News from March 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Kyle, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault with a Dangerous Weapon and Burglary.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 6, 2014
News Release: National Park Service Intermountain Regional Director Sue Masica has issued a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for theSnake River Headwaters Comprehensive River Management Plan and Environmental Assessment (CRMP/EA). Over the past three years, Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks, John...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 6, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC -Today, House Democrats stood in solidarity on the House Floor and filed a privileged resolution that condemns the actions of Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa for violating House Rules during yesterday’s hearing on the IRS when he tried to silence Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings by deliberately cutting off his microphone.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2014
News Release: Over $181,000 in Donations Stolen From Area Churches.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 6, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC - Bipartisan legislation introduced in the House today will restore transparency to the advertising of U.S. airline ticket prices, and ensure that airfare advertisements are not forced to hide the costs of government from consumers.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a five count Indictment charging Cameron Stroke, 32, of Amherst, N.Y., with possession of child pornography. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a fine of $250,000.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 6, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC -Today, House Democrats stood in solidarity on the House Floor and filed a privileged resolution that condemns the actions of Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa for violating House Rules during yesterday’s hearing on the IRS when he tried to silence Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings by deliberately cutting off his microphone.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Ohio. Thursday, March 6, 2014. CONTACT: Fred Alverson. Public Affairs Officer. COLUMBUS - Jeffrey G. Kelly, 45, formerly of Hilliard, Ohio, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 60 months imprisonment for defrauding investors out of $1.5...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2014
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - Reynaldo Gonzalez, 37, has been arrested following the return of a 13-count federal indictment charging wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and making false statements to federal agents, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Gonzalez is a deputy U.S. Marshal in San Antonio.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 6, 2014
News Release: Anchorage-The BLM has scheduled public meetings and subsistence hearings this month to gather comments on the proposed Greater Mooses Tooth Unit 1 (GMT1) oil and gas development in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2014
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Susan Yvonne Eversoll, 46, of Sacramento, was sentenced this morning by U.S. District Court Judge Troy L. Nunley to 18 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release and a $5,000 fine, for conspiring to traffic in counterfeit goods, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2014
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - The owners of a tax preparation business that filed fraudulent tax returns on behalf of inmates at various New Jersey prisons were indicted today on additional charges of mail fraud and making claims to the United States for payment of fraudulent tax refunds, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2014
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A total of 19 people have been handed federal prison sentences for their roles in a drug trafficking conspiracy originating out of Starr County involving more than 10,000 kilograms of marijuana in 2012 and 2013, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson along with Janice Ayala, special agent in charge of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in San Antonio.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2014
News Release: TULSA, Okla. - A new Federal Prison Re-Entry program, named “Fresh Start," will assist and provide individuals with felony convictions with resources for jobs, housing, and counseling services, announced U.S. Attorney Danny C. Williams Sr. for the Northern District of Oklahoma. The re-entry program is another component of U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder’s “Smart on Crime" initiative.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 6, 2014
News Release: What makes an avocado delicious? U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) plant physiologist David M. Obenland and a team led by University of California-Riverside colleague Mary Lu Arpaia are collaborating in a series of studies to answer that question.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2014
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - Two Camden men today admitted their roles in a conspiracy to sell 22 guns without a license, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 6, 2014
News Release: The National Park Service is holding public hearings in March on temporary restrictions for certain sport.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 6, 2014
News Release: Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY), Ranking Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee and the State and Foreign Operations Subcommittee, today delivered the following statement on the House floor in support of legislation making loan guarantees available for Ukraine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Thursday, March 6, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ROBERT LIQUINDOLI, 42, of Waterbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2014
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - Perry, Florida, physician Eulogio Muncal Vizcarra, 71, was arrested yesterday on charges contained in a federal indictment. U.S. Attorney Pamela C. Marsh announced that the grand jury charged Vizcarra with 49 counts of unlawfully dispensing, or causing the dispensing of controlled substances.
