News from October 2013
By State Newswire | Oct 25, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement about Berta Soler’s meeting with Vice President Biden.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2013
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian announced today that his office has settled a civil prosecution under the Clean Water Act. Riccelli Enterprises, Inc. filled in over 5 acres of federally regulated wetlands with a parking lot. Riccelli agreed to remove the illegal parking...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON Mohammed Niazi, 46, of the United Kingdom, was sentenced today to five years in prison on charges stemming from a hammer attack on a George Washington University student in a campus bathroom, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 25, 2013
News Release: Sandy Springs, Ga. - On Monday, Oct. 21, Bill Cox began his new position as superintendent of Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area (CRNRA), a unit of the National Park Service managing 48 miles of the Chattahoochee River north of Atlanta.
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. The competition, coordinated by the Energy Department's...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2013
News Release: MANHATTAN, N.Y. - Brian R. Crowell, the Special Agent in Charge for the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, George Venizelos, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2013
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and its national, tribal, and community partners will hold a seventh National Prescription Drug Take Back Day at thousands of sites across the country on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013. These Take Back Day events give the public the opportunity to prevent prescription drug abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, or unwanted prescription drugs.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Jahlani Brown, 21, of Washington, D.C., pled guilty today to a charge stemming from the recent sexual assault of a rental office employee at an apartment building in Northwest Washington, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 25, 2013
News Release: Hawaii National Park, Hawai'i - Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park continues its tradition of sharing Hawaiian culture and After Dark in the Park programs with the community and visitors in November. All programs are free, but park entrance fees apply. Programs are co-sponsored by the Hawai'i Pacific Parks Association, and your $2 donation helps support park programs. Mark the calendar for these upcoming events.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Great Falls, on Oct. 24, 2013, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Keith Strong, the following individuals were arraigned.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Great Falls, on Oct. 22, 2013, before Chief U.S. District Judge Dana L. Christensen, the following individual was arraigned.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2013
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On Oct. 23, a federal grand jury indicted a group of longshoremen working at the seaport in San Juan, Puerto Rico, a co-owner of a company that provides freight transportation services and their associates, with conspiracy to import and conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances, announced United States Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 25, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Ranking Member Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., today announced they have sent a letter demanding Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius provide requested documents related to the major problems with HealthCare.gov by October 28th or face the possibility of a subpoena from the House Oversight Committee.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2013
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - Jose Fidencio Perez, 40, of Seagraves, Texas, pleaded guilty today, before U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings, to one count of possession of prepubescent child pornography and aiding and abetting. Judge Cummings ordered a presentence investigation report with a sentencing date to be...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 25, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 25, 2013 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) today sent letters to Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz regarding unfulfilled oversight requests from the House Natural Resources Committee on the National Blueways...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2013
News Release: Reza Olangian Allegedly Worked In Tehran With Iranian Government Officials To Acquire Large Quantities Of Missiles And Military Aircraft Parts.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2013
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - Jeffrey Hensley, 42, appeared in federal court this morning, before U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings, who upwardly departed from the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and sentenced him to 142 months in federal prison. Hensley pleaded guilty in July 2013 to three counts of bank robbery and...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2013
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Na Phoun Chhim, 28, of North Chesterfield, Va., was sentenced today to 150 months in prison for robbery and for brandishing a firearm during that robbery. Chhim was also ordered to pay $1500 in restitution to the victims. In addition to being ordered to pay restitution, Chhim was also ordered to forfeit two firearms (not used in the robbery) and ammunition for three different firearms, each of which was recovered from inside Chhim’s residence.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 25, 2013
News Release: Join the National Park Service for an open house on Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013. The free event takes place from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. on the grounds of the U.S. Coast Guard Historic District at 1815 I’On Avenue on Sullivan’s Island.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 25, 2013
News Release: Washington D.C. - The National Park Service is temporarily closing the small bridge leading to Fletcher’s Boat House located in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park. The bridge leads to the vehicular underpass access to the river. Routine semi-annual inspection by Federal Highways Inspectors...
