News from April 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2013
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Alexis Brett Travers, age 38, of Baltimore, Maryland, today to three years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for two counts of aiding in the preparation of false tax returns and aggravated identity theft. Judge Blake also entered an order that Travers pay $98,189 in restitution to the IRS for three years of personal taxes that she failed to pay, plus interest.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 16, 2013
News Release: VALLEY FORGE, PA - The annual and nationwide recognition of our national parks will be held during National Park Week, April 20-28, with a variety of special events and programs at Valley Forge National Historical Park. The week's theme, "Did You Know?" shows unlimited ways to capture the imagination...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Deputy Warden James Hinton and seven former members of the Correctional Emergency Response Team (CERT) at Macon State Prison in Oglethorpe, Ga., were charged with federal civil rights, conspiracy or obstruction offenses arising out of incidents in which inmates were allegedly assaulted by...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2013
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Johnstown, Pa., has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Johnstown on a charge of distributing heroin, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 16, 2013
News Release: On Tuesday, April 30 at 9:00 a.m., Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Chairman Phil Roe (R-TN) will join Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC) to host a field hearing entitled “Health Care Challenges Facing North Carolina’s Workers and Job Creators." The hearing will take place at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College, South Campus, Building 1000, Room 106, located at 1531 Trinity Church Road in Concord, North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2013
News Release: Fines and Penalties of $4M to be Paid Back to USA.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Mission, South Dakota woman convicted of Theft in Connection with Healthcare and Larceny was sentenced on April 12, 2013 by U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark A. Moreno.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2013
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that James Nicholson, 34, who was convicted of bank robbery, was sentenced to 57 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci. Judge Geraci also ordered Nicholson to pay restitution in the amount of $94,393, representing the total amount of cash taken during the five robberies.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2013
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By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2013
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By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2013
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Johnstown, Pa., has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Johnstown on a charge of distributing heroin, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2013
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Jose A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Division (IRS-CID), Miami Field Office, Paula Reid, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Secret Service, Miami Field Office, and Rafael...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 16, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today advanced a bipartisan legislative solution to eliminate the bureaucratic hurdles blocking construction of the Keystone XL pipeline and allow this landmark jobs and energy project to move forward. H.R. 3, ...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 16, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today said the U.S. Forest Service budget proposal was more suitable for the National Park Service than an agency responsible for managing the nation’s 193 million acres of forests and grasslands.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 16, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Health Subcommittee Chairman Joe Pitts (R-PA) and Vice Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), along with Rep. Ann Wagner (R-MO), this week introduced the Helping Sick Americans Now Act (H.R. 1549), which would immediately help provide health care coverage to individuals with pre-existing...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 16, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, delivered the following opening statement at a committee hearing examining effective solutions to address tax fraud and identity theft in the nation...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2013
News Release: HOUSTON - Anthony Rene Perez, 26, of Alice, has been handed a nearly seven-year federal term of imprisonment following his conviction of possession of child pornography, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Indicted in November 2012, Perez pleaded guilty just a short time later - on Jan. 7, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2013
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-Earlier today in federal court in Duluth, a jury found a 44-year-old Red Lake man guilty of causing serious bodily injury to a woman after assaulting her while on the Red Lake Indian Reservation. Following a two-day trial, the jury convicted Roderick Arlyn Sayers on one count of assault resulting in serious bodily injury. Sayers was indicted on November 5, 2012.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 16, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today held a hearing to examine the deadly meningitis outbreak, which has resulted in 53 lost lives and over 700 individuals sickened. With FDA internal documents revealing FDA had numerous opportunities...
