News from May 2013
By EPA 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: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - James Raymond Schimmel, 53, of Alexandria, Virginia, was sentenced today to 10 years in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for enticing a minor to engage in criminal sexual activity. At the time of his arrest on Oct. 24, 2012, Schimmel was an employee of the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2013
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas --- Trevor Jacob Fortner, 25, of Lubbock, Texas, made his first appearance in federal court in Lubbock, Texas, this morning, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Nancy M. Koenig, following his arrest on a federal complaint charging attempted enticement of a minor. He was ordered detained, pending...
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2013
News Release: Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that on May 9, 2013, Martez Moore, a.k.a. “Tez" and “Mo," 38, of Belleville, Antwone Johnson, a.k.a. “Twon," 33, of Cahokia; Dewayne Hill, 38, St. Clair County, Brian Matthews, a.k.a. “Caine," 46, St.
By EPA 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 DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2013
News Release: COVINGTON, KY - An employee at the IRS Service Center in Kenton County, KY., is accused of destroying hundreds of tax forms.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2013
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Neosho, Mo., man with nearly 1,000 videos and images of child pornography on his computer has been sentenced in federal court for receiving and distributing child pornography over the Internet.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2013
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA - On May 9, 2013, Danny Joel Hummel, a 59 year-old resident of Essex, Iowa, was sentenced by United States Senior District Court Judge Robert Pratt to six months in prison followed by ten years of supervised release for possession of child pornography, announced Nicholas A. Klinefeldt. Hummel pled guilty to the charge of possession of child pornography on Feb. 15, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2013
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Michael J. Rolfe, 48, of Gates, N.Y., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, to transporting a child across state lines with the intent of engaging in illegal sexual activity. The charge carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in prison, a maximum penalty of life, a fine of $250,000 or both.
By State Newswire | May 9, 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, released a joint statement on the mounting bipartisan movement in Congress to further strengthen sanctions against the Iranian regime.
By USDA Newswire | May 9, 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 #7 Inc.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2013
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Raymond Locklin, 29, of Rochester, N.Y., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer, to conspiracy to commit mail fraud. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, a fine of 250,000 or both.
By Commerce Newswire | May 9, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - A new report from the HHS Office of the Inspector General has found that the average per treatment utilization of certain drugs used to combat anemia in dialysis patients was 22 percent less than the quantity assumed in Medicare rates. This report reinforces the appropriateness of an American...
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2013
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-Late yesterday afternoon, a federal-court jury found a 49-year-old Burnsville woman guilty of mailing threatening letters and letters meant to extort money. The jury convicted Deborah Mae Carlson of 12 counts of mailing threatening communications. Carlson was indicted on Nov. 22, 2011.
By Homeland Newswire | May 9, 2013
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 NEW YORK—Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today traveled to New York where she met with business community leaders to discuss the need for commonsense immigration reform, which is critical to our nation’s economic health and prosperity.
By USDA Newswire | May 9, 2013
News Release: This Press Release is cross-posted from the Department of Commerce Office of Public Affairs. You may view the original press release here.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2013
News Release: The United States has asked a federal court in St. Louis, Mo., to permanently bar Joseph Burns, d/b/a Electronic Tax Service, Joseph Thomas and International Tax Service Inc. (Thomas’s business), from preparing federal tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today. The civil injunction ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2013
News Release: The Department of Justice and the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights obtained a comprehensive resolution agreement today with the University of Montana-Missoula in Missoula, Mont., to ensure that it responds swiftly and effectively to allegations of sexual assault and harassment by students. ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2013
News Release: A Texas man was sentenced today to serve 30 years in prison for producing and distributing material relating to the sexual exploitation of children, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas Robert Pitman.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2013
News Release: The former president of Port Arthur Chemical and Environmental Services, LLC (PACES) has pleaded guilty in federal court to occupational safety crimes which resulted in the death of an employee, announced Ignacia S. Moreno, Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division and John M. Bales, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas.
