News from October 2013
By Interior Newswire | Oct 18, 2013
News Release: Fredonia, AZ - The staff of Pipe Spring National Monument is happy to be working again! Fall is a wonderful time to visit the monument - the livestock (horses, longhorns, ducks and chickens) are always glad to have visitors, the views from the Ridge Trail are especially clear in the crisp fall air, and...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 18, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing schedule for the week of Oct. 21, 2013. On Wednesday, the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology will examine of the impact of regulations on the change from traditional voice over copper networks to newer...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2013
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced Amefika Gray, age 39, of Baltimore, today to 30 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release for structuring bank deposits totaling over $2 million over a two year period to avoid bank reporting requirements. Judge Hollander also ordered that Gray forfeit $800,000, a Mercedes Benz vehicle and three residential properties located in Baltimore.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that U.S. District Court Judge Sylvia H. Rambo ruled in favor of the Government on its request for restitution in the case against developer David R. Dodd, II.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2013
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A federal indictment charging a Wichita chiropractor in a $1.3 million health care fraud scheme was unsealed today, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom. The chiropractor surrendered his license today.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 18, 2013
News Release: Fire protection engineer Daniel Madrzykowski of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) was honored on Oct. 3, 2013, with a Service to America Medal for research and outreach efforts that have "dramatically improved firefighting practices," saving firefighters' lives and protecting property across the nation.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2013
News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that Antwon M. Sewell, 20, of Fort Polk, La., was sentenced on Oct. 3, 2013, by U.S. District Judge Patricia Minaldi, to 15 months in prison with five years of supervised release for committing abusive sexual contact with two minors. Sewell pleaded guilty June 13, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2013
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a federal jury found former child psychiatrist Gary Jefferson Byrd, 71, of Opelousas, La., guilty on October 8, 2013 of possessing and receiving child pornography. United States District Judge Richard T. Haik presided over the trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2013
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-Earlier today in federal court in St. Paul, Frank Elroy Vennes, Jr. was sentenced to 180 months in prison in connection with fraudulently raising money from individuals and through hedge funds for investment in Petters Company, Inc. (“PCI"). Vennes was a long-time associate of Thomas J. Petters...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 18, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing schedule for the week of Oct. 21, 2013. On Wednesday, the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology will examine of the impact of regulations on the change from traditional voice over copper networks to newer...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 18, 2013
News Release: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park invites the public to attend a special program associated with the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Wauhatchie. This 90-minute program begins at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2013
News Release: 1125 Chapline Street, Federal Building, Suite 3000 ● Wheeling, WV 26003.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 18, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators is challenging the U.S. Department of Agriculture to explain recent ill-timed decisions regarding marketing assistance loans that are creating financial uncertainty and hardships for farmers and businesses, including what will amount to a one-month delay in processing loans.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 18, 2013
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 18, 2013
News Release: Due to the recent 16-day federal government shutdown, the public comment period for a proposed helium exploration project in the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Utah Price Field Office will be extended through Nov. 1, 2013."After assessing our workload and priorities as part of an orderly reopening...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Marvin Palencia, 37, of Hyattsville, Md., was sentenced on Oct. 11, 2013 to a total of 31 years and four months in prison on charges stemming from the slaying of a man in a downtown office building, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2013
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Michael Cronin, 50, of Oakton, Va., was sentenced today to 88 months in prison for receipt of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2013
News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - Brittanie S. Brattain, 22, was sentenced on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013, by U.S. District Judge Terry R. Means, to 72 months in federal prison, following her guilty plea in June 2013 to one count of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of a minor, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Four teenagers have been sentenced to prison terms for their roles in the armed robbery of three teenage victims earlier this year in a wooded area of Northeast Washington, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2013
News Release: Agrees to Forfeit Motel and more than $90,000 Tied to Criminal Activity.
