News from March 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2014
News Release: Muskogee, Oklahoma - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that HUR LEE BROWN, age 39, of Muskogee, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 105 months imprisonment for Possession of Controlled Substances with Intent to Distribute, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(C).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Jeannette, Pa., has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of conspiracy to produce material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor and production, distribution and receipt of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2014
News Release: GREENVILLE - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court yesterday, Senior United States District Judge Malcolm J. Howard sentenced AL TYRONE HILL, 37, of Spring Lake, North Carolina, to 108 months imprisonment followed by 5 years of supervised release. HILL also was ordered to pay a $5,000 fine and a $100.00 special assessment.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Wednesday, March 12, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. The United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut announced that MOHAMMED N. ISLAM, also known as “Tanveer," 38, of Trumbull, waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty today...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 12, 2014
News Release: (WASHINGTON, D.C.) - U.S. Senator Tom Coburn, M.D. (R-OK) today introduced the “Taxpayers Right to Know Act, " a bill that would require every federal agency to produce an annual report card for each of its programs. The bill requires each government program to be identified and described, including...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2014
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A tax preparer in Johnson County pleaded guilty today to federal tax fraud charges that cost a Kansas company more than $744,000, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2014
News Release: Jose Luis Suarez, owner of Air One Mobile Welding Supply Company in Odessa, TX, faces up to 20 years in federal prison and full restitution after admitting to underpaying taxes owed to the federal government and the State of Texas announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman, Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent in Charge Dennis Ulrich and IRS-Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Steve McCollough.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2014
News Release: DAYTON, OHIO - Lamont Scott, 40, of Trotwood, Ohio was sentenced in U.S. District Court to eight years in prison after police found Scott, a convicted felon, in possession of eight firearms and drugs in two Dayton-area homes.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2014
News Release: Defendant Sandy Jenkins Allegedly Embezzled More than $16 Million from Corsicana Business, Which Sandy and Kay Jenkins Used on a Lavish Lifestyle.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2014
News Release: ANTHONY R. THOMAS, age 48, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, pled guilty today to a nine-count superseding bill of information charging him with multiple criminal counts for his involvement in a 2007 scheme to burn his rental property for fire insurance, a 2009 scheme to burn another rental property for his accomplice to collect fire insurance and his attempt at covering up his involvement in the 2009 fire, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Allen Polite, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2014
News Release: Justin Michael Credico, 32, of West Chester, PA, was charged by indictment, filed yesterday, with two counts of threatening Federal law enforcement officers and two counts of threatening the immediate family members of Federal law enforcement officers, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 12, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, issued the following statement today after the Senate approved by voice vote the nominations of James Shelton to serve as Deputy Secretary of the Department of Education; France Cordova to serve as Director of the National Science Foundation; and Heather MacDougall, to serve as a Member of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2014
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JAY SEITZ, a psychologist licensed to practice in the State of New York, was found guilty yesterday in Manhattan federal court of one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and health care fraud, one count...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 12, 2014
News Release: Admiral Papp, we are glad to have you before the subcommittee today to discuss the Coast Guard’s budget request for fiscal year 2015. And because this is your last appearance before the subcommittee to testify in support of the Coast Guard’s budget as Commandant, I want to take the opportunity to thank you for your service: to the Coast Guard, the Department of Homeland Security, and the nation.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2014
News Release: Spokane - Today, Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Ernesto Martinez, age 20, was sentenced to 25 years imprisonment and Yaritza Contreras, age 20, was sentenced to 9 years imprisonment for their involvement in a conspiracy to kidnap a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Hakim J. Sutton, 32, of Washington, D.C., has been indicted on federal charges accusing him of stealing more than $115,000 from a District of Columbia political campaign in which he served as the treasurer and custodian of records.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 12, 2014
News Release: “In his State of the Union address this year, President Obama said, ‘No one who works full time should ever have to raise a family in poverty.’ I strongly agree. Indeed, that statement expresses a core American value.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2014
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Bizlink Technology, Inc. (BTI), an importer of computer cable assemblies located in Fremont, California, has paid $1.2 million to settle allegations that it violated the civil False Claims Act by underpaying customs duties owed on goods imported from China, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and Brian J. Humphrey, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Director of Field Operations, San Francisco.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 12, 2014
Release: Washington, DC, March 12, 2014 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced $5.5 million in new grants to support schools as they continue to provide school lunches and breakfasts that give children the nutrition they need to learn and grow. Over 90 percent of schools are successfully meeting...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 12, 2014
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announced that J. P. Davenport & Son, Greenville, N.C., has paid $700 to settle alleged violations of the Federal Seed Act.
