News from May 2013
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: On May 22, 2013, Rachel L. Mills, 33, of Mulkeytown, IL, plead guilty in United States District Court in Benton to an indictment charging conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, announced Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. -A former officer of the Wichita Police Department and two other people have been charged with conspiracy and wire fraud after an internal investigation by police concluded that they were involved in scheme to keep the officer from losing her job, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today. The police department submitted the results of its investigation to the FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s office for review.
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Michael L. Connor today announced 44 projects in 11 states that will receive $20.8 million in WaterSMART Water and Energy Efficiency Grants from Reclamation. The complete list of projects is available at
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Great Falls, on May 20, 2013, before U.S. District Judge Sam E. Haddon, ROBERT KIRK BELTON, a 49-year-old resident of Poplar, appeared for sentencing. BELTON was sentenced to a term of.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: This afternoon, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee held a full committee hearing entitled, “S. 744 and the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986: Lessons Learned or Mistakes Repeated?" This hearing comes a day after the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee voted 13-5 to report to the Senate Floor S...
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: BUSHKILL, PA: Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Superintendent John J. Donahue announced that onThursday, May 23, 2013, at2:30 p.m., representatives from Kinder Morgan, the parent company of Tennessee Gas,will gather at Milford Beach to hand deliver a check for $41,000 to federal, state, and...
By DOE Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today held a hearing examining the role of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), and specifically the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS), in addressing the challenges...
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: Norman Wielsch, the former Commander of the Central Contra Costa County Narcotics Enforcement Team and a Special Agent Supervisor of the California Department of Justice, was sentenced to 168 months in federal court in Oakland, yesterday, United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: Over $15 Million in Fraudulent Tax Refunds Filed for “Stimulus Payments".
By Homeland Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.) released a statement following the Committee’s vote to approve the nomination of Brian C. Deese to be Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. - Get outdoors in the Atlanta metro area and enjoy America's first National Water Trail! We've got some great ideas for a weekend on the Hooch.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal jury in Hartford has found FEDERICO CANNON, also known as “Rico," 30, of Bridgeport, guilty of one count of possession of a firearm and ammunition by a previously convicted felon. The trial before U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny began on May 20 and the jury returned the verdict today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: Linda Heyde, 59, of Marion, IL, pled guilty in United States District Court to three counts of theft and embezzlement from a local government which receives federal funds, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced. Each count carries a maximum sentence...
By Commerce Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today held a hearing examining the role of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), and specifically the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS), in addressing the challenges...
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: Homestead, FL - Mayra Penaranda of Miami is the third-place winner of the Expressions of Freedom National Art Competition sponsored by the National Park Service and the National Park Foundation. She will receive a national park pass for her photo. She is one of nine teenagers from communities around...
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - - Robert G. Koval, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Paul J. Fishman, the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced an internal medicine specialist who wrote illegal prescriptions for oxycodone was convicted today by a federal jury in New Jersey for his role in a conspiracy that put tens of thousands of prescription pills on the streets for resale.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - Rhashema Deramus, 23 of Montgomery, Alabama was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for her part in an identity theft/tax refund scam, announced U.S. Attorney George L. Beck, Jr. Deramus and those working for her stole people’s identities and used those stolen identities to file...
By State Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, spoke on the Senate Floor today, in support of his resolution authored with Sen. Graham calling on the implementation of Iran sanctions, while reaffirming the U.S.-Israel relationship:
By DOE Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives today approved H.R. 3, the Northern Route Approval Act, with bipartisan support by a vote of 241 to 175. Sponsored by Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE), this bipartisan, commonsense legislation will end the regulatory delays blocking construction of the Keystone...
By EPA Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: There may be a few of my colleagues who are tired of Keystone bills, but the American people are also tired - tired of $3.70 a gallon gasoline, tired of unemployment above 7 percent, and tired of four years of delays that continue to block this critical jobs and energy project. Remember, the President pledged to the nation in January 2012 that he would do “whatever it takes" to create U.S. jobs.
