News from May 2013
By USDA Newswire | May 10, 2013
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has filed an administrative action under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) against Liborio Markets #9 Inc.
By DOE Newswire | May 10, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), will hold a legislative hearing next Friday, May 17, 2013, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing will examine three legislative proposals: the Reducing Excessive Deadline Obligations Act, the Federal and State Partnership for Environmental Protection Act, and the Federal Facility Accountability Act.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2013
News Release: On May 11, 2013, Percy C. Jefferson, 34, of Pembrook, IL, pled guilty in United States District Court in Benton to a one-count indictment charging conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine, announced Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2013
News Release: COVINGTON, KY - Pamela Brown, 43, of Independence, Ky., was sentenced today to 51 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge David L. Bunning for mail fraud and aggravated identity theft. Judge Bunning also ordered Brown to pay $261,182.45 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2013
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that 61 Kansas City, Mo.-area residents have been charged with firearms violations, drug trafficking or other crimes as the result of a nearly year-long undercover operation by the ATF and the Kansas City, Mo., Police Department.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2013
News Release: HOUSTON - Yevette Lauren Walton and Lakisha Lashell Rogers have entered pleas of guilty for conspiring to submit fraudulent tax refund claims in the names of 53 stolen identities during the current 2013 tax season, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today along with Lucy Cruz, special...
By DOE Newswire | May 10, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce announced its hearing and vote schedule for the week of May 13, 2013. The committee will mark up three pieces of legislation pertaining to electric reliability, animal drug user fees, and the security of our nation’s prescription drug...
By USDA Newswire | May 10, 2013
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has filed an administrative action under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) against Liborio Markets #10 Inc.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2013
News Release: Roger W. Price, age 51 of Rulo, Nebraska, was sentenced for his failure to register as a sex offender. The Honorable Joseph F. Bataillon sentenced Price to an 18 month term of imprisonment. After his release from prison, Price will begin a term of supervised release of 10 years.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Guy A. Bax, 66, of Niagara Falls, N.Y., who was convicted of corruptly accepting gratuities in connection with his role as the Building Commissioner for the City of Niagara Falls, was sentenced to two years probation by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2013
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of St. Marys, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 51 months in jail on her conviction of mail fraud and tax evasion and ordered to pay $1,106,403.78 in restitution to Abbott Furnace Company and $428,595.84 to the Internal Revenue Service, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2013
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Jose Manuel Garcia, 38, of Corpus Christi, has been sent to federal prison for his involvement in a methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Garcia and co-defendant Alvaro Villarreal, 57, also of Corpus Christi, pleaded guilty Oct. 23, 2012.
By Commerce Newswire | May 10, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today called on health care physicians and other providers from across the country to bring ideas to the table on how to improve Medicare’s physician payment system. In a sharply-worded letter to health care providers, the senators called the current Medicare payment system “broken" and said it was time to repeal the flawed formula and end the annual “doc fix" ritual.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2013
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA - On May 8, 2013, Edward S. Robertson, a 26 year-old resident of Spirit Lake, Iowa, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge John A. Jarvey to 7 years in prison for receipt of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt. In addition, Judge...
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2013
News Release: A citizen of Mexico, who was named, along with nine others in an indictment returned in August 2012, was sentenced on May 10, 2013, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2013
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A father and son were arrested yesterday afternoon as they were about to board a plane to Moscow on federal fraud charges that include allegations that the older man sent tens of thousands of bogus “invoices" to small business owners in California in a shakedown scheme that caused at least 5,000 victims to send $225 to a fake company that purported to be a state agency.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Great Falls, on May 9, 2013, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Keith Strong, THEODORE EDWARD WHITFORD, a 27-year-old resident of Box Elder and an enrolled member of the federally recognized Chippewa Cree Indian Tribe, pled guilty to assault resulting in serious bodily injury. Sentencing has been set for Aug. 15, 2013. He is currently detained.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2013
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA - On May 7, 2013, Scott Allen Gibbons, a 23 year-old resident of Villisca Iowa, was sentenced to 14 years in prison for receipt of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt. Gibbons previously pled guilty on Jan. 10, 2013, to the charge of receipt of child pornography.
By Interior Newswire | May 10, 2013
News Release: Monocacy National Battlefield will host a "Junior Ranger Weekend" on Saturday, June 8 and Sunday, June 9 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m, for kids of all ages. Costumed living history volunteers will present interactive and hands-on programs at various locations throughout the park. A scavenger hunt will...
