News from September 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Missoula, on Sept. 11, 2013, before U.S. District Judge Dana L. Christensen, JOSHUA JAMES McCORMICK, a 19-year-old resident of Flathead County, was sentenced to a term of.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2013
News Release: NEWNAN, Ga. - Herbert Dix has been sentenced in federal district court for defrauding the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and possessing forged “WIC" vouchers.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2013
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Arthur A. Boulette, 64, of Dunedin, Fl., was sentenced today to 12 months and a day in prison, followed by one year of supervised release, for accepting more than $100,000 in cash bribe payments from taxicab drivers in exchange for giving them priority on a list of prospective drivers...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2013
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - An Olathe man who trafficked in Mexican methamphetamine in the Kansas City, Kan., area faces a potential sentence of 18 years in federal prison, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2013
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Jaquan C. Douglas, 20, of Virginia Beach, Va., pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to obstruct, delay and affect commerce by robbery, aiding and abetting credit union robbery, discharging a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence for his role in six separate armed bank robberies occurring in multiple Virginia jurisdictions.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2013
News Release: Jared R. Henry, 35, of Alton, IL, was sentenced in federal district court in East St. Louis, IL, on Sept. 13, 2013, to 65 months in prison, to be followed by three years supervised release, a $100 special assessment, and fined $500, for unlawful possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Mitchell, South Dakota, man charged with assault was sentenced on Sept. 11, 2013, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Billings, on September 9, 2013, before U.S. District Judge Sam E. Haddon, KENNETH MARK ENGE, a 36-year-old resident of Billings, was sentenced to a term of.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 13, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) on Tuesday will address the American Enterprise Institute’s new Center for Internet, Communications, and Technology Policy during an event entitled, “Broadband, economic growth, and the implications...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 13, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) yesterday wrote to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Acting Chairwoman Mignon Clyburn regarding a proposal to do away with the Ultra High Frequency...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2013
News Release: In Austin this morning, U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks sentenced 41-year-old Hussein Ali “Mike" Yassine, to three years in federal prison and ordered him to pay over $2.5 million restitution to the Internal Revenue Service for engaging in a tax fraud scheme using his Austin nightclubs. Judge Sparks ordered that the three year term of imprisonment run consecutive to the 151-month prison term Yassine is currently serving for money laundering.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 13, 2013
News Release: Teachers across the country have a new tool to help them engage their students in classroom and place-based learning.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 13, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) on Tuesday will address the American Enterprise Institute’s new Center for Internet, Communications, and Technology Policy during an event entitled, “Broadband, economic growth, and the implications...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2013
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Jasper County, Mo., man who sexually exploited children whom he contacted on Facebook has been charged in federal court with producing child pornography.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 13, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement today to mark World Sepsis Day and to announce that the HELP Committee will convene on September 24th at 10:00 a.m. to discuss efforts to reduce healthcare-associated infections, including sepsis.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 13, 2013
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO- Ruben Andrade has been selected as the superintendent of César E. Chávez in California. He becomes the park’s first permanent superintendent, after acting in that role for several months. The park was established by Presidential Proclamation last October.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 13, 2013
News Release: Mark your calendars! Saturday, Sept. 28, 2013, is National Public Lands Day! What could that mean for you? Free entrance into Big Bend National Park, a chance to join with others to support public lands, and a fun-filled weekend!.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 13, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE), today announced it will hold a hearing next week to mark the five year anniversary of the Keystone XL pipeline’s application and explore the economic consequences of the project’s lengthy wait for...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 13, 2013
News Release: Today, U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, sent a letter to Jack Lew, Secretary of the Department of Treasury (Treasury), regarding the Department's decision to release only 3% of emails related to a possible tax on carbon emissions, requested under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
By DOE Newswire | Sep 13, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY) today released a white paper report by the Attorneys General from seventeen states and one senior environmental regulator relating to the Environmental Protection Agency ‘s (EPA) planned...
