Company to Reduce Harmful Sulfur Dioxide, Nitrogen Oxide and Particulate Emissions and Improve Chemical Monitoring Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 23, 2013. Big West Oil LLC has agreed to pay a $175,000 penalty and to spend approximately $18 million to install emission controls at its refinery in North Salt Lake, Utah, announced the[Read More…]
Year: 2013
Alleged Members of Violent Loan Sharking and Illegal Gambling Organization Charged in Philadelphia
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 23, 2013. An indictment was unsealed today charging nine people in a loan sharking and illegal gambling ring allegedly run out of several Philadelphia businesses. The charges were announced today by Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Zane David Memeger[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama in Town Hall at Binghamton University, August 23, 2013
Binghamton, New York–(ENEWSPF)–August 23, 2013 – 12:48 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, Binghamton! (Applause.) It is good to see all of you. Thank you so much. Now, go ahead and have a seat — I’m going to be here a while. (Laughter.) Well, first of all, let me thank the[Read More…]
White House Press Gaggle by Josh Earnest, August 23, 2013
Binghamton, New York–(ENEWSPF)–August 23, 2013 – 12:25 P.M. EDT MR. EARNEST: I don’t have anything off the top. I do have a week ahead at the end. And then, keep in mind the President is likely to get asked some of these news-of-the-day questions himself in this town hall, where[Read More…]
FBI: Week in Review – South Bend: August 23, 2013
South Bend, IN-(ENEWSPF)- The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in federal court: Plea: Shawn Fox, 28, of South Bend, Indiana, pled guilty before Magistrate Judge Christopher A. Nuechterlein to the felony offense of bank robbery with the use of a firearm. Magistrate Nuechterlein is recommending that the[Read More…]
FBI: Fairview Heights Man Pleads Guilty in Heroin Case Involving Overdose Deaths and Courthouse Figure
Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois Stephen R. Wigginton announced today that Douglas W. Oliver, 47, of Fairview Heights, Illinois, pled guilty on August 21, 2013, to charges of conspiracy to distribute heroin, possession with intent to distribute heroin, and maintaining drug-involved premises. Oliver[Read More…]
FBI: Interstate Sex Trafficker Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for Prostituting Adult and Minor Victims
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- An Oregon man who engaged in interstate sex trafficking of two adult women and a teenage girl from the West Coast to the Midwest was sentenced August 21 to 15 years in federal prison. The defendant, Erik Shamsud-din, 46, was sentenced after a hearing at which the minor[Read More…]
FBI: Hogsett Announces Arrest of Evansville-Area Postal Worker on Child Exploitation Charges
Evansville, IN-(ENEWSPF)- Joseph H. Hogsett, the United States Attorney, announced August 21 that Floyd M. Thompson, age 59, of Evansville, has been charged with possession and receiving child pornography. The United States Postal Service has confirmed that Thompson started working at the Elberfeld office in 2005 and was recently named[Read More…]
FBI: Lebanon Man Pleads Guilty to Unlawful Possession of Explosives
Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois Stephen R. Wigginton announced August 20 that Thomas Lee Stanton, 18, of Lebanon, Illinois, pled guilty in the United States District Court in East St. Louis to the charge of unlawfully possessing destructive devices. Stanton is scheduled to[Read More…]
FBI: U.S. Attorney Joseph Hogsett Announces Arrest of Eastern Indiana Man on Child Exploitation Charges
Indianapolis, IN-(ENEWSPF)- Joseph H. Hogsett, the United States Attorney, announced August 19 that Derek Walton, age 31, of Liberty, has been charged with child exploitation. Hogsett said the filing of formal charges comes as his office has launched Operation Community Watch, a new effort that aims to reduce the abuse[Read More…]
