News from June 2014
By USDA Wire | Jun 25, 2014
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on June 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2014
News Release: Transported a Confidential Source Who Claimed to Possess Cocaine in an FBI Sting.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2014
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Mustafa Muhammad, 36, of Clinton, Maryland, was convicted yesterday by a federal jury of transportation of a minor across state lines for the purpose of prostitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2014
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) created the Take 25 campaign to encourage families to take 25 minutes to talk to their children about safety and abduction prevention. NCMEC estimates that 800,000 children are reported missing in America every year, which is more than 2,000 children each day. Fortunately, most of these children are quickly located.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2014
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Rafael Cordero, 53, of Philadelphia, was sentenced today to 180 months in prison for interfering with the federal drug investigation of the Christian Serrano/Edwin Medina Drug Trafficking Organizations (“DTOs"). Cordero, who at the time was a 23-year veteran of the Philadelphia Police...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2014
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury has indicted Jeffrey Cohen, age 39, of Reisterstown, Maryland, on five counts of making false statements to an insurance regulator. The indictment was returned yesterday and unsealed today upon his arrest.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 25, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden issued the following statement on Senate passage of the legislation reauthorizing the federal workforce investments...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 25, 2014
News Release: Fruit season is upon us. Cherries, apricots, peaches, plums, apples, and pears are typically available for harvest each summer at Capitol Reef National Park. The prediction for the 2014 fruit season shows that apples, pears, and peaches should be in good supply.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Julius Scott Mendez, 21, a member of the Mescalero Apache Nation who resides in Mescalero, N.M., pleaded guilty this morning to a misdemeanor information charging him with assault. The guilty plea was entered without the benefit of a plea agreement.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2014
News Release: Omnicare, Inc., the nation’s largest provider of pharmaceuticals and pharmacy services to nursing homes, has agreed to pay $124.24 million for allegedly offering improper financial incentives to skilled nursing facilities in return for their continued selection of Omnicare to supply drugs to elderly Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries, the Justice Department announced today. Omnicare is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2014
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and George Venizelos, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), today announced conspiracy and securities fraud charges against BENJAMIN DURANT and DARYL...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2014
News Release: Mexican Sex Trafficker Sentenced Today In Federal Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2014
News Release: SAN ANTONIO - This morning, federal and state authorities arrested six individuals, including 27-year-old ringleader David Anthony Navejar, in connection with a drug distribution network operating in Gonzales, TX, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph A. Arabit, Houston Division, and Gonzales Police Chief Tim Crow.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2014
News Release: Beckley, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that two area men pled guilty to drug charges in federal court in Beckley. Tommy Ray Prater II, 34, of Beaver, pled guilty to traveling in interstate commerce to facilitate unlawful activity. He admitted that on April 9 and 10, 2013...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Wednesday, June 25, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. New Haven - Law enforcement officials today announced the results of a four-month joint law enforcement initiative to stem violent crime in Bridgeport and New Haven. The operation, headed by...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2014
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that a federal jury yesterday found Brandon Lavantis Hughes (28, Sanford) guilty of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Hughes faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for Sept. 15, 2014, before U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr. Hughes was indicted on April 2, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2014
News Release: TAMPA, Fla. - U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew today sentenced Arley Fernando (34, Colombia) to 25 years in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute cocaine while on board a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, and conspiracy to do the same, in violation of the...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2014
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Mauricio Arbelaez (42, Haines City) pleaded guilty today to smuggling goods from the United States, possession of an unregistered silencer, and possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number. Arbelaez faces a maximum penalty of 25 years in federal prison. Arbelaez was indicted on March 7, 2014.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 25, 2014
News Release: SILT, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management today announced it has approved a route for a new 230kV transmission line between Rifle and Parachute.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont announces that the owners of Woodstock Pharmacy located at 19 Central Street, Woodstock, Vermont have agreed to complete specific modifications to come into compliance with Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA"). Title...
