News from September 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Brian One Feather, age 31, of Eagle Butte, South Dakota, appeared before U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange on Sept. 12, 2013, and pled guilty to the Indictment that charged him with Third Degree Burglary.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2013
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-Late yesterday in federal court, a jury found a 33-year-old Duluth man guilty of the sex trafficking a child for approximately seven months last year. Following a four-day trial, the jury convicted Markeace Arque Canty on one count of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of a child and one count of sex trafficking of a child. The jury acquitted Canty of one count of receipt of child pornography. Canty, also known as Quake, was indicted on May 7, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2013
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - Acting United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Ebony Edwards today pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit aggravated identity theft, to file false claims against the government, and to theft of government money or property. She faces a maximum penalty of 5 years in federal prison.
By DOE 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 Interior Newswire | Sep 13, 2013
News Release: Started in 1994, National Public Lands Day (NPLD) has become the nation's largest, single-day volunteer event for public lands. It's an opportunity to educate the public about key natural and historical resource issues, build partnerships, and improve our public sites through stewardship and the hard...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 12, 2013
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the below statement in response to a Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General (DHS OIG) report on mass transit security entitled "Research and Development Efforts to...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2013
News Release: EUGENE, Ore. -Mark Timothy Ellis, 38, of Bend, Oregon, pled guilty on Sept. 11, 2013, to making a fraudulent claim to the United States and to filing a false lien against a federal employee. As part of his plea agreement, Ellis admitted that he made a false claim to the United States when he filed...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2013
News Release: Dorian Ayache, 65, of Lebanon, Tenn. and Theresa Vincent, 53, of Murfreesboro, Tenn. were indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury on charges related to the violation of U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations, announced David Rivera, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 12, 2013
News Release: Yesterday, at 2:30pm, flood debris plugged a culvert under the Zion- Mt. Carmel Highway about a mile from the small tunnel. Water backed up, crossing the roadway and starting to undermine the opposite lane. Traffic was shut down through the park while the park's road crew worked heroically to save the road. No additional damage occurred over night, which allowed road crews to finish stabilizing the section and reopen it.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 12, 2013
News Release: Stehekin, WA - Sept. 12, 2013 - National Park Service crews and local contractors have opened one lane of the Stehekin Road allowing local businesses to remain open and visitor access on up valley to road's end near Car Wash Falls.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 12, 2013
News Release: OMAHA, Neb., Sept. 12, 2013 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is making payments to support the production of advanced biofuel. USDA is making nearly $15.5 million in payments to 188 producers through the Advanced Biofuel Payment Program. ...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 12, 2013
News Release: Agency Also Proposes Formalizing Ecological Restoration Policy WASHINGTON, Sept. 12, 2013 – The U.S. Forest Service today published in the Federal Register a final rule improving the agency's ability to restore lands affected by roads, trails, structures such as levees, culverts and drainage tiles and disturbance events such as floods and hurricanes.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 12, 2013
News Release: Funding includes $5 million in 'smart grid' improvement and $3 million for Native Americans MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 12, 2013 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced funding for projects in seven states, including Minnesota, to improve electric service for about 7,000 rural customers. Rural Utilities ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2013
News Release: Muhammad Shahab, the mastermind of an almost $11 million Medicare fraud scheme in Detroit, was sentenced today to 50 months in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2013
News Release: A former mayor of South Pittsburg, Tenn., and a co-conspirator pleaded guilty today in Chattanooga, Tenn., to conducting an illegal gambling business, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Special Agent in Charge Kenneth Moore of the ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2013
News Release: The Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced that Richard L. Furnelli, formerly of Holyoke and South Hadley, Mass., was indicted today in Springfield, Mass. Furnelli is charged in a nine-count indictment with one count of obstructing the internal revenue laws, four counts of tax evasion and four counts of failing to file his individual income tax returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2013
News Release: A former executive of Ryan International Airlines, a charter airline company located in Rockford, Ill., was sentenced today to serve 87 months in prison and to pay restitution for participating in kickback schemes to defraud Ryan, the Department of Justice announced.
By Commerce News Now | Sep 12, 2013
News Release: U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker announced today that businesses, investors and government entities from more than 60 countries will participate at the upcoming SelectUSA 2013 Investment Summit (Summit), October 31-Nov. 1, in Washington, DC. Every region of the world will be represented at this first-of-its-kind event.
By Commerce News Now | Sep 12, 2013
News Release: Secretary Penny Pritzker and Department of Labor Secretary Tom Perez Opinion Editorial, The Baltimore Sun "Giving Americans the Skills to Succeed" As two of the newest members of President Barack Obama 's cabinet, we've both spent the past few months lending a fresh set of eyes and ears to the opportunities ...
By Commerce News Now | Sep 12, 2013
News Release: Secretary Penny Pritzker and Department of Labor Secretary Tom Perez As two of the newest members of President Barack Obama 's cabinet, we've both spent the past few months lending a fresh set of eyes and ears to the opportunities and challenges facing workers and American businesses. One concern facing both communities that requires our full attention and our joint efforts is making sure that every American has the skills needed to succeed in the workforce.
