News from January 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2014
News Release: Istvan Merchenthaler, 43, of Downingtown, PA, was charged by indictment, unsealed today, with one count of possession of unregistered firearms and one count of being a fugitive in possession of a firearm and ammunition, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. Specifically, Merchenthaler...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - On Jan. 30, 2014, after deliberating for three hours, a federal jury of six men and six women found Curtis Delay Brown guilty of one count of violating federal firearms laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 31, 2014
News Release: 2014 Youth Conservation Corps Internships Available.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Rosebud, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Arson.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2014
News Release: HOUSTON - A federal jury sitting in Houston has convicted Nyle Churchwell, 51, for his role in the issuance of passports for unqualified people, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson along with George M. Nutwell III, special agent in charge of the Department of State’s Diplomatic Security Service (DSS). The verdict was returned moments ago following four days of trial and approximately six hours of deliberation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2014
News Release: South Bend, Indiana -The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2014
News Release: On Jan. 31, 2014, Toni J. Johnson, 33, of Murphysboro, pled guilty to a one-count superseding indictment charging conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2014
News Release: Karen Strasser Steinke, 65, of Millstadt, Illinois, entered a plea of guilty in federal district court to an Information charging, in Count 1, Wire Fraud in a scheme to defraud clients of Metro East Title, and in Count 2, Structuring of Financial Transactions to Avoid Currency Transaction Reporting Requirements...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2014
News Release: BOSTON - A former employee of MetLife, the New York-based insurance company, pleaded guilty today to defrauding the company of more than a quarter of a million dollars by submitting bogus expense reports.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assaulting a Federal Officer.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2014
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Four defendants recently pleaded guilty in federal court to charges stemming from a wide-ranging scheme to defraud UniRush, LLC, a provider of prepaid stored value cards. A total of eight defendants thus far have entered guilty pleas as part of this investigation.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 31, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing schedule for the week of Feb. 3, 2014. Members will continue their review of the Toxic Substances Control Act, look into consumer protections in light of recent data breaches, and examine the implementation of the Food Safety Modernization Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Richard Williams, 43, was sentenced today to 35 years in prison for the 2010 slaying of an acquaintance along the border of the District of Columbia and Prince George’s County, Md., U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 31, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Republican members of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittees on Communications and Technology and Oversight and Investigations today wrote to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler requesting detailed information regarding the commission’s budget and operating expenses. Members are seeking this information as they continue their work to protect taxpayer dollars as part of larger efforts to improve transparency and efficiency at the commission.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2014
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Joseph Vito Mastronardo, Jr., 63, of Meadowbrook, PA, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to participate in a racketeering enterprise (RICO), conducting an illegal gambling business, four counts of conspiring to launder money, eight counts of interstate travel in aid of racketeering, transmitting...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 31, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing schedule for the week of Feb. 3, 2014. Members will continue their review of the Toxic Substances Control Act, look into consumer protections in light of recent data breaches, and examine the implementation of the Food Safety Modernization Act.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 31, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today responded to the U.S. State Department’s release of the final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on the Keystone XL pipeline application, which includes the proposed reroute through Nebraska.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2014
News Release: Hammond, Indiana - The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in Federal Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Porcupine, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for three charges of Aggravated Sexual Abuse.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that an Orlando, Florida, man convicted of Passing Counterfeit Obligations of the United States was sentenced on Jan. 27, 2014, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
