News from May 2014
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2014
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Bruce Owen Downsbrough, 61, of Knoxville, Tennessee, was sentenced to serve 121 months in federal prison by the Honorable Thomas A. Varlan, Chief U. S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee. Downsbrough pleaded guilty in October 2013 to a federal indictment charging him with receiving and possessing child pornography.
By Commerce Newswire | May 16, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today responded to the Department of Transportation’s announcement that General Motors has agreed to pay a record $35 million civil penalty for failure to report the ignition switch safety defect to the government in a timely manner.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2014
News Release: Defendant Solicited Investors By Falsely Claiming They Would Receive Profits Of Up To 10% On A Weekly Basis.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2014
News Release: Urbana, Ill. -- U.S. District Judge Michael P. McCuskey yesterday sentenced David L. Crisp, Jr., of Kankakee, Ill., to 240 months in the federal Bureau of Prisons for possession with the intent to distribute crack cocaine. Crisp was also ordered to serve eight years of supervised release upon his release from prison.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2014
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Kenneth Manns, age 47, of Baltimore, Maryland pleaded guilty today to bank burglary and his co-defendant, Aaron Davis, age 39, of Baltimore, pleaded guilty on May 13, 2014, to bank larceny, in connection with a two year scheme to burglarize banks, credit unions and retail stores.
By Interior Newswire | May 16, 2014
News Release: Summer is almost upon us and the National Park Service Outer Banks Group is ready with a summer schedule full of a variety of programs for park visitors, including history talks, nature walks, recreational programs, and a multitude of children's programs. The summer schedule runs from May 23 - Sept. 1, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2014
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced today that Reunion Mortgage, Inc. and its former co-owners have agreed to pay $1.04 million to settle allegations that the company submitted false claims to the Federal Housing Administration (“FHA") in violation of the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729-33.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2014
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington yesterday sentenced Antouin L. Barker (43) to 15 years and eight months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: Jose Gabriel Martinez-Sanchez, 23, of Mexico, was sentenced by Chief Federal District Court Judge Nancy D. Freudenthal on May 15, 2014, for illegal re-entry of a previously deported alien into the United States. Martinez-Sanchez was arrested in Jackson, Wyoming. He received time served, plus 10 days...
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Murrysville woman has been sentenced in federal court to 96 months imprisonment, to be followed by five years of supervised release, on her conviction of conspiracy to distribute oxycodone and health care fraud, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Interior Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: Springdale, Utah: Zion National Park will be closing the Lower Emerald Pool Trail on Thursday, May 22, 2014, at 8:00 a.m.to make necessary trail repairs. Visitors will still be able reach the Lower Emerald Pool by hiking the Kayenta Trail. The Lower Emerald Pool Trail will reopen Friday, May 23 at 7:00 a.m.
By USDA Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: USDA Announces Fall Summit on Bee Nutrition and Forage; Launches "Bee Watch" Website to Broadcast Bee Activity and Increase Public Awareness of the Role of Pollinators in Crop Production WASHINGTON, May 15, 2014 - A yearly survey of beekeepers, released today, shows fewer colony losses occurred in the ...
By USDA Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: Funding will help create jobs, increase rural manufacturing capacity WASHINGTON, May 15, 2014 – As part of the Obama Administration's efforts to invest in infrastructure that will expand opportunity for all Americans, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today awarded organizations in 14 states loans and grants to support rural infrastructure, job creation efforts and business development.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: Marubeni Corporation, a Japanese trading company involved in the handling of products and provision of services in a broad range of sectors around the world, including power generation, was sentenced today for its participation in a scheme to pay bribes to high-ranking government officials in Indonesia to secure a lucrative power project.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced Reginald Martin, formerly an officer at Roxbury Correctional Institution (RCI) in Hagerstown, Maryland, to serve 12 months and one day in prison for his role in the assault of inmate Kenneth Davis. RCI officers from three different shifts assaulted Davis ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: A Phoenix man convicted after a jury trial last December of conspiracy and racketeering offenses for his involvement in a sophisticated cybercrime organization was sentenced today to serve 20 years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: The United States filed a complaint today to bar Laquanda O. Gilmore (aka Laquanda Garrott) and her company, L&g Associates LLC, from preparing federal tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced. The complaint alleges that Gilmore has prepared returns that falsely claim fuel-tax and earned income tax credits.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: Four businessmen involved in the development, operation and ownership of restaurants, including Cadillac Ranch restaurants, in Ohio and elsewhere in the United States, pleaded guilty today to tax charges, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: Six Miami-area residents, including three former loan officers, pleaded guilty in the Southern District of Florida this week to participating in a fraudulent scheme designed to enrich real estate developers by selling condominium units to straw buyers.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: Steven Joshua Dinkle, 28, former Exalted Cyclops of the Ozark, Alabama, chapter of the International Keystone Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge W. Keith Watkins to serve 24 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release for his role in a cross burning in 2009, announced the Justice Department and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Alabama.
