News from April 2014
By DOE Gazette | Apr 18, 2014
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on April 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Fed News Journal | Apr 18, 2014
The US Federal Reserve System published a four page notice on April 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Apr 18, 2014
News Release: Highlights Project’s Potential Economic Impact as part of Invest in America Bus Tour
By DOT News Wire | Apr 18, 2014
News Release: FMCSA Initiates Rulemaking Process to Update the Financial Responsibility of Commercial Carriers and Better Protect the Public. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has reported to Congress that current financial responsibility minimums for the commercial motor vehicle industry are inadequate ...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 18, 2014
Release: Washington, DC, April 18, 2014 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is awarding $25 million in grants to help schools purchase needed kitchen equipment as they continue to provide school lunches and breakfasts that give children the nutrition...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2014
News Release: EUGENE, OR. - On April 17, 2014, Chief United States District Judge Ann Aiken sentenced career offender Leodis Robert Roach, 31, of Multnomah County, Oregon, to serve fourteen years and four months in federal prison for robbing the Eugene downtown branch of the Bank of America, and a ten-year concurrent...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2014
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell sentenced Steven George Higbee (51, Debary) yesterday to 7 ½ years in federal prison for firearm and drug offenses, including possession of a firearm by a person subject to a domestic violence protection order, attempted possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, and carrying a firearm in relation to a drug trafficking crime. Higbee pleaded guilty on Jan. 24, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2014
News Release: South Bend, Indiana - The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in Federal Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault Resulting In Serious Bodily Injury and Assault By Strangulation And Suffocation.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2014
News Release: Muskogee, Oklahoma - The Medical Center of Southeastern Oklahoma, located in Durant, Oklahoma, and its parent, Health Management Associates, Inc., have agreed to pay $1,065,000 to the United States and $435,000.00 to the State of Oklahoma to resolve allegations that the hospital billed SoonerCare, the...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Gregory, South Dakota, man convicted of Second Degree Burglary was sentenced on April 15, 2014, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2014
News Release: BOSTON - A Virginia podiatrist was sentenced yesterday for making false declarations to a grand jury about her participation in a Medicare fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2014
News Release: ATLANTA - A federal jury found Mauricio Warner guilty of using the identities of thousands of unsuspecting individuals to file federal tax returns claiming over $5 million in bogus refunds.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that SYLVIA MARTINEZ, aka SYLVIA LOPEZ, 31, of Kennewick, Washington, was sentenced to a term of 90 months imprisonment, four years supervised release, and a special assessment of $100 during a federal court hearing in Great Falls, Montana, on April 17, 2014, before U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that on April 18, 2014, Senior United States District Court Judge Richard G. Kopf, sentenced Tommy Vasser, age 50, to probation for a term of 2 years under special conditions, following his conviction for Assaulting, Intimidating, or Interfering with a...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 18, 2014
News Release: Petrified Forest-The cultural demonstrator program provides local artisans opportunities to share history and traditional crafts in the dynamic setting of Petrified Forest National Park, promoting awareness and appreciation of diverse history and culture of the region.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2014
News Release: MCEWEN, Tenn. - The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) announced that the National Response Team (NRT) will arrive on scene today to begin processing the site of a plant explosion and fire that caused one fatality and injured three others. The explosion and fire, on a property ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault with a Dangerous Weapon and Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury was sentenced on April 14, 2014, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 18, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today issued the following response to the U.S. State Department’s decision to indefinitely delay the process for approving the Keystone XL pipeline project:
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Friday, April 18, 2014. Follow @SDILNews. On April 17, 2014, Jaben S. Graff, 36, of Murphysboro, Illinois, was sentenced in United States District Court in Benton on a one-count indictment charging conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine...
