News from July 2014
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 State Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC -U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement after the Committee passed the Disabilities Treaty by a vote of 12 to 6.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: Upcoming Webinars. July 23: Live Webinar on New Energy Savings Performance Contracting Resources. Webinar Sponsor: Weatherization and Intergovernmental Programs Office. The Energy Department will present a live webinar titled “New Energy Savings Performance Contracting Resources" on Wednesday, July 23...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON -Edward Dacy, 76, of West Melbourne, Fla., and A. Conrad Austin, 49, of Bowie, Md., have been indicted on conspiracy, bank fraud, and other federal charges stemming from a multi-million dollar mortgage fraud scheme in which they are accused of assisting their co-conspirators to defraud banks and mortgage lenders through the purchase of residential real estate in the District of Columbia and Maryland.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge James D. Whittemore yesterday sentenced Ulrich Johnson (27, Tampa) to 15 years in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. The Court also ordered Johnson to forfeit the firearm and ammunition. Johnson pleaded guilty on April 24, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a criminal Information was filed today charging a Chicago resident with traveling in interstate commerce to promote and facilitate drug trafficking.
By State Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Representative Eliot L. Engel, the leading Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today delivered the following remarks on the floor of the House of Representatives regarding sanctions on the terrorist organization, Hezbollah.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - American International Biotechnology, LLC (“AIB") has agreed to pay the United States $343,739.45 to settle False Claims Act allegations, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-In response to recent workplace trends and supporting research that suggests uncertain work schedules can have broad negative consequences for working families, leading Democratic members of Congress today introduced legislation to stem abusive scheduling practices directed primarily at hourly workers.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: ATLANTA - Rahsaan Jackson Garth has pleaded guilty to a charge of health care fraud for faking the results of allergy tests that patients’ doctors had ordered.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: BOISE - Raul Valencia-Hernandez, 51, of Palmdale, California, was sentenced today to 20 months in prison for being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm. Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordered Valencia-Hernandez to forfeit the firearm involved in the offense. Valencia-Hernandez pleaded guilty to the charge on May 12, 2014.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today delivered the following opening statement at a committee hearing on international taxation...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: My interest in energy planning on the Navajo Nation stemmed from the desire to improve energy resource development in my own community. The legacy of environmental and health impacts from uranium and coal mining motivated me to find ways of developing energy resources in a manner more consistent with cultural values and the visions of the Navajo Nation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney James L. Santelle announced that on July 18, 2014, Paul LaChappelle (age: 41), of Manitowoc, was sentenced in federal court to two years in prison and ordered to make restitution to his former employer, Nemschoff Chairs, Inc., in the amount of $520,000. In April 2014, LaChappelle pleaded guilty to wire fraud and tax evasion.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Walt Green announced today the sentencing of RENEE ELISE BEARD, 50, of Addis, Louisiana. BEARD previously pled guilty on Dec. 2, 2013 to wire fraud in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1343.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today approved bipartisan legislation to reauthorize the nation’s satellite television law to ensure that millions of satellite subscribers continue to receive broadcast programming. H.R. 4572, the STELA Reauthorization Act of 2014, which was approved by...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: ANCHORAGE - David Alan Gonzales, 55, was convicted on July 21, 2014, in a case involving the trafficking of methamphetamine in Anchorage. A federal trial jury found Gonzales guilty of drug trafficking conspiracy and possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that charges have been filed in U.S. District Court in Williamsport against Mary Ann Gillespie of Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: In Austin, 26-year-old Francisco Agustin Colorado Cebado (aka “Panchito") and 52-year-old Ramon Segura Flores were each sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison and ordered to pay a $10,000 fine for attempting to bribe a federal judge announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman, Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs and Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Steve McCollough.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: San Juan, Puerto Rico - On July 16, a federal grand jury returned an 18-count indictment against nine individuals for student loan fraud, announced United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez. The investigation was conducted by the Department of Education, Office of Inspector General.
