News from May 2013
By DOL Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement today after the U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation that would make college more expensive for millions of American students.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: COVINGTON, KY - A Cincinnati man, who has several prior criminal convictions, was sentenced to 262 months in federal prison for possessing a firearm in furtherance of his drug trafficking activity in northern Kentucky.
By Interior Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: 18 MILLION DOLLARS OF IMPROVEMENTS COMPLETED AT LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court today ERNEST RICHARD MICHAELSON, 58, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, was sentenced by United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle to 188 months imprisonment for Bank Robbery, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2113(a), three years of supervised release, restitution of $6530.00 and a $100 special assessment.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: DALLAS - Estela Martinez, 53, of Dallas, made her first appearance in federal court this afternoon for the felony offense of bankruptcy fraud, as charged in an indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Dallas earlier this week. She pleaded not guilty and U.S. Magistrate Judge David L. Horan released her on bond. Today’s announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Kansas City, Mo., business owner and her employee are among three individuals and two businesses have been indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in a $2.8 million fraud scheme to sell counterfeit and modified computer equipment to the U.S. Army.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: DENVER - Dr. Kevin R. Clemmer, age 59, of Evergreen, Colorado, pled guilty today to illegally distributing oxycodone, a Schedule II controlled substance, and engaging in a monetary transaction in property criminally derived from proceeds of a specified unlawful activity, U.S. Attorney John Walsh, DEA...
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: “Today the U.S. Attorney’s Office took action against two doctors responsible for illegally prescribing powerful pain killers for non-medical purposes. Overdose deaths were involved in both cases. The first doctor, Kevin Clemmer, pled guilty to illegally distributing Oxycodone and money laundering. A...
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - The owner of an investment company pleaded guilty today for his role in an investment scheme involving false promises, announced U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Neil H. MacBride and Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Michael B. Steinbach, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, Michael J. DePalma, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), and...
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Yesterday, Freddy Mauricio Tellez-Buitrago and Adriana Gonzalez-Marquez were arraigned at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, New York, on obstruction of justice charges for stealing sensitive and confidential United States law enforcement information concerning prosecutions in the Eastern...
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Earlier today, Heather Atole, 28, a member of the Jicarilla Apache Nation, was sentenced in Las Cruces federal court to 20 months in federal prison followed by two years of supervised release for her federal assault conviction. Atole also was ordered to pay $49,321.07 in restitution to cover the cost of medical treatment for the victim.
By Interior Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: On Saturday, May 25, Gateway National Recreation Area will open all of its lifeguarded beaches to the public for the first time since Hurricane Sandy. "We are very happy to report that all of the park's lifeguarded beaches will open this Memorial Day weekend," said Linda Canzanelli, superintendent of Gateway National Recreation Area. "We invite everyone to shake off the Hurricane Sandy blues and come out to swim, bike, kayak or just relax at the water's edge.".
By USDA Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that grant applications are being accepted from qualified non-profit organizations and educational facilities to help rural cooperatives develop new markets for their products and services. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) ...
By Interior Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: NEW BEDFORD, MA - To show our appreciation for those who serve in the U.S. Military, and those who have served and whom we recall with gratitude on Memorial Day, the New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park reminds military families that the National Park Service offers an annual pass offering free entrance to all 401 national parks for active duty military members and their dependents.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: Arrests are Part of IRS’s Stolen Identity Refund Fraud (SIRF) Initiative.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz sentenced Kenneth Robinson, age 37, of Baltimore, Maryland, today to 20 years in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Billings, on May 22, 2013, before U.S. District Judge Donald W. Molloy, FRANK XAVIER MANYEN, a 32-year-old resident of Laurel, and JULIE ANN ROZELL, a 38-year-old resident of Billings, appeared for sentencing.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Anne M. Tompkins Western District Of North Carolina.
By DOL Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: The House is currently considering the Smarter Solutions for Students Act (H.R. 1911), legislation that will move all federal student loans (except Perkins Loans) to a market-based rate.
