News from November 2013
By DOL Newswire | Nov 6, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Today, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) introduced legislation in the Senate that would help put an end to the for-profit higher education industry's predatory marketing campaigns...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2013
News Release: Defendant Who Illegally Re-Entered the United States Sentenced to Ten Months Imprisonment.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 6, 2013
News Release: INVITATION AND NOTIFICATION TO THE PUBLIC.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2013
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that HARRY P. MICONI, 77, of West Haven, waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to paying hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to a senior official at the West Haven Housing Authority.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2013
News Release: Orlando, Florida - Acting United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Philip Leon (68, Altamonte Springs) today pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud. He faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. Leon has also agreed to forfeit over $4 million in...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 6, 2013
News Release: Stoystown, PA - NPS staff, partners and local contractors are hoping to save the remaining hemlock witness trees near the crash site at Flight 93 National Memorial. This project, which began this week, will suppress the spread of the hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA) insect populations and maintain the health...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 6, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - As part of the Obama Administration’s efforts to ensure America’s continued leadership in clean energy and double renewable electricity generation once again by 2020, the Energy Department today announced eight teams to spur solar power deployment by cutting red tape for residential and...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2013
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 45-year-old Flint, Texas, man has been sentenced to federal prison for child pornography violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2013
News Release: Spokane - Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Ian Michael Harris, age 41, of Spokane Valley, Washington was sentenced, after having previously pleaded guilty on August 5, 2013 to Conspiracy to Possess With Intent to Distribute 50 Grams or More...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2013
News Release: OAKLAND - Alex Gonzalez pleaded guilty in federal court today to distribution and possession of child pornography, United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Donovan F. Muskett, 21, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Navajo, N.M., pleaded guilty this morning to brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Muskett will be sentenced to seven years in federal prison followed by a term...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2013
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Two Romanian natives residing in Queens, N.Y., today admitted to a scheme to steal account information from bank customers throughout New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut by installing secret card-reading devices on ATMs, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2013
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ELIZABETH JO GUTIERREZ, 47, of Ridgefield, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to five years of probation, the first six months of which GUTIERREZ must spend in home confinement under electronic monitoring, for embezzling $30,000 from the Fairfield Housing Authority.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2013
News Release: SAN DIEGO & IMPERIAL, Calif. - The final tally is in from the 7th National Prescription Take-Back Day this past Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013. DEA and its partners took back prescription drugs at 40 locations in San Diego County and three locations in Imperial County.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 6, 2013
News Release: Today, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the following statement on the launch of the Silk Road 2.0...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 6, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - As part of the Obama Administration’s efforts to double energy productivity by 2030, the Energy Department today recognized the city of Milwaukee, Wis., for its leadership in the Department’s Better Buildings Challenge - helping the city save on energy costs and cut greenhouse gas emissions.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that an Aberdeen, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault with a Dangerous Weapon was sentenced on November 4, 2013, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 6, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON -In a Senate Finance Committee hearing today, Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) said the administration must keep up its efforts and fix the health insurance marketplaces as soon as possible. The Senator told Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius that the Administration must keep pushing and focus on repairing the marketplaces to guarantee uninsured Americans get access to high-quality coverage.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2013
News Release: MIAMI - The American people have again responded in droves to the most recent DEA-led National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. Last Saturday citizens turned in 647,211 (324 tons) of expired and unwanted medications for safe and proper disposal at the 5,683 take-back sites that were available in all...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2013
News Release: EUGENE, Ore. - On November 5, 2013, Corey Nicholas Agard, 25 years old, was sentenced by U.S. District Chief Judge Ann Aiken to 67 months in federal prison for unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition. Upon his release from prison, Agard will be on supervised release for three years.
