News from May 2013
By Interior Newswire | May 30, 2013
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), and the Oregon Cattlemen's Association (OCA) signed a Candidate Conservation Agreement (CCA) as part of ongoing efforts toward Greater Sage-Grouse conservation.Implementation of this umbrella agreement...
By Commerce Newswire | May 30, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., May 30, 2013 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) today released draft legislation to expand U.S. offshore energy production in order to create new American jobs, lower energy prices, grow our economy, and strengthen national security.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2013
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Michael B. Steinbach, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, announced that Robert J. Vitale, 42, of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, was charged by Information with obstruction of...
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2013
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Johnstown, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court to 72 months in prison and three years supervised release on his conviction of distributing crack cocaine, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2013
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Alexander Williams, Jr. sentenced Corey Moore, age 37, of Takoma Park, Maryland, today to 271 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for possession with intent to distribute controlled substances, specifically cocaine and phencyclidine (PCP); possession of firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime; and being a felon in possession of guns and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2013
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., employee pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a scheme in which hundreds of public employees defrauded their health insurance program of more than $300,000 by falsely claiming to have run marathons and competed in triathlons for cash incentives.
By USDA Newswire | May 30, 2013
News Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 120,000 metric tons of soybeans to China during the 2013/2014 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that David Olmsted, a/k/a Dale Cooper, Jr., 60, of Lead, South Dakota appeared before Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court on May 21, 2013 and pled guilty to a charge of Unlawful Structure of Transactions to Evade Reporting Requirements.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2013
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A federal jury in Corpus Christi has found Luis Perez-Barocela guilty for his participation in a large drug trafficking conspiracy, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. The jury returned its verdict just a short time ago after three days of trial and less than three hours of deliberation.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - U.S. Attorney Kenneth J. Gonzales and Carol K.O. Lee, Special Agent in Charge of the Albuquerque Division of the FBI, announced that a federal grand jury has indicted Jamie Estrada, 40, of Los Lunas, N.M., on computer intrusion and false statement charges. The charges against Estrada arise out of the interception of wire communications intended for others, including New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez and members of her staff.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2013
News Release: Deirdre Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that NAIM HASAAN, 31, of New Haven, pleaded guilty today before United States Magistrate Judge Donna F. Martinez in Hartford to one count of social security number fraud.
By US DOT Newswire | May 30, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - A Congressional hearing in Southern California today focused on how the region’s unique transportation challenges impact the movement of freight throughout the entire Nation, and the importance of greater freight efficiency to the U.S. economy.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a Carbon County woman was sentenced today by Senior United States District Judge Edwin M. Kosik to serve 60 months in prison on the charge of conspiracy to distribute cocaine.
By Interior Newswire | May 30, 2013
News Release: WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK, S.D. - A cool and blustery holiday weekend resulted in the highest Memorial Day Weekend visitation for Wind Cave National Park on record. The parking lot was overflowing as rangers lead 62 tours through the cave to 2,260 visitors.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2013
News Release: CHANEL M. MCGINNIS, age 28, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, pled guilty in federal court today before U.S. District Judge Nannette Jolivette Brown to embezzlement of mail matter by a postal employee, announced U. S. Attorney Dana J. Boente.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2013
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A Michigan woman pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Interior Newswire | May 30, 2013
News Release: Local public land management agencies in the southern Black Hills are working closer together as a result of a recently signed agreement between the Forest Service and the National Park Service. Known as a "Service First" agreement, reflecting the recent law on which it is based, the agreement allows...
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2013
News Release: AMARILLO, Texas - Today, Delmy Nohemy Hernandez, 36, aka Delmy Nohemy Pena De Hernandez, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Mary Lou Robinson to 133 months in federal prison following her guilty plea in March 2013 to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Yesterday...
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Anne M. Tompkins Western District Of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2013
News Release: RONALD M. LEACH, JR., age 42, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, was charged today in a two-count indictment by a federal grand jury with two counts of bank robbery, announced United States Attorney Dana J. Boente.
