News from May 2014
By Homeland Newswire | May 13, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON- Today, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Ranking Member Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) urged a panel of Department of Defense (DOD) witnesses to take additional steps to improve the Department’s financial management, financial management systems and increase efforts to meet its deadlines conducting audits.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2014
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that DOMINICK PIETRANICO and JOSEPH SARCINELLA were sentenced in Manhattan federal court in connection with their roles in a scheme to exert control over the commercial waste-hauling industry in the greater...
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2014
News Release: George E. Hall Sold Phony Sports Apparel.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2014
News Release: BOISE B Mexican national Luis Angel Nunez-Leon, 25, a Mexican national illegally in the United States, was sentenced yesterday to 30 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for distributing methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour, visiting from the Western District of Washington, also ordered Nunez-Leon to forfeit $6,060 in United States currency seized during the investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2014
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Mexican national was sentenced in federal court today for possessing methamphetamine that she intended to distribute in Morgan County, Mo., and for illegally reentering the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2014
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. B Three former International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) union officials admitted today that they conspired to extort ILA Local 1235 longshoremen on the New Jersey piers for Christmastime tribute payments, New Jersey U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman and Eastern District of New York U.S. Attorney Loretta E. Lynch announced.
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2014
News Release: HOMESTEAD, FL: The Artist in Residence in the Everglades (AIRIE) program at Everglades National Park is calling for applications of artists for the twelve spots open for the 2015 calendar year. AIRIE is a volunteer program that brings artists to the park for a month where they live and work immersed in the ecological and cultural resources of the River of Grass.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2014
News Release: Tampa, FL - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the return by a grand jury of an indictment charging Stephen Mayer (50, Miami Beach) with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud affecting a financial institution. If convicted, Mayer faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in federal prison. The indictment also notifies Mayer that the United States intends to forfeit any assets that are alleged to be traceable to proceeds of the offense.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2014
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By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Tuesday, May 13, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOSE NEGRON, also known as “Chino," 29, formerly of Wethersfield, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge...
By Commerce Newswire | May 13, 2014
News Release: A new initiative by computer security experts at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) seeks to bring widely recognized systems and software engineering principles to bear on the problem of information system security.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2014
News Release: 90 Individuals Charged Nationally for Submitting Approximately $260 Million in Fraudulent Billing; South Florida Responsible for more than $65,701,885 in False Billings.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2014
News Release: PHOENIX - The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) created the Take 25 campaign to encourage families to take 25 minutes to talk to their children about safety and abduction prevention. NCMEC estimates that 800,000 children are reported missing in America every year, which is more than 2,000 children each day. Fortunately, most of these children are quickly located.
By Commerce Newswire | May 13, 2014
News Release: Most New Yorkers may not realize it, but their first responders are better equipped for search and hazmat operations thanks, in part, to standard test methods developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The Fire Department of New...
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2014
News Release: Charleston, South Carolina ----- William N. Nettles, the United States Attorney for the District of South Carolina; Harry S. Sommers, the Special Agent in Charge of the Atlanta Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA"); Brock Nicholson, the Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations...
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Louie Valdez, 51, was sentenced this morning to 27 months in federal prison for his assault conviction. Valdez will be on supervised release for three years after he completes his prison sentence. He also was ordered to pay a fine of $1,547 and a special penalty assessment of $100.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2014
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ----- South Carolinians participating in the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA’s) eighth National Prescription Drug Take-Back event on Saturday, April 26, 2014, turned in 5,698 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. This amount exceeded the previous statewide total collected during the Oct. 26, 2013 Take-Back event which yielded 5,626 pounds.
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2014
News Release: On Saturday, June 7, the National Park Service at the Eisenhower National Historic Site will commemorate the anniversary of D-Day, the Allied invasion of Normandy, France.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2014
News Release: PENSACOLA, 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 that Ricky L. Blankenship,(43, of Pensacola), was sentenced today on federal charges related to a multi-year conspiracy to distribute cocaine throughout Pensacola, Florida.
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2014
News Release: AGENCIES OPEN NO-COST AIS REMOVAL STATIONS.
