News from July 2014
By Interior Newswire | Jul 2, 2014
News Release: Yesterday, Tuesday, July 1, ground crews made great progress and fully contained the Spruce Fire. They focused their efforts on putting out numerous spot fires that occurred from high winds on Monday. Crews packed hoses into the backcountry. The helicopter flew multiple slingloads bringing in portable pumps and more hose for firefighters to set up a large hoselay system. This system allowed firefighters to effectively use water to extinguish the fire.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2014
News Release: Fraudulently Obtained Over $52 Million in Government Contracts, Concealed Income by Transferring Millions from Corporate Accounts to Casinos and to Pay Other Personal Expenses,.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 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 Dr. John Katsetos, 52, of Fairfield, was arrested yesterday on a charge that he exceeded the scope of his medical license to dispense controlled substances.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 2, 2014
News Release: Koskinen’s Statements at Hearing Contradict Lerner’s Atty Statements on Federal Records Act Compliance
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 2, 2014
News Release: In an interview on CNN’s State of the Union, House Oversight Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) said Sunday that the White House had never been a focus of his committee’s investigation into the IRS’ singling out of 501(c)(4) applications. “We’ve never looked for the White House, other than the White House is not cooperating and continues to not cooperate," Issa said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2014
News Release: James L. Santelle, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that a federal grand jury has indicted John C. Noggle, on three-felony counts relating to the misuse of welfare benefit plans under Section 419A(f)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code. Noggle is accused of using...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2014
News Release: OAKLAND - Kevin Tyrone Buford was sentenced today to 90 months in prison for planning and participating in the March 1, 2013 takeover style armed bank robbery of the Mechanics Bank on Pinole Valley Road, in Pinole, Calif., announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and FBI Special Agent in Charge David J. Johnson.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2014
News Release: Springfield, Ill. - A federal grand jury today returned an indictment that charges Leon Eddie Mondy, former acting Pembroke Township Supervisor, with defrauding township accounts of more than $60,000 from August 2012 to May 2013. Mondy will be issued a summons to appear in federal court in Urbana for arraignment on a date to be determined by the U.S. Clerk of the Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Gregory Harris, 24, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to a 10-year prison term on charges stemming from a shooting in Northeast Washington that seriously injured an innocent victim, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2014
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George L. Russell, III sentenced Joshua Foe, age 35, of Westminster, Maryland, today to 63 months in prison, followed by 25 years of supervised release, for possession of child pornography. Judge Russell ordered that upon his release from prison, Foe must register as a sex offender in the place where he resides, where he is an employee, and where he is a student, under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2014
News Release: DES MOINES, IA - United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt announced that Dr. Dong Pyou Han appeared in United States District Court today before the Honorable Celeste F. Bremer, and was arraigned on an Indictment that charges him with four counts of making a false statement.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Bernabe Carrasco, 35, of El Paso, Texas, pled guilty this morning in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to a methamphetamine trafficking charge pursuant to a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg today announced that Chief United States District Court Judge Laurie Smith Camp, sentenced Tamika Payne, age 35 of Omaha, Nebraska, following her conviction for conspiracy to commit mail fraud. Payne was sentenced to probation for five years including six months of location monitoring. She was also ordered to pay restitution to the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services in the amount of $141,091.18.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2014
News Release: Please join us for this traditional Californian trade festival at Kule Loklo, Point Reyes National Seashore. The annual festival is slated for Saturday, July 19, 2014, from 10 am to 4 pm, at Kule Loklo, a Coast Miwok Cultural Exhibit. Throughout the day demonstrators from Californian tribal communities...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2014
News Release: - Troy Lamont Gaines pleads guilty to 11 counts of armed robbery.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2014
News Release: Fireworks are prohibited in national parks, including the Fourth of July, according to federal law.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 1, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, July 1, 2014 – Organic processed products certified in the United States or Korea can now be labeled as organic in either country. This will allow American organic farmers, processors, and businesses greater access to Korea's growing market for organic products. The arrangement between the two nations will take effect on July 1, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2014
News Release: The Department of Justice today announced the filing of a civil lawsuit against Laclede Inc. and its president, Michael A. Pellico, seeking to stop the distribution of over-the-counter vaginal drug products that the company makes and sells nationwide.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2014
News Release: The United States has filed a complaint and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York has entered a consent decree against Mira Health Ltd. (Mira), its chief operating officer, Michael S. Ragno Sr., and its quality assurance manager, Michael S. Ragno Jr., all of Farmingdale, New York.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2014
News Release: Robert Walker, Charnesha Alexander and Ladonna Conley were indicted for their roles in a stolen identity refund fraud conspiracy, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Ronald A. Cimino of the Justice Department's Tax Division and U.S. Attorney George L. Beck Jr. for the Middle District of Alabama announced today following the unsealing of the indictment.
