News from January 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has upheld the sentence imposed on a former police chief for possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2014
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - U.S. District Judge John E. Steele yesterday sentenced Gregory Wayne Eagle (63, Cape Coral) to six years in federal prison for bank fraud, mail fraud, and wire fraud. Eagle pleaded guilty on March 14, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2014
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that Darrell Rogers Johns, 32, of Shreveport, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Donald E. Walter, to 10 years in prison and three years of supervised release for one count of possession of a firearm and ammunition by a felon. Judge Walter also ordered that the firearm and ammunition involved be forfeited. Johns was found guilty on October 9, 2013, after a two-day bench trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2014
News Release: In Austin today, Herman G. Wilks, former Department Director of Workers’ Compensation Claims Administration for the Texas Association of School Boards, Inc. (TASB), pleaded guilty to stealing over $500,000 from the TASB’s Risk Management Fund announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Armando Fernandez, San Antonio Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2014
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Brett Beauchamp, 29, of Woonsocket, R.I., a former U.S. Postal Service carrier, was sentenced today to 3 years federal probation, fined $3,000 and ordered to pay restitution for rifling through greeting cards he was to have delivered and stealing some of the contents, announced United...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Wednesday, January 8, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that SHALANDA JENKINS, 32, of New Britain, waived her right to indictment and pleaded guilty yesterday...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2014
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian announced today that Upstate Laboratories, Inc., 6034 Corporate Drive, East Syracuse, New York was sentenced today by the Hon. Judge Glenn T. Suddaby following its guilty plea to committing mail fraud related to the falsification of over...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, José A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), Miami Field Office, and Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Miami Field...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2014
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - Joseph H. Hogsett, the United States Attorney, announced today that Jackie J. Whittley, Jr., age 32, of Cynthiana, was sentenced to 180 months in prison today by Chief U.S. District Judge Richard L. Young after being convicted of illegally possessing a sawed-off shotgun, along with numerous...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2014
News Release: BOISE - U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced today that Darin James Bangham, 40, of Star, Idaho, and co-defendant, Ashley Marie Armstrong, 27, of Kuna, Idaho, were sentenced this week for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 8, 2014
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, made the following statement regarding the proposed rule from September 2013 to regulate carbon emissions from new power plants, which the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) formally published in the Federal Register today.
By State Newswire | Jan 8, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement in response to recent reports of an imminent terrorist designation for Ansar al-Sharia...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2014
News Release: PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA - United States Attorney Pamela C. Marsh announced thatThomas Zachary Breeding, 29, of Panama City, Florida, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge Richard Smoak to 15 months in prison for obstruction of justice and making false statements to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (“NOAA").
By EPA Newswire | Jan 8, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives today approved H.R. 724 by a vote of 405 to 0. The bipartisan legislation amends the Clean Air Act to eliminate the redundant requirement for auto dealers to provide certification of emissions standards compliance for new light-duty motor vehicles. Clean...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 8, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives today approved H.R. 724 by a vote of 405 to 0. The bipartisan legislation amends the Clean Air Act to eliminate the redundant requirement for auto dealers to provide certification of emissions standards compliance for new light-duty motor vehicles. Clean...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 8, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today spoke in support of H.R. 3527, the Poison Center Network Act. H.R. 3527 was introduced by Energy and Commerce Committee member Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE). The bipartisan legislation reauthorizes important activities related to poison control...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 8, 2014
News Release: #CommActUpdate. Welcome to the Energy and Commerce Committee’s one-stop-shop for information about the committee’s plans for a #CommActUpdate. White papers, press releases, and links to all #CommActUpdate materials will be posted below. Overview. The Committee on Energy and Commerce is issuing a series...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 8, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today began seeking public input as they work to review and update the Communications Act. In December, Upton and Walden announced that the committee...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2014
News Release: Investigation Led to Conviction of More Than 600 American Subscribers to Illegal Site.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 8, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives today approved H.R. 724 by a vote of 405 to 0. The bipartisan legislation amends the Clean Air Act to eliminate the redundant requirement for auto dealers to provide certification of emissions standards compliance for new light-duty motor vehicles. Clean...
