News from March 2014
By Interior Newswire | Mar 19, 2014
News Release: Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area SuperintendentJohn J. Donahue announced today that Michelle Schonzeit, a Park Ranger in the ResourceProtection and Visitor Management division, has been selected as the 2014 recipient of the prestigious Harry Yount Award for the Northeast Region of theNational...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2014
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Salvatore J. Marcera, Jr., 53, of Rochester, N.Y., who was convicted of filing a false income tax return, was sentenced to five years probation, including one year of home confinement, by U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. The defendant was also ordered to pay restitution to the Internal Revenue Service in the amount of $104,074.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 19, 2014
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking nominations for individuals to serve on the 2015 American Lamb Board.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2014
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Bassam Kiriaki, 46, an accountant with offices located in Pawtucket, R.I., pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Providence on Monday to participating in a conspiracy which trafficked $1.2 million dollars in contraband cigarettes into Rhode Island from Virginia and to participating in a conspiracy to defraud the food stamp program, announced United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha.
By State Newswire | Mar 19, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Chairman Menendez wrote UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay to express his support for a resolution at the current session of the UN Human Rights Council that calls for an international investigation into Sri Lankan war crimes committed during that country’s civil war.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2014
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that two Kansas City, Mo., men were indicted by a federal grand jury today for the armed robbery of Commerce Bank.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - West Penn Allegheny Health System, Inc. (“WPAHS") has agreed to pay the United States $1,529,281.50 to settle False Claims Act allegations, United States Attorney David Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2014
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the return by a grand jury of an indictment charging Ramon Almengo (47, Fort Myers) with conspiracy to commit theft of government funds. If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of 5 years in federal prison. The Indictment also...
By State Newswire | Mar 19, 2014
News Release: Dear Mr. President: As your partner in developing the broad-based sanctions that - in bringing Iran to the negotiating table - have played an essential role in your two-track approach to encourage Iran to give up its nuclear weapons program, we support your diplomatic effort to test Iran’s willingness...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Jose A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), Paula Reid, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Secret Service (USSS), Miami Field Office, and Scott Israel, Sheriff, Broward...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2014
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Bergen County, N.J., man today admitted using the Internet and social media to fabricate a fictitious high school girl, using that fake personality to engage in an online relationship with a teenage male, and then making a false report to a U.S. Embassy that the girl was kidnapped, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2014
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Pamela C. Marsh, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced the culmination of Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force Operation "King of the Trap."
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 19, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., March 19, 2014 - On Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) sent a to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack requesting more information about the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) assertion that the department was still legally...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2014
News Release: BOSTON - The elected Chairman of the Needham Tax Assessors Office was sentenced yesterday for felony tax evasion.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney James L. Santelle announced that Prince Rashada, age: 45, (a.k.a. Romello Sinclair), pled guilty today to filing a false claim for a federal income tax refund, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 287 and 2. At sentencing, Rashada faces a maximum of five years in prison and a fine up to $250,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2014
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Frances Marie Charles, 35, of Stockton, was arraigned today on seven counts of aggravated identity theft, mail fraud, access device fraud, and possession of 15 or more identification documents, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2014
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Michelle Torres, 38, of Rochester, N.Y., who was convicted of conspiracy to defraud the United States, was sentenced to five years probation and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $1,644,202.96 to the Internal Revenue Service by U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2014
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court today United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle sentenced FRANKLIN WADE MEARES, 46to 96 months imprisonment followed by 10 years supervised release.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 19, 2014
News Release: HARKERS ISLAND, NC -The islands of Cape Lookout National Seashore have many rarely heard stories to tell.One of these seldom heard stories is the Confederate Army attempt in 1864 to destroy the Cape Lookout Lighthouse. Cape Lookout National Seashore will be remembering the events of April 3, 1864 through...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 19, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., sent letters yesterday pressing the White House on potential Hatch Act violations. In a letter to White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough, Issa questioned whether the White House, through the Office of Political Strategy...
