News from March 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2014
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. -Patrick Bowman, 47, of Los Banos, Calif.; and Rudolph Buendia III, 51, of Planada, Calif., were sentenced today for violating the asbestos work-practice standards of the National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. United States District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill sentenced Bowman to 27 months in prision, and Buendia to 24 months in prison.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2014
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Jermal Marquis Chambers (25, Apopka) today pleaded guilty to possession of firearms and ammunition in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and possession of firearms by a convicted felon. Chambers faces a maximum penalty of 15 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2014
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Jermal Marquis Chambers (25, Apopka) today pleaded guilty to possession of firearms and ammunition in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and possession of firearms by a convicted felon. Chambers faces a maximum penalty of 15 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 31, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) announced that after months of discussions with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) regarding producing documents pertaining to the Committee’s investigation of the IRS targeting of conservative groups and subsequent issuance of 501(c)(4) rulemaking, the IRS will turn over Lois Lerner emails and documents to the Chairman.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2014
News Release: Huntington, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that Kimberly Gayle Hamlett, 35, of Huntington, West Virginia was sentenced in federal court in Huntington by Chief Judge Robert C. Chambers to four years of imprisonment for distribution of heroin. Hamlett, who pled guilty in November...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2014
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The owner of a Temecula art gallery who stalked, harassed and attempted to extort as much as $300,000 from art world professionals pleaded guilty today to two federal stalking charges.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 31, 2014
News Release: Redwood National and State Parks is seeking volunteers to help remove invasive exotic plants.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2014
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Joplin, Mo., attorney pleaded guilty in federal court today to stealing more than $586,000 from his clients.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2014
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By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2014
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that the United States has filed and simultaneously settled a civil fraud lawsuit against a broker and a distributor of dairy products, alleging that defendants used false statements to buy federally subsidized...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 31, 2014
News Release: Big Bend National Park and Fort Davis National Historic Site join parks, programs, and partners across the country to encourage everyone to find their park and share their stories online at FindYourPark.com. Launched yesterday by the National Park Service and the National Park Foundation, Find Your Park...

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2014
News Release: BOSTON - An Iowa man pleaded guilty to federal child exploitation charges moments before his jury trial began this morning.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2014
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - United States District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill sentenced San Diego residents David Crisp, 34, to 17 years and 7 months in prison, and Jennifer Crisp, 31, to five years on probation for charges stemming from their involvement in an extensive mortgage fraud scheme that ran from January...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 31, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following statement after the Department of Labor released its unemployment report for February 2014.

By Interior Newswire | Mar 31, 2014
News Release: Williamsport, MD. - The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park (C&O Canal) is pleased to announce the replacement of the Big Slackwater Bridge serving the Big Slackwater Boat Ramp. The bridge superstructure and deck will be replaced to improve the bridge's load rating. C&O Canal staff will...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2014
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Carroll.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2014
News Release: Defendants Owned a Physician House Call Company and Billed for Services Not Rendered.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 31, 2014
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has cited Quality Produce Suppliers Inc. for failure to pay for produce.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2014
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - Johnny Wayne Neeley, 39, of Sneedville, Tenn., was sentenced on Mar. 31, 2014, by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 96 months in federal prison for conspiring to distribute oxycodone and possessing with intent to distribute oxycodone. Upon his release from prison, Neeley will be subject to three years of supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system.

By Commerce Newswire | Mar 31, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - In a speech on the Senate floor today, Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) urged his colleagues to support legislation (H.R. 4302) to extend the “doc fix" for one year and further called on Congress to return to bipartisan, bicameral negotiations to find a responsible path...