News from May 2013
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2013
News Release: David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MICHAEL CRAWFORD, 35, of Canton, pleaded guilty today before United States District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to one count of production of child pornography.
By Commerce Newswire | May 1, 2013
News Release: Dear President Obama: The mounting death toll in Bangladesh’s garment industry, with the collapse last week of the Rana Plaza, underscores the clear need for immediate action to address the crisis in working conditions and worker rights in that country. This most recent tragedy repeats what has become...
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - A Springfield man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Springfield for defrauding the Social Security Administration (SSA).
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2013
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-Yesterday in federal court, a 48-year-old man pleaded guilty to being a habitual offender who committed domestic assault against a woman on the Bois Forte Indian Reservation. On April 30, 2013, Mark Allen Isham specifically pleaded guilty to one count of domestic assault by an habitual offender.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2013
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Christian Dior Womack, a/k/a “Gucci Prada," 28, of Chester, PA, and Rashidah Brice, a/k/a “Camille," a/k/a “Milly," 23, of Chester, PA, are charged by indictment, unsealed today, with sex trafficking females for prostitution, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. According...
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that on May 1, 2013, an indictment was unsealed charging Bobbie Elaine Parker, 34, of Lincoln, with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine between March of 2010 and December of 2012.
By USDA Newswire | May 1, 2013
News Release: Tribes, Biomass Producers, Regional Food Systems to Benefit WASHINGTON, May 1, 2013 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the selection of 110 grants to agricultural producers and rural businesses that will help create jobs and develop new products. The United States Department of Agriculture ...
By USDA Newswire | May 1, 2013
News Release: Chefs Move to Schools initiative gets a boost through new partnership NEW ORLEANS, May 1, 2013 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today highlighted improvements to school meals, a cornerstone of USDA's efforts to create a generational change to improve childhood nutrition. The Secretary also discussed efforts to create new partnerships with chefs around the country to positively impact the eating habits of children.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2013
News Release: St. Vincent Healthcare, a hospital located in Billings, Mont., and Holy Rosary Healthcare, a hospital located in Miles City, Mont., have agreed to pay $3.95 million plus interest to resolve allegations that they violated the Stark Law and the False Claims Act by improperly providing incentive pay to physicians that made referrals to the hospitals, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2013
News Release: A former executive of the U.S. subsidiary of a French power and transportation company was charged in a superseding indictment for his alleged participation in a scheme to pay bribes to foreign government officials, Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut David B. Fein and Assistant Director in Charge Valerie Parlave of the FBI’s Washington Field Office announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2013
News Release: A former Texas state parole officer was sentenced to 20 months in prison today for taking bribes from one of her assigned parolees in exchange for not reporting his parole violations, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2013
News Release: Three men were arrested and charged today in connection with the Boston Marathon bombings investigation. Dias Kadyrbayev, 19, and Azamat Tazhayakov, 19, both of New Bedford, Mass., were charged in a criminal complaint with conspiracy to obstruct justice by conspiring to destroy, conceal and cover-up ...
By Fed Newswire | May 1, 2013
News Release: Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in March suggests that economic activity has been expanding at a moderate pace. Labor market conditions have shown some improvement in recent months, on balance, but the unemployment rate remains elevated. Household spending and business ...
By Labor Gazette | May 1, 2013
News Release: 14 minority job applicants in Jefferson, La., to receive back pay, job offers JEFFERSON, La. — Bertucci Contracting Co. LLC, a federal construction contractor, has settled allegations of hiring discrimination against minority job applicants at its Jefferson facility.
By Labor Gazette | May 1, 2013
News Release: TULSA, Okla. – The U.S. Department of Labor has sued Tulsa-based dentist Dr. Debra S. Gill and her company, Debra S. Gill, DDS, PC in an effort to recover more than $15,000 in employee retirement funds. The department’s lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court in Oklahoma, alleges that Gill violated ...
By DOT News Wire | May 1, 2013
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on May 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 1, 2013
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on May 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 1, 2013
The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on May 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 1, 2013
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on May 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 1, 2013
The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on May 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
