News from July 2014
By State Newswire | Jul 10, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement regarding the U.S. Appeals Court ruling that $1.75 billion in Iranian funds was awarded to the families of victims of terror attacks perpetrated by Iran.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2014
News Release: Michael Jerome Henry, 24, formerly of Ann Arbor was sentenced today to 730 months in federal prison, following his conviction on Oct. 18, 2013 by a federal jury in Detroit on charges of bank robbery and using a firearm during a federal crime of violence, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 10, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del) took the Senate Floor to urge his colleagues to confirm the Nomination of Shaun Donovan to be the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 10, 2014
News Release: Bloom impacts will vary across the lake’s western basin and are classified by an estimate of both its concentration and how far it spreads.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 10, 2014
News Release: The Energy and Commerce Committee has scheduled a markup next week to consider seven bills to improve the public health, provide regulatory relief, and boost the economy. The committee will convene for opening statements only on Monday, July 14, 2014, at 4:00 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 10, 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 wrote to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler ahead of the commission’s Friday vote on reforms to the Universal Service Fund’s...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2014
News Release: Muskogee, Oklahoma - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that ALLISON FAITH BATTLES, age 29, of Ardmore, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 5 years of probation, 3 months of home detention and $32,613.96 in restitution for Making A False Statement, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1001(a)(2) and Theft Of Government Funds, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 641.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 10, 2014
News Release: Today, U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, made the following statement regarding the bipartisan proposals from both the Senate Finance Committee and House Ways and Means Committee to fund the highway trust fund through May of 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2014
News Release: Anthony Andrews, 33, of Philadelphia, PA, was charged today by indictment with felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. According to the indictment, on June 17, 2014, Andrews knowingly possessed four firearms and ammunition that included an MPA (Masterpiece...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2014
News Release: BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Dominick Ribustello, 53, of the Bronx, N.Y., was sentenced yesterday by Senior U.S. District Judge Warren W. Eginton in Bridgeport to 18 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for trafficking cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2014
News Release: Four patient recruiters pleaded guilty in connection with a $20 million health care fraud scheme involving Trust Care Health Services Inc. (Trust Care), a defunct home health care company.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Thursday, July 10, 2014. Follow @SDILNews. On July 10, 2014, Peter L. Massimino II was sentenced to 87 months in federal prison to be followed by 2 years supervised release, Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2014
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - A federal Indictment charging Jason George Rivera, Jr. and Marc Christopher Harmon with eight counts of conspiracy and wire fraud, was unsealed yesterday in federal court, announced U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag, FBI Special Agent in Charge David J. Johnson and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, Special Agent in Charge José M. Martinez. Rivera was also charged with two counts of tax evasion.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 10, 2014
News Release: The Subcommittees on Communications and Technology and Health, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR) and Rep Joe Pitts (R-PA), respectively, have scheduled a joint hearing for Thursday, July 17, 2014, at 9:30 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled “21st Century Technology for 21st Century Cures." Witnesses to be announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a 26-year-old Indian national who worked at a GM Foodmart store in Kingston, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to two years’ probation for his role in a conspiracy to distribute synthetic marijuana by Senior U.S. District Court Judge Edwin M. Kosik.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2014
News Release: More Indianapolis results as state and federal prosecutor’s offices crack down on violent gun-related crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2014
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS- A federal grand jury has recently returned an indictment charging four men in connection with the Split Rock Realty mortgage fraud investigation. On July 9, 2014, Thomas Edward Rosensteel III, 41, of Excelsior, Robert Scott “Rod" Aslesen, 65, of Little Canada, Justin Joseph Christenson, 34, of East Bethel, and Dale Russell Wurzinger, 57, of Burnsville, were each charged with eight counts of Wire Fraud and one count of Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2014
News Release: A superseding indictment was filed today charging the former medical director of Lehigh County Prison with financial aid fraud to get Pell Grants for his four eldest children. Dennis Erik Fluck Von Kiel, 58, of New Tripoli, PA, also allegedly tried to file fraudulent claims for social security disability insurance. Von Kiel was awaiting trial on conspiracy and tax evasion charges.
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 National Memorial, Chiricahua National Monument, Fort Bowie National Historic Site, Tumacácori National Historical...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2014
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that today in federal court, United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle sentenced jermaine jones, 30, of Roanoke Rapids, to 100 months imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release.
