News from May 2013
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2013
News Release: Jason L. White, 28, of Venice, was found guilty today by a jury in federal court in East St. Louis of being a previously convicted felon in possession of a firearm, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced. The court set sentencing for Aug. 30, 2013, at which time White may face up to ten years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2013
News Release: A Mascoutah man, Michael W. Dawson, 33, was charged in federal court in East St. Louis, in a Criminal Complaint with Bank Robbery, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today. The alleged violation took place on May 15, 2013, in Washington County, Illinois.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2013
News Release: Suspect Allegedly Conspired to Provide Support to Terrorist Organization; Demonstrated the Making and Use of Explosive Devices.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2013
News Release: In Midland, 41-year-old Bartolo Sanchez, former mayor of Toyah, Texas, faces three years in federal prison as well as restitution after pleading guilty this morning to stealing approximately $100,000 from the city based on fraudulent mileage reimbursement claims and personal expenditures announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Mark Morgan.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that two Harrisburg men were convicted by a federal jury for conspiracy and distribution of cocaine and crack cocaine.
By State Newswire | May 16, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced that on Tuesday, May 21, he will convene a hearing to examine the economic causes of the unrest in the Middle East and North Africa, in particular, the Arab Spring. The hearing entitled, “The Call for Economic Liberty in the Arab World, " will begin at 9:30 a.m.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2013
News Release: MICHAEL J. HEBERT, age 62, a resident of Houma, Louisiana, pled guilty in federal court today before U. S. District Judge Eldon E. Fallon to receiving and possessing an unregistered firearm, announced U. S. Attorney Dana J. Boente.
By Interior Newswire | May 16, 2013
News Release: UPCOMING EVENTS AT LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA MAY 18.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2013
News Release: Jeanette L. Margenthaler, 41, of Equality, Illinois, pled guilty today in United States District Court in Benton to an indictment charging her with one count of unlawfully possessing pseudoephedrine with the intent that it be used to manufacture methamphetamine, announced Stephen R. Wigginton, United...
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2013
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Jason Sterlino pleaded guilty in federal court in San Francisco today to paying bribes to a bank official in order to procure residential mortgage loans, United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced.
By Commerce Newswire | May 16, 2013
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has posted an initial analysis of hundreds of comments submitted by industry and the public related to the President's "Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity" Executive Order, issued Feb. 12, 2013. NIST is making this initial analysis available as a status update and to help provide background for a workshop later this month to discuss the cybersecurity framework.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2013
News Release: Lamar Elmer Smith, 32, an inmate at the United States Penitentiary at Marion, Illinois, was sentenced to an additional prison term of 24 months today in United States District Court in Benton for possessing a weapon in that prison, announced Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern...
By DOL Newswire | May 16, 2013
News Release: The House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), today approved two pieces of legislation designed to address a pair of problems facing the nation’s higher education system.
By Commerce Newswire | May 16, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., May 16, 2013 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement on the proposed regulations of hydraulic fracturing on federal lands announced today by the Department of the Interior.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2013
News Release: TERRENCE TYLER, age 23, and TARELL STEVENSON, age 36, both of New Orleans, Louisiana, were charged today in an eight-count indictment by a Federal Grand Jury with distribution of heroin, conspiracy, and related firearms charges, announced U. S. Attorney Dana Boente.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2013
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Las Vegas attorney Stanley A. Walton, 54, has pleaded guilty to a charge brought against him in February 2011 that he participated in a scheme to obtain mortgage loans from financial institutions using straw buyers and false loan applications, announced Daniel G. Bogden, United States Attorney for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2013
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - Jorge Eduardo Lopez, 21, of Rio Grande City, has been sentenced to 135 months imprisonment following a conviction for possession with intent to distribute marijuana, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | May 16, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittees on Energy and Power and Environment and the Economy today held a joint hearing to review the Environmental Protection Agency’s Fiscal Year 2014 budget request. Members questioned EPA Acting Administrator Bob Perciasepe on a range of issues...
By Commerce Newswire | May 16, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE), today held a hearing on “Fraud on the Elderly: A Growing Concern for a Growing Population." Members heard from witnesses from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Federal Bureau of Investigation...
By DOE Newswire | May 16, 2013
News Release: KEYSTONE APPLICATION AT 1,700 DAYS. 1,700 days have now passed since TransCanada first applied to the U.S. State Department for a Presidential Permit to construct the Keystone XL pipeline. After over four-and-a-half years of review, this landmark jobs and energy project remains needlessly tied up in...
