News from May 2014
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Mercer, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court to 40 years imprisonment, followed by supervised release for the remainder of his life, on his conviction of production of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor and possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2014
News Release: Contact: Public Information Officer. Number: 954-660-4602. ORLANDO, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III for the Middle District of Florida, announces the arrest and unsealing of a criminal...
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2014
News Release: Contact: Public Information Officer. Number: 954-660-4602. MIAMI - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division; Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; Amos Rojas, Jr., United States Marshal, U.S. Marshals...
By Homeland Newswire | May 30, 2014
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, delivered the below statement on the floor of the House on the rule for H.R. 4681, the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2014 and 2015...
By Interior Newswire | May 30, 2014
News Release: CAÑON CITY, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management’s Front Range Resource Advisory Council will meet June 4 and 5 from 9:15 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. at the BLM Royal Gorge Field Office, 3028 E. Main Street, Cañon City, CO 81212.
By EPA 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: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Friday, May 30, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. 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...
By US DOT Newswire | May 30, 2014
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the responses from member states of the Association of Air Pollution Control Agencies (AAPCA) regarding the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) process, and whether there is sufficient transparency, incorporated into the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) forthcoming rulemaking on national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for ozone.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2014
News Release: COVINGTON, KY -The final member of a large prescription drug ring that illegally distributed approximately 80,000 prescription pills in Northern Kentucky and Southern Ohio, was sentenced to 151 months in federal prison.
By Commerce 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: DAVENPORT, IA - On May 30, 2014, Corey Damon Keys, age 29, of Burlington, Iowa, was sentenced to 151 months imprisonment by United States District Judge John A. Jarvey for conspiracy to distribute cocaine, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt. He was also ordered to serve five years of supervised release following the imprisonment, and to pay $100 towards the Crime Victims Fund.
By Interior Newswire | May 30, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Bureau of Reclamation Acting Commissioner Lowell Pimley has named Tom Luebke, P.E., as Director of Reclamation’s Technical Service Center. He will start his new position on June 1, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2014
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Rockford man was sentenced today in federal court to a total of 420 months in federal prison for committing firearms and drug trafficking offenses. DAYTON POKE, 35, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala to serve 360 months’ imprisonment for possessing with intent to distribute...
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Woodrow R. Johnson, Jr., 53, of Capitol Heights, Md., was sentenced today to seven years in prison on a charge stemming from a traffic fatality in which he struck a pedestrian while he was on PCP, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2014
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Jersey City, N.J. police officer today admitted stealing more than half a million cigarettes from a trailer and extorting $20,000 from a drug courier who turned out to be an undercover FBI agent, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
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 Investigations (FBI), Miami Field Office, and Jose A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), announce that Freddie Howard, 56, of Davie, pled guilty for his role in a large-dollar tax refund fraud scam. Sentencing for Howard is scheduled for Aug. 29, 2014 at 10:15 a.m.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2014
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Correctional officer Sean Graves, age 48, of Windsor Mill, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to participating in a racketeering conspiracy arising from the smuggling of drugs and contraband inside the Baltimore City Detention Center (BCDC).
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Cheswick resident has been sentenced in federal court to 151 months imprisonment to be followed by lifetime supervised release on his conviction of receipt and possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced the sentencing yesterday of Andrew Brosnac, age 48, of Mansfield, Texas. Brosnac, a real estate agent and investment consultant, plead guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and wire fraud in connection with the sale and leaseback of businesses in Pennsylvania, New York, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, South Dakota, California, Oregon, and Wyoming.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Paula Reid, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Secret Service (USSS), and Jose A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), announce that Marcelin Jean Louis, 40, of Homestead...
