News from August 2014
By State Newswire | Aug 5, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) met with President of South Sudan Salva Kiir.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2014
News Release: Defendants Allegedly Made More Than $220,000 With “Pump And Dump" Penny Stock Manipulation Scheme.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 5, 2014
News Release: The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and several partners today are kicking off the year-long Global City Teams Challenge to help communities around the world work together to address issues ranging from air quality to traffic management to emergency...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2014
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Marmet, West Virginia woman who pawned a stolen firearm was sentenced today to two years in federal prison, U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin announced. Kristie Jo Dorado, 29, previously pleaded guilty in April of 2014 to being a felon in possession of a firearm. On October 8, 2013 Dorado pawned a Glock, Model 23, 40 caliber pistol at a Charleston, West Virginia pawn shop.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2014
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A California accountant was sentenced today to 57 months in federal prison and ordered to pay approximately $1.1 million in restitution for her role in a mortgage fraud scheme in southern Nevada, announced Daniel G. Bogden, United States Attorney for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2014
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - Five Camden County, N.J. men and a woman from South Carolina are charged with federal firearms violations following an investigation led by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and (ATF) that resulted in multiple arrests last night and this morning, and the confiscation of numerous guns bound for the streets of Camden, Clementon and Lawnside, New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2014
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On Aug. 4, 2014, Dusty Clevenger, 27, of Dandridge, Tenn., and Casey Pratt, 30, of Whitesburg, Tenn., were each sentenced to serve 72 months in prison by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Judge. Upon release from prison, each will be subject to supervised release under the supervision of the U.S. Probation Office for three years. There is no parole in the federal system.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2014
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 29-year-old Columbus, Ohio man has been sentenced for his part in a credit card scheme in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2014
News Release: Alleged Medically Unnecessary In-Patient Admissions & Violations of the Stark Law Results in Largest Ever FCA Settlement in Middle Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2014
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Ocean County, New Jersey, man who is a reputed associate of the Genovese Crime Family was sentenced today to prison for his role in a racketeering conspiracy and tax evasion conspiracy, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Also today, a New York man was sentenced to prison and a Hudson County, New Jersey, man pleaded guilty in connection their respective parts in the scheme.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 5, 2014
News Release: Dear Mr. President: In light of the financial collapse of Corinthian Colleges we write to express our serious concern with the financial integrity and stability of a number of companies operating large for-profit colleges and ask for an expedited response to a number of important questions this issue...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 5, 2014
News Release: CRAIG, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management Little Snake Field Office today released a preliminary environmental assessment analyzing the proposed sale of oil and gas leases on 41 parcels totaling 31,225 acres of public mineral estate in Moffatt and Routt counties.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Tuesday, August 5, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JACQUELINE POLVERARI, 47, of Branford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2014
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Roger W. Titus sentenced Iziah E. Ennis, a/k/a “Ike," age 34, of Fairfax, Virginia today to 12 years in prison followed by four years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine base, commonly known as crack, and phencyclidine, commonly known as PCP.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 5, 2014
News Release: DOLORES, Colo. - The Anasazi Heritage Center will be closed to the public on Aug.10 for maintenance of its water system.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2014
News Release: Four defendants convicted of scheme involving over 250 victims and $200,000 in losses.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2014
News Release: Vanessa Clay, a/k/a “Vanessa Hatcher," 61, of Philadelphia, PA, was charged by information with one count of theft of government funds, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. According to the information, the defendant applied for Supplemental Security Income from the Social Security Administration...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Anne M. Tompkins Western District Of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2014
News Release: ST.LOUIS - U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special (SA) James Terry Watson was honored by the Fraternal Order of the (FOP), Lodge 2, in Rapid City, South Dakota on August 5, 2014, during a Fallen Law Enforcement Officer memorial ride as part of the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2014
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Former attorney Jason Zebert, 45, of Pearl, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Carlton W. Reeves, Jr. to 24 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for theft of government funds, U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis announced. He was also ordered to repay $198,669.14 to the Department of Veterans Affairs.
