News from May 2014
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2014
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that, on May 28, 2014, in Bridgeport federal court, GERALD COLEY, 44, of Stamford, waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty to one count of possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon. COLEY also admitted to violating the terms and conditions of his supervised release from a prior federal conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2014
News Release: Hammond, Indiana - The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in Federal Court.
By State Newswire | May 30, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, welcomed Rep. Sean Duffy (R-WI) as the newest Committee Member. Rep. Duffy will serve on the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere and the Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2014
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Gerson Benavides, age 30, originally of Reynosa, Mexico, was sentenced on May 29, 2014, by Senior U.S. District Judge David Bramlette, III, to 75 months imprisonment, U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis announced today. Benavides was previously convicted of rioting at the Adams County Correctional facility. The riot occurred on May 20, 2012. Benavides was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $1,382,113.00.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2014
News Release: RUTLAND, Vt. - - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated Chief Judge Christina Reiss, of the United States District Court, sentenced Ernest Murray, 51, of Rutland to five years imprisonment for conspiring to distribute heroin and crack cocaine in the Rutland area.
By Interior Newswire | May 30, 2014
News Release: Due to rising temperatures, mountain snowpack in the Upper Colorado River basin is melting and generating high flows on the Colorado and Green Rivers through Canyonlands National Park. In the last forecast issued on May 19th, the Colorado Basin River Forecast Center projected that there is a 50 percent...
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2014
News Release: Today, the House of Representatives voted 345-59 to approve H.R. 4681, the “Intelligence Authorization for Fiscal Years 2014 and 2015." After voting against the legislation, U.S. House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich) issued the following statement...
By DOE Newswire | May 30, 2014
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Tribal Energy Program is pleased to announce its intent to issue a funding opportunity announcement (FOA).
By Commerce Newswire | May 30, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., released the following statement on the resignation of Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki...
By Interior Newswire | May 30, 2014
News Release: Learn the Japanese art of paper folding with Ms. Sachiko Fujimori, visiting origami artist, at American Memorial Park. Ms. Fujimori will demonstrate a variety of models and assist participants with folding. The workshop is free and open to the public. Join us for this unique opportunity on June 4, 2014, from 6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. at the American Memorial Park Visitor Center. Paper will be provided.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2014
News Release: South Bend, Indiana - The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in Federal Court.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a seven-count indictment charging Ivan Rosario, 19, of Buffalo, N.Y., with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute heroin and fentanyl, possession with intent to distribute...
By DOE Newswire | May 30, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today held a hearing to examine recent developments and the current status of the Department of Energy’s loan programs, including the Section 1703 and Section 1705 loan guarantee programs and the Advanced...
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Pittsburgh jeweler pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of failing to file a report of currency received by a non-financial business, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. 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 Eric I. Bustillo, Director of Miami Regional Office of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), announce that Jenny Coplan, 55, of Lauderhill, pled guilty for her role in an investment fraud scheme. Sentencing for Coplan is scheduled for Aug. 29, 2013 at 9:30 a.m.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2014
News Release: DENVER - Sandra J. Zuckerman, age 66, of Woody Creek, Colorado, pled guilty today before U.S. District Court Judge Robert E. Blackburn to willful failure to pay income taxes, United States Attorney John Walsh and IRS Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Stephen Boyd announced. Judge Blackburn...
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2014
News Release: DENVER - A U.S. Postal Service city carrier working in Golden, Colorado was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Court Judge Robert E. Blackburn for theft of United States Mail by employee. The former Postal Service city carrier, John J. Bonney, age 37, of Westminster, Colorado was sentenced to serve 2 years probation. He resigned from his position, which he held for 15 years, during the course of the criminal investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2014
News Release: Jacksonville, FL - U.S. Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III and representatives of several federal, state and local law enforcement agencies are continuing the observance of National Missing Children's Day (May 25th) by today convening in Jacksonville, Florida to announce the national "Take 25" child safety...
By DOE Newswire | May 30, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today welcomed the publication of the Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) forecast of U.S. oil production quality. The release of the EIA report follows Murkowski’s April letter to the independent agency, co-signed by Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-Louisiana), requesting “dynamic and ongoing analysis" of issues associated with lifting the 1975 law that bans the free trade of most domestic oil production.
By DOL Newswire | May 30, 2014
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Member Luke Messer (R-IN) today introduced legislation in response to the challenges facing schools as the result of the president’s health care law. The Safeguarding Classrooms Hurt by ObamaCare’s Obligatory Levies (SCHOOL) Act (H.R. 4775) would exempt schools, colleges, and universities from the health care law’s employer mandate.
