News from February 2014
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 27, 2014
News Release: The State of Arizona, the Appropriations Committee, and all of Congress have benefitted from the hard work, dedication, and wisdom of Congressman Ed Pastor (D-AZ). As Ranking Democrat on the Transportation and Housing and Urban Development Subcommittee, he has fought to invest in our nation’s roads and...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 27, 2014
News Release: Redwood National Park Strawberry Creek Restoration Environmental Assessment Now Available.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2014
News Release: Kimberlee Crabtree Admitted To Smuggling Tobacco Products And A Cell Phone Into USP Lee County.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2014
News Release: Co-Defendant Pleads Guilty to Related Charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2014
News Release: ORLANDO, FLA. - Donovan G. Davis, Jr., and Blayne S. Davis, both 32, have been indicted on federal charges in a Florida-based investment fraud scheme that led to more than $11 million in losses for over 100 investors, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. and James D. Robnett, Special Agent in Charge of the Tampa Field Office of IRS- Criminal Investigation announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2014
News Release: PORTLAND, Maine - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced today that Derek Parker, 30, of Gonic, New Hampshire, was sentenced in United States District Court by Judge George Z. Singal to four years in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute heroin. Parker pleaded guilty to the offense on Nov. 13, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2014
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a former UMB Bank employee pleaded guilty in federal court today to embezzling more than $650,000 in a bank fraud conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Ohio. Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014. CONTACT: Fred Alverson. Public Affairs Officer. COLUMBUS - Charles H. Morrison III, 26, of Columbus, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 151 months in prison for burglarizing a gun store in Hebron and...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2014
News Release: ATLANTA - Herschell Harvell, Jr. made his initial appearance in federal court on charges of making false statements to a bank to obtain a mortgage loan and conspiring to obstruct an investigation into his real estate transactions by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Inspector...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Prescott Apachito, 25, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Alamo, N.M., was sentenced this morning to 24 months in federal prison followed by two years of supervised release for his assault conviction.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 27, 2014
News Release: Superintendent Barclay Trimble announced today that National Park Service (NPS) contract crew, Team Henry Enterprise, LLC, has begun repair work on the NPS Ocracoke pier and docks in Silver Lake which were damaged during Hurricane Sandy.The work is expected to be completed by the end of May.The area...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 27, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 27, 2014 - On Thursday, February 27th, 2014 the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held an oversight hearing on “Obama Administration Oversight: GAO Report - Interior Hiring and Retention Challenges." In a recent report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO)...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 27, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources Committee Peter DeFazio (D-OR) issued the following statement after the Department of the Interior’s announcement on Atlantic seismic exploration.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2014
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - United States Attorney Pamela C. Marsh and Special Agent in Charge James D. Robnett of the Tampa Field Office of Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation joined today to announce their increased efforts to enforce federal income tax laws as the nation begins the tax-filing season.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of West Leisenring, Pa., has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of threats against the President and the members of the immediate family of the President, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2014
News Release: Charles G. Shomo Stole More Than $600,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2014
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - Blair Thomas, Jr., 29, formerly of New Castle, Del., was indicted by a federal grand jury today on one count of bank robbery, announced Charles M. Oberly, III, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2014
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to stealing more than $330,000 from automated teller machines (ATMs) that he was hired to maintain.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 27, 2014
News Release: “Today’s roundtable will focus on how students with disabilities are accessing and persisting throughout postsecondary education. This roundtable marks our sixth in a series to examine issues we plan to address in the upcoming reauthorization of the Higher Education Act. And our review of this topic...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2014
News Release: Rock Island, Ill. - A Davenport, Iowa man, Christopher B. Engelbrecht, 27, was sentenced to more than 11 years in federal prison yesterday for conspiracy to import a synthetic form of ecstasy, 4-MEC, also known as ‘shrimp.’ Engelbrecht was ordered to serve 135 months (11 years, 3 months) in prison followed by three years of supervised release. Engelbrecht has been in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service since his arrest in October 2012.
