News published on Federal Newswire in November 2013

News from November 2013


News Release: ARAMARK SELECTED TO OPERATE LAKE MEAD'S SIGHTSEEING BOAT TOUR.


Senator Boxer Commends President Obama’s Executive Order to Help Communities Better Prepare for Climate Change Impacts

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement after President Obama signed an Executive Order on Climate Preparedness.


News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Ralph M. Mariano, 55, of Warwick, R.I., and South Arlington, VA., a former senior systems engineer with the United States Navy’s Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) in Newport, R.I., and Washington, D.C., was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Providence, R.I., today to 120 months...


Ozark National Scenic Riverways Announces Release of  Draft General Management Plan

News Release: VAN BUREN MO: Ozark National Scenic Riverways Superintendent Bill Black announced today that the Draft General Management Plan/Wilderness Study/Environmental Statement (Draft Plan) will be available for public review on November 8.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Antawon Randall, 28, of Capitol Heights, Md., was sentenced today to six years in prison on charges stemming from a sexual assault against a woman who was unconscious in her own home, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.


News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that S. GEORGE MILTER pled guilty today in Manhattan federal court to participating in an investment scheme that defrauded foreign investors out of nearly $1 million. As part of the scheme, MILTER lured investors...


Dutchess County Orthopedic Surgeon Pleads GuiltyTo Multimillion Dollar Health Care Fraud Scheme

News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that DR. SPYROS PANOS, an orthopedic surgeon, pled guilty today in White Plains federal court before U.S. District Judge Nelson S. Roman to operating a long-running health care fraud scheme in which PANOS defrauded...


News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Florida man today admitted using his position in a doctor’s office to steal personal identifying information as part of his role in running a stolen identity refund fraud scheme, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.


News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - John Irving Wheeler, 31 years old, of Montgomery, was sentenced to serve 210 months of incarceration on Oct. 31, 2013, announced U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama George L. Beck, Jr. Wheeler was also ordered to pay one million dollars in restitution to the States...


News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Pittsburgh resident has been sentenced in federal court today on his conviction of recklessly damaging a computer and password trafficking, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.


News Release: A Bloomfield Hills resident was sentenced yesterday to 27 months imprisonment for impeding the administration of the IRS laws and presenting false documents to the IRS, announced United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade.


News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOSEPH BOREA, 56, of New Canaan, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 33 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for being involved in organized crime-controlled gambling businesses. BOREA was also ordered to forfeit $75,000 and pay a $50,000 fine.


Fort Pulaski Hosts Thanksgiving Field Day

News Release: Fort Pulaski National Monument will commemorate the Grand Thanksgiving Fete and Festival of 1862 on Saturday, Nov. 30, 2013. The event will recreate the field day offered by the 48th New York Infantry to celebrate their first Thanksgiving in Fort Pulaski.


News Release: WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK, S.D. - Wind Cave National Park will offer free tours over Veterans Day Weekend in honor of veterans and current members of the U.S. Armed Force.


News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that private investigator Robert Williamson, 64, of Lafayette, was arraigned Wednesday of this week before U.S. Magistrate Judge Patrick J. Hanna on a nine-count indictment charging him with operating a pay-for-plea scheme that garnered favorable treatment for defendants charged with state violations of operating while intoxicated (OWI).


News Release: An Illinois man was sentenced to 13 months in federal prison and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $45,955 after having pleaded guilty to sending threatening communications over the Internet, announced United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade.