News from January 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: ATLANTA - More than a dozen individuals, including former NBA player Javaris Crittenton, were arrested in an early morning drug trafficking sting Wednesday. The operation took place throughout metro Atlanta. The suspects were indicted on Friday on multiple drug charges including Conspiracy to Commit the Crime of Trafficking in Cocaine and Conspiracy to Commit the Crime of Trafficking in Marijuana.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Freeport physician Robert L. Ignasiak, Jr., 58, was sentenced to 30 years in prison yesterday for health care fraud, illegally distributing controlled substances, and failing to appear for trial. The sentence imposed by the court was announced by Pamela C. Marsh, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A Louisville Man who pleaded guilty to violating federal child exploitation laws, was sentenced to 20 years in prison, followed by 12 years of supervised release this week, by Senior U.S. District Court Judge Charles R. Simpson, III, announced David J. Hale, United States Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Lee Terry (R-NE) today announced plans for a hearing the first week of February to examine data breaches and their effect on consumers. Target, which recently suffered a breach that compromised the information of approximately...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A registered sex offender who was formerly employed at a law office in Paterson, N.J., admitted today to distributing images of child sexual abuse over the Internet, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: Project Safe Childhood. SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a former member of the Sarcoxie, Mo., school board pleaded guilty in federal court today to possessing child pornography. John R. Lewis, 68, of Sarcoxie, pleaded guilty...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The deputy director of the Hudson County Correctional Center surrendered today to law enforcement and was charged by complaint with illegally wiretapping fellow employees, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today delivered the following remarks during a Senate Finance Committee hearing considering the nominations of the Honorable L. Paige Marvel and Tamara Ashford to serve as Judges of the U.S. Tax Court and F R. Gil Kerlikowske to be Commissioner of Customs at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 22 year old Quinlin, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for attempting to sell a machinegun and silencer announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: THEN: Success = 7 Million Enrollees, Nearly 40% Young, Healthy
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: In Del Rio today, 27-year-old Lauro Beltran of San Antonio was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for cocaine trafficking announced U.S. Attorney Robert Pitman and Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent in Charge Janice Ayala.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Lee Terry (R-NE) today announced plans for a hearing the first week of February to examine data breaches and their effect on consumers. Target, which recently suffered a breach that compromised the information of approximately...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Essex County, N.J., man today admitted his role in an armed carjacking in Newark on Nov. 8, 2012, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: Three people who were part of a methamphetamine manufacturing ring operating in northwestern Iowa were sentenced to a combined 26 years in federal prison.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee released the following video ahead of tomorrow’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing, 2014: Seeking PPACA Answers.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: Thirteen Defendants Still Await Sentencing. BOISE - Kenneth Jones, 47, of Rio Linda, California, Robbie Gallegos, 43, of Boise, Idaho, and Heidi Aguila, 34, of Nampa, Idaho, were sentenced this week in federal court for their roles in a large-scale methamphetamine distribution ring, U.S. Attorney Wendy...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: Two Akron men were indicted for their roles in a cocaine conspiracy, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 14, 2014
News Release: You are invited to start your new year with a free visit to a national park! Whiskeytown National Recreation Area and all of the other 401 national park sites across the country will offer free admission on Monday, January 20 to commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. In 2011, the Martin Luther...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2014
News Release: BOSTON - The administrative assistant of a non-profit organization was charged yesterday with stealing $118,000 from the institute.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2014
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Robert S. Kanli, also known as Robert S. Martin, 33, born in La Mirada, California, was arrested on charges alleging that he emailed threats to kill an official in the United States Embassy in Pristina, Kosovo.
