News from May 2014
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2014
News Release: Wifredo Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, and Jose A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), announce that Henry...
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2014
News Release: ATLANTA - Ashley Henderson has been sentenced to 75 years and Stacey Dooley has been sentenced to 40 years in federal prison for committing a series of armored truck robberies in the Atlanta area between October 2010 and March 2011.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2014
News Release: Hatfield’s Schemes Caused Investors And DHB Industries To Lose More Than $200 Million.
By State Newswire | May 9, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC - A bipartisan group of senators called recent actions by Chinese ships in the South China Sea “deeply troubling," and urged their colleagues to pass a senate resolution reaffirming support of the U.S. government for freedom of navigation in the Asia-Pacific region and for the peaceful diplomatic resolution of outstanding territorial and maritime disputes.
By Interior Newswire | May 9, 2014
News Release: Helicopter Pilot Given Citizen’s Award for Bravery.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2014
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A man previously convicted and sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for transporting minors to work as prostitutes today received what is effectively another 14-year sentence for engaging in the same conduct involving a 19-year-old victim almost immediately after he was released from custody in the first case.
By DOE Newswire | May 9, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Building on President Obama’s Climate Action Plan and the Administration’s Better Buildings Challenge, the Energy Department announced today that Better Buildings Challenge partners are on track to meet their energy performance goals in their second year, saving approximately $100 million...
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2014
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Gallant Pharma International Inc. (Gallant Pharma), an unlicensed wholesale drug distributor headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, that distributed more than 17,000 units of non-FDA approved cancer and cosmetic drugs to doctors across the United States, was sentenced today to pay $3.4...
By Interior Newswire | May 9, 2014
News Release: Seneca Falls, NY - In recognition of Memorial Day, Women's Rights National Historical Park will host two living history performers. Richard "Fritz" Klein, as Abe Lincoln, will perform "Allies in the Antislavery Cause" on Saturday, May 24 at 12:30 and 1:00 PM. Gib Young, as Theodore Roosevelt, will perform...
By Commerce Newswire | May 9, 2014
News Release: “I’m pleased to welcome Rick back to NOAA," said Dr. Kathryn Sullivan, NOAA administrator. “His decades-long service in the earth sciences as well as management expertise will be a great addition to our senior leadership team. As we continue to strive to provide environmental intelligence to communities...
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2014
News Release: Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announced that members of a major methamphetamine trafficking organization have been sentenced. On Jan. 16, 2014, Shawn Foster Phillips, age 35, of Houston County, Chad Minter, age 40, of Houston County, Marty Bass, age 51...
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2014
News Release: PORTLAND, Maine - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Nicholas Schwarz -, 26, of South Portland, Maine was sentenced in United States District Court by Judge George Z. Singal to more than four (53 months) in prison and four years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute heroin. Schwarz pleaded guilty to the offense on May 14, 2013.
By Interior Newswire | May 9, 2014
News Release: One hundred and fifty-one years ago, thousands of African-American slaves risked punishment, family separation, and even their lives to reach the freedom waiting for them on Roanoke Island.The story of the Freedmen's Colony of Roanoke Island has a rich heritage-colony descendants still reside on the island today.
By DOE Newswire | May 9, 2014
News Release: In rural communities across the country, USDA Rural Development is bringing new energy efficiency and cost saving opportunities to Indian Country.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2014
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Marcus Warrick, 29, of Virginia Beach, Va., was sentenced today to 180 months in prison, followed by lifetime supervised release, for receipt of child pornography and possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2014
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Christopher Saridakis, 45, of Wilmington DE, pleaded guilty today to securities fraud for giving another person confidential information about a company’s stock. Saridakis was a senior executive at GSI Commerce, Inc. (“GSIC"), when he provided material, non-public information regarding eBay’s pending acquisition of GSIC. U.S. District Court Judge Stewart Dalzell scheduled a sentencing hearing for Sept. 19, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2014
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2014
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Brandy Ann Jarrell, 38, of Biloxi, Mississippi, was sentenced by U. S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to six months in federal prison and six months home confinement with electronic monitoring followed by three years of supervised release for oil spill fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis. Jarrell was also ordered to pay $28,800 in restitution and perform eighty hours of community service.
By Interior Newswire | May 9, 2014
News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nevada - Have you been to Lake Mead or Lake Mohave? Prove it. Go and take a selfie.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Torrey C. Robinson, 26, of Washington, D.C., has been found guilty by a jury of robbery and other charges in the hold-up of a Northwest Washington restaurant where he was employed as a manager, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
