News from May 2014
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Michael Kozina, 57, of Eden, N.Y., who was convicted of misappropriation of postal funds by a postal service employee, was sentenced to six months in prison by U.S. District Judge U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The defendant was also ordered to pay $27,345.75 in restitution to the U.S. Postal Service.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Ohio. Thursday, May 8, 2014. CONTACT: Fred Alverson. Public Affairs Officer. DAYTON, OHIO - Diane Elizabeth Niehaus, 40, of Sugarcreek Township, Ohio was sentenced in U.S. District Court to serve 60 months in prison followed by three years...
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2014
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Deepal Wannakuwatte, 63, of Sacramento, pleaded guilty today to one count of wire fraud in furtherance of a long-running and large-scale fraud scheme, announced United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner, Special Agent in Charge Monica M. Miller of the FBI’s Sacramento Field Office...
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2014
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Tom O’Donnell, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Inspector General, United States Department of Health and Human Services (“OIG-HHS"), announced the arrest yesterday of KURTISS L. TOMASOVICH for failure to pay child support. TOMASOVICH was arrested and presented in federal court in Ocala, Florida, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Philip R. Lammens.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2014
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By Commerce Newswire | May 8, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) released the following statement after the Committee approved bipartisan legislation to prevent and address sex trafficking of youth in foster care, and six permanent extensions of tax policies for America’s job creators.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2014
News Release: A felon who was apprehended after crashing a stolen vehicle while fleeing from police was sentenced today to more than eight years in federal prison after officers found a loaded stolen handgun in the vehicle.
By DOL Newswire | May 8, 2014
News Release: “We have convened this hearing to consider the nomination of Sylvia Mathews Burwell to be the next Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. Ms. Burwell, thank you for joining us today. I also welcome your husband, Stephen Burwell, your sister, Stephanie O’Keefe and her husband Joe O’Keefe, as well as your friends Saj-nicole Joni and Linda Lourie.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2014
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - Nine people have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Oklahoma City charging them with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana, announced Sanford C. Coats, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma. The nine defendants charged in this conspiracy are.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2014
News Release: Over $1,000,000 in tax refunds sought by tax fraudsters.
By USDA Newswire | May 8, 2014
News Release: USDA Deputy Under Secretary Doug O’Brien today awarded grants to help reduce energy costs for residents in remote rural areas where the expense of producing electricity is extremely high. The funds are being provided through USDA’s High Energy Cost Grant program.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2014
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that Gene James, also known as “Butch," 44, of Crab Orchard, West Virginia, pleaded guilty in federal court in Beckley to distributing a quantity of oxycodone, a powerful and addictive prescription pain medication. James admitted that...
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2014
News Release: ORLANDO, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announces the return by a grand jury of an indictment charging Harmeet (39, Windermere); Cean Al (33, Palm Harbor); ...
By Interior Newswire | May 8, 2014
News Release: In a ceremony today, officials from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Utah State Government and the State of Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration (SITLA) signed a document recognizing the completion of an equal value land exchange that enhances recreational and conservation values...
By US DOT Newswire | May 8, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), Senator David Vitter (R-LA), Ranking Member of the Committee, Senator Tom Carper (D-DE), Chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee, and Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), Ranking ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2014
News Release: Charles Jeffrey Edwards, 52, of Houston, Texas, and Brenda Elise Edwards, 43, of Houston, Texas, pleaded guilty yesterday, in U.S. District Court, to participating in a prescription drug diversion scheme, announced David Rivera, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee. Brenda Edwards pleaded...
By State Newswire | May 8, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Representative Eliot L. Engel, the leading Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today delivered the following statement at the Committee’s hearing on the current crisis in Ukraine...
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2014
News Release: SEATTLE - Americansnationwide showed their support for the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day program by dropping off more prescription pills than ever.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2014
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - Robert Sears and Curtis Sears, both age 21, and both of Crab Orchard; and Stephen Hatcher, age 35, of Beckley, were sentenced today in Beckley, West Virginia, announced United States Attorney Booth Goodwin. Robert Sears was sentenced to 4 months home confinement with 100 hours community...
By State Newswire | May 8, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered the below statement, as prepared for delivery, at today’s hearing: “Assessing Venezuela's political crisis: human rights violations and beyond." The remarks follow:
