News from December 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2014
News Release: Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 5421, the Financial Institution Bankruptcy Act of 2014 (FIBA), by a voice vote. FIBA is the product of the Judiciary Committee’s multi-year examination of the ability of the bankruptcy laws to resolve a failing financial institution.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2014
News Release: Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.) sent a letter to Chief Judge Ed Carnes and Judge Gerald Tjoflat of the United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit regarding the arrest and the ongoing prosecution of Middle District of Alabama Judge Mark Fuller in Atlanta, Georgia for a violation of state criminal law.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 1, 2014
News Release: The measures include areas in the Gulf of Mexico where gear is restricted in April and May - a time of year when the species spawns in that area - as well as off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, a prime bluefin feeding ground from December through April. The new restrictions also include a cap on Atlantic surface longline incidental catch of bluefin both at the vessel level as well as at the fleet level.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2014
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Walt Green announced today that CHARLES A. LANPHIER, age 68, of Lafayette, Louisiana, has pled guilty to a Bill of Information charging him with two counts of failing to truthfully account for and pay over taxes, in violation of Title 26, United States Code, Section 7202. LANPHIER faces significant incarceration, fines, and restitution orders.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2014
News Release: BISMARCK - U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on Dec. 1, 2014, Austin Agard, Age 28, of Fort Yates ND, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Daniel L. Hovland on a charge of Sexual Assault when he, Agard, performed sexual acts on a person incapable of declining participation in the act.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 1, 2014
News Release: In September 2014,the National Park Service authorized all park units to engage the public and stakeholders on proposed fee increases as part of the 2014 National Park Service fee review.A large portion (80 percent) of national park entrance and other user fees are returned directly to the parks where...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that John Cirulli, of Buffalo, N.Y., who was convicted of two counts of deprivation of rights under color of law, was sentenced to 12 months probation by Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 1, 2014
News Release: MINERAL, CA - The recent storms and transition to icy winter conditions have closed the Lassen Volcanic National Park Highway to vehicle traffic for the season as of Monday, December 1. The park highway is open to the Manzanita Lake area at the north entrance and to the Kohm Yah-mah-nee Visitor Center...
By EPA Newswire | Dec 1, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today applauded the news that President Obama recently signed three bipartisan committee bills into law, adding to the committee’s bipartisan #RecordOfSuccess.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2014
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Gregory Brusso, 57, of Hinesburg, Vermont, was sentenced on Dec. 1, 2014, in United States District Court in Burlington, Vermont, to serve 18-months imprisonment and a five-year period of supervised release following...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 1, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today applauded the news that President Obama recently signed three bipartisan committee bills into law, adding to the committee’s bipartisan #RecordOfSuccess.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2014
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr. today sentenced Tony Frith (36, Orlando) to 5 years and 10 months in federal prison for access device fraud. He was also ordered to pay more than $469,000 in restitution to the victims of his offense. Frith pleaded guilty on June 26, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2014
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - United States District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill sentenced Maria Vega, 54, of Ceres, today to six months in prison, to be followed by six months of home confinement, for filing a false tax return, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 1, 2014
News Release: A 55-year-old resident of San Antonio, Texas, died on November 29th while hiking the Window Trail in Big Bend National Park. An autopsy will be conducted to determine the cause of death.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Monday, Dec. 1, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that THOMAS PROVENZANO, 48, of Torrington, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2014
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Norman Perry, 51, of Rochester, N.Y., who was convicted of making a false claim to the United States and aggravated identity theft, was sentenced to 90 months in prison and ordered to pay restitution to the Internal Revenue Service in the amount of $135,743 by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2014
News Release: Levon Varne Dean, Sr, age 55, Evette Morris-Hernandez, age 34, Kimberly Smith, age 50, and Steffan Dean, age 53, all of Sioux City, Ingmar Hernandez, age 26 and Monica Rocha-Contreras, age 21, both of South Sioux City, Nebraska, Anna Baker, age 24, of Winnebago, Nebraska, and Esteban Hernandez, age 36...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2014
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Sean Keener, 27, of Warwick, R.I., was sentenced today to 286 months in federal prison for exploiting a 7-year-old child by producing and distributing pornographic images and videos of the child, some of which were posted on a Russian file-sharing web site, announced United States...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2014
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Johnstown, Pa., pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of distribution of cocaine base, in the form commonly known as "crack," United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 1, 2014
News Release: The Republican and Democratic leaders of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee announced today that they have reached a bipartisan agreement on legislation that authorizes the U.S. Coast Guard and its vital missions.
