News from June 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A citizen of India, has been sentenced in federal court to 18 months incarceration on his conviction of violating federal law, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2014
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A former teller with a credit union in Lawrence pleaded guilty Tuesday to embezzling more than $81,000, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2014
News Release: WICHITA FALLS, Texas - Joseph Higgins, 35, most recently of Wichita Falls, Texas, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Connor to 48 months in federal prison for failing to register as a sex offender, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2014
News Release: PHOENIX - On June 9, 2014, Roberto Aguilar-Ramirez, 52, of Parker, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Roslyn O. Silver to 168 months in prison, followed by a term of lifetime supervised release. Aguilar-Ramirez pleaded guilty to abusive sexual contact with a minor.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 10, 2014
News Release: Upcoming Webinars. June 11: Live Webcast on Groundbreaking Results of Algal Biofuels Consortium. Webcast Sponsor: Bioenergy Technologies Office. The Energy Department will present a live webcast titled "Algal Biofuels Consortium Releases Groundbreaking Research Results" on Wednesday, June 11, from 2:00...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2014
News Release: WICHITA FALLS, Texas - A Wichita Falls, Texas, man, Stuart Ray Mitchell, 40, who pleaded guilty in January 2014 to one count of conspiring to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute methamphetamine, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Connor to 151 months in federal prison. The announcement was made today by U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2014
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Nigerian man today admitted his role in a computer hacking and identity theft scheme that defrauded vendors of nearly $1 million of office products after “phishing" e-mail login information from government employees, New Jersey U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 10, 2014
News Release: Thank you, Mr. Chairman for holding this important hearing on the Affordable Care Act.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 10, 2014
News Release: Pinkster was a religious holiday celebrated throughout the Colonial period that was also associated with the coming of spring. Its name is derived from the Dutch word "Pinksteren" which means Pentecost or the Seventh Sunday after Easter.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 10, 2014
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - The Galahad Fire has been contained to the point where no direct threats remain to park resources. The fire will continue to burn across the southern portion of the Walla Valley Peninsula west of the W-4 Road until wetting rains arrive, typically in mid-July. Currently it is estimated to be 4,363 acres and 50% contained. The increase in containment reflects ongoing holding actions by firefighters along the W-4 Road.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2014
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Ronald.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 10, 2014
News Release: The announcement was made by John Podesta, counselor to President Obama, during Capitol Hill Ocean Week. The community-based nomination process responds to numerous requests for new sanctuaries from interested communities and stakeholders around the country.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 10, 2014
News Release: Mr. Chairman: My Republican colleagues have called us here this morning to once again tear down the Affordable Care Act. They’ve staged this political event to blow another implementation issue out of proportion. What’s more, they’ve decided that one subcommittee is not enough; they need to bring...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2014
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 44-year-old Port Arthur, Texas man has pleaded guilty to federal income tax violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced the following upcoming Committee events...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 10, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and Subcommittee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, today sent a letter to Department of Justice Attorney General Eric Holder regarding the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) receipt from the Internal Revenue...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Tuesday, June 10, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CRAIG A. STANLAND, 40, of Stamford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 10, 2014
News Release: By Michael Hess, Park Ranger, Sitka National Historical Park.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 10, 2014
News Release: The plains of the Dakotas are as beautiful as they are sometimes harsh. The Sioux Tribes that have inhabited the rolling plains and spectacular badlands of South Dakota have faced high energy costs in recent years -- costs that sometimes represent a disproportionately large portion of a family’s total income.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2014
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Michelle A. Morin has entered a plea of guilty to aiding and assisting in the preparation of false and fraudulent income tax returns, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson along with Lucy Cruz, special agent in charge of IRS-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI). Morin owned and operated Discount Tax Service, a Laredo-based tax preparation business, and has admitted to causing more than $228,000 in tax loss to the government.
