News published on Federal Newswire in May 2013

News from May 2013


News Release: SAN JOSE - David John Stevens has been arrested and charged with engaging in sexually explicit activity with a minor and distributing child pornography, United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced. The charges are based on allegations that he molested a prepubescent girl and distributed video images of that molestation over the Internet.


News Release: TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Robert E. O'Neill, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced yesterday that a federal jury found Eugene E. (39, Tampa) guilty of conspiracy to possess with the intent...


Waynesville Couple Indicted for Meth Conspiracy; Officers Seized $414000 as Drug Proceeds

News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Waynesville, Mo., couple has been indicted by a federal grand jury for their role in a nearly $414,000 conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in Pulaski and Laclede counties.


News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Parmelee, South Dakota man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Aggravated Sexual Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Aggravated Incest and Witness Tampering.


News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that JASON BRODSKY, 22, of New Haven, was sentenced yesterday by United States District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 48 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing heroin.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today held a hearing examining three legislative proposals: the Reducing Excessive Deadline Obligations Act, the Federal and State Partnership for Environmental Protection...



Man Pleads Guilty For Involvement In A Large Scale Stolen Identity Refund Fraud

News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - Glenn Powell, Jr., pleaded guilty yesterday in the Middle District of Alabama to his role in a large scale stolen identity refund fraud, announced George L. Beck, Jr., United States Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama.


Highway Opening 2013

News Release: MINERAL, CA - Superintendent Darlene M. Koontz announced today that the main park road through Lassen Volcanic National Park is scheduled to open at noon Friday, May 24 in time for the Memorial Day weekend. "The unusually warm spring weather has really helped in snow plowing operations and will give...


Connie M. Knight Sentenced To 57 Months In Prison For Id Fraud And Impersonating An Osha Official In Wake Of Gulf Oil Spill

News Release: CONNIE M. KNIGHT, 47, previously of Belle Chasse, La., was sentenced to serve 57 months in prison in New Orleans federal court late yesterday for providing fraudulent hazardous waste safety training in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon explosion and spill, announced Ignacia S. Moreno, Assistant Attorney...


Markey: Debate Still Needed on Scale of LNG Exports

News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Energy approved the second natural gas export permit today for a Freeport, Texas terminal. Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) expressed concerns about America’s natural gas export policy, especially the scale that should be allowed and how impacts on American consumers and businesses...


Chairman Royce Introduces Legislation to Highlight Vietnam’s Human Rights Abuses

News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, has introduced H.Res. 218, legislation calling on the State Department to re-list Vietnam as a “Country of Particular Concern" for its gross religious freedom violations.


News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Yesterday a federal grand jury in San Francisco indicted Bruce Lee Marshall, of San Francisco, for mail fraud, United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced. Despite being ordered to appear in Court this morning, Marshall failed to appear for his arraignment and is currently a fugitive.


News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Great Falls, on May 16, 2013, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Keith Strong, JOSEPH CHRISTOPHER BIRDTAIL, a 36-year-old resident of Harlem and an enrolled member of a federally recognized Indian tribe, pled guilty to abusive sexual contact. Sentencing has been set for Aug. 27, 2013. He is currently detained.


News Release: May 16, 2013 - Sedro Woolley, Washington - The National Park Service is seeking comments on proposed changes to the mountain lakes restoration program at North Cascades National Park Complex.


New Jersey Law Office Employee Indicted For Possessing, Distributing Images Of Child Sexual Abuse From Work Computer

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A registered sex offender employed at a law office in Paterson, N.J., was indicted today by a federal grand jury in Newark for allegedly possessing and distributing images of child sex abuse over the Internet, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.


News Release: Allegedly Embezzled Approximately $449,643 from Click Sales, Inc.


Six Charged In Large Marijuana Drug Trafficking Operation

News Release: - Nearly 4,900 pounds of marijuana seized and $160,650 in U.S. currency recovered in New Albany, Indiana and Jefferson County, Kentucky homes.


Cummings Condemns “Extreme Republican Overreach” on Benghazi

News Release: Washington D.C.-Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement regarding the decision by Chairman Darrell Issa to go back on his commitment to hold a public hearing with Ambassador Thomas Pickering and Admiral Michael...


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce announced its hearing schedule for the week of May 20, 2013. Following this week’s release of a new committee report, “The Looming Premium Rate Shock," the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will kick off its hearing schedule with...