News from July 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - James Mickens, 30, of Philadelphia was sentenced today to 11 years in prison for his participation in a large scale drug organization. Between February 2010 and July 2011, Mickens, a former US Airways baggage claim handler at the Philadelphia International Airport, used his Airport secured...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - An Atlantic City, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 151 months in prison for engaging in a conspiracy to distribute heroin with a criminal street gang - the “Dirty Block" - which used threats, intimidation and violence to maintain control of the city’s illegal drug trade, U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Chazity Fluellen, 27, of Buffalo, N.Y., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to maintaining a drug involved premises. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, a fine of $500,000, or both.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: Report shows visitor spending supports 2,730 jobs in local economy.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today criticized the Obama administration’s restriction of access to federally managed lands and waters for responsible economic development. At an oversight hearing before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Murkowski emphasized the importance of using our public resources to create jobs and generate badly needed revenue and economic activity:
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: MONROE, La. -A Monroe resident was sentenced to 10 years in prison and three years of supervised release for illegal possession of marijuana with intent to distribute and possession of firearms, U.S. Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: NEWARK N.J. - A Monmouth County, New Jersey, man today admitted his role in a large-scale mortgage fraud scheme as well as distribution and possession with the intent to distribute Methylone, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: Springdale, Utah; Cedar City, Utah; Fredonia, Arizona - A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 3,324,956 visitors to Zion National Park, and Cedar Breaks and Pipe Spring National Monuments in 2013 spent $175,580,200 in communities near the park. That spending supported 2,155 jobs in the local area.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: HOMESTEAD, Florida - Paurotis Pond (and the zone beyond the parking area adjacent to the pond), has been reopened after the seasonal closure to protect nesting birds. Visitors may now enjoy open access for fishing, canoeing, and wildlife viewing. Paurotis Pond is located 24 miles from the main park entrance in Homestead.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: Muskogee, Oklahoma - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that BILLY DON FULLER, age 48, of Spiro, Oklahoma, pled guilty to Drug Conspiracy, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 846 and Possession With Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(A) and Title 18, United States Code, Section 2.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: St. Louis, MO - OZKAN SEMIZOGLU, the “Foreign Trade Director" of a Turkish drug wholesaler, pled guilty today to smuggling counterfeit, misbranded and adulterated cancer treatment drugs into the United States, including multiple shipments of Altuzan® (the Turkish version of Avastin®) sent from Turkey to Chesterfield, Missouri. Sentencing is set for Oct. 28, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On July 16, 2014, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment against 10 defendants charged with distribution of a controlled substance for purpose of unlawful importation, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico. Drug Enforcement Administration is in charge of the investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Lynn.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC - Despite early refusals to make available IT professionals who worked on Lois Lerner’s computer, Ways and Means Committee investigators have now learned from interviews that the hard drive of former IRS Exempt Organizations Director Lois Lerner was “scratched," but data was recoverable.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a St. Joseph, Mo., woman was sentenced in federal court today for a wire fraud scheme in which she stole nearly $1 million from two companies in which she was a part owner.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: NEW YORK - Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Central Islip, New York, Long Island doctor Leonard I. Stambler was sentenced to 10 years in prison by United States District Court Judge Joseph F. Bianco. Stambler was convicted by a jury in October 2013 following three weeks of trial of conspiracy...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) released the following statement after President Barack Obama signed into law H.R. 803, the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - The organizer and leader of a large scale drug trafficking ring responsible for moving multi-kilogram quantities of illegal drugs from Mexico to the United States has been sentenced to federal prison in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) recently led a bipartisan delegation of Committee Members to Central America to understand the recent border crisis involving unaccompanied children illegally entering the United States. During the fact finding mission, from Thursday...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Robert Mullen, 61, a former officer with the Lawton, Okla., Police Department who relocated to Albuquerque, N.M. was sentenced to 65 months in federal prison for his conviction for distribution and possession of visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct. Mullen will be on supervised release for 15 years after completing his prison sentence and will be required to register as a sex offender.
