News from July 2014
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 16, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Matthew Cartwright, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Job Creation and Regulatory Affairs, released a memo for tomorrow’s hearing with the Deputy Attorney...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2014
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina -----United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that Walter T. Alexander, age 31, of Travelers Rest, South Carolina, pled guilty today in federal court in Anderson, South Carolina, to possession of child pornography, a violation of 18 U.S.C. ' 2252A. United States District Judge Timothy M. Cain accepted the plea and will sentence Alexander once a pre-sentence investigation report has been prepared by the U.S. Probation Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2014
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina -----United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that Michael L. Wolfenbarger, age 42, of Spartanburg, South Carolina, pled guilty today in federal court in Anderson, South Carolina, to wire fraud, a violation of 18 U.S.C. ' 1343. United States District Judge Timothy M. Cain accepted the plea and will sentence Wolfenbarger once a pre-sentence investigation report has been prepared by the U.S. Probation Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2014
News Release: Project Ceasefire. KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that an Independence, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing a firearm. Edward L. Garlock, Jr., 47, of Independence, was sentenced by U.S. District...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2014
News Release: Today, the U.S. House Rules Committee held a hearing on Speaker John Boehner’s resolution, “providing for authority to initiate litigation for actions by the president inconsistent with his duties under the Constitution of the United States." Specifically, House Republicans contend that President Obama ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2014
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Reggie Bullock, 40, of Rochester, N.Y., who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute 28 grams or more of crack cocaine, was sentenced to 108 months prison by U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. The sentenced was imposed concurrently to the remainder of a 36-month sentence the defendant is serving for a violation of state parole.
By State Newswire | Jul 16, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, will convene the Committee’s latest in a series of hearings on the Iranian regime’s pursuit of nuclear weapons and the Obama Administration’s ongoing nuclear negotiations with Tehran. At the hearing,...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, and Drew J. Breakspear, Commissioner, Florida Office of Financial Regulation, announce that Karl Oreste, 56, of Miramar...
By State Newswire | Jul 16, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Representative Eliot L. Engel, the leading Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today delivered the following remarks on the floor of the House of Representatives marking three months since nearly 300 Nigerian schoolgirls were kidnapped by Boko Haram...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2014
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., woman pleaded guilty in federal court today to a tax fraud scheme in which she stole portions of her client’s inflated tax refunds.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a White River, South Dakota, man convicted of First Degree Burglary was sentenced on July 14, 2014, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2014
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Cape May County, New Jersey man was arrested today by special agents U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), on charges he received images of child sexual abuse over the Internet using his cellphone, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 16, 2014
News Release: On Sept. 10, 2014, Channel Islands National Park will host a special lecture about the history of aviation on the northern Channel Islands by Dr. Charles Rennie. Rennie will review a colorful aviation record from the 1920s to today, including some aviation accidents.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Beaver County resident has been sentenced in federal court to 120 months imprisonment on his conviction for committing bank robbery, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 16, 2014
News Release: Bald eagles continue to expand on the California Channel Islands with the discovery of a nesting pair on San Clemente Island for the first time in over 50 years.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2014
News Release: TYLER, Texas - U.S. Attorney John M. Bales announced today that six individuals have been arrested following a lengthy investigation into illegal gambling, money laundering and drug trafficking in the Eastern District of Texas.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 16, 2014
News Release: Today the Finance Committee will consider two nominees - Robert Holleyman, who is nominated to be Deputy United States Trade Representative at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative; and Cary Pugh, nominated to be a judge for the U.S. Tax Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2014
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. -A Baton Rouge man was sentenced to 94 months in prison and three years of supervised release for using multiple false identities to steal an RV, boat and sport utility vehicle, U.S. Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Minneapolis, Minnesota, man and two Mobridge, South Dakota, women have been indicted by a federal grand jury for Kidnapping and Assault with a Dangerous Weapon.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 16, 2014
News Release: As part of President Obama's all-of-the-above strategy to continue to expand safe and responsible domestic energy production, a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) oil and gas lease auction today netted $1,115,909.50 in revenues from the sale of 50 Federal leases, totaling 15,469.04 acres, in North Dakota...
