News from May 2014
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2014
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JEROME R. THOMAS, 22, of New Haven, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 36 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2014
News Release: Following the announcement of the AT&T and DirecTV proposed merger, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Subcommittee Chairman Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.), Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.), and Subcommittee Ranking Member Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) issued the following joint statement...
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2014
News Release: CHICAGO - A south loop condominium developer and two attorneys are among six defendants facing federal charges for allegedly engaging in a $22.8 million mortgage loan fraud scheme, federal law enforcement officials announced today. The defendants allegedly caused buyers to fraudulently obtain approximately 60 mortgages from various lenders to purchase condominiums at Vision on State, a 250-unit building located at 1255 South State St.
By Commerce Newswire | May 19, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., today released the following statement on the President’s signing into law of H.R. 4192, to amend the 1910 Height of Buildings Act. The legislation, which passed the House on April 28 and the Senate on May 6, ...
By US DOT Newswire | May 19, 2014
News Release: The Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee, chaired by U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta (R-PA), will hold a hearing this week on the Federal Protective Service and improving the security of Federal facilities.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Great Falls, Montana, on May 12, 2014, before U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris, JASHA LASHELL FIRST RIDER, 29, of Browning, was sentenced to a term of 20 months imprisonment, two years supervised release, and a special assessment of $200.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Jessie A. Hopper, Jr., 29, Jessie Hopper, Sr., 53, and Polly Hopper, 60, all of Deming, N.M., made their initial appearances this morning in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., on a criminal complaint charging them with kidnapping and firearms charges. The three defendants remain in custody pending preliminary hearings and detention hearings which are scheduled for May 21, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2014
News Release: The Department of Justice congratulates nominee Kathleen O’Toole. Commissioner O’Toole has a reputation for strong, effective and community based policing. She has experience running a large police department and also has recently worked with a police department operating under a consent decree with the DOJ.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2014
News Release: Tampa - U.S. District Judge James S. Moody, Jr. today sentenced former WellCare Chief Executive Officer Todd S. Farha (45, Tampa) to 36 months in prison for defrauding the Florida Medicaid program. In addition, the Court also respectively sentenced Paul L. Behrens (52, Odessa) to 24 months’ imprisonment; William L. Kale (64, Oldsmar) to one year and a day in prison; and Peter E. Clay (57, Wellesley, Massachusetts) to five years’ probation.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2014
News Release: NEW YORK - Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, James J. Hunt, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York (DEA), New York City Police Commissioner William J. Bratton and Joseph A. D’Amico, Superintendent of the New York State Police, ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2014
News Release: A Toledo man was was sentenced to 15 years in prison for sex trafficking involving children, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Cleveland Office.
By Interior Newswire | May 19, 2014
News Release: The Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area announces a 45-minute, ranger-led interpretive program about Big South Fork's nocturnal animals. Please come and enjoy an evening outdoors with Ranger Chelsea Lauber at the campfire circle to learn more about a myriad of nocturnal animals that are...
By USDA Newswire | May 19, 2014
News Release: Contact: USDA Office of Communications, (202) 720-4623.
By Interior Newswire | May 19, 2014
News Release: SULLIVAN'S ISLAND, SC - On May 24, 2014, the Fort Moultrie unit of Fort Sumter National Monument will present three programs, as part of the national Civil War sesquicentennial commemoration, called Reverberations.The national commemoration will centered around three national parks in Virginia: Fredericksburg...
By State Newswire | May 19, 2014
News Release: The following op-ed by Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, appeared in this morning’s Orange County Register. The op-ed discusses the need for strong and effective U.S. international broadcasting to combat propaganda from Vladimir Putin and other repressive regimes...
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2014
News Release: An information was filed today charging Airmatic, Inc., a company located at 284 Three Tun Road, Malvern, PA, with one count of mail fraud for allegedly defrauding the City of Philadelphia of approximately $556,633.03. Airmatic allegedly supplied unapproved, off-contract products to various City departments in violation of its agreements with the City. The case was announced by United States Attorney Zane David Memeger and City of Philadelphia Inspector General Amy Kurland.
By Interior Newswire | May 19, 2014
News Release: The Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area announces a 45-minute, ranger-led interpretive hike to 113 foot tall Yahoo Falls. Please come and enjoy a hike with Ranger Chelsea Lauber starting from the Yahoo Falls parking area to learn more about the natural and geological features of Big South...
By Commerce Newswire | May 19, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD) and Senators Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) and Benjamin Cardin (D-MD), sent a letter to the Social Security Administration (SSA) on May 15 expressing “deep concern" about a report issued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2014
News Release: Jacksonville, FL - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Kathryn Cohen Allen (47, Jasper) has pleaded guilty to sending letters to the offices of Senators Marco Rubio and Bill Nelson in June of 2011, threatening their lives. Allen faces a maximum penalty of ten years in federal prison and a fine of $500,000. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2014
News Release: Brian Bethman, of Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania, was charged by indictment, filed on May 15, 2014, smuggling goods into the United States, trafficking in counterfeit labels, and criminal copyright infringement, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.
