News from February 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2014
News Release: ATLANTA - A federal district court jury found Donald R. LaFond and Jason Robert Widdison guilty of second-degree murder. LaFond and Widdison are both federal prison inmates.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 4, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON -Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) led the committee’s unanimous approval today of four nominations...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 4, 2014
News Release: Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the Obama Administration is investing in rural telecommunications equipment to help expand access to education, create jobs and improve health care in 25 states.
By State Newswire | Feb 4, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, will convene a hearing to examine al-Qaeda’s resurgence in Iraq and its threat to regional and global security TOMORROW at 10:00 a.m. The hearing is entitled, “Al-Qaeda’s Resurgence in Iraq: A Threat to U.S. Interests".
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2014
News Release: OAKLAND - Yesterday a federal jury convicted Hugh Leslie Baras, a psychologist and Berkeley resident, on five counts of tax evasion and one count of theft of government property, United States Attorney Melinda Haag, and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge José M. Martinez announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2014
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. -United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that 10 defendants were sentenced last week by U.S. District Judge Dee D. Drell, for their roles in a cocaine distribution network operating across the central Louisiana area.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 4, 2014
News Release: Civil War: The Untold Story is a visually stunning new 5-part documentary series narrated by Elizabeth McGovern (Downton Abbey) and produced for public television by Great Divide Pictures. Antietam National Battlefield in partnership with the Washington County Free Library and the Heart of the Civil...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 4, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources Committee Peter DeFazio (D-OR) issued the following statement in response to the Republican Report on the Endangered Species Act...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 4, 2014
Release: U.S. Ambassador to Kenya Robert F. Godec visited Mathare Primary School to celebrate 10 years of U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) support for school feeding and to honor the 50 years of relations between Kenya and the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2014
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - Pamela C. Marsh, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced that Ashley Assgill Glover, 28, of Miami, Florida, pleaded guilty today to one count of theft of government property, one count of possession of unauthorized devices, and one count of aggravated identity theft.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 4, 2014
News Release: Park Commemorates Holiday Weekend. Yosemite National Park will waive entrance fees from Saturday, February 15 to Monday, Feb. 17, 2014 in commemoration of President’s Day. President’s Day is an American holiday celebrated on the third Monday in February. Originally established in 1885 in recognition...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 4, 2014
News Release: -Feb 3rd, 2014. Karl Cordova, Superintendent (520) 723-3172. Upcoming Lectures at Casa Grande Ruins National Monument. COOLIDGE, AZ - On Wednesday February 12th, at noon, Dr. Jerry Howard will present Mesa Grande: Arizona's Newest Cultural Park. Dr. Howard will discuss the prehistoric platform mound...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2014
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Jose Samir Renteria-Cuero, a/k/a Jose Morfi (51, Cali, Colombia, South America) today pleaded guilty to conspiring with others to distribute five (5) kilograms or more of cocaine, on board a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. Renteria-Cuero faces a mandatory minimum penalty of ten years in federal prison, up to a maximum term of life imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2014
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Jerry Pulsifer, 28, of Pittsford, N.Y., who was convicted of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense, was sentenced to 130 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2014
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Walter Medlin (70, Kissimmee) pleaded guilty today to tax evasion. He faces a maximum penalty of 5 years in federal prison. His sentencing hearing has not yet been scheduled.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 4, 2014
News Release: Key Facts Ignored As White House Turns to Chairman of Council of Economic Advisors in Panicked Attempt to Defend CBO Analysis
By EPA Newswire | Feb 4, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders responded to the Congressional Budget Office’s latest Budget and Economic Outlook which was released today. The CBO baseline offers an updated look at the president’s health care law and its effect on the economy over the next ten years.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2014
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - Four Assistant United States Attorneys (AUSAs) in the District of Oregon have been selected as recipients of the 2014 Director’s Awards by the Executive Office for United States Attorneys in Washington, D.C. The Director’s Awards are awarded for distinguished service to the mission of the Department of Justice through extraordinary professional achievements and excellence.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 4, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders responded to the Congressional Budget Office’s latest Budget and Economic Outlook which was released today. The CBO baseline offers an updated look at the president’s health care law and its effect on the economy over the next ten years.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2014
News Release: LOUISVILLE, KY - A Louisville based tobacco wholesaler and retailer was sentenced in U.S. District Court yesterday, by Chief District Judge Joseph H. McKinley, Jr., to 18 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release for his role in a scheme that defrauded the Commonwealth of Kentucky of excise tax returns totaling more than $2 million announced David J. Hale, United States Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky.
