News from February 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that an Oglala, South Dakota, man convicted of Felony Child Abuse and Neglect was sentenced on Feb. 20, 2014, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. -United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that James Goode Jr., 45, of Sicily Island, La., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Dee D. Drell, to 12 months in prison and three years of supervised release for lying to the Farm Service Agency (FSA) in order to obtain more than $1.2 million in loans. He was also ordered to pay $322,356 in restitution.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders expressed disappointment following today’s announcement by the Department of Health and Human Services on additional cuts to the Medicare Advantage program. Chairman Upton last week joined the House Republican leadership in a letter to President...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: Muskogee, Oklahoma - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that JOSHUA RAY HIGGINS, age 27, of Muskogee, Oklahoma, pled guilty to Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(B).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Jose Fidel Guajardo aka “Garfield," 42, a leader of a drug trafficking and money laundering conspiracy, has been handed a significant federal sentence, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: Santa Ana, California - The former owner of Pacific Hospital in Long Beach was charged today in a long-running health care fraud scheme that involved tens of millions of dollars in illegal kickbacks in exchange for referrals of thousands of patients who received spinal surgeries. The referrals to the...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: Earlier this week Buffalo National River launched a Community Partners program that is intended to improve visitor information services and strengthen communications and relationships with local businesses and organizations.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Jeffrey Mills, 52, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 18 years in prison for beating a man to death with a barbell in an attack in Northwest Washington, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: Dear Mr. Chairman: On Monday, you traveled to New Hampshire to attend a Republican political event and fundraiser, where you gave a speech on Benghazi.[1] You explained the goal of your trip as follows: “I came here to hopefully shape the debate for 2016."[2] After watching a video of your speech, I...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: Los Zetas associate and Eagle Pass, TX, resident Jose Luis Rodriguez (a.k.a. “Pollo"), age 36, faces up to life in federal prison after a jury in San Antonio convicted him this afternoon of federal kidnapping and drug charges announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman, Acting FBI Special Agent in Charge Aaron C. Rouse, San Antonio Division, and Acting Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Steven S. Whipple, Houston Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that an Oregon man was sentenced in federal court in Anchorage for transporting child pornography from Alaska to Canada. Aaron Bruno Finn, was sentenced to 6 years in prison, followed by 15 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that a man from Anchorage, Alaska, was sentenced in federal court in Anchorage for his role in an Anchorage and Fairbanks drug conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: NEW HAVEN, Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Emory James, also known as “Emmo," 42, of New Haven, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Ellen Bree Burns in New Haven to 55 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for trafficking narcotics.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - A federal jury sitting in Santa Fe, N.M., returned a verdict late this afternoon finding Federico Lujan, 26, of Serafina, N.M., guilty on assault and firearms charges after a four-day trial, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Steven C. Yarbrough, Special Agent in Charge DuWayne W. Honahni, Sr., of District IV of BIA’s Office of Justice Services, and Chief Kevin Mariano of the Isleta Pueblo Tribal Police Department.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Sandra R. Powers, 57, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was charged in a criminal Information with bank larceny involving $125,815.00. A plea agreement was also filed indicating that Powers intends to plead guilty when she appears in federal court for her arraignment. She faces up to ten years' imprisonment and $250,000 in fines as a result of the charges.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced its hearing schedule for the week of Feb. 24, 2014. The committee will examine how the Obama administration’s attack on the Medicare Part D program will increase costs and reduce choices for seniors. The committee will also...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders expressed disappointment following today’s announcement by the Department of Health and Human Services on additional cuts to the Medicare Advantage program. Chairman Upton last week joined the House Republican leadership in a letter to President...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - James Pickup, 30, and Shawn Workman, 20, both of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, were charged today by indictment in an arson conspiracy that caused damage to company that does business with the United States Navy, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. According to the indictment...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a McLaughlin, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault with a Dangerous Weapon and Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: Next week, the United States Supreme Court will hear oral arguments relating to the Environmental Protection Agency’s greenhouse gas (GHG) regulations, and specifically whether EPA’s regulation of GHG emissions from new cars triggered GHG permitting requirements for stationary sources. At the time the...
