News from June 2014
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 30, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - The ranking members of the Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, and Education and the Workforce Committees today issued statements in response to the Supreme Court decision in the case of Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, allowing some for-profit corporations to exclude contraception coverage in their employees’ insurance plans...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2014
News Release: HONOLULU - Joshua Lew, age 28, of Waialua, was sentenced today by United States District Judge J. Michael Seabright to 97 months imprisonment for being a member of a conspiracy to distribute and possess, with intent to distribute, 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. Lew’s brother and co-defendant, Jacob Drummondo-Farias, 31, also of Waialua, was previously sentenced on Feb. 24, 2014 to 324 months in prison for being a manager and supervisor of the conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2014
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that MARK GOLDBERG, a Bronx-based tax preparer, was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to 57 months in prison for his participation in a scheme to file fraudulent tax returns on behalf of thousands of clients...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Heriberto Avila-Mercado of Madison, Nebraska, was sentenced on June 27, 2014, to 87 months in prison by United States District Judge John M. Gerrard. Avila-Mercado had previously pled guilty for his involvement in a conspiracy involving the distribution of multiple pounds of “ice" methamphetamine, heroin, and cocaine in the Madison, Nebraska area dating back to January of 2002.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Farrell, Pa., pleaded guilty and was sentenced in federal court to charges of violating federal Hobbs Act conspiracy and Hobbs Act robbery laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 30, 2014
News Release: Zion National Park will enhance the enforcement of impaired driving over the Fourth of July weekend through expanded DUI checkpoints and increased road patrols. Acting Superintendent Cindy Purcell stated, "Rangers in the National Parks have two essential missions. One is to preserve and protect natural and cultural resources in perpetuity. The other is to provide for the safe enjoyment of those resources by visitors.".
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2014
News Release: Today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, ruling that closely-held for-profit companies with religious objections can opt out of providing contraception coverage under the Affordable Care Act. After the ruling, Ranking Members John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) and Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice Ranking Member Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) delivered the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2014
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina -----United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that DANIEL PASUI, age 43, of Easley, South Carolina, pled guilty today in federal court in Anderson, to eight counts of failing to pay over to the Internal Revenue Service taxes that had been withheld from employees of his...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Monday, June 30, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that NANCY DILLON, 69, of Guilford, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, announced that today in Harrisburg a Texas man was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner to 168 months’ (14 years) incarceration plus 3 years of supervised release and ordered to pay restitution for his role in defrauding over 1,200 consumer fraud victims out of $3.9 million and for laundering the proceeds.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 30, 2014
News Release: Two different backcountry users-one a climber with serious injuries and the other a hiker suffering physical exhaustion-required separate, late-day rescue missions involving multiple rangers and helicopters on Sunday, June 29, at Grand Teton National Park. At the time the two mountain rescues got underway...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2014
News Release: HONOLULU - Joshua Lew, age 28, of Waialua, was sentenced today by United States District Judge J. Michael Seabright to 97 months imprisonment for being a member of a conspiracy to distribute and possess, with intent to distribute, 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2014
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a former Kansas City, Mo., man who has been living in Thailand was sentenced in federal court today for fleeing the United States in 2007 to avoid paying child support.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2014
News Release: Jerald Vrbas, age 60, of Palisade, Nebraska, was sentenced in United States District Court for producing child pornography. The Honorable John M. Gerrard committed Vrbas to the custody of the United States Bureau of Prisons for a term of fifteen (15) years. There is no parole in the federal penal system.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney James L. Santelle announced today that Stephen C. VanderBloemen, CPA, CFF, has been selected as the monitor who will oversee Miron Construction Company, Inc. as required by the Non-Prosecution Agreement (NPA) between Miron and the United States of America. The Non-Prosecution Agreement...
By State Newswire | Jun 30, 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 on news that the bodies of Israeli teenagers Naftali Frenkel, Eyal Yifrach, and Gilad Shaar have been found...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 29, 2014
News Release: June 20, 2014 - ICE deports Peruvian man wanted for sex crimes involving a minor
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 29, 2014
News Release: DETROIT - A Michigan man who was captured last fall after the roll out of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations' (HSI) Operation Predator smartphone app was sentenced Monday to 97 months in prison.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2014
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz.- National Park Service Search and Rescue crews continue to look for Victor Tseng of Phoenix, AZ who went missing at River Mile 157 on the Colorado River.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2014
News Release: Defendant Makes Initial Court Appearance Today.
