News from July 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2014
News Release: Muskogee, Oklahoma - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that WESLEY JOE WINKLE, age 34, of Spiro, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 41 months imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release and was ordered to pay $613,135.37 in restitution for Bank Fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1344.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2014
News Release: Alvis Porter admits to paying kickbacks; pleads guilty to tax crime.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 10, 2014
News Release: With the Highway Trust Fund getting closer to running on fumes, Congress must get beyond the gridlock where each faction says, “It’s my way, or no highway.".
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Thursday, July 10, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MICHELLE LAUDATO, 36, of Farmington, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 10, 2014
News Release: Pipestone National Monument Guest Speaker Series.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2014
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina -----United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that Archie Larue Evans was sentenced late yesterday afternoon in federal court in Florence, South Carolina, for Mail Fraud, a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1341, and conspiracy to Structure Transactions with a Financial Institution...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2014
News Release: TULSA, Okla. - The results of the July 2014 Federal Grand Jury were announced today by Danny C. Williams Sr., United States Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2014
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 33-year-old Port Neches, Texas man has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for child pornography violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 10, 2014
News Release: Effective Friday, July 11, the Bureau of Land Management Gila District, all districts of the Coronado National Forest, Saguaro National Park, Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, Coronado NationalMemorial, Chiricahua National Monument, Fort Bowie National Historic Site, Tumacácori National Historical...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2014
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Georgia man is scheduled to be arraigned today on federal charges that allege he fraudulently booked airline reservations by pretending to be a flight crew member.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2014
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska-U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that a man from Fairbanks, Alaska was sentenced in federal court in Fairbanks for possession of powder and cocaine base ("crack") with the intent to distribute.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 10, 2014
News Release: I appreciate that my Republican colleagues on the Committee are prepared to vote against moving forward on these resolutions for the obvious reason that the requested information has already been provided. It is unfortunate that others in the Republican conference, in this case Congressman Steve Stockman, appear unwilling to acknowledge that.
By State Newswire | Jul 10, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Representative Eliot L. Engel, the leading Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today delivered the following statement at a Committee hearing on civilian nuclear cooperation...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2014
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian announced today that his office has settled a civil action under the False Claims Act, against the Carthage Area Hospital. This case involves allegations that the Carthage Area Hospital (“Carthage") doublebilled Medicare for operating room...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 10, 2014
News Release: HOMESTEAD, FLORIDA - Biscayne National Park is looking for volunteers to assist park visitors at the beautiful Dante Fascell Visitor Center. Volunteers greet and interact with visitors from all over the world.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2014
News Release: Thomas Darden, 51, Eric Townes, 20, Nick Finks, 25, and Neisha Woodson, 29, all of Baltimore, MD, were charged today by indictment with bank robbery and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence. In addition, Darden was charged with being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. The indictment charges that the defendants committed these offenses on or about April 25, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2014
News Release: A Strongsville real estate agent was sentenced to more than 10 years in prison for his role in a $3.3 million mortgage fraud scheme involving six properties in Medina, Ohio, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2014
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that a federal jury yesterday found Jacques Maddox (22, Ocoee) guilty of one count of aiding and abetting the attempted robbery of a Walgreens store located at 5501 South Kirkman Road in Orlando. Maddox faces a maximum penalty of 20 years’ imprisonment. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for Oct. 10, 2014. Maddox was indicted on April 2, 2014.
By State Newswire | Jul 10, 2014
News Release: Dear Mr. President: Iran’s nuclear program poses a grave threat to the national security of the United States and our allies. As the July 20th deadline for a “comprehensive solution" to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon approaches, we urge greater consultation with Congress on a potential...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2014
News Release: Two Brook Park men were sentenced to more than four years in prison for defrauding the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (formerly the Food Stamp Program) from four Cleveland stores where they accepted food stamps for ineligible items such as beer and cigarettes, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
