News from November 2013

By Interior Newswire | Nov 22, 2013
News Release: On Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013, Aztec Ruins National Monument will host its annual Evening of Lights. The event celebrates New Mexico traditions by observing the winter solstice and displaying luminarias. Arrive by 4:45pm to see the winter solstice alignment; stop by anytime between 5:00 and 8:00pm to enjoy the luminarias, lanterns, cultural demonstrators, and refreshments.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2013
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Friday, Nov. 22, 2013. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that FREDRICK COX, SR., also known as “Bama-Lama," 43, of New Haven, was sentenced today by Senior...

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2013
News Release: Gary C. Green, Jr., 43, of Johnstown, New York, was charged with travel to engage in illicit sexual contact with a minor, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2013
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that BRIAN FARRELL, 36, of Orange, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 36 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally possessing firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2013
News Release: Rosalie Seabolt stole more than $800,000 from Roane County oil and gas company.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 22, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee members Rep. Bill Johnson (R-OH) and Rep. Paul Tonko (D-NY) yesterday introduced H.R. 3588, the Community Fire Safety Act, a bipartisan bill to exempt fire hydrants from an Environmental Protection Agency determination on the regulation of lead in...

By Commerce Newswire | Nov 22, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., today announced that he has subpoenaed Office of Personnel Management Director Katherine Archuleta for documents the Committee is seeking in its investigation into the federal security clearance process.

By DOE Newswire | Nov 22, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee members Rep. Bill Johnson (R-OH) and Rep. Paul Tonko (D-NY) yesterday introduced H.R. 3588, the Community Fire Safety Act, a bipartisan bill to exempt fire hydrants from an Environmental Protection Agency determination on the regulation of lead in...
By EPA Newswire | Nov 22, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) issued the following statement regarding the administration’s delay of the 2015 open enrollment period...
By EPA Newswire | Nov 22, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA) expressed concern today over the news that Fisker Automotive filed for bankruptcy protection and that the Department of Energy sold its loan to a foreign investor for $25 million. DOE will have recovered a total of $53 million from the original $192 disbursed.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2013
News Release: Pair Failed To Report More Than $23 Million In Income.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Butler County pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of union embezzlement, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 22, 2013
News Release: As part of a joint effort with the U.S. Forest Service to conserve the Greater Sage-Grouse and its habitat across 10 western states, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today issued a draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for a 90-day public comment period. The draft Oregon Sub-Regional Greater...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a McLaughlin, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2013
News Release: MIAMI, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in (SAC), U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division;Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; Hugo J. Barrera, SAC, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and (ATF), Miami Field Office; and Alysa D. Erichs, SAC, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2013
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that Samuel Gonzalez, 34, of Luling, Texas, was sentenced Thursday by U.S. District Judge Dee D. Drell, to 110 months in prison and three years of supervised release for assaulting a fellow inmate, causing serious bodily injury. A federal jury found Gonzalez guilty on August 8, 2013 after a two-day trial.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - A resident of the Dominican Republic was sentenced today for illegally reentering the United States after being previously deported.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2013
News Release: “The jury has found what this Office alleged from the outset: these defendants were at the heart of a conspiracy to steal from New York City and its taxpayers. Awarded a lucrative contract to design a streamlined payroll system for the City, instead they built a money-making machine for themselves. These...

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Anne M. Tompkins Western District Of North Carolina.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Billings, on Nov. 21, 2013, before U.S. District Judge Donald W. Molloy, JAMES LEROY DANIEL BALTERRA, age 31, and KIRK VON FELHABER, age 55, residents of McKinleyville, California, were sentenced.