News from May 2014
By Commerce Newswire | May 12, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today released its latest white paper in the 21st Century Cures initiative. The paper, 21st Century Cures: An Update on the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology 2012 Report on Propelling Innovation, reviews the recommendations...
By DOE Newswire | May 12, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today released its latest white paper in the 21st Century Cures initiative. The paper, 21st Century Cures: An Update on the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology 2012 Report on Propelling Innovation, reviews the recommendations...
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2014
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Noe Alvarez Ramirez, 28, of Michoacàn, Mexico, was sentenced today to two years and nine months in prison, and Rudy Alberto Gonzalez Rocha, 28, and his brother, Eloy Damian Gonzalez Rocha, 32, both of Jalisco, Mexico, entered guilty pleas to being aliens in possession of firearms seized from a marijuana cultivation site, according to U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Norridge, Ill., has been sentenced in federal court to 27 months imprisonment on his conviction of mail fraud, distribution of human growth hormone and money laundering, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2014
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La.-United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that Curtis Roller, 57, of Jonesboro, La., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Donald E. Walter to three counts of wire fraud after illegally obtaining Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grants and making false statements on workers compensation forms.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2014
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By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2014
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced Sergio Nunez, age 41, of Madera, California, today to five years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 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), and Paula Reid, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Secret Service, announce that Jeaneno Florent, 38, of North Miami, was sentenced...
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2014
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Missouri man was sentenced Monday to 100 months in federal prison for a robbery and shooting at a McDonald’s restaurant in Leawood, Kan., U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said. The sentenced is to be served consecutively to a 60-month sentence previously imposed in a case in federal court in the Western District of Missouri.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2014
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Missouri man was sentenced Monday to 100 months in federal prison for a robbery and shooting at a McDonald’s restaurant in Leawood, Kan., U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said. The sentenced is to be served consecutively to a 60-month sentence previously imposed in a case in federal court in the Western District of Missouri.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2014
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - On April 26, 2014, the New Orleans Field (NOFD) participated in the 8th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, with 245 collection sites within the division, so that the public could discard unwanted, unused and expired prescription drugs. Over the course of four hours 33,980 pounds...
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2014
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The owner and president of GAC Consulting Group LLC (GAC) was sentenced today to 36 months in prison for his role in a scheme to defraud at least 17 charities and non-profit organizations, costing them more than $750,000 in losses, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Jose A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), announce that Judes Celestin, 36, of Hollywood, pled guilty for his role in an identity theft tax refund scheme that...
By USDA Newswire | May 12, 2014
News Release: On average, about 2 percent of the cattle grazing in a pasture, or eating high-energy rations in a feedlot pen, may be "supershedders" who shed high levels of pathogenic organisms such as Escherichia coli O157:H7 in their manure, according to research led by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientist Terrance M. Arthur.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced the filing of a Criminal Information in U.S. District Court on May 9, 2014, charging Tiffany Look, age 39, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, with mail fraud.
By Interior Newswire | May 12, 2014
News Release: For the past 39 years, artisans from diverse American Indian tribes have demonstrated their traditional and contemporary art forms in Grand Teton National Park. This annual program provides visitors a chance to gain greater appreciation and understanding of Indian cultures that are still alive and active today.
By Interior Newswire | May 12, 2014
News Release: NEW YORK and NEW JERSEY - The National Park Service (NPS) announced today that Perini Management Services, Inc. was awarded a $34.9 million task order to repair damaged infrastructure on Ellis Island, part of Statue of Liberty National Monument in New York Harbor. The project is scheduled to begin mid-May.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2014
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By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2014
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - ERIN MARIE WELLS, of Yukon, Oklahoma, pled guilty today to check forgery and signing a false federal income tax return, announced Sanford C. Coats, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2014
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that.
