News from May 2013
By Commerce Newswire | May 1, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today released the following statement after President Barack Obama nominated Tom Wheeler to be the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission...
By Interior Newswire | May 1, 2013
News Release: On Tuesday, May 7, work is scheduled to begin on the surface of the Roaring River Bridge near the Alluvial Fan in Rocky Mountain National Park. This work will take place from Tuesday through Thursday for three weeks, weather permitting. It will be completed by Thursday, May 23.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2013
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - The former general manager and five former employees of Madison Funding, Inc., a now-defunct Allentown mortgage loan origination company, are charged by indictment, unsealed today, in a mortgage fraud conspiracy that caused mortgage lending businesses to issue millions of dollars worth...
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2013
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A federal investigation into a drug-trafficking organization led by two brothers who oversaw the distribution of cocaine to Italy and across the United States - as well as methamphetamine being trafficked across the U.S. - has led to the indictment of nine people, three of whom were arrested this morning.
By EPA Newswire | May 1, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today released the following statement after President Barack Obama nominated Tom Wheeler to be the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission...
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2013
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that SPIRO BALTATZIDIS, the former Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Starwich, Inc. (“Starwich"), was sentenced today to six months in prison for wire fraud. BALTATZIDIS pled guilty in January 2013 before United States District Judge Ronnie Abrams, who also imposed today’s sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2013
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - Miguel Angel Navarro, 35, of Hidalgo, and Onan Herrera-Sanchez, 24, of Honduras, have been ordered detained pending trial on charges of conspiracy and hostage taking, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2013
News Release: South Bend, Indiana -- United States Attorney David Capp announced.
By Interior Newswire | May 1, 2013
News Release: Science Programs Offered at National Lakeshore.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - Three men were arrested and charged on May 1, 2013, in connection with the Boston Marathon bombings investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2013
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Mustapha Issaka Zico, 41, of Nima, Ghana, was sentenced today to 216 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiring to import heroin from Ghana into the United States. He was also ordered to forfeit $110,000.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2013
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, DELBERT DEAN SPEAR, a 25-year-old resident of Crow Agency and an enrolled member of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe, pled guilty to assault with a dangerous weapon. Sentencing has been set for August 7, 2013. He is currently detained.
By Interior Newswire | May 1, 2013
News Release: Hawaii National Park, Hawai'i - Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park continues its tradition of sharing Hawaiian culture and After Dark in the Park programs with the community and visitors in May. All programs are free, but park entrance fees apply. Mark the calendar for these upcoming events.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - Three residents of New York State have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of conspiracy, possessing counterfeit United States currency, and passing counterfeit United States currency, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By US DOT Newswire | May 1, 2013
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, made the following statement today on a survey released by the Institute for Energy Research that shows a growing trend among Americans wanting a more transparent federal government.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2013
News Release: HOUSTON - Jeffrey Juarez, the one-time leader of the notorious Tri City Bomber (TCB) Street gang, has been sent to federal prison for his conviction of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and ecstasy, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today along with and Armando Fernandez, special agent in charge of the FBI’s San Antonio Division. Juarez entered a plea of guilty on Sept. 6, 2012.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2013
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court yesterday, United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle sentenced ALMONMONICK BULLOCK, 37, of Henderson, North Carolina, ANGELA WILKERSON, 37, of Raleigh, North Carolina, and PATRICK COOPER, 39, of Kittrell, North Carolina...
By Interior Newswire | May 1, 2013
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - Grand Canyon National Park and the Grand Canyon Association will dedicate the renovated trailhead for Bright Angel Trail, one of the oldest and best known trails in the National Park system. This renovation encompasses a 3.5 acre area at and surrounding the Bright Angel Trailhead...
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2013
News Release: Project Safe Childhood. KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Blue Springs, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to transporting a minor across state lines for illegal sexual activity and to receiving child pornography...
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2013
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