News published on Federal Newswire in April 2014

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2014

News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that five individuals pleaded guilty today to theft from an employee benefit plan. James McCall (32, Orange City), Ian Chase Dove (26, Orange City), Jason Wesson (37, Deltona), Michael Giesinger (36, Deltona), and Shane Riley (31, Deland) each face a maximum penalty of 5 years in federal prison. The sentencing hearings are scheduled for July 16, 2014.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2014

News Release: A Catholic priest and a parish administrator were indicted for stealing almost $700,000 from St. Thomas More Church in Troy during an eight-year period, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2014

News Release: MIAMI - After collecting more than 1,700 tons of expired, unwanted prescription medications over the past three-and-a-half years, the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and more than 4,200 national, tribal, and community law enforcement partners will hold another National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, ...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2014

News Release: A Perrysburg man was sentenced to 25 years in prison for child pornography crimes, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2014

News Release: David A. Riedel, age 53, of Seville, Ohio, is accused of committing mail fraud as part of a $185,000 scheme, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2014

News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Wednesday, April 23, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JESUS F. GONZALEZ, SR., 37, of Waterbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2014

News Release: Today, Department of Justice Deputy Attorney General James M. Cole announced six criteria the Department of Justice will consider when reviewing and expediting clemency applications - for President Obama’s review and approval – from a select group of non-violent individuals behind bars. These petitions ...

By Homeland Newswire | Apr 23, 2014

News Release: OTTAWA— Yesterday, Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, joined by Assistant Secretary for International Affairs Alan Bersin, traveled to Ottawa, Canada to meet with Canadian counterparts and other stakeholders to discuss collaborative efforts to expedite the secure flow of commerce and travel, as well as to improve economic opportunities for the United States and Canada.

By USDA Newswire | Apr 23, 2014

News Release: New USDA Discoveries Led to 180 New Inventions, Include Flour that Prevents Weight Gain, Protections from Disease for U.S. Troops, Turning Grass Clippings to Energy WASHINGTON, April 23, 2014 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced a new report on scientific breakthroughs discovered by USDA ...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2014

News Release: Showa Corp., an automotive parts manufacturer based in Saitama, Japan, has agreed to plead guilty and to pay a $19.9 million criminal fine for its role in a conspiracy to fix prices and rig bids for pinion-assist type electric powered steering assemblies installed in cars sold in the United States and ...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2014

News Release: As part of the Justice Department’s new clemency initiative, Deputy Attorney General James M. Cole announced six criteria the department will consider when reviewing and expediting clemency applications from federal inmates.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2014

News Release: A criminal information has been filed against a Pennsylvania firm and its chief officer, charging them with conspiracy to evade export reporting requirements and with attempting to smuggle to Iran a lathe machine in violation of U.S. export regulations. The announcement was made today by the U.S. Attorney Peter J. Smith for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2014

News Release: Amedisys Inc. and its affiliates (Amedisys) have agreed to pay $150 million to the federal government to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by submitting false home healthcare billings to the Medicare program, the Department of Justice announced today. Amedisys, a Louisiana-based ...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2014

News Release: Alan Dresner, a federally-licensed fish dealer from Brooklyn, N.Y., pleaded guilty today in federal court in Central Islip, N.Y., to federal violations stemming from his role in systematically underreporting fluke (summer flounder) that was being harvested as part of the federal Research Set-Aside (RSA) Program, the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2014

News Release: U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced Michael Morgan, formerly an officer at Roxbury Correctional Institution (RCI) in Hagerstown, Md., to serve 30 months in prison for depriving an inmate of his civil rights. Morgan and other RCI officers from three different shifts assaulted Kenneth Davis, ...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2014

News Release: Under an agreement announced today by the U.S Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice, the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority (VIWAPA) will come into compliance with air pollution control requirements in the federal Clean Air Act at its Estate Richmond Generating Facility ...

By Commerce News Now | Apr 23, 2014

News Release: As chair of the Presidential Ambassadors for Global Entrepreneurship initiative, Secretary Pritzker meets with local innovators in Scottsdale to identify ways the federal government can help strengthen the start-up culture Scottsdale, Ariz. – U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today toured SkySong, ...

By Commerce News Now | Apr 23, 2014

News Release: As chair of the Presidential Ambassadors for Global Entrepreneurship initiative, Secretary Pritzker meets with local innovators in Scottsdale to identify ways the federal government can help strengthen the start-up culture Scottsdale, Ariz. – U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today toured SkySong, ...

By Labor Gazette | Apr 23, 2014

News Release: WASHINGTON — At today's anniversary celebration of Joining Forces, First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden announced the launch of a new integrated employment tool to connect veterans and service members with employers, and to help translate military skills into the civilian workforce. The Veterans ...

By Labor Gazette | Apr 23, 2014

News Release: BILLINGS, Mont. — The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Cenex Harvest States Inc. for 19 violations of workplace safety and health standards, including 14 serious, three repeat and two other-than-serious violations, at grain-handling facilities in Montana. The company faces $211,000 in proposed fines as a result of four inspections at Montana facilities in Cut Bank, Glendive, Denton and Valier.