News from August 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2014
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Lamont Bonds, age 26, of Gaithersburg, Maryland, pleaded guilty on Aug. 21, 2014, to armed robbery and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, in connection with four restaurant robberies.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2014
News Release: ORLANDO, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division and United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III, for the Middle District of Florida, announces the unsealing of six separate indictments charging Rodney (33, Orlando), Felix (40, Orlando), Dave Stephen...
By DOL Newswire | Aug 22, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.- Senators Tom Harkin (D-IA), Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Jack Reed (D-RI) and Johnny Isakson (R-GA) today released for public comment a draft bill that would require the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to speed the review process for life-saving sunscreen ingredients and provide more certainty to makers of over-the-counter drugs.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 22, 2014
News Release: Six months ago, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released version 1.0 of its voluntary Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity, a methodical approach that organizations of all types can use to create, guide, assess or improve their cybersecurity plans. The...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a Tioga County physician has been charged with unlawful distribution of controlled substances and health care fraud. Three other individuals are also charged in an indictment returned Tuesday by a federal grand jury in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a Mexican national who was residing in Illinois at the time of her arrest, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani to interstate travel in aid of a drug trafficking conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2014
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - The former owner of a Wichita massage parlor was sentenced Friday to five years in federal prison for harboring an undocumented Chinese woman and threatening to harm a law enforcement officer, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Donnell Young, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), and Paula Reid, Special Agent in Charge, United States Secret Service (USSS), Miami Field Office, announce that Mark...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2014
News Release: DALLAS - A Dallas woman, who, along with her gang member boyfriend, pleaded guilty in a sex trafficking case earlier this year, was sentenced this morning, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2014
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Tuffek Mohammed Ali Saleh, 41, a citizen and national of Yemen, who was convicted of making a false statement on an immigration document, was sentenced to 1 year probation by U.S. District Court Judge Charles J. Siragusa. He was also ordered to pay a $1,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2014
News Release: DALLAS -A federal grand jury has indicted Steven Alexander Chavez, Jr., 23, on one count of aiming a laser pointer at an aircraft, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 22, 2014
News Release: Aug. 22, 2014 - Sedro Woolley, WA - As summer comes to an end, North Cascades National Park Service Complex begins to close campsites for the winter season. Beginning the day after Labor Day and continuing through the month of September, the following sites will be closed until next spring.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 22, 2014
News Release: National Park Service Celebrates 98th Birthday!.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 22, 2014
News Release: Great Smoky Mountains National Park will celebrate the 98th birthday of the National Park Service on Monday, August 25. Park visitors are encouraged to participate in one of the many ranger-led programs at park visitor centers or enjoy exploring the park along a scenic roadway, trail, or river.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 22, 2014
News Release: U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack today visited with the owners of two rural Iowa businesses to discuss how recent USDA investments are helping them in their job-creation efforts.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2014
News Release: Fort Wayne, Indiana - The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in Federal Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2014
News Release: Orlando, Florida - Senior U.S. District Judge G. Kendall Sharp sentenced Luis A. Rivera (47, Orlando) to 27 years in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Rivera pleaded guilty on May 28, 2014. He was sentenced on Aug. 20, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2014
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 40-year-old Nederland, Texas man has been convicted of drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2014
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the unsealing of six separate indictments charging Rodney Griffin (33, Orlando), Felix Warren (40, Orlando), Dave Stephen Alfred (27, Orlando), Junior Jeffrey Alexis (20, Orlando), Donte Antwan Gedeon (24, Orlando), and James Edward...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2014
News Release: Three Cleveland men were sentenced to prison for their roles in an armed robbery of a Euclid bank, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI's Cleveland office.
