News from May 2013
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2013
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A man from Manhattan, Kan., has pleaded guilty to taking part in an armed robbery that set in motion a series of events leading ultimately to a deadly arson in which a Kansas State University researcher died, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
By Commerce Newswire | May 9, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today pushed Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to fully comply with the panel’s investigation into the potentially illegal use and waste of taxpayer dollars through the Communities Putting Prevention to Work (CPPW) and Community...
By Commerce Newswire | May 9, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-KS) today introduced H.R. 1900, the Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act, a bipartisan bill to modernize the federal review process for natural gas pipeline permit applications.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2013
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Patrick R. Lambert, 56, of Virginia Beach, Va., pleaded guilty today to fraud in connection with a local government receiving federal funds.
By EPA Newswire | May 9, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today pushed Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to fully comply with the panel’s investigation into the potentially illegal use and waste of taxpayer dollars through the Communities Putting Prevention to Work (CPPW) and Community...
By EPA 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.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2013
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Kovachevich sentenced Rhonda Yvette Brooks to three years and six months in federal prison for tax fraud and aggravated identity theft. As part of her sentence, the court also ordered a forfeiture money judgment and restitution order in the amount of $23,096 for funds traceable to proceeds of the offense. Brooks pleaded guilty on Feb. 20, 2013.
By EPA 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 DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2013
News Release: DURANGO - A juvenile charged in the Weber Canyon Fire has been adjudicated as a juvenile delinquent for two acts of juvenile delinquency, for willfully and without authority, lighting timber on fire upon public lands and destruction of government property in excess of $1,000. The juvenile apologized for the acts of delinquency and to those who were damaged by the action of the juvenile.
By Interior Newswire | May 9, 2013
News Release: Hawaii National Park, Hawai'i - Nearly 50 Hawai'i Island high school youth have completed training for eight-week summer internship programs with Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park starting in June.
By State Newswire | May 9, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced that on Wednesday, May 15, he will convene a hearing to examine U.S. policy toward Iran. The hearing, entitled “Preventing a Nuclear Iran, " will begin at 1 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2013
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Michael J. DePalma, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigations (IRS-CI), announced that Efrain Felipe, 41, of Hallandale Beach, was charged in a two count Information with making...
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2013
News Release: PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. - - The Drug Enforcement (DEA) working in conjunction with the Port St. Lucie Police (PSLPD), Special Investigations Unit, initiated an investigation into the drug trafficking (DTO) of Kevin Piscottano and his associates. This eight month investigation resulted in the arrest of 28...
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2013
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Matthew Daniels, 46, of Grand Haven, Michigan, having pled guilty to filing a false tax return, has been sentenced to serve 6 months in prison, followed by 1 year of supervised release, and ordered to pay more than $119,000 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service, U.S.
By Interior Newswire | May 9, 2013
News Release: GLADE PARK, Colo. - Fire officials from a variety of agencies are hosting an informative workshop in Glade Park Tuesday, May 14 at 7 p.m. at the Glade Park Fire Department to help people prepare for the upcoming wildfire season.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2013
News Release: LEXINGTON, KY - The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, Kerry B. Harvey, announced a number of leadership changes today including a new top assistant.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2013
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Carrolltown, Pa., pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy to manufacture and possess marijuana plants, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By US DOT Newswire | May 9, 2013
News Release: Today, the eight Republicans on the Environment and Public Works Committee will not attend the nomination vote of Gina McCarthy to head the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). On April 25, 2013 the Committee Republicans asked Chairman Barbara Boxer to postpone the nomination vote because they had not received answers to their questions. That request was denied. The Senators made the following statement today...
By Interior Newswire | May 9, 2013
News Release: Great Smoky Mountains National Park is hosting a World Heritage Fellow, Anoop K.R., Director of Keoladeo National Park in India and Deputy Conservator of Forests in the Bharatpur District of Rajasthan.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2013
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Tony Davis, 48, who previously served as a Jackson Police Officer, was arraigned today in federal court before U.S. Magistrate Judge F. Keith Ball pursuant to a federal indictment charging him with bribery in connection with a series of transactions of the City of Jackson, Mississippi Police Department, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and FBI Special Agent in Charge Daniel McMullen.
