News from March 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Angelo Vazquez-Rodriguez, 31, of Lackawanna, N.Y., who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine, was sentenced to 60 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2014
News Release: Donald Sheppard, 57, of Philadelphia, PA, was charged today by Information with one count of theft of government funds, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. According to the information, after Sheppard’s mother died in December 2001, Sheppard improperly received and converted to his own...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2014
News Release: MIAMI, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division; Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; Amos Rojas, Jr., United States Marshal, U.S. Marshals (USMS); Noel Manheimer, Director of Marine Operations, U.S. Customs...
By State Newswire | Mar 14, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, as the crisis in Syria enters its fourth year, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, along with Rep. Eliot L. Engel (D-NY), the Committee’s Ranking Member, introduced a bipartisan resolution calling for an end to attacks on Syrian civilians,...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2014
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Jerry Silveira was sentenced on March 12, 2014, to 44 months in prison for burglary of controlled substances and possession with the intent to distribute controlled substances.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 14, 2014
News Release: GLACIER BAY NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE, AK: Superintendent Susan L. Boudreau announces a change in the 2014 Compendium for Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, regarding private boater permit "Length of Stay" regulations, Section 13.1152(a).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2014
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that SONG LUO, ZEYUAN WANG, and YONG ZHANG were sentenced in Manhattan federal court in connection with their roles in a scheme to commit immigration fraud by creating and submitting applications for political...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Gabriel Armas, 30, pleaded guilty on March 14, 2014 to a misdemeanor information charging him with an assault offense under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 14, 2014
News Release: (click for more information). The U.S. Senate has unanimously approved legislation by House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) that helps provide emergency relief to the ongoing propane and home heating fuels crisis in the United States. On February 25th, Shuster...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 14, 2014
News Release: Washington - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today made the following statement on the House floor in opposition to H.R. 4015, which would delay the individual mandate for five years...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2014
News Release: OAKLAND - Saleem M. Khan was sentenced yesterday to twenty one months in prison and ordered to pay a $60,000 fine for bank fraud and making false statements to a financial institution, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and FBI Special Agent in Charge David J. Johnson.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney(s Office announced that during a federal court session in Billings, on March 6, 2014, before U.S. District Judge Susan P. Watters, ROGER ALLEN YBARRA BERGER, a 29 year-old resident of Dickinson, North Dakota, was sentenced to a term of.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 14, 2014
News Release: Ventura, CA -The new Santa Rosa Island Research Station manager Cause Hanna will outline research plans for California State University, Channel Islands during the From Shore to Sea lecture in April.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2014
News Release: DENVER - Gregory Lozado, age 34, of Denver, Colorado, was sentenced earlier this week by U.S. District Court Judge Philip A. Brimmer to serve 235 months (just under 20 years) for being a felon in possession of 10 rounds of ammunition, U.S. Attorney John Walsh and Denver Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2014
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that S. GEORGE MILTER was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to 61 months in prison for participating in an investment scheme that defrauded foreign investors out of nearly $1 million. As part of the scheme...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2014
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - William Brock, 37, of Glen Ellyn, Ill., was sentenced today to 15 years and eight months in prison and fined $250,000 for conspiring to distribute at least 100 kilograms of marijuana and possession with intent to distribute at least 100 kilograms of marijuana, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, Brian P. Martens, Acting Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 14, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today spoke in support of H.R. 4015, the SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act, legislation that was approved by a vote of 238 to 181. H.R. 4015 was authored by Vice Chairman of the Health and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittees Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), and is the product of a bipartisan, bicameral agreement.
By State Newswire | Mar 14, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, introduced H.R. 4254, the Vietnam Human Rights Sanctions Act, which imposes sanctions on Vietnamese government officials who are complicit in human rights abuses committed against the people of Vietnam.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 14, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today announced a series of staff changes for the committee, including welcoming a new Chief Counsel for the Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee after the departure of longtime aide Gib Mullan. The committee welcomes Paul Nagle as the incoming CMT Chief Counsel next week.
