News published on Federal Newswire in August 2014

By Interior Newswire | Aug 26, 2014

News Release: Acting Superintendent Kym Hall announced today the reopening of the east side of Cape Point in Cape Hatteras National Seashore near Buxton, NC to off-road vehicle (ORV) access effective immediately.The sea turtle nest previously restricting ORV access was excavated and the protection area removed this...

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2014

News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Darius Cohn (34, Orlando) and Brenda Shoukry (64, Orlando) have pleaded guilty to access device fraud. Shoukry pleaded guilty today, while Cohn pleaded guilty on July 31, 2014. Each faces a maximum penalty of 15 years in federal prison. The sentencing hearing for Cohn is set for Oct. 30, 2014. Shoukry is scheduled to be sentenced on Dec. 17, 2014.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2014

News Release: Orlando, FL - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Matthew Jones, a/k/a “Caligirl," “Dynamite2k," “Dynamite`," “Tyler Zeddai," “Mateo Jones" (44, Dallas, Texas) today pleaded guilty to the illegal distribution of controlled substances. Jones faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 26, 2014

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - John Wade Crist, 57, of Las Cruces, N.M., was sentenced this morning in Las Cruces federal court for his conviction on methamphetamine trafficking and firearms charges. Crist will serve a 78-month prison sentence that will be followed by four years of supervised release.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2014

News Release: FRESNO, Calif. -Gustavo Angel Salinas, 26, of Bakersfield, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to manufacture, to distribute, and to possess with the intent to distribute marijuana, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced today.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2014

News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Paula Reid, Special Agent in Charge, United States Secret Service (USSS), Miami Field Office, and Ronald J. Verrochio, Inspector in Charge, United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), Miami Division, announce that Robert...

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2014

News Release: Charleston, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that four members of a Lincoln County family entered guilty pleas today in federal court in Charleston. Larry Wayne Lawson, 54, of West Hamlin, wife, Tina Taylor Lawson, 37, son, Jason Wayne Lawson, 30, and son’s fiancé, Tia Estep, 28, of Seymour, Tennessee all entered guilty pleas admitting their involvement in distributing oxycodone in August of 2013.

By Interior Newswire | Aug 25, 2014

News Release: The Acadia National Park Advisory Commission will meet at the Moore Auditorium on the Schoodic Education and Research Center campus in the Schoodic District of Acadia National Park at 1-3 pm on Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2014. The meeting is open to the public and will include an opportunity for public comment.

By USDA Newswire | Aug 25, 2014

News Release: Up to $99 million to protect and restore property in Connecticut, New Jersey and New York WASHINGTON, Aug. 25, 2014 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that up to $99 million in conservation funding will be provided to assist Hurricane Sandy victims in Connecticut, New Jersey and New ...

By USDA Newswire | Aug 25, 2014

News Release: WASHINGTON, Aug. 25, 2014 – The U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that up to $200 million in competitive grants is available for state SNAP agencies to design and conduct employment and training (E&T) pilot projects to help Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants ...

By USDA Newswire | Aug 25, 2014

News Release: Winner Signs Up Most U.S. Food Waste Challenge Partners WASHINGTON, Aug. 25, 2014 – A friendly competition among the nation's food banks to sign up the most donors in the U.S. Food Waste Challenge is drawing to a close, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Feeding America will determine ...

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2014

News Release: Three Puerto Rico police officers, Erick Rivera Nazario, Angel Torres Quinones and Antonio Rodriguez Caraballo today pleaded guilty to federal civil rights charges in connection with the fatal beating of 19-year-old Jose Luis Irizarry Perez, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Molly Moran for ...

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2014

News Release: A U.S. citizen living in Amsterdam, Netherlands, was sentenced today to serve 35 years in prison for sexually exploiting a minor in California and elsewhere and producing images of that abuse.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2014

News Release: The former Hanover Corporation chief financial officer and a former Hanover salesman were sentenced today to serve 60 months in prison and 70 months in prison respectively, and ordered to pay $14,454,999.19 in restitution, for their roles in an $18 million Ponzi scheme. Hanover’s former chief executive officer was previously sentenced to 14 years in prison and ordered to pay $14,784,983.75 in restitution in this case.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2014

News Release: A Louisiana psychiatrist was sentenced in federal court in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, today to serve 86 months in prison for his role in a $258.5 million Medicare fraud scheme involving partial hospitalization psychiatric services. He was further ordered to pay $43.5 million in restitution and to forfeit all proceeds from the fraudulent scheme.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2014

News Release: The Justice Department announced today that Massillon, Ohio landlords John and Mary Ruth have agreed to pay $850,000 to settle lawsuits filed by the Justice Department and other parties alleging that the Ruths discriminated on the basis of race and familial status at properties they formerly owned in Massillon. The settlement must still be approved by United States District Judge John R. Adams in the Northern District of Ohio.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2014

News Release: Adam Michael Webber, of Salt Lake County, Utah, was indicted on Friday by a federal grand jury in the District of Utah, the Justice Department announced. The indictment, which was made public today, charges Webber with one count of dealing in firearms without a license, one count of smuggling goods from the United States and six counts of filing false tax returns.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2014

News Release: Sixteen former Puerto Rico police officers have pleaded guilty for their roles in a criminal organization run out of the police department. The officers used their affiliation with law enforcement to commit robbery and extortion, to manipulate court records in exchange for bribes, and to sell illegal narcotics.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2014

News Release: The Justice Department today announced the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan’s termination of the consent judgment relating to the Detroit Police Department’s (DPD) use of force and arrest and witness detention practices. The Justice Department and the city of Detroit jointly sought ...

By Labor Gazette | Aug 25, 2014

News Release: PRITCHARD, Ala. — An inspection initiated in June 2014 by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration found that workers at PJ Lumber Co. were exposed to falls, amputations and other hazards. The company, which manufactures finished lumber products for resale, has been cited for 13 serious safety and health violations found at the company's lumber mill on Stephens Road in Pritchard. Proposed penalties total $50,085.