Day: January 9, 2011

Person of Interest Cleared in Arizona Shooting Investigation

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– The FBI released a statement Sunday indicating that the individual originally identified in the press conference on January 8, 2011 as a person of interest has been located, interviewed, and cleared of any involvement in this ongoing investigation. Related: Federal Complaint Filed Against Jared Lee Loughner In Connection[Read More…]

Federal Complaint Filed Against Jared Lee Loughner In Connection With Tucson Shootings

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– The United States Attorney for the District of Arizona, Dennis K. Burke, announced today that his office filed a federal complaint against Jared Lee Loughner. The complaint was signed by Magistrate Judge Michelle Burns in Phoenix. Loughner is suspected of shooting U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords, Chief Judge John[Read More…]

Op-ed: Progress in Haiti is Slow, but Real

  Washington, D.C.–(ENEWPSF)–January 9, 2011.  The Op-ed that follows was written by Kenneth H. Merten, U.S. Ambassador to Haiti and appeared in today’s Washington Post. When I arrived in Haiti as ambassador, unemployment was rampant, the government could not provide basic services such as education and health care, and only 12 percent of[Read More…]

DOD Identifies Two Army Casualties, January 9, 2011

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 9, 2011. The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died Jan. 7 of wounds suffered at Logar Province, Afghanistan when insurgents attacked their unit using an improvised explosive device and small arms fire. They were assigned to[Read More…]

Lake County Man Arrested on Child Pornography Charges

Chicago –(ENEWPSF)–January 9, 2011. On Saturday, Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced the arrest of a Lake County man on child pornography charges as part of a continuing statewide crackdown. North Chicago police arrested Ian O’Donohoe, 39, of Lake Bluff. He is charged with two counts of aggravated possession of child[Read More…]

Statement by Attorney General Eric Holder on Shooting in Arizona

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 8, 2011. FBI Director Mueller is traveling to Arizona to coordinate the investigation into a shooting today in Arizona that killed several individuals, including a federal judge and a 9-year-old girl, and wounded several others, including a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. Attorney General Eric H. Holder,[Read More…]

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