News from May 2013
By Interior Newswire | May 31, 2013
News Release: Copper Center, Alaska - Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve (WRST) is home to complex native communities of plants and animals that have developed over millions of years.The delicate natural balance within these communities is threatened by the influx of invasive species, which are considered the second greatest threat to biodiversity after habitat loss.
By Homeland Newswire | May 31, 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 Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) acquisition and conversion...
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2013
News Release: Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announced that Charles Solomon Glover, age 48, of Columbus, Georgia, was sentenced on May 30, 2013 in Columbus, Georgia by the Honorable Clay D. Land, District Judge for the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia. Mr. Glover was sentenced to seventeen and one-half.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2013
News Release: DALLAS - Dallas County Hospital District d/b/a Parkland Health and Hospital System (Parkland) settled allegations it violated the civil False Claims Act and Texas Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas. The U.S. and Texas contend Parkland...
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - A Fitchburg man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Worcester for multiple counts of distributing crack cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - A Fitchburg man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Worcester for multiple counts of distributing crack cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2013
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Members of an alleged drug trafficking organization operating out of Jefferson County, Kentucky were arraigned in U.S. District court this week on multiple charges including distribution of cocaine and heroin, announced David J. Hale, United States Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky.
By DOL Newswire | May 31, 2013
News Release: On Tuesday, June 4 at 10:00 a.m., the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), will hold a hearing entitled, "Reviewing the President’s Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Proposal for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By Interior Newswire | May 31, 2013
News Release: Do you have a favorite photo taken in Lassen Volcanic National Park? Would you like to.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Tristan Green, age 28, of York, Pennsylvania, was sentenced Wednesday by U.S. District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner to a 1030-month (85 years, 8 months) term of imprisonment for the armed robbery of three...
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2013
News Release: Federal Prosecution Aimed At Stopping Escalating Criminal Activity.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Pine Ridge, South Dakota woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly stealing over $1,000 in cash from another female at Pine Ridge on Jan. 1, 2012.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2013
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge John Antoon, II yesterday sentenced Gary Lee Reed (47, Blackfoot, Idaho), to 8 years in federal prison for transporting child pornography. Reed pleaded guilty to the charge on Feb. 28, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Ross Dean Farrell, age 21, of McLaughlin, South Dakota appeared before U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann on May 28, 2013 and pled guilty to Count I of the Indictment that charged him with Assault With Intent to Commit Murder.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Wanblee, South Dakota man convicted of Possession of a Controlled Substance with Intent to Distribute was sentenced on May 16, 2013 by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2013
News Release: Alexandria, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley visited with Arthur F. Smith Middle Magnet School students last week in Alexandria, La. Ms. Finley was the featured speaker at an event held on the evening of May 24, 2013 for young women who are members of “Girls With Purpose" and their mothers. The Mother and Daughter Tea of Excellence marked a successful year of membership and school involvement for the girls in attendance.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that an Albuquerque, New Mexico man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Failure to Pay Legal Child Support.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2013
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - Federal prosecutors have charged the former commander of the West Alabama Narcotics Task Force with stealing at least $125,000 from suspected drug proceeds seized by the multi-agency task force, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and FBI Special Agent in Charge Richard D. Schwein Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2013
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JODI CHURCHILL, 45, of Orange, waived her right to indictment and pleaded guilty today before United States Magistrate Judge Donna F. Martinez in Hartford to one count of mail fraud stemming from her embezzlement of more than $500,000 from a Southbury synagogue.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2013
News Release: LUFKIN, Texas - U.S. Attorney John M. Bales announced the hiring of federal prosecutor assigned to the Lufkin office of the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas.
