News from May 2013
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced the release of a Department of Justice report to Congress entitled Indian Country Investigations and Prosecutions. The report focuses on law enforcement efforts in Indian country and was a requirement of the Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2013
News Release: Fort Wayne, Indiana -The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in Federal Court.
By Interior Newswire | May 31, 2013
News Release: As part of a National Trails Day celebration, the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area will host a day of trail repair and clean-up on Saturday, June 1. The event will be held on the Oscar Blevins Loop and Duncan Hollow Bike Trails from 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. EDT. Volunteers will meet at the Bandy Creek Visitor Center parking lot at 8:30 a.m. EDT.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2013
News Release: TAMPA, FL - United States Attorney Robert E. O'Neill announces that Joseph Daniele (42, Tampa) pleaded guilty this week to conspiracy to commit wire fraud affecting a financial institution. Daniele faces a maximum penalty of thirty years in federal prison. Daniele’s three co-conspirators, also real estate...
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2013
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that a man from Fairbanks, Alaska, was sentenced in federal court in Anchorage for his role in an Anchorage and Fairbanks drug conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Penn Hills, Pa., 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 31, 2013
News Release: SW Washington Man Worked At Portland, Oregon Children’s Hospital.
By USDA Newswire | May 31, 2013
News Release: Carbohydrates from an all-natural source-pine trees-may benefit dogs' digestive system health, according to collaborative studies by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), university, and corporate scientists.
By DOE Newswire | May 31, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Energy Department today recognized the nation’s first grid-connected offshore floating wind turbine prototype off the coast of Castine, Maine. Led by the University of Maine, this project represents the first concrete-composite floating platform wind turbine to be deployed in the world - strengthening American leadership in innovative clean energy technologies that diversify the nation’s energy mix with more clean, domestic energy sources.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Pine Ridge, South Dakota man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly using a wooden board to assault a female at Pine Ridge on March 14, 2013.
By Commerce Newswire | May 31, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Joe Pitts (R-PA) responded to today’s release of the 2013 Medicare and Social Security Trustees Report. The Trustees are forecasting that Medicare will go bankrupt in 2026 and Social Security...
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - A Leicester man was convicted today of eight child exploitation charges.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2013
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Donald J. Cazayoux, Jr. announced today that the United States Attorney’s Office has partnered with the Baton Rouge City Constable’s Office, East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office, Baton Rouge Police Department, Louisiana State Police, East Baton Rouge District Attorney’s...
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - This morning, a federal jury sitting in Santa Fe, N.M., found Francisco Burciaga, 43, of El Paso, Texas, guilty on a heroin trafficking charge after a four-day trial. The jury’s guilty verdict was announced by U.S. Attorney Kenneth J. Gonzales, Joseph M. Arabit, Special Agent in Charge of the El Paso Division of the DEA, Chief Eric R. Shelton of the New Mexico Motor Transportation Police and Chief Terry Sisneros of the Raton Police Department.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2013
News Release: ATLANTA - Shawn Brown, Christopher Edwards, Kelly Sue Lonas and Nyron Nelson pleaded guilty in federal district court for their roles in an identity theft and fraudulent tax return ring that sought millions of dollars in fraudulent refunds.
By USDA Newswire | May 30, 2013
News Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 120,000 metric tons of soybeans to China during the 2013/2014 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2013
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal grand jury today indicted two Bessemer men for trafficking in counterfeit clothing, accessories and shoes in the Birmingham area, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent in Charge Raymond R. Parmer Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2013
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. -United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that Jose Manuel Mojica-Echeverria, 27, of Mexico, was sentenced Wednesday before U.S. District Judge Richard T. Haik to 24 months in prison plus three years supervised release for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances.
By Homeland Newswire | May 30, 2013
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON—Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, along with Ray LaHood, Secretary of the United States Department of Transportation, Denis Lebel, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, Minister of the Economic Development ...
By USDA Newswire | May 30, 2013
News Release: Discusses USDA's efforts to build strong local and regional food systems ELKWOOD, Va., May 30, 2013 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today highlighted the economic opportunity provided by strong local and regional food systems for America's farmers and ranchers while touring Blue Ridge Produce, a ...
