News from March 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2014
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Francisco Samayoa Hernandez (“Samayoa"), 33, of Silver Spring, Md., pleaded guilty today to receiving bribes in connection with his work as a tax assessor supervisor at the Arlington County, Va., Department of Motor Vehicles Select office.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 18, 2014
News Release: Lake Clark National Park and Preserve (LACL) is responding to a request for a land exchange with a privately owned parcel. The parcels being considered for the exchange are along the northwest shore of Lake Clark. The NPS-owned parcel is 28.0 acres in size and the privately owned parcel is 40.0 acres...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2014
News Release: PHOENIX - On March 17, 2014, Hanson Amos Jose, 31, of Laveen, Ariz, a member of the Gila River Indian Community, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Linda Readeto 46 months in prison. Jose pleaded guilty on Oct. 25, 2013, to assault resulting in serious bodily injury.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 18, 2014
News Release: The National Park Service Outer Banks Group Know Your Park citizen science program series continues this spring with this upcoming rescheduled presentation.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 18, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today provided an update on the committee’s investigation into General Motors Company’s (GM) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) response to consumer complaints related to stalling, airbag deployment, ...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 18, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today provided an update on the committee’s investigation into General Motors Company’s (GM) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) response to consumer complaints related to stalling, airbag deployment, ...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 18, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today pledged to conduct aggressive oversight following the recent announcement by the Obama administration on the future of Internet governance.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 18, 2014
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will conduct a public hearing to discuss the use of motorized vehicles and aircraft for the management of wild burros and horses on public lands in Arizona. The hearing will be held on April 1, 2014, from 9 am to Noon, at the BLM Arizona State Office, located in downtown Phoenix at One North Central Ave., Suite 800, in the conference room.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 18, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today pledged to conduct aggressive oversight following the recent announcement by the Obama administration on the future of Internet governance.
By State Newswire | Mar 18, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY), the Committee’s Ranking Member, issued the following statement on the State Department’s decision today to expel Syrian diplomats from the United States. The State Department action comes four days after Royce and Engel introduced H. Res. 520, which calls on the Obama Administration to withdraw official recognition of the Assad regime.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2014
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A complaint has been filed in the Fresno branch of the United States District Court against Derik Carson Kumagai, 40, a Fresno Police Department detective assigned to the Vice Unit and Saykham Somphoune, 40, of Clovis, charging them with conspiracy, bribery, and extortion, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2014
News Release: DALLAS - Leroy Nelson, 61, of DeSoto, Texas, appeared this morning before U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul D. Stickney and pleaded guilty to his role in a $5 million staged accident fraud scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2014
News Release: Contact: Public Information Officer. Number: (313) 234-4310. LEXINGTON, Ky. - The former owner of pain clinics in Georgetown, Ky., and Dry Ridge, Ky., that illegally dispensed controlled substance prescription drugs to thousands of patients, was sentenced today to 20 years in federal prison.
By State Newswire | Mar 18, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Eighty-three U.S. Senators wrote President Obama to outline core principles they believe should define any final agreement with Iran on its nuclear weapon program.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2014
News Release: Project Ceasefire. KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for stealing an AK-47 from a pawn shop. Henry Lee Williams, 55, of Kansas City, was sentenced by U.S. District...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2014
News Release: ATLANTA - Larry Pratt has been sentenced in federal court to 17 years in prison to be followed by a five years of supervised release for his part in a robbery crew.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2014
News Release: Contact: Public Information Officer. Number: (313) 234-4310. LEXINGTON, Ky. - A former doctor in Paintsville, Kentucky, has admitted to his role in a conspiracy that was responsible for illegally distributing more than 25,000 Controlled Substance prescription pills in the eastern half of...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 18, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Ranking Member Sandy Levin (D-MI) along with Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-UT) released a discussion draft titled, Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation Act...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 18, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today provided an update on the committee’s investigation into General Motors Company’s (GM) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) response to consumer complaints related to stalling, airbag deployment, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2014
News Release: In Austin, 64-year-old Lakeway resident Ricky Lynn Richardson faces up to five years in federal prison, a maximum $250,000 fine and restitution after pleading guilty this morning to stealing millions from pension plans announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman and Federal Bureau of Investigation Acting Special Agent in Charge Aaron C. Rouse, San Antonio Division.
