News from April 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2014
News Release: Little Rock - Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, and Christopher A. Henry, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation, announced today that Christopher Minor, age 39; Annie Watkins, age 60; and Roosevelt Oliver, age 50, all...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 2, 2014
News Release: Mr. Chairman, one of the constant refrains we hear from witnesses and Members alike in this subcommittee, especially when it comes to child maltreatment, is that our focus should be on preventing problems, rather than simply responding to them. That’s why the creation of the federal home visiting program in 2010 was so important. It is an investment dedicated to prevention and to the future development of children.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2014
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Patton, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court to five years probation on his conviction of unlawful possession of firearms by a user of illegal controlled substances, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 2, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) today made the following statement on the Department of Energy’s decision to renew their Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing (ATVM) loans program...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 2, 2014
News Release: Dear Mr. Dodaro: We write to request that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) conduct evaluations of two separate studies offered by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) in support of the changes made to the hours of service (HOS) regulations for commercial motor vehicle drivers.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2014
News Release: BANGOR, Maine - - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Adam Hathorn, 36, of Bangor and Tina Keaton, a/k/a "Fumble 32, of Bangor pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Bangor to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute and to distribute MDPV, a chemical compound commonly referred to as "bath salts" or "monkey dust."
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2014
News Release: - Diverted $2.8 million. - Failed to report $2,470,735 to Internal Revenue Service. LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A former University of Louisville accountant, promoted to Executive Director of the Department of Family & Geriatric Medicine at the University of Louisville School of Medicine (DFGM) was arraigned today...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, today announced that a federal grand jury sitting in Harrisburg returned an Indictment against three individuals and two corporations, charging them with smuggling technology out of the United States for use by the Pakistan...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 2, 2014
News Release: Superintendent Lifts Closure Orders Within Park Boundaries.
By State Newswire | Apr 2, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, will convene a hearing TOMORROW at 10:00 a.m. to examine how the education of women in countries prone to violent extremism can create economic opportunities and help counter the spread of radicalism. The hearing is entitled, “Women’s Education: Promoting Development, Countering Radicalism.".
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 2, 2014
News Release: Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have added yet another innovation-miniature valves-to their ever-growing collection of inexpensive, easy-to-manufacture and highly efficient microfluidic devices made from plastic films and double-sided tape.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2014
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - The last defendants convicted in an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) operation targeting the Simon Chavez Drug Trafficking Organization (DTO), have been sentenced. That DTO was responsible for distributing large quantities of methamphetamine in Lubbock, Texas, and...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2014
News Release: SAN JOSE - Leo Joshua Kennedy pleaded guilty in federal court in San Jose today to committing wire fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag and FBI Special Agent in Charge David J. Johnson.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2014
News Release: DES MOINES, IA - On April 2, 2014, an indictment charging Mark Graziano, part owner of Bauder Pharmacy, and A. Michael Enloe, was unsealed following the defendants’ arraignment, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt. The sixteen-count indictment charges both Graziano and Enloe with the charge of conspiracy to distribute hydrocodone, a controlled substance, and further charges Graziano with eleven counts of mail fraud and four counts of tax evasion.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 2, 2014
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has cited Big Bear Storage and Packing Inc., Pompano Beach, Fla., for failure to pay for produce.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2014
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Georgia man living in Long Island, N.Y., admitted today he traveled from New York to New Jersey to have sexual contact with a minor, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2014
News Release: Saipan, MP - United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands Alicia A.G. Limtiaco, announced that JUAN MANGLONA AYUYU, former Senator for the island of Rota in the Northern Marianas Commonwealth Legislature, was sentenced on March 31, 2014, by Judge Ramona Manglona in...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 2, 2014
News Release: he subcommittee of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Boise District Resource Advisory Council (RAC) evaluating options for siting two segments of the proposed Gateway West power transmission line has added two public meetings to their work schedule.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2014
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Nevada, Mo., man has been sentenced in federal court for his role in a $2 million scheme to defraud Cargill, Inc. by creating fictitious scale tickets for loads of corn that were paid for but never actually delivered to the company’s Butterfield, Mo., feed mill.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2014
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Michael.
