News from February 2014
By Interior Newswire | Feb 5, 2014
News Release: THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. - Park officials are preparing an interagency trail management plan for the approximately 500 miles of trails within Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Martin, South Dakota, man convicted of Benefits Fraud was sentenced on Feb. 3, 2014, by U.S. Magistrate Judge Veronica L. Duffy.
By State Newswire | Feb 5, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - This morning at 10 a.m., U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, will convene a hearing entitled, “Al-Qaeda’s Resurgence in Iraq: A Threat to U.S. Interests.".
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 5, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) pressed Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner John Koskinen regarding Treasury developing rules to limit conservative groups’ ability to engage in public debate.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2014
News Release: FARGO- U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on Feb. 5, 2014, Jared Tyler Allen, 27, Fargo, N.D., pleaded guilty to receipt of materials involving the sexual exploitation of minors and possession of materials involving the sexual exploitation of minors. U.S. District Judge Ralph R. Erickson is presiding over the case.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Alysa D. Erichs, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (ICE-HSI), Wendy Bashnan, Special Agent in Charge, Miami Field Office, U.S. Department of State’s Diplomatic...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 5, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) made the following statement after the Committee reported out legislation to repeal the ObamaCare 30-hour rule and legislation to protect volunteer firefighters and emergency responders from the burdens of the employer mandate.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 5, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security Chairman Sam Johnson (R-TX) made the following statement in response to the Social Security Disability Insurance fraud in New York City. The investigation resulted in the indictment and arrest of some 102 Social Security Disability Insurance beneficiaries and four facilitators - two recruiters, an attorney and a disability consultant - allegedly involved in the scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2014
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Jesus Mauricio Juarez Jr. aka Flaco 27, has been sentenced to federal prison for his involvement in a 1,000 pound marijuana load, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. He pleaded guilty in November 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Paul F. Kaufman, 55, of Stafford, Va., pled guilty today to a federal charge stemming from his embezzlement of more than $150,000 from his former employer, a non-profit based in Washington, D.C., U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that James Hamilton, Jr., 29, of Buffalo, N.Y., pleaded guilty to distribution of marijuana before U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny. The charge carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison, a $250,000 fine or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office today announced that those persons listed below were arraigned before the U.S. Magistrate and the indictments handed down by the Grand Jury unsealed.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2014
News Release: A man who, along with his brother, stole scientific calculators from Wal-Mart stores in multiple states and shipped the calculators to New York City, was sentenced on February 4, 2014, in federal court in Cedar Rapids to thirty months in federal prison.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 5, 2014
News Release: Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for holding this hearing. I am pleased to welcome the new Internal Revenue Service Commissioner, John Koskinen, to the Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Pine Ridge, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault by Striking, Beating, and Wounding was sentenced on February 4, 2014, by U.S. Magistrate Judge Veronica L. Duffy.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2014
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that Ricky Johnson, 53, of Chataignier, La., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard T. Haik to possession of child pornography.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 5, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC - A new video released today by Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) provides a glimpse into the Committee’s effort to overhaul the tax code - a 25 percent reduction in the size of the federal income tax code. This data point underscores the Chairman’s long-stated commitment to making the tax code simpler and fairer so that families and job creators have more resources to invest and grow while spending less time and money on tax compliance.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Los Angeles, California, man charged with Assault by Striking, Beating and Wounding and Simple Assault pled guilty and was sentenced on February 4, 2014, by U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark A. Moreno.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Troy Shane Young, 41, of Elkview, W. Va., was sentenced today to six years in prison for distribution and possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr., Valerie Parlave, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, and Cathy L. Lanier, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2014
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Saint Albans heroin dealer was sentenced to twenty one months in federal prison, U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin announced. Leonard Lewis Hare, 39, of Saint Albans, WV, previously pleaded guilty in November of 2013 to distribution of heroin. On Aug. 13, 2012, Hare sold eight (8) heroin “stamps" of approximately.06 grams each, to an informant while at his residence at the Carriage Hill Apartments in Saint Albans.
