News published on Federal Newswire in March 2014

News from March 2014


News Release: St. Louis, MO - DEMETRIUS NEAL of St Louis County was indicted by a federal grand jury on one felony count of unauthorized use of an access device.


Piedmont Regional Jail Supervisor Indicted For A False Tax Return Conspiracy With His Wife

News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - William A. Coles, Jr., 49, of Pamplin, Va., was indicted by a federal grand jury yesterday on seven counts involving the preparation and filing of false tax returns and bank fraud. The indictment includes one count of conspiracy, five counts of assisting in the preparation and filing of a false tax return, and one count of bank fraud. Coles faces a maximum penalty of 48 years of incarceration, if convicted.


News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Johnstown, Pa., pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of wire fraud and identity theft, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.


DEA Miami Field Division Along With The Attorney General Of Florida Announce Arrests Of International Drug Traffickers

News Release: ORLANDO, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, Pam Bondi, Attorney General of Florida, announced the arrest of members of an international drug trafficking organization for their involvement in a drug smuggling ring spanning from South America to New York.


Lakewood Man Indicted For $3.7 Million Credit Union Fraud

News Release: A Lakewood man was indicted on three counts for his role in a conspiracy to defraud a now-failed credit union out of $3.7 million, some of which he used to buy and sell a property in downtown Cleveland, law enforcement officials said.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) delivered the following statement on the House floor today in opposition to the House GOP’s 50th attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act...


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, applauded House passage of H.R. 938, the United States-Israel Strategic Partnership Act of 2014. The legislation, authored by Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), reaffirms the U.S. commitment to enhancing security cooperation with Israel. In January, the bipartisan legislation passed the House Foreign Affairs Committee.


News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Wednesday, March 5, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DANIEL EVANS, also known as “D-Nice," 41, of New Haven, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge...


News Release: Tourism to the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway creates.


Bicameral Coalition of Lawmakers Supports FDA’s Proposed Rule to Protect Consumers of Generic Drugs

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.- Senate HELP Committee Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA), Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT), House Energy & Commerce Committee Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman (D-CA), House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers (D-MI), Senator Al Franken (D-MN), House Budget...


Hatch Statement at Finance Hearing Examining the President's Fiscal Year 2015 Budget

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today delivered the following remarks during a Senate Finance Committee hearing examining the President’s budget proposal for Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 with Treasury Secretary Jack Lew...


Talent Agent Pleads Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court To Stealing Over Half A Million Dollars From Actor Clients

News Release: Defendant Stole Funds From Television Actors To Buy Personal Luxury Goods And Artwork.


Aerosol Contents: How Much Is In That Can?

News Release: The work of NIST can be found in many unexpected places in American life -- including store shelves containing different kinds of aerosol products. So perhaps it's not surprising that PML's Office of Weights and Measures (OWM) was recently called upon to help resolve a dispute over the way such products are labeled and sold.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY), Ranking Member of the Committee, introduced H.Res. 499, which condemns the violation of Ukrainian sovereignty and calls for sanctions on Russian officials, banks and other state...


News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - KYLE JAY GIPP, 34, of Shawnee, Oklahoma, pled guilty today to embezzlement from the Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma while he worked as a tribal employee, announced Sanford C. Coats, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.


Federal Grand Jury Indicts Charleston Man With Illegally Distributing Heroin

News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Darrell Shawton Collins, 36, was indicted by a federal grand jury sitting in Charleston on March 4, 2014, on illegal drug distribution charges, United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today. According to a three-count indictment, Collins distributed heroin on December 4, 5, and 6, 2013, in Charleston.


NPS Seeking LGBT WWII Stories

News Release: (Richmond, CA)-Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park has been tasked with preserving the stories and artifacts associated with the civilian American World War II Home Front. Since 2000, when the park was established, many stories and artifacts relating to life in the 1940’s have...


Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Arrest Of Brooklyn Rabbi For Distributing Child Pornography

News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and James T. Hayes, Jr., the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (“ICE") Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI"), announced today the arrest of SAMUEL WALDMAN...


News Release: Between February 18-20, Inyo National Forest fire crews burned over 200 piles on 59 acres in Devils Postpile National Monument, and continue to burn piles on Inyo National Forest land in Reds Meadow Valley. This fuel reduction project is located on both the Inyo National Forest and at Devils Postpile...


News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Kathryn Keneally, Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s Tax Division, Jose A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), George L. Piro, Special Agent in...