News from October 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2013
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Charles Daniel Stephens, 40, of Houston, Texas, pleaded guilty today to criminal copyright infringement.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 25, 2013
News Release: VAN BUREN, MO - Ozark National Scenic Riverways announces a proposed increase in camping fees that would take effect next year for the five developed campgrounds within the park.These campgrounds are located at Alley Spring, Big Spring, Pulltite, Round Spring, and Two Rivers.The proposed rate increase...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2013
News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - Dwight L. Looney, 62, appeared this morning before U.S. District Judge John McBryde and pleaded guilty to one count of production of child pornography. He faces a statutory penalty of not less than 15 years or more than 30 years in federal prison, up to a $250,000 fine and up to a...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2013
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Dave Aronberg, State Attorney, Office of the State Attorney for Palm Beach County, Alysa D. Erichs, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (ICE-HSI), and Jeffrey...

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2013
News Release: With This, The Largest Ever Bitcoin Seizure, The Federal Government Has Now Seized Approximately 173,991 Bitcoins Worth Over $33.6 Million.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a man from Blackfoot, South Dakota, convicted of Simple Assault and Abusive Sexual Contact with a Child was sentenced on Oct. 23, 2013, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Loren Running Horse, a/k/a Boe Running Horse, age 43, of Ideal, South Dakota, appeared before U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange on Oct. 22, 2013, and pled guilty to Failure to Register as a Sex Offender, False Statement, and Simple Assault of an Individual Under the Age of 16.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Dupree, South Dakota, man has pled guilty to Assault by Striking, Beating or Wounding and Simple Assault and was sentenced on Oct. 22, 2013, by U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark A. Moreno.

By DOE Newswire | Oct 25, 2013
News Release: The Energy Department announced winners of the first-ever Housing Innovation Awards, recognizing 46 diverse industry leaders bringing the best in energy efficient building technologies and design to new and older homes and helping households save money.

By USDA Newswire | Oct 25, 2013
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that Portland Fruit Co. Inc. satisfied a reparation order issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Shawn Lewis, 42 of Washington D.C., was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for killing a man in June 2013 by setting him on fire at an apartment building in Southeast Washington, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.

By State Newswire | Oct 25, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced the following upcoming Committee events...

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2013
News Release: ROCKFORD - Three men were sentenced today in federal court by U.S. District Judge Philip G. Reinhard on separate fraud schemes involving the sports memorabilia business and the purchase and sale of equipment and uniforms used by professional and collegiate athletes: BERNARD GERNAY, 39, a resident of...

By State Newswire | Oct 25, 2013
News Release: Washington D.C. - Ranking Member Eliot Engel, the senior Democratic Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, hailed the signing by U.S. and Mexican officials of an agreement to combat illicit transnational financial networks.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 25, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing schedule for the week of Oct. 28, 2013. Beginning on Tuesday, the Energy and Power Subcommittee will hold a legislative hearing on the North American Energy Infrastructure Act, an important component of the architecture...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 25, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing schedule for the week of Oct. 28, 2013. Beginning on Tuesday, the Energy and Power Subcommittee will hold a legislative hearing on the North American Energy Infrastructure Act, an important component of the architecture...

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2013
News Release: Defendant Possessed More Than 30,000 Credit Card Numbers And Continued Scheme Following First Arrest.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2013
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Western District of Louisiana. Friday, Oct. 25, 2013. SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that Dakota Mallory Robinson, 25, of Bossier City, La., was sentenced Thursday before U.S. District Judge Tom Stagg to 37 months in...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Hubert Desersa, age 23, of Mission, South Dakota, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark A. Moreno on Oct. 23, 2013, and pled guilty to Assault by Striking, Beating and Wounding, and Simple Assault.

By DOE Newswire | Oct 25, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing schedule for the week of Oct. 28, 2013. Beginning on Tuesday, the Energy and Power Subcommittee will hold a legislative hearing on the North American Energy Infrastructure Act, an important component of the architecture...