News from November 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2013
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Western District of Louisiana. Friday, Nov. 15, 2013. SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that five defendants were sentenced on Wednesday and Thursday by U.S. District Judge S. Maurice Hicks Jr. for their roles in a staged...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 15, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Energy Department announced today that it has conditionally authorized Freeport LNG Expansion, L.P. and FLNG Liquefaction, LLC (Freeport) to export additional volumes of domestically produced liquefied natural gas (LNG) to countries that do not have a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Nancy Rockey, age 55, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty Thursday to wire fraud before U.S. District Court Chief Judge Christopher C. Conner.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2013
News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - Barry Robert Turner, 43, of Arlington, Texas, was sentenced this morning by U.S. District Judge John McBryde to 480 months (40 years) in federal prison following his guilty plea in July 2013 to one count of distribution of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 15, 2013
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) announces that the Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Biscayne National Park's General Management Plan (GMP) is available for public comment. All interested parties are invited to attend any of three identical public meetings as follows.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2013
News Release: ATLANTA - Hugh Maddux, the former owner of a dental practice in Newnan, Ga., has been sentenced for drug distribution.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Antoine Mayhand, 28, of Capitol Heights, Md., was sentenced today to five years in prison for obstructing justice by confronting a witness in a criminal case that was pending at the time against his brother, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2013
News Release: Little Rock - Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas; Christopher A. Henry, Special Agent in Charge of the IRS-Criminal Investigation Nashville Field Office; Howard S. Marshall, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Christy...
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 15, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.) released the following reaction to the announcement that the U.S. Postal Service lost over $5 billion in the fiscal year, 2013...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2013
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Ohio. Friday, Nov. 15, 2013. CONTACT: Fred Alverson. Public Affairs Officer. COLUMBUS, OHIO -- Christopher E. Pelloski, MD, 39, of Upper Arlington, Ohio, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today to one count of accessing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2013
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Ohio. Friday, Nov. 15, 2013. CONTACT: Fred Alverson. Public Affairs Officer. CINCINNATI - Melissa Trenary Grove, 41, of Bunker Hill, West Virginia was sentenced to 27 months in prison for embezzling more than $1 million from her employer...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 15, 2013
News Release: In its first year, the Partnership will focus on creating a new, web-based portal to ease access to Federal agency drought recovery resources, hosting more frequent regional drought outlook forums that provide access to experts and locally relevant information, supporting the coordination of a national...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 15, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) on C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal" this morning discussed tax reform and the Affordable Care Act. Below are excerpts of Representative Levin’s remarks this morning.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2013
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Juliana Martins, 44, and Jairo Morales, 28, of Providence, R.I., were arrested by federal agents and made initial appearances today in U.S. District Court in Providence on charges of aggravated identity theft, theft of government property, forging endorsements on treasury checks and...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2013
News Release: Defendant And Others Disclosed Sensitive Information About Thousands Of Innocent Individuals.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2013
News Release: Contact: Public Information Officer. Number: (313) 234-4310 . GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - James D. Orr, 76, and Eugene A. Biegert, 69, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Thomas N. VerHage, 68, of Kentwood, Michigan were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Janet T. Neff to substantial fines following...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 15, 2013
News Release: DENVER - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Colorado will offer nine parcels totaling 7,435 acres during the quarterly competitive oil and gas lease sale scheduled for 9 a.m., Feb. 13, 2014, at the Colorado State Office in Lakewood.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2013
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ANDREW PARENTE, 76, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to nine months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally distributing prescription narcotics.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2013
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that PETER LECONTE pled guilty in Manhattan federal court to participating in a conspiracy to commit extortion in connection with his role in a scheme to exert control over the commercial waste-hauling industry...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2013
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - William McKinney 23, of Providence, was sentenced on Thursday to 37 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha, Providence Police Chief Colonel Hugh T. Clements, Jr., and Colonel Steven G. O’DonnellSuperintendent of the Rhode Island State Police.
