News from May 2013
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 this statement following the Administration's announcement of the new Region 8 administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Shaun McGrath who is the former mayor of Boulder, Colorado, and principle of the environmental planning company Wheelhouse Associates.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH - On April 30, a resident of Duquesne, Pa., pleaded guilty and was sentenced in federal court on a charge of possessing imitation credentials of the U.S. Marshals Service, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2013
News Release: Today, President Obama nominated Congressman Melvin L. “Mel" Watt (D-N.C.) to serve as director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the independent federal regulator that oversees Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government-backed mortgage financiers. Rep. Watt has represented the 12th Congressional ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury in Buffalo has returned a four-count indictment charging Paul F. Archambault, 26, of Buffalo, N.Y., with production, receipt, and possession of child pornography. Because the defendant has a prior conviction...
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, JOHN PAUL SIGL, age 50, pled guilty to threats against the President. Sentencing has been set for August 7, 2013. He is currently detained.
By Commerce Newswire | May 1, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to press reports that Congressman Mel Watt (D-NC) has been nominated to be the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA):
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2013
News Release: FARGO - U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on May 1, 2013, Raul Tovar of Moorhead, Minn., was sentenced before U.S. District Judge Ralph R. Erickson on a charge of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribute in excess of 500 grams of a mixture containing methamphetamine.
