News published on Federal Newswire in June 2014

News from June 2014


Ex-Controller Of Court Services Firm Admits Embezzling $3.3 Million

News Release: SANTA ANA, California - The former controller of a company that provides supervision services, including electronic monitoring programs, to courts and probation departments pleaded guilty today to federal charges of embezzling well over $3 million from the company over the course of two years.


Eight Individuals Charged In Four Separate Cyber Fraud Schemes

News Release: Miami Task Force Targets Cyber Fraud.


News Release: United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Crystal Lani Kitt, a resident of the Washington D.C. metropolitan area, was arrested today by the FBI. Kitt was charged in a seven count Indictment with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud and with mail fraud.


Columbia Man Sentenced to Over 15 Years on Firearm and Ammunition Charge

News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ----- United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that Charles Tarron Carter, age 28, of Columbia, South Carolina was sentenced today in federal court to 188 months (15.8 years) imprisonment, which will be followed by five (5) years of supervised release. The sentence stemmed...


Former Charlotte Mayor Pleads Guilty To Public Corruption

News Release: United States Attorney Anne M. Tompkins Western District Of North Carolina.


Vitter Cautions EPA Panel As It Moves to Finalize Ozone Standards

News Release: Today, U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, sent a follow-up letter to Dr. H. Christopher Frey, Chair of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) Ozone Review Panel (the Panel) of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The Panel ...


News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On May 28, 2014, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment against 72 defendants charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District...


Former St. Joseph Police Detective Pleads Guilty to Withholding Information about Illegal Firearm

News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a former longtime detective with the St. Joseph, Mo., Police Department pleaded guilty in federal court today to withholding information about a prohibited person who illegally possessed a firearm used in a gang-related shooting.


Orange City Man Convicted of Theft From Union Fund

News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that a federal jury today found Phillip Simmons (50, Orange City) guilty of one count of conspiracy and two counts of theft from an employee benefit plan. Simmons faces a maximum penalty of 5 years in federal prison for each count. Sentencing has been set for Aug. 20, 2014.


News Release: CLARKSBURG, W.Va. - A West Virginia pharmacist has been indicted on charges that he dispensed prescription painkillers outside the scope of his professional practice.


News Release: River Recreation Advisory - Green River and Colorado River Below the Confluence.


News Release: Company Also Pleads Guilty To Bribery Of Public Official And Introduction Of Misbranded Eggs.


News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Pittsburgh man pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of filing a false income tax return, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.


News Release: Indictment Alleges that Millions Were Diverted from Leading Payroll Company.


Lithium Sulfur: A Battery Revolution on the Cheap?

News Release: Whip together an industrial waste product and a bit of plastic and you might have the recipe for the next revolution in battery technology. Scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the University of Arizona in Tucson and Seoul National University in Korea have combined common ingredients to make an inexpensive, high-capacity lithium-sulfur battery that can be cycled hundreds of times without losing function.*


As Committee Pursues Policies to Foster Health Care Innovation, Leaders Question Agency Plan to Increase Health IT Regulation and Fees

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today sent a letter to Karen DeSalvo, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology in the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the National Coordinator (ONC), questioning the ONC’s authority to expand its regulatory role...


News Release: Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today issued the below statement following Senate confirmation of Sharon Bowen as Commissioner for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Bowen, the first African American woman to be appointed ...


As Committee Pursues Policies to Foster Health Care Innovation, Leaders Question Agency Plan to Increase Health IT Regulation and Fees

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today sent a letter to Karen DeSalvo, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology in the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the National Coordinator (ONC), questioning the ONC’s authority to expand its regulatory role...


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today sent a letter to Karen DeSalvo, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology in the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the National Coordinator (ONC), questioning the ONC’s authority to expand its regulatory role...


Newton County Former Youth Pastor Guilty Of Child Pornography Violation

News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 23-year-old former youth pastor has pleaded guilty to child pornography violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.