News published on Federal Newswire in May 2013

News from May 2013


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on May 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on May 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on May 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Desert Landscape Conservation Cooperative Seeking Applicants for Applied Science Funding Opportunity

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Bureau of Reclamation today made a funding opportunity available for applied science grants through the Desert Landscape Conservation Cooperative.


News Release: SYRACUSE, NY -United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian announced that BONNIE SIMSON, 41, of Manlius, NY entered a plea of guilty in U.S. District Court in Syracuse on April 30, 2013, to an indictment charging her with one count of embezzlement from a program receiving federal funds, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 666(a)(1)(A).


News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Lawrence County woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of embezzlement from a credit union, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.


Officer Of Now Defunct New Frontier Bank Sentenced To Prison On Charges Related To The Bank's Collapse

News Release: DENVER - Gregory William Bell, age 54, of Weld County, Colorado, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Court Judge Lewis T. Babcock to serve 30 months in federal prison for false bank entries, bank misapplication, bank fraud, and money laundering, the United States Attorney’s Office, the Federal Bureau...


News Release: INIGO ALBINA, age 57, a citizen of the Philippines, pleaded guilty today before U. S. District Judge Stanwood R. Duval, Jr., to a one-count bill of information for obstruction of justice in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1505, announced U. S. Attorney Dana J. Boente.


Coast Guard Petty Officer Sentenced To Prison For Stealing More Than $200,000 In Government Property

News Release: HOUSTON - U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer First Class Gavino Ortiz III, 32, of League City, has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction for theft of government property, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Ortiz pleaded guilty Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012.


Prospectus Issued for Guided Mountain Climbing

News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) today issued a prospectus to solicit proposals for guided mountain climbing and climbing schools in Grand Teton National Park. This prospectus will award two concession contracts valid for 10 years, each.


News Release: Pedestrian Access Still Allowed. Sandy Springs: The National Park Service will close two areas of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area to vehicles beginning today: Johnson Ferry South, just off Columns Drive, and Indian Trail, on the east side of the river in the Palisades area, will be closed...


Hartford Man Sentenced To More Than Six Years In Federal Prison For Distributing Crack

News Release: HARTFORD, Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and the United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut today announced that Jovan Smith, also known as “Hood," 35, of Hartford, was sentenced yesterday by Senior United States District Judge Ellen Bree Burns in New Haven to 78 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for distributing crack cocaine.


News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Christian Lamont Johnson, 24, of Hampton, Va., was sentenced today to 385 months in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for robbing multiple businesses while armed with a gun in the Hampton Roads area.


Montana Hospitals Agree To Pay $3.95 Million To Resolve Allegedfalse Claims Act And Stark Law Violations

News Release: Hospitals Allegedly Compensated Physicians for Improper Referrals.


News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Springfield, Mo., company was sentenced in federal court today for importing thousands of lamps from its manufacturer in China bearing counterfeit safety certification labels.


Check, Va. Man Sentenced For Lying To Investigators

News Release: Thomas Zachariah Jeffries To Spend Six Months In Prison.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Joel R. Bromwell, 32, of Annapolis, Md., pled guilty today to charges of involuntary manslaughter and driving under the influence of alcohol stemming from a recent traffic fatality in Northeast Washington, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.


Idaho Prison Inmate Indicted By Federal Grand Jury For Mail Fraud

News Release: BOISE - Mark Anthony Brown, 53, an inmate at the Idaho Correctional Center in Orofino, was arraigned in United States District Court today on 12 counts of mail fraud, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Brown was indicted by a federal grand jury on March 12, 2013. A trial is set for June 3, 2013, before Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill at the federal courthouse in Boise.


News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Billings, on May 1, 2013, before Senior U.S. District Judge Jack D. Shanstrom, DAVID RUSSELL HARGROVE, a 33-year-old resident of Livingston, pled guilty to possession of child pornography. Sentencing has been set for August 7, 2013. He is currently detained.


Former NFL Player Sentenced To Seventeen Years In Federal Prison For Role In Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge James S. Moody, Jr. today sentenced John Wesley Wilson (48, Zephyrhills), a former wide receiver for the Washington Redskins, to 17 years in federal prison for drug trafficking and firearms offenses. He pleaded guilty on Jan. 18, 2013. The imposed sentence includes...