News from March 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2014
News Release: Muskogee, Oklahoma - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma and the Department of Education announce the settlement of a civil lawsuit brought by the United States of America, acting on behalf of the U.S. Department of Education, against Shirley Zey Smith, a cosmetology school owner.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Pittsburgh man pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of filing false tax returns on April 14, 2008, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Westmoreland County resident has pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 10, 2014
News Release: Dear Mr. Secretary: Thank you for your response to my letter of Feb. 3, 2014, and for having Department officials meet with my staff on February 12 regarding my investigation of 111 higher education institutions that may have been contravening the requirements of the Higher Education Act by explicitly...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 10, 2014
News Release: JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK, Twentynine Palms, California -.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2014
News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss - William Walker, 68, of Ocean Springs, pled guilty today in U.S. District Court to conspiracy to commit federal program fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and FBI Special Agent in Charge Daniel McMullen.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Joseph Cumbo, 34, of Greece, N.Y., was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with bank robbery. The charge carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2014
News Release: Harvey G. Bitler, Sr., 56, of Shillington, PA, was charged today by information with failing to pay over to the government income taxes and social security taxes withheld from his employees’ paychecks, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2014
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. -David Ruem, 32, of Tacoma, Wash., pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiring to distribute oxycodone and hydrocodone, one count of conspiring to structure cash deposits, and one count of aggravated structuring, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 10, 2014
News Release: The Capitol Reef National Park Visitor Center will be open 8:00 am to 5:00 pm daily starting Sunday March 9, 2014. Enjoy the exhibits, park movie and the Capitol Reef Natural History Association bookstore. Starting March 26 daily geology talks will be offered at the visitor center at 10:00 a.m.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 10, 2014
News Release: Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) and Committee leaders will convene a bipartisan roundtable meeting on Thursday to discuss the perspective of non-federal partners and their policy priorities for the next surface transportation reauthorization bill.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - The Department of Justice announced that this morning John W. Ng, 58, of Albuquerque, N.M., made his initial appearance in federal court on a criminal complaint charging him with a hate crime offense related to anti-Semitic threats made against a Jewish woman who owns and operates the Nosh Jewish Delicatessen & Bakery in Albuquerque.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2014
News Release: Muskogee, Oklahoma - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma and the Tulsa District United States Army Corps of Engineers announce the settlement of a civil lawsuit between the United States of America, acting on behalf of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and a landowner of River Oaks Estates at Eufaula Lake in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2014
News Release: BOSTON - A Roxbury man pleaded guilty today to stealing iPhones from the mail and making false statements.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 10, 2014
News Release: Hawaii National Park, Hawai'i - National Park Service (NPS) visitation figures released today show that 1,583,209 people visited Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park in 2013 - an increase of 6.7 percent from 2012 visitation statistics.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2014
News Release: HONOLULU - Justin Wade Smith, age 32, formerly of Hilo, was sentenced to 87 months in federal prison on March 10, 2014 for engaging in an “advance fee" fraud scheme that netted him more than $1.2 million, and failing to file income tax returns.
By State Newswire | Mar 10, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced the following upcoming Committee events...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2014
News Release: DENVER -- Colorado U.S. Attorney John Walsh announced today that his office has filed in United States District Court in Denver a civil forfeiture complaint seeking forfeiture of a Denver area marijuana warehouse and illegally connected funds. The forfeiture case stems from a criminal case indicted by a state-wide grand jury that returned indictments that were ultimately prosecuted in Jefferson County.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 10, 2014
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on four produce businesses for failure to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2014
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Sergio Patrick Rodriguez, 26, of Clovis, Calif., was sentenced today to 14 years in prison for aiming a laser pointer at Fresno police helicopter Air 1, and attempting to interfere with its operation, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. Calling him a “walking crime spree," United States District Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill said the crime was serious with potentially deadly consequences.
