News from May 2013
By Commerce Newswire | May 7, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) today questioned several claims made by ExxonMobil following their Mayflower, Arkansas pipeline spill in March that sullied a suburban neighborhood with thick Canadian tar sands oil-including the company’s claim that the tar sands oil isn’t even tar sands at all.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2013
News Release: Brian Crouse doled out up to 1500 grams of methamphetamine from his residence in Belva, W.Va.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2013
News Release: Memphis, TN - Devitoe Farmer, 46, of Memphis, TN, pleaded guilty yesterday to three counts of theft of government property, announced U.S. Attorney Edward L. Stanton III and Acting Special Agent in Charge Robert Anderson of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Inspector General (HUD-OIG).
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2013
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Kovachevich sentenced Jaclyn Fleites (33, Crystal River) yesterday to 27 months in federal prison for making false statements to a federal agent. Fleites pleaded guilty on November 8, 2012. According to court documents, Fleites lied to a federal agent with...
By DOL Newswire | May 7, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Representative Jan Schakowsky (IL-9) have introduced companion resolutions in the Senate and House to express support for expanded home health care services. Long-term services and supports for seniors and individuals with disabilities are proven to be cost-effective, and they enable Americans to live and participate in their communities.
By Homeland Newswire | May 7, 2013
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the below statement in response to a Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General (DHS OIG) report on the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) warehousing of Government...
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2013
News Release: ATLANTA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia and the Justice Department in Washington, D.C. have reached a settlement agreement with DeKalb County (GA) School District to resolve the Department’s investigation into allegations of religious and national origin harassment of a Sikh middle school student (“Student").
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of Wilmington, Del., was sentenced in federal court for violating federal narcotics trafficking and firearm laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2013
News Release: Jenny Lynn Hall, formerly known as Jenny Lynn Unterstein, 37, of Smithville, Tenn., was charged with health care fraud in a one-count criminal information filed today in U.S. District Court, announced David Rivera, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2013
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of New York. Tuesday, May 7, 2013.
By Commerce Newswire | May 7, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and House Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-Mich.) today released a Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) internal memo that confirms that as early as 2009, the Obama Administration was actively exploring ways to circumvent...
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2013
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Alysa Erichs, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security Investigations (ICE-HSI), Miami Field Office, announce the arrests of defendants Anibangel Molina, 42, of New York, New...
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Lancelot Lapahie, 25, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Shiprock, N.M., was sentenced this morning to 50 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for his conviction on assault and firearms charges.
By EPA Newswire | May 7, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today examined the impacts that exporting U.S. energy resources, particularly Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), could have both here and abroad. Only a short time ago, the United Sates was...
By State Newswire | May 7, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Eliot L. Engel, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, delivered the below remarks as prepared for delivery at Tuesday's committee hearing, “Local and Private Sector Initiatives to Combat International Human Trafficking.".
By Commerce Newswire | May 7, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., May 7, 2013 - Today, the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation held an oversight hearing on “Impediments to Public Recreation on Public Lands."This hearing examined obstacles put in place by the federal government that put more costs and burdens on small businesses and limit public access to public lands.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2013
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Michael B. Steinbach, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, and Manuel Orosa, Chief, City of Miami Police Department, announce that Bernard Beliard, a former State Corrections...
By Interior Newswire | May 7, 2013
News Release: Kenneth Stensby Went for Day Hike on Sunday, May 5.
By EPA Newswire | May 7, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE), today held a hearing on “Vacation Nation: How Tourism Benefits our Economy." While the U.S. economy continues to struggle with a 7.5 percent unemployment rate, the travel and tourism industry remains...
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Edward J.S. Picardi, age 56, a former Rapid City surgeon who resides in Sturgis, South Dakota was sentenced by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court, on May 7, 2013.
