News from May 2014
By USDA Newswire | May 20, 2014
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announced that Barenbrug USA, Tangent, Ore., has paid $6,500 to settle alleged violations of the Federal Seed Act.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2014
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Fred Bedran (61, Jacksonville) with tax evasion. If convicted on all counts, Bedran faces a maximum penalty of three years in federal prison and a $100,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Carlique Deberry, 35, Sayonara Heath, 32, Sade Heath, 27, all of Buffalo, N.Y. pleaded guilty to bank fraud before U.S. Magistrate Judge Leslie G. Foschio. The charge carries a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison, a fine of $1,000,000 or both.
By State Newswire | May 20, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, TOMORROW will convene a hearing to examine the Administration’s response to Boko Haram, particularly the terrorist organization’s recent kidnapping of hundreds of Nigerian girls. The hearing entitled, “Boko Haram: The Growing Threat to Schoolgirls, Nigeria, and Beyond " will begin at 9:45 a.m.
By DOE Newswire | May 20, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today raised concerns with Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) nominee Norman Bay about the lack of transparency and due process at the enforcement office under his leadership.
By US DOT Newswire | May 20, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Nick J. Rahall (D-WV) announced that the House has passed the Conference Report for H.R. 3080, the Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA), which authorizes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to improve the nation’s water infrastructure, such as dams, locks, ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2014
News Release: ROCKFORD - A California man was indicted today by a federal grand jury in Rockford on fraud charges. WILLIAM J. BURLEY, 34, of Yucaipa, Cal., was charged with three counts of wire fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud International Aid Services - USA, Inc. (“IAS America"), a non-profit charity...
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2014
News Release: BOISE - U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced sentencing of Jeramie Ethan Mahler, 27, of Star, Idaho, and Carlos Eberardo Tovar, 28, of Nampa, Idaho. U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge sentenced Mahler to 247 months in prison for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine and for discharging a firearm...
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2014
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Shamorcus Brandan Nesbitt (27, Tampa) and England Alexander Wilson (32, Tampa) have been charged in a criminal complaint with conspiracy to interfere with commerce by robbery, interference with commerce by robbery, and brandishing...
By State Newswire | May 20, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Representative Eliot L. Engel, the leading Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today delivered the following remarks on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives in support of H.Res. 573, a resolution condemning the abduction of nearly 300 female students by the extremist group Boko Haram in Nigeria...
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2014
News Release: Gulfport, Miss - Fifteen individuals were arrested today in South Africa, Canada, California, Wisconsin, and Indiana, pursuant to an eight-count federal indictment filed in the Southern District of Mississippi, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and Raymond Parmer, Jr., Special Agent in Charge...
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Pittsburgh resident has been sentenced in federal court to 144 months imprisonment, to be followed by five years of supervised release, on his conviction of sex trafficking of a child, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By USDA Newswire | May 20, 2014
News Release: Albuquerque, New Mexico, May 20, 2014 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that $15 million in targeted assistance will be provided to help farmers, ranchers and private forest owners in rural areas of 20 states that experience "persistent poverty." The funding, part of USDA's StrikeForce...
By DOL Newswire | May 20, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Today, U.S. Sens. Tom Harkin (D-IA), Al Franken (D-MN), Pat Roberts (R-KS), and John Barrasso (R-WY) introduced a bipartisan bill to help rural communities address the challenges they face when it comes to providing quality health care.
By Homeland Newswire | May 20, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, introduced legislation would help address critical challenges that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) faces in hiring and retaining cybersecurity professionals. The DHS Cybersecurity...
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2014
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A federal grand jury has indicted Preston J. Harrison, 42, of Lewis Center, Ohio and his business partner, Thomas E. Jackson, 39, of Powell, Ohio alleging that they defrauded their company’s investors and diverted investors’ funds for their own personal use. Preston Harrison and his wife, Lovena E. Harrison, 41, are also charged with conspiracy and filing a false income tax return.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Rosebud, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault by Striking, Beating, or Wounding was sentenced on May 12, 2014, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2014
News Release: CHARLESTON, W. Va. - A federal grand jury today charged John E. Swain II, of Charleston, with falsely assuming and pretending to be a federal law enforcement officer. According to the grand jury’s indictment, Swain impersonated a United States Deputy Marshal on April 14, 2014, in Charleston.
By Commerce Newswire | May 20, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., today subpoenaed the Justice Department for documents after Richard Pilger, Director of the Department’s Election Crimes Branch, refused to answer critical questions on the instructions of Justice Department...
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2014
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that David Mullie, 51, of Newark, N.Y., who was convicted of possession of child pornography, was sentencing to 60 months in prison and 20 years of supervised release by U.S. District Court Judge Charles J. Siragusa.
