News from May 2013
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2013
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging four defendants with drug trafficking, announced United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano.
By Commerce Newswire | May 9, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - Last Friday, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), along with Health Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX), Congressmen Sam Johnson (R-TX), Devin Nunes (R-CA), Charles Boustany Jr., M.D. (R-LA) and Aaron Schock (R-IL), introduced legislation to provide that the only health plans...
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ronnie Moore, 48, of Washington, D.C., pled guilty today to charges stemming from an incident last year in which he lured a woman into his car and then tried to sexually assault her, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2013
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - Three men have been charged in separate cases in federal court in Kansas with failing to register as sex offenders, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2013
News Release: CHICAGO - A south suburban Dolton police officer was convicted today of federal civil rights charges for using excessive force against two victims outside a Dolton nightclub in May 2009. The defendant, KEVIN FLETCHER, who is on administrative leave from the department, was found guilty on two counts...
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2013
News Release: The Boys and Girls Club of Dorchester held the New England Women’s Leadership Awards (NEWLA) ceremony where they recognized U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz and two other remarkable women for their accomplishments both professionally and personally. Massachusetts First Lady Diane B. Patrick, Esq, and Margaret...
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2013
News Release: MICHAEL LEE HAYNES, 30, of Anniston, Alabama, was indicted by a federal grand jury today for crimes involving the sexual exploitation of children, announced U. S. Attorney Dana J. Boente.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2013
News Release: A Spencer, Iowa, couple who conspired to manufacture and distribute methamphetamine pled guilty May 8, 2013, in federal court in Sioux City.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2013
News Release: GRAND FORKS - U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on May 9, 2013, Fulton Merrick, Jr., Garrick Mini, and Rayone Sherman, were sentenced before U.S. District Judge Ralph R. Erickson on charges of distribution of a controlled substance.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2013
News Release: Cecilio Cisneros-Cuapio, 32, of Mexico, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl on May 9, 2013, for illegal re-entry of a previously deported alien into the United States. Cisneros-Cuapio was arrested in Jackson, Wyoming. He received time served plus ten days, was ordered to pay...
By DOL Newswire | May 9, 2013
News Release: House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) today introduced legislation to tackle the upcoming student loan interest rate cliff by moving to a market-based solution.
By Homeland Newswire | May 9, 2013
News Release: (Washington) - Today, Committee on Homeland Security Ranking Member Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) delivered the following prepared remarks for the full Committee hearing entitled The Boston Bombings: A First Look...
By Commerce Newswire | May 9, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Boustany Jr., M.D. (R-LA) sent a letter to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Acting Commissioner Steve Miller inquiring about IRS employees leaving their official duties to attend union training conferences on the taxpayer’s dime.
By Interior Newswire | May 9, 2013
News Release: HARKERS ISLAND, NC - Superintendent Pat Kenney is pleased to announce that the Cape Lookout Lighthouse will open to the public for regular climbing on May 15, 2013. The lighthouse will be open four days per week - Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays through September 21 of 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2013
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Passaic County, N.J., man was arrested today after law enforcement officers discovered alleged child pornography at his residence, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2013
News Release: Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, former New York State Senator Shirley Huntley was sentenced to one year and one day in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Huntley previously pleaded guilty to engaging in a mail fraud conspiracy. As part of her sentence, Huntley...
By Commerce Newswire | May 9, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and House Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-Mich.) today teamed up to launch TaxReform.gov, a new website dedicated to obtaining input from the American public on tax reform.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - A Westfield man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Springfield for possession of child pornography.
By Commerce Newswire | May 9, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today continued its American Energy Security and Innovation hearing series with a focus on grid reliability challenges that arise from the nation’s shifting energy resource landscape. This hearing built on the...
By DOE Newswire | May 9, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee is continuing its bipartisan review of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), releasing today the third in a series of white papers examining a number of issues emerging with the current system. Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman (D-CA) are leading this effort to review the law and its implementation and are soliciting input from interested stakeholders.
