News from April 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2014
News Release: Orlando, FL - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the return by a grand jury of an indictment charging Charles Keith Rolfe (60, Heyburn, Idaho) with distribution of child pornography. If convicted, Rolfe faces a mandatory minimum of 5 years, up to a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. The indictment also notifies Rolfe that the United States intends to forfeit two cells phones which are alleged to have been used in the commission of his crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Thursday, April 24, 2014. Follow @SDILNews. Stephen R, Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced the return of indictments by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in East St. Louis, Illinois, against...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 24, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Since 2005, Somerset Trust Company has provided needed support to Flight 93 National Memorial through the National Park Foundation. This year, as the company celebrates its 125th anniversary, Somerset Trust Company signed on as presenting sponsor for Plant a Tree at Flight 93. On April...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 24, 2014
News Release: CERES measures reflected sunlight and thermal radiation emitted by the Earth and builds on the highly successful legacy instruments flown on NOAA’s previous Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellites (POES) and NASA’s Earth Observing System (EOS) missions.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Thursday, April 24, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, the United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MARVIN OGMAN, 37, of New Haven was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 24, 2014
News Release: The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, May 1, 2014, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled “Telehealth to Digital Medicine: How 21st Century Technology Can Benefit Patients." Witnesses to be announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2014
News Release: A Total of 56 Defendants (39 Federal and 17 State) Have Been Charged in a Joint Investigation Combating Identity Theft & Tax Fraud in the Statesboro, GA Area.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Monique S. Murdock, 45, the former executive director of Nia Community Public Charter School, was sentenced today to nine months in prison on a federal theft charge stemming from the embezzlement of $29,000 in funds meant for the school.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2014
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Rodney Hubert, a/k/a “Noah," age 39, of Parkville, Maryland pleaded guilty today to sex trafficking of a minor.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 24, 2014
News Release: Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, and Wright Brothers National Memorial will run spring programs from Monday, April 28, through Thursday, May 22, 2014. A variety of programs are offered-all free.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 24, 2014
News Release: A joint hearing next week of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, chaired by U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA), and the Foreign Affairs Committee’s Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, chaired by U.S. Rep. Matt Salmon (R-AZ), will examine the efforts of the federal government to confront transnational drug smuggling and stem the flow of illegal drugs to the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2014
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a six-count superseding indictment today against Eliecer Reyes Huerta, 31, a Mexican national residing in Vallejo, adding charges of possessing methamphetamine and cocaine with intent to distribute, and unlawfully possessing a firearm, United States ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2014
News Release: Former PTA President Facing More Than 20 Years In Prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2014
News Release: Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, George Venizelos, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and Mark G. Peters, the Commissioner of the New York City Department of Investigation (“DOI"), announced...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2014
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JOSEPH L. JUNKOVIC, a contractor who administered cancer screening services for low-income New Yorkers, pled guilty today to defrauding the New York State Department of Health (“NYSDOH"). JUNKOVIC pled guilty before U.S. District Judge Katherine B. Forrest.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 24, 2014
News Release: The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, May 1, 2014, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled “Telehealth to Digital Medicine: How 21st Century Technology Can Benefit Patients." Witnesses to be announced.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 24, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today issued the following statement responding to the Federal Communication Commission’s latest proposal regarding net neutrality...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2014
News Release: SAN JUAN, PR - On April 24, a federal grand jury returned a 18-count indictment charging Miguel A. Merced-Torres for the use of interstate wired communications to commit fraud and money laundering, announced United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez. The investigation was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the United States Secret Service.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Thursday, April 24, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that RICHARD SLEEVA, 51, of Naples, Florida, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Alvin W.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 23, 2014
Release: Washington, DC, April 23, 2014 - Agriculture Under Secretary Kevin Concannon today announced the release of nearly $60 million in Fiscal Year 2014 funds to WIC agencies in states, territories, and Indian tribal organizations (ITO) in support of breastfeeding peer counselor programs in USDA’s Special...
