News from July 2014
By State Newswire | Jul 24, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement in response to the news that Meriam Ibrahim, a Sudanese Christian woman accused of apostasy, has successfully left Sudan and arrived in Italy with her family...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2014
News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. -A Lake Charles woman pleaded guilty to stealing more than a quarter of a million dollars from her employer, U.S. Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Leslie R. Caldwell, Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division Department of Justice, George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Miami Field Office and Ryan Lynch, Acting Special Agent in...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 24, 2014
News Release: Today, in a letter to House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., the White House complained of dissimilar treatment of its political office head, David Simas, to that of Bush administration political office figures in 2008. In response, Chairman Issa offered White...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2014
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that the United States filed a civil injunction complaint in Manhattan federal court alleging that MEDWAY CONSTRUCTION INC. (“MEDWAY"), a construction sub-contracting company, has for years failed to comply with its tax obligations and has interfered with the enforcement of the internal revenue laws.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2014
News Release: MANHATTAN, N.Y. - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William J. Bratton, the Commissioner of the Police Department for the City of New (NYPD), James J. Hunt, the Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), Thomas...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2014
News Release: TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III, for the Middle District of Florida, announce that U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington today sentenced Ronald John (58, Brandon) to 20...
By State Newswire | Jul 24, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued this statement following U.S. Government confirmation of Russia’s firing artillery into Ukraine...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2014
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a five-count indictment today against Edgardo Fournier, aka Edgardo Fournier-Nigaglioni, 45, of Perris, charging him with conspiring to manufacture, distribute, and possess with intent to distribute marijuana, manufacturing marijuana, possessing marijuana...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2014
News Release: Rock Island, Ill. - A Rock Island, Ill., man, Steven Waldrip, 47, made his initial appearance in federal court today to face charges returned by a federal grand jury this week charging him with one count of distributing heroin resulting in death and three counts of distributing heroin, as announced by...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 24, 2014
News Release: Bats and White-nose Syndrome Program at Munising Library on August 5.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2014
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that, Richard Kaufman, of Pittsford, N.Y., who was convicted following a federal jury trial of conspiracy to commit bank and loan fraud, as well as bank and loan fraud, was sentenced to a 46 months in prison and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $1,360,893.72 by U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci.
By State Newswire | Jul 24, 2014
News Release: Dear Mr. President: In light of ongoing unrest along the Ukraine-Russia border, especially the downing of a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 by Russian separatists, I write urging you to lead an international effort to stop the sale of two French Mistral-class warships to Russia. These ships are the state...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2014
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced Demetrius Peete, age 46, of Manassas, Virginia, to a year and a day in prison followed by three years of supervised release for conspiring to commit wire fraud in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme which resulted in losses attributable to Peete of approximately $1.5 million. Judge Bredar also ordered Peete to pay restitution of $394,908 to the victims and to forfeit $1.5 million.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 24, 2014
News Release: The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, July 31, 2014, at 9 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “PPACA Implementation: Updates from CMS and GAO." Andy Slavitt, the Principal...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 24, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Power Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today held a hearing on “Laboratories of Democracy: The Economic Impacts of State Energy Policies." The hearing examined the economic impacts from the differing energy policies of the various states, as well as how federal policies may impact states.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2014
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment today against Carlos Cortez, 29, and Ismael Rameriz, 24, charging them with conspiracy to distribute marijuana and manufacture of marijuana, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - The Justice Department (DOJ) today announced it has signed a joint statement of principles with the City of Albuquerque, New Mexico, which reflects the good-faith intent of both sides to enter into a court-enforceable agreement to reform the Albuquerque Police Department (APD). The joint...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 24, 2014
News Release: POINT REYES STATION, CALIFORNIA - A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that the more than 2.6 million visitors in 2013 spent nearly $110 million in communities near the park. That spending supported more than 1,200 jobs in the local area. When looking at the sum of the National Parks in the...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 24, 2014
News Release: The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, July 31, 2014, at 9 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “PPACA Implementation: Updates from CMS and GAO." Andy Slavitt, the Principal...
