News from May 2013
By Commerce News Now | May 20, 2013
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on May 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | May 20, 2013
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on May 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | May 20, 2013
The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on May 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Carl Faheem Muhammad, 32, of Detroit, Michigan, pleaded guilty to conspiring with others to launder over $183,000 before Chief U.S. District Court Judge William M. Skretny. Muhammad is scheduled to be sentenced on Sept. 11, 2013. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $500,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2013
News Release: Little Rock - Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, and Randall C. Coleman, Special Agent in Charge of the Little Rock Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced today that Arkansas State Treasurer Martha Shoffner, age 68, was charged by...
By Interior Newswire | May 20, 2013
News Release: BUSHKILL, PA: Superintendent John J. Donahue announced today that George W. Childs Recreation Site within Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area will reopen on Thursday, May 23, after a nearly three year closure. The popular destination has been completely rehabilitated bringing it closer to the...
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE -Derek Yabeny, 27, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Gallup, N.M., was sentenced this morning to 25 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for his assault conviction. Yabeny also was ordered to participate in domestic violence counseling and counseling for substance abuse.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2013
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Three Ventura residents were sentenced today to federal prison - with one defendant being ordered to serve more than 17 years - for their roles in an investment scheme that victimized hundreds of investors across the United States and caused losses of more than $27 million.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Christopher Young, 18, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to a four-year prison term on a charge of armed robbery stemming from an attack in which he stole a dog from a woman at gunpoint, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2013
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On May 17, 2013, Regina Jimenez, age 60, of Clinton, Iowa, was sentenced to 21 months imprisonment on two counts of filing false tax returns, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt. United States District Judge Stephanie M. Rose also sentenced Jimenez to one year of supervised release and ordered her to pay $332,465.00 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2013
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A man from McPherson County, Kan., has been sentenced to 260 years in federal prison for using a 9-year-old child to produce child pornography, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2013
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that RODNEY SNAPE, 32, of New Haven, was sentenced on Friday, May 17, by United States District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 105 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing crack cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Allegheny County was indicted on May 7, 2013, by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that David Allen Vickers, 49, of Stanley, N.Y., was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with transportation of a minor with intent to engage in sexual activity. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life, and a fine of $250,000.
By Commerce Newswire | May 20, 2013
News Release: The sunken vessels are a legacy of more than a century of U.S. commerce and warfare. They include a barge lost in rough seas in 1936; two motor-powered ships that sank in separate collisions in 1947 and 1952; and a tanker that exploded and sank in 1984. The remaining sites are 13 merchant marine ships...
By Commerce Newswire | May 20, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), who led the investigation into the BP oil spill, today said that the Department of Justice should appeal the decision by the judge in the trial of BP executive David Rainey to throw out the charge of obstructing Congress.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A Pittsburgh resident pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal firearms laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2013
News Release: BOISE - U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson and Assistant Attorney General for the Tax Division Kathryn Keneally announced today that a federal grand jury in Boise returned a 42-page Superseding Indictment this week that charges Elaine Martin, 66, of Meridian, Idaho, with making false statements, conspiracy...
By Homeland Newswire | May 20, 2013
News Release: In a letter to Secretary Shaun Donovan of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Dr. Coburn questioned whether disaster aid funding should be spent on television advertisements while many individuals still struggle to recover from Hurricane Sandy.
By State Newswire | May 20, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the statement below following the State Department’s release of their International Religious Freedom Report for 2012:
