News published on Federal Newswire in February 2014

News from February 2014


Buffalo Man Pleads Guilty to Bank Robbery

News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Michael Bland, 18, of Buffalo, N.Y., pleaded guilty to bank robbery, before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, a $250,000,00 fine or both.


News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Patricia M. Ferrick, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation...


Peabody Man Sentenced To Seven Years For Heading Identity Theft Ring

News Release: BOSTON - A Peabody man was sentenced today for heading an identity theft ring that used the identities of a Florida company’s employees to cause $375,000 in credit card losses at large retail stores.


Federal Grand Jury In Fort Wayne Returns Indictments

News Release: Fort Wayne, Indiana - The United States Attorney's Office announced that a Grand Jury sitting in Fort Wayne, Indiana, returned the following Indictments on Feb. 26, 2014.


Republican IRS Investigations  Have Cost At Least $14 Million ... And Counting

News Release: Washington, DC -Today, Reps. Sander Levin and Elijah Cummings, the Ranking Members of the House Ways and Means Committee and Oversight and Government Reform Committee, released a letter from IRS Commissioner John Koskinen documenting the significant funds expended by the IRS in responding to Congressional...


NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE TO HOLD ADDITIONAL HEARING ON FISHERIES MANAGEMENT

News Release: Washington, D.C. - On Friday, the House Natural Resources Committee will hold a balanced hearing on the state of fisheries management in the United States. The hearing comes after Democrats used Rule XI of the Committee rules to force an additional day of testimony on a Republican proposal to gut the...


News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, announced today that charges have been brought against the following.


Fort Hall Man Pleads Guilty To Involuntary Manslaughter In "Shaken Baby" Case

News Release: POCATELLO - Ian Jack Crooked Arm, a/k/a Ian Sittre, 26, of Fort Hall, Idaho, pleaded guilty today in United States District Court to one count of involuntary manslaughter, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced.


News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Eastern District of California. Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014. S. SACRAMENTO, Calif. - United States District Judge John A. Mendez sentenced Fausto Diaz-Lozano, 45, of Sacramento, on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2014, to 17 and a half years in prison for his involvement...


News Release: Washington D.C. - Rep. Eliot L. Engel, the senior Democratic member on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, inserted the following statement today, as prepared for delivery, into the record on full Committee hearing “International Wildlife Trafficking Threats to Conservation and National Security.".


Skowhegan Woman Sentenced to 4 Years for Drug Trafficking

News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Tara.



Two Mississippi Department Of Public Safety Employees Arrested On Federal Identity Theft Charges

News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss - Two employees of the Mississippi Department of Public Safety were arrested and arraigned today on a federal indictment for identity theft and conspiracy to commit identity theft, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and Raymond Parmer, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Rep. Eliot L. Engel, the senior Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement following today’s event on the challenges posed by a nuclear North Korea hosted by the National Committee on North Korea and the National Security Network.


South China Man Pleads Guilty To Stealing Veteran Death Benefits

News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Neil.


News Release: The attached in the matter of the were filed today with the U.S. District Court in Providence.


Massachusetts Man Pleads Guilty To Failure To Register As A Sex Offender

News Release: BOSTON - A former Jamaica Plain man pleaded guilty in federal court today to Failure to Register as a Sex Offender.


Sabattus Man Pleads Guilty to Stealing VA Travel Benefits

News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that James.


Harkin, Alexander Co-Host Monthly Lecture Series on Deaf Community and Culture

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Last evening, U.S. Senators Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Lamar Alexander (R-TN) co-hosted the first in a series of monthly lectures for senators and their staff on the deaf community and its culture. The lectures will take place over the next five months and are intended to help senators and...


Stamford Man Sentenced To 15 Months In Prison For Role In Organized Crime-backed Gambling Businesses

News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that SILVERIO CALIFANO, 53, of Stamford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant...