News from December 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2013
News Release: NEW HAVEN, Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that a federal jury in New Haven today found Michael Thompson, 34, and Tylon Vaughn, also known as "Bucky B," 35, both of New Haven, guilty of narcotics distribution offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2013
News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that Michael Phillip Telemaque, 47, of the United Kingdom, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Patricia Minaldi to 57 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for four counts of impeding or hampering his deportation. A federal jury found Telemaque guilty on Sept. 10, 2013 after a two-day trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - David Garcia, 40, of Rio Rancho, N.M., was sentenced today to five years in federal prison for using and carrying a firearm in relation to a drug trafficking offense. Garcia will be on supervised release for three years after he completes his prison sentence.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 6, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Health Subcommittee Chairman Joe Pitts (R-PA) and Vice Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) issued the following statements in response to the Congressional Budget Office updated estimate of H.R. 2810, the Medicare Patient Access and Quality Improvement Act. CBO now estimates H.R. 2810 would cost $153.2 billion over the next ten years, more than $20 billion less than previously estimated.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2013
News Release: Peoria, Ill. - A Normal, Ill., man, Richard George Martin, 34, faces mandatory life in prison following his conviction today in federal court in Peoria. Trial in the case began on Monday, Dec. 2, 2013. The jury deliberated for approximately three hours before finding Martin guilty of conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute at least five kilograms of cocaine and 50 kilograms of marijuana from 1999 to 2011.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 6, 2013
News Release: The president’s broken promise of “If you like your health care plan, you’ll be able to keep your health care plan," has been well-documented, but it’s not the only source of middle class dissactisfaction with the president’s health law. His promise that the health care law would save families an average...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Javier J. Reyes, 19, of the Village of Santa Clara in Grant County, N.M., pleaded guilty in Las Cruces federal court today to firearms charges. Reyes entered his guilty plea without the benefit of a plea agreement.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2013
News Release: Controversy Concerning The April And October 2001 Option Grants.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2013
News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that Michael Phillip Telemaque, 47, of the United Kingdom, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Patricia Minaldi to 57 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for four counts of impeding or hampering his deportation. A federal jury found Telemaque guilty on Sept. 10, 2013 after a two-day trial.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 6, 2013
News Release: The president’s broken promise of “If you like your health care plan, you’ll be able to keep your health care plan," has been well-documented, but it’s not the only source of middle class dissactisfaction with the president’s health law. His promise that the health care law would save families an average...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2013
News Release: RENO, Nev. - Two men have been convicted by a federal jury in Reno of conspiring to defraud the United States by obstructing the IRS in its assessment and collection of income taxes, announced Daniel G. Bogden, United States Attorney for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2013
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - RICHARD S. HARTUNIAN, United States Attorney, Northern District of New York, announces the sentencings of KENNETH JACKSON, age 29 and DONALD JOHNSON, Jr., age 26, both of whom are admitted members of the V-NOT Gang. Both JACKSON and JOHNSON previously pled guilty to an indictment ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2013
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that the fifth and final defendant pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a $725,000 fraud scheme that involved hacking into business computer systems to steal the identity information of hundreds of their customers.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2013
News Release: Defendant and Four Others Indicted in 2012 in Nationwide Law Enforcement Action.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 5, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., December 5, 2013 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) and Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee Chairman Doug Lamborn (CO-05) sent a letter today to businesses, manufacturers, energy producers, and researchers seeking input on ways to expand America’s domestic helium production on federal land.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2013
News Release: MOBILE, Ala. - Antonio Bernita Sims, 37, of Mobile, was sentenced today in federal court for his illegal possession of a firearm having been previously convicted of a felony offense, to a term of 27 months imprisonment. Judge William H. Steele imposed the sentence. The judge also ordered that Sims serve...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2013
News Release: Police seized hundreds of thousands in cash, firearms and pills during investigation.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 5, 2013
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 ANKARA, Turkey—Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Rand Beers today met with Dutch Minister of Security and Justice Ivo Opstelten and Dutch National Coordinator for Security and Counterterrorism Dick Schoof in Belgium and traveled to Turkey to meet with counterparts to discuss homeland security-related priorities and collective efforts to ensure our common security interests.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 5, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, December 5, 2013 - USDA Communications Director Matt Paul made the following statement today: "Negotiations on Capitol Hill about the Farm Bill should continue until House and Senate leaders reach agreement on a comprehensive bill. Numerous members of both sides have indicated progress, and ...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 5, 2013
News Release: USDA-led conservation practices in the Bay watershed are preventing millions of tons of soil erosion annually while reducing harmful runoff, report says The full report, along with a fact sheet, summary and infographic, is available here.
