News published on Federal Newswire in March 2014

News from March 2014


Defendant Sentenced In Plot To Conceal And Dispose Of Assets In Connection With Rothstein Case

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 Eddy Marin, 52, of Davie, was sentenced today in West Palm Beach by U.S. District Judge Kenneth A. Marra...


Art Exhibit Helps Sexual Assault Victims With Healing Process

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Chairman Royce, Ranking Member Engel Introduce Legislation to Support Ukraine and Sanction Those Responsible for Undermining the Nation’s Independence and Stability

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, along with U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY), the Committee’s Ranking Member, introduced legislation to promote Ukraine’s sovereignty and democratic institutions while sanctioning those who have sought to...


News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Friday, March 21, 2014. Follow @SDILNews. A Baldwin, Illinois, man was sentenced in federal district court on March 21, 2014, on a three-count Indictment charging him with Receipt of Visual Depictions of Minors Engaged in Sexually...


News Release: PITTSBURGH - After deliberating for two hours, a federal jury found Dominique Jackson guilty of one count of conspiracy to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.


Eight Arrested This Week In Long-Term Investigation Into Drug And Gun Trafficking

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Eight defendants were arrested this week in a wide-ranging drug and gun trafficking investigation, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. A federal grand jury returned the indictments on March 13, 2014, charging the defendants with various drug and gun trafficking offenses. The indictments were unsealed following the arrests of each defendant.


All parcels offered are sold at BLM Eastern States March oil and gas lease sale

News Release: The Bureau of Land Management Eastern States (BLM ES) quarterly oil and gas lease sale resulted in competitive bids for all of the 22 parcels offered, totaling 18,223.52 acres. The combined bids brought in $425,936.50 that is distributed between the Federal government and the four states where the parcels were located. The sale was held at the BLM ES office, Springfield, Va., March 20, 2014.


DOE Evaluates Environmental Impacts of Uranium Mining on Government Land in Western Colorado

News Release: GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced that the.


Two Men Found Guilty Of First-Degree Murder While Armed In 2008 Slaying Of Government WitnessDefendants Also Found Guilty Of Criminal Street Gang Charges

News Release: WASHINGTON - Willie Walker, Jr., 23, and Ricky Donaldson, 22, both of Washington, D.C., were found guilty by a jury today of first-degree premeditated murder while armed with aggravating circumstances for the September 2008 slaying of a woman who was a government witness, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr.


March Grand Jury

News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced the federal Grand Jury for the District of Nebraska has returned 41 indictments charging 45 defendants. Indictments are charging documents that contain one or more individual counts that are merely accusations, and every defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.


Livingston Man Sentenced To Prison For Possession Of Methamphetamine

News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that on March 20, 2014, GRADEN ROY NORLIN, 59, of Livingston, was ordered to serve a term of 57 months in prison followed by 3 years supervised by U.S. District Judge Sam Haddon. The sentence is a result of Norlin's December 2013 guilty plea to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.


U.S. Settles Civil Lawsuit Against Valley Heart Consultants/Doctors

News Release: McALLEN, Texas - Valley Heart Consultants Dr. Carlos Mego and Dr. Subbarao Yarra have settled a suit brought by the United States in McAllen alleging violations of the Federal False Claims Act, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson.


Clearfield County Man Sentenced For Violating Federal Firearms Laws

News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Irvona, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court to five years probation, the first 18 months of which must be served by conditions of home confinement, and 250 hours of community service on his conviction of violating federal firearms laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.


News Release: CHICAGO ― A suspended physician formerly affiliated with three Chicago hospitals pleaded guilty today to a federal charge of illegally distributing a prescription drug in exchange for sex in 2009. The defendant, JOSHUA D. BARON, a pediatric neurologist, also admitted that he provided approximately 149...


Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 340,000 metric tons of corn to Egypt during the 2013/2014 marketing year.


News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that four Mexican nationals have been indicted for their roles in a conspiracy to produce and distribute counterfeit identification documents to illegal aliens.


Member Of Massive Counterfeit Goods Conspiracy Sentenced To 38 Months In Prison

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A member of a massive, international counterfeit goods conspiracy was sentenced today to 38 months in prison for his role in the scheme, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced the following upcoming Committee events...


Issa Subpoenas EPA for Pebble Mine Documents

News Release: WASHINGTON - After nearly two years of obstruction, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., subpoenaed Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy last night for documents related to the proposed Pebble Project, near Bristol Bay, Alaska.


Drug Dealer Sentenced To Over 10 Years In Prison For Distributing Heroin And Oxycodone

News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced John Frank Jenkins, age 30, of College Park, Maryland, today to 121 months in prison, followed by 14 months of home detention as part of three years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute...