News from March 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Anthony Merrell Tyler, 33, pleaded guilty in federal court today to violating the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act for his role in a 2011 racially motivated attack on a white man and an African-American woman in Marysville, Calif. Tyler’s co-defendants, Billy James Hammett, 30, and Perry Sylvester Jackson, 28, pleaded guilty to the same offense on Dec. 17, 2013.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 11, 2014
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking nominations to fill four vacancies on the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB).
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 11, 2014
News Release: Dear Secretary Estevez: We recognize that the crisis-to-crisis mode of budgeting that agencies have struggled with over the last several years has made it difficult to effectively plan, execute budgets, and manage programs across the board. We commend the Department of Defense (DOD) for embarking on...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 11, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-U.S. Senators Tom Harkin (D-IA), Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), and Richard Burr (R-NC) today urged Senate passage of the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) Act of 2014, a bipartisan reauthorization that will expand access to and improve the quality of child care for the more than 1.5 million children and families that benefit from the federal child care subsidy program. The law has been due for reauthorization since 2002.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 11, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today delivered a speech on the Senate floor reminding her colleagues of the broad economic and geopolitical benefits of America’s energy renaissance, which is helping the nation to address geopolitical threats, and enabling the energy security and economic well-being that will make progress on climate possible.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2014
News Release: Kenneth Carter, 45, of Corona, Calif., Wendell Young, 34, of Inglewood, Calif., and Bruce Young, 50, of Compton, Calif., pleaded guilty on March 7, 2014, to participating in a scheme to defraud Nissan North America, announced United States Attorney David Rivera. They will be sentenced by Judge William J. Haynes, Jr. on May 30, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2014
News Release: Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, today announced that a grand jury returned a one-count indictment charging William Powell, 23, of Wilmington, Delaware, with passing counterfeit United States currency.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2014
News Release: STATESBORO, GA -- TIDAESHA V. TAYLOR, 27, and GREGORY F. SMITH, JR., 21, were sentenced last week before United States District Court Judge B. Avant Edenfield in Statesboro, Georgia for their roles in a stolen identity and tax fraud scheme centered in Statesboro, Georgia. In total, 13 individuals were charged, convicted, and sentenced in a scheme to steal identities and submit false tax returns that cost the American taxpayers over $1 million in bogus tax refunds.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2014
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Lancaster, Pennsylvania has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on charges of violating federal gun and drug laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and José A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), announce that Dianelys Armengol Guevara, 28, of Pembroke Pines and Dallas, Texas, pled guilty today before U.S. District Judge James I. Cohn to a one-count Information charging her with contempt of court for violating a court order forbidding her from acting as a tax preparer.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Ohio. Tuesday, March 11, 2014. CONTACT: Fred Alverson. Public Affairs Officer. DAYTON - Fausto Osuna-Cruz Jr., 27, was sentenced to a total of 88 months in prison for illegal reentry into the United States following deportation, and for violating...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 11, 2014
News Release: To provide enhanced services for Bartlett Cove visitors and local businesses, the 2014 hours of operation of Glacier Bay's Visitor Information Station will be as follows.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 11, 2014
News Release: SALEM, M.A. - Today the National Park Service and the University of Idaho released the “Salem Maritime National Historic Site Visitor Study," a 118-page profile of tourism trends and visitors to Salem’s National Park site and the city of Salem. The report provides valuable information on visitor preferences and behavior, including but not limited to: demographics, ethnicity, visit duration, itineraries, and various rankings of satisfaction and visit quality.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2014
News Release: A Detroit resident pleaded guilty to willfully failing to pay employment taxes to the Internal Revenue Service, United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today. Ms. McQuade was joined in the announcement by Detroit Field Office Acting Special Agent in Charge Carolyn Weber, Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2014
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Richard Anderson and Aston Johnson were each sentenced to four consecutive life terms plus five years by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa for participating in a large, multistate marijuana distribution conspiracy and murdering three men in furtherance of that conspiracy in the Town of Greece in March, 2010. A third defendant, Andrew Wright, will be sentenced on April 24, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2014
News Release: Three Waco family members face federal drug distribution charges announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2014
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorneys Booth Goodwin, Southern District of West Virginia, and Bill Ihlenfeld, Northern District of West Virginia, will host a special recognition event honoring more than 60 high school students from across the state who have been selected as United States Attorney’s...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2014
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-A federal grand jury in the District of Minnesota, sitting in Minneapolis, recently returned the following indictments. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation, and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty. Any sentence is determined by a federal district judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2014
News Release: Dramatic Drop In Crime Follows Seizure Of Motels.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 11, 2014
News Release: Between January 28 and February 8, 2014, National Park Service (NPS) Resources Management staff conducted annual assessments of breeding habitat for piping plover (PIPL), Wilson's plover (WIPL), American oystercatcher (AMOY), and colonial waterbirds (CWBs).During these assessments, preferred habit was...
