News from February 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2014
News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. -United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that Shaun Daigle, 35, and Patrick Murray, 45, both of Sulphur, La., were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Donald E. Walter for conspiring to counterfeit U.S. currency. Daigle received 41 months in prison and Murray received 24 months in prison. They were also sentenced to serve two years of supervised release. They pleaded guilty Nov. 14, 2013.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 5, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., February 5, 2014 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings delivered the following statement on the House floor today in support of H.R. 3964, the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley Emergency Water Delivery Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2014
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - An Alabama man admitted today to conspiring to defraud financial institutions and launder stolen funds as part of a $15 million mortgage fraud scam that used phony documents and “straw buyers" to make illegal profits on overbuilt condos, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 5, 2014
News Release: The House Education and the Workforce Committee, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), today held a full committee hearing entitled, “The Foundation for Success: Discussing Early Childhood Education and Care in America." During the hearing, members discussed the federal investment in early childhood development, and explored opportunities to better support the nation’s youngest citizens.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 5, 2014
News Release: UPCOMING EVENTS AT LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA FEB 8 - MARCH 29.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2014
News Release: 1125 Chapline Street, Federal Building, Suite 3000 ● Wheeling, WV 26003.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - James J. Hunt, the Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) and U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Elizabeth Camue Martinez, 33, of Buffalo, N.Y., and her...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 5, 2014
News Release: Upcoming Webinars. February 6: Live Webinar on Natural Gas for Biomass Technologies. Webinar Sponsor: EERE’s Bioenergy Technologies Office. The Energy Department will present a live webinar titled “The Potential for Natural Gas to Enhance Biomass Technologies" on Thursday, February 6, from 1:00 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2014
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - - Stephen Whipple, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the United States Drug Enforcement (DEA), Houston Division and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced Jesus Mauricio Juarez Jr. aka Flaco 27, has been sentenced to federal prison for his involvement in a 1,000 pound marijuana load. He pleaded guilty in November 2013.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 5, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., February 5, 2014 - Today, the House of Representatives approved H.R. 3964, the Sacramento - San Joaquin Valley Emergency Water Delivery Act, with a bipartisan vote of 229- 191. This legislation, sponsored by the entire Republican California delegation, addresses the emergency drought in California by restoring some water supplies to provide job certainty to farmers and communities.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 5, 2014
News Release: Fire crews plan to take advantage of favorable winter weather conditions to burn piles of slash from several hazard fuels and hazard tree mitigation projects that have taken place in the Fossil Beds in the last few years. The primary reason for the project is to reduce the hazardous fuel buildup around...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2014
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nevada - The last of four men convicted of burglarizing and stealing 21 firearms from a Henderson, Nev. gun store in August 2011, was sentenced today to 2½ years in prison and three years of supervised release, announced Daniel G. Bogden, United States Attorney for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2014
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Brandon Todd, 20, of Naples, N.Y., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr., to making false statements to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison, a fine of $250,000, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2014
News Release: MANHATTAN, N.Y. - James J. Hunt, the Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Bridget G. Brennan, the Special Narcotics Prosecutor for the City of New (“SNP") and...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 5, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC - Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) wrote to Treasury Department Secretary Jacob Lew and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner John Koskinen requesting all documents pertaining to 501(c)(4) rulemaking.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2014
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and James J. Hunt, Acting Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, announced that YESID RIOS SUAREZ pled guilty yesterday in Manhattan federal court in connection...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 5, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) introduced legislation prohibiting for one year the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from issuing or finalizing proposed 501(c)(4) regulations issued last November. Treasury’s proposed rules...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2014
News Release: Correctional Officer Smuggled Drugs and Contraband for BGF into Baltimore Correctional Facility and Had Sex With a BGF Inmate.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2014
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A Dallas tax preparer has been indicted for federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 5, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., February 5, 2014 - Today, the House of Representatives approved H.R. 3590, the Sportsmen’s Heritage and Recreational Enhancement Act by a bipartisan vote of 268-154. This bipartisan package of bills protects the traditional rights of American sportsmen to fish and hunt, removes government roadblocks and red tape, and promotes American job creation and economic growth by supporting recreational opportunities on these federal lands.
