News from February 2014
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 24, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following statement in response to the Obama Administration’s latest employer mandate delay.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2014
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Anthony Jean-Claude, age 40, of Odenton, Maryland pleaded guilty today to laundering over $1.5 million, in connecting with a scheme to steal waste vegetable oil.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2014
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita man was sentenced Monday to five years in federal prison for a firearms violation, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 24, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following statement after the Obama Administration announced how it will implement the over $300 billion in cuts to Medicare Advantage included in the President’s health care law.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 24, 2014
News Release: In support of President Obama’s all-of-the-above energy strategy, the Energy Department today announced $10 million to improve subsurface characterization for enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) by developing state-of-the-art methods that quantify critical underground reservoir properties as they change...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 24, 2014
News Release: Dear Colleagues, I am pleased to welcome the new Administrator for the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Dr. Chavonda Jacobs-Young. Dr. Jacobs-Young recently served as ARS Associate Administrator for National Programs, where she led the Office of National Programs which manages the research objectives...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2014
News Release: LAS CRUCES - Sophia Monique Zayas, 32, pleaded guilty late this afternoon in Las Cruces federal court to a felony information charging her with child abuse resulting in great bodily injury, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Steven C. Yarbrough, Special Agent Carol K.O. Lee of the Albuquerque Division of the FBI, and Acting Special Agent in Charge Gregory Harper of the Air Force Office of Special Investigations.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the Justice Department announced the results of its ongoing efforts to combat tax refund fraud that involves identity theft. The Tax Division, in conjunction with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and U.S. Attorneys’ Offices (USAOs) nationwide, has prioritized the investigation and...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2014
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Raeb Chou, of Modesto, pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to structure cash transactions and one count of structuring, and co-defendant Chantha A. Chim, of Murietta, pleaded guilty today to one count of structuring.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2014
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The owner of Clevett Worldwide Mailers LLC, a Succasunna, N.J., bulk mailing house, was sentenced today to 24 months in prison for defrauding clients of more than $1 million through a fraudulent bulk-mailing scheme in which he shredded millions of pieces of mail rather than delivering them, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2014
News Release: FARGO - U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on Feb. 24, 2014, Robert Carey Evans, 58, of Waukesha, Wis., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Ralph R. Erickson to 10 years in prison on 14 counts of possession of materials containing child pornography. Judge Erickson ordered Evans to pay a $1400 special assessment to the Crime Victim’s Fund and register as a sex offender for life. Evans was found guilty by a 12 person jury on Oct. 25, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2014
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Julio Cesar Villanueva Cornejo, 33, of Michoacàn, Mexico was sentenced today to six years in prison for possessing a firearm and distributing illegal rat poison and insecticides in connection with a large marijuana cultivation operation in the Lilly Canyon area of the Sequoia National...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2014
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - David Wayne Sweet, Jr., age 24, of St. Leonard, Maryland pleaded guilty today to sexually exploiting a minor to produce child pornography.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 24, 2014
News Release: Harkers Island, NC - Superintendent Patrick M. Kenney announces that permits for long term parking permit are available at the Harkers Island Visitor Center for the 2014 season from 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 24, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) made the following statement after the Committee favorably reported out H.R. 3865, Stop Targeting of Political Beliefs by the IRS Act of 2014.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 24, 2014
News Release: The National Park Service is holding public hearings in March on temporary restrictions for certain sport hunting practices in several national preserves in Alaska. Public comments on these provisions will be taken from March 9 through March 22.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2014
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington woman was sentenced today to a year and a day in federal prison for stealing more than $20,000 from a program that assists the homeless, United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced. Patricia Howard, 54, embezzled the money from the Huntington Housing Authority’s Shelter Care Plus program in 2011 and 2012, while she was an employee of the Authority.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 24, 2014
News Release: Catoctin Mountain Park News Release. Feb. 24, 2014. Debra Mills. Amish Volunteers Return to Assist with Cabin Preservation at Catoctin Mountain Park The productive experiences of the Indiana Amish Anabaptist Service Program in March, 2013 have prompted them to schedule a return visit to Catoctin...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2014
News Release: Two Plead Guilty in Boise County Marijuana Grow Case.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2014
News Release: BGF Member Often Directed the Smuggling of Drugs and Contraband into Baltimore Correctional Facility While in Pretrial Custody.
