News published on Federal Newswire in July 2014

News from July 2014


Grand Prairie, Texas Man Sentenced For Drug Trafficking

News Release: SHERMAN, Texas - A 44-year-old Grand Prairie, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.


News Release: U.S Environment and Public Works Committee Republicans released a report today highlighting the collusion between environmental activists, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and billionaires using large sums of money to influence environmental public policy.


News Release: ATLANTA - Jae Jun Bae has been sentenced to one year and one day in prison for offering bribes to Doraville employees in exchange for a zoning modification.


Mortgage Company Owner Sentenced To Over 3 Years In Prison In $1.3 Million Fraud Scheme

News Release: Falsified Home Buyers’ Information to Generate Fraudulent Loan Applicationsin Order to Collect Commissions, Origination and Broker’s Fees.


Mexican National Trafficking Cocaine Worth Over $10 Million Is Sentenced To Life In Prison

News Release: United States Attorney Anne M. Tompkins Western District Of North Carolina.


Conyers: Boehner Lawsuit Against President Obama Is Pure Political Theatre

News Release: Stay informed and connected: Democrats.Judiciary.House.Gov / @HouseJudDems


House Foreign Affairs Committee Passes Five Measures

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee, chaired by U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), passed five foreign affairs measures including legislation to support Israel’s Iron Dome anti-missile defense system.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today added to its #RecordOfSuccess by approving seven bills in the health and telecommunications sectors.


News Release: Project Safe Childhood. SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Bolivar, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for possessing child pornography. Leland Wallace Crull, 44, of Bolivar, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge...


News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Three men from Hudson County, New Jersey, today admitted conspiring with a criminal enterprise that engaged in illegal online sports betting in New Jersey and elsewhere, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.


Three Sent To Prison In Massive Stash House Case

News Release: HOUSTON - Three of the five men arrested in connection with the March discovery of more than 100 illegal aliens in an area stash house have been ordered to federal prison, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson along with Brian Moskowitz, special agent in charge of Homeland Security Investigations...


News Release: BOISE - Luke Michael Marria, 19, of Boise, Idaho, pleaded guilty yesterday in the United States District Court to distributing marijuana, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced.


News Release: Washington, D.C. -Senator Tom Carper (D-DE), Chairman of the Environment & Public Works Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure and member of the Finance Committee, and Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), issued the following statement regarding the Senate-amended H.R. 5021, the Highway Transportation Funding Act of 2014.


Pittston Man Sentenced To Nearly Two Months In Prison For Bringing Gun Into Federal Building

News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a 58-year-old Pittston resident pleaded guilty and was sentenced yesterday by U.S. Magistrate Judge Karoline Mehalchick to nearly two months in prison for unlawfully possessing and causing to be present a loaded firearm inside the William J. Nealon Federal Building in Scranton on June 5, 2014.


#RecordOfSuccess in Photos

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today added to its #RecordOfSuccess by approving seven bills in the health and telecommunications sectors.


Alamo, N.M., Man Pleads Guilty to Convenience Store Robbery

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Ronnie Ganadonegro, 38, a member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Alamo, N.M., pleaded guilty this morning to a robbery charge.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today added to its #RecordOfSuccess by approving seven bills in the health and telecommunications sectors.


News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr. yesterday sentenced Timothy Beaver (49, Orlando) to 6 years and 6 months in federal prison for receipt of child pornography. The Court also ordered Beaver to pay a $25,000 fine, to forfeit the computer equipment that he used to commit the offense, and to serve a life term of supervised release, following his release from prison. Beaver pleaded guilty on March 5, 2014.


Miami-Dade County Resident Sentenced In Stolen Identity Tax Refund Scheme Involving Thousands Of Individuals’ Personal Identifying Information

News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Donnell Young, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), and Alysa D. Erichs, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations...


Carlsbad Man Sentenced to Almost Eleven Years in Federal Prison for Robbing Businesses in Southeastern New Mexico

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Maurice Williams, 35, of Carlsbad, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 130 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for violating the Hobbs Act by robbing businesses engaged in interstate commerce. Williams also was ordered to pay $3,420.00 in restitution to the victims of his criminal conduct.