News from January 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Parmelee, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Failure to Appear.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2014
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that a federal jury yesterday found Jason Lydell Orr (35, Merritt Island) guilty of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Based on his prior felony convictions, Orr faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years, up to life in federal prison. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for April 14, 2014, before Senior U.S. District Judge Gregory A. Presnell. Orr was indicted on Sept. 25, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2014
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - David Barnhouse, 24, of Horsham, PA, was charged today by superseding indictment with emailing a bomb threat to the Willow Grove Park Mall website and hacking a computer to make it appear as if someone else sent the threat. Barnhouse is charged with threats, unauthorized access to a protected...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 30, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, The Center for Health Economy released an economic analysis that found that the Patient Choice, Affordability, Responsibility, and Empowerment (CARE) Act - a legislative plan put forward this week by Senators Richard Burr (R-N.C.), Tom Coburn, M.D. (Okla.), and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah)...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2014
News Release: COEUR D’ALENE - Loren Stanley Hall, 69, of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, pleaded guilty today in United States District Court to possessing sexually explicit images of minors, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2014
News Release: CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - On Jan. 27, 2014, following a four-day trial in U.S. District Court, a jury convicted Terry Michael Honeycutt of Ringgold, Ga., of conspiring to distribute a listed chemical, iodine, knowing that the chemical would be used to manufacture methamphetamine (meth) and other related offenses.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 30, 2014
News Release: It might seem that when the world agrees on a new definition of the kilogram based on a fixed value of a physical constant, as is expected soon, no one will need to worry further about the vexing issue of mass variations over time in artifacts such as the platinum-iridium International Prototype Kilogram.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2014
News Release: Three Miami residents have been indicted for their alleged participation in a $190 million Medicare fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Utah resident has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 30, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - As part of the Energy Department’s efforts to develop efficiency standards that cut carbon pollution and save money by saving energy, U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz today announced that the Department has finalized new energy efficiency standards for metal halide lamp fixtures, which...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Fort Thompson, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury, Domestic Abuse by an Habitual Offender, and Child Abuse.
By State Newswire | Jan 30, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered the below opening statement at today’s hearing on civilian nuclear cooperation agreements.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2014
News Release: PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. - On Jan. 30, 2014, United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian, James J. Hunt, the Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) announced that Allan Peters was found guilty after a four day jury trial in Syracuse, New York before United States District Court Judge Glenn T. Suddaby.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Stolen Firearm was sentenced on Jan. 27, 2014, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 30, 2014
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announced that Cousins Agri Center Inc., Newberry, S.C., has paid $350 to settle alleged violations of the Federal Seed Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2014
News Release: POCATELLO - U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced today that Dulton E. Johnson, 23, of Fort Hall, Idaho, pleaded not guilty today to the indictment charging him with assault resulting in serious bodily injury. Johnson was indicted by a federal grand jury in Pocatello on Sept. 10, 2013. Johnson appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Ronald E. Bush at the federal courthouse in Pocatello. Trial is set for March 10, 2014, before U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that JAMES LOUIS COSTANZO, 35, of Ansonia, and BRIAN EARL, 39, of North Haven, were arrested last...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2014
News Release: Little Rock - Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas announced the arrest of Susan Elaine Boyce, 59, formerly of Pleasant Plains, Arkansas. Boyce was arrested last night in Howell County, Missouri by Social Security Administration - Office of the Inspector General agents and by deputies from the Howell County Sheriff’s Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2014
News Release: The head of a heroin distribution conspiracy was sentenced Jan. 30, 2014, to more than 27 years in federal prison.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 30, 2014
News Release: Aviation Subcommittee Chairman Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ) will conduct a Congressional hearing on Wednesday to examine the progress the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has made in implementing provisions of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 in the last two years.
