News from September 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - A pest control services company and its owner have been charged today in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia with conspiracy, unlawful use of pesticides, false statements, falsification of records and mail fraud, announced Robert G. Dreher, Acting Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division and Michael J. Moore, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Caroline Stuchal, 40, of West Seneca, N.Y., who was convicted of possession of half a kilogram of cocaine with the intent to distribute, was sentenced to 36 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2013
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Western District of Louisiana. Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013. SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that Robert W. Scogin, 52, and Peggy S. Scogin, 55, both of Shreveport, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge S. Maurice...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 11, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Today Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement after leaders on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee released H.R. 3080, the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2013 (WRRDA).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2013
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - On September 5, a Federal Grand Jury returned a two-count indictment charging Rafael R. Navedo Jr., aka “Pisi"and Amir Adorno-Guishar of Bank robbery and the use of a firearm during the commission of the crime, announced United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico, Rosa Emilia...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2013
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal grand jury has returned five indictments charging the owners of companies with bribing a General Services Administration (GSA) official to obtain contracts to provide painting and other maintenance services at federal facilities. All the indictments were filed under seal and the last one was unsealed yesterday upon the arrest of the defendant.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2013
News Release: Trial Results in Conviction of Last of 17 Defendants.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2013
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - George Washington Crane, V, 48, formerly of Leesburg, Va., pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute oxycodone.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2013
News Release: EUGENE, Ore. - Christopher Franklin Weaver, 34, of Lane County, Oregon, was sentenced today by U.S. District Chief Judge Ann Aiken to 63 months in prison for three counts of bank robbery. Upon his release from prison defendant will be on supervised release for three years.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 11, 2013
News Release: Today, U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, and Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) sent a letter to Gina McCarthy, Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), regarding news reports of an armed raid conducted against miners in Chicken, Alaska last month.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 10, 2013
News Release: Recent news reports have questioned the cryptographic standards development process at NIST. We want to assure the IT cybersecurity community that the transparent, public process used to rigorously vet our standards is still in place.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 10, 2013
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 “Tomorrow, Sept. 11, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Rand Beers will travel to New York City to participate in the 9/11 Memorial Ceremony at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum. While in New York, Acting Secretary Beers will meet with state and local officials and first responders, as well as Department of Homeland Security employees in the region.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 10, 2013
News Release: Conservation Innovation Grants to help improve technologies and approaches for natural resource conservation on private lands Audio WASHINGTON, Sept. 10, 2013 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the award of 33 Conservation Innovation Grants awarded to entities across the nation to develop ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) announced a proposed settlement with the City of Columbia to resolve violations of the Clean Water Act (CWA), including unauthorized overflows of ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2013
News Release: A former officer of Fendih Medical Supply Inc. was sentenced to serve 51 months in prison yesterday in Los Angeles for his role in a fraud scheme that resulted in $1.5 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare. In addition, a physician was sentenced to 27 months in prison for his role in the scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2013
News Release: A former Lorain County, Ohio corrections officer pleaded guilty today to one count of deprivation of rights under color of law, announced Jocelyn Samuels, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division, Steven M. Dettelbach, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio and Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Cleveland Office.
By Fed Newswire | Sep 10, 2013
News Release: On September 9, 2013, the Federal Reserve conducted a fixed-rate offering of term deposits with full allotment of tenders through its Term Deposit Facility. The operation offered 28-day term deposits at an interest rate of 0.26000 percent. Following are the results of the operation: TDF Operation ID: ...
By State News Post | Sep 10, 2013
The US State Department published a one page notice on Sept. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Sep 10, 2013
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Sept. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Sep 10, 2013
The US State Department published a two page notice on Sept. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
