News from November 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2014
News Release: On Nov. 12, 2014, Jose Antonio Garcia, 26, of Palmdale, California, was sentenced to five years and 10 months (70 months) in prison for conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. Garcia was ordered to serve three years on supervised release following the prison term. As part of his plea agreement, Garcia also agreed to forfeit any interest he had in a 2009 Freightliner semi-tractor.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2014
News Release: 1125 Chapline Street, Federal Building, Suite 3000 ● Wheeling, WV 26003.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2014
News Release: Defendant Deceived 74 Investors For Nearly Ten Years To Pay For Lavish Estate, Luxury Vehicle And Other Personal Expenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2014
News Release: ATLANTA - Ethel Elaine Daniels has been sentenced for filing false tax returns that claimed over $20 million in fraudulent refunds, including filing false tax returns in the names of over 1,000 stolen identity victims.
By State Newswire | Nov 12, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Representative Eliot L. Engel, the leading Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and senior member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, today made the following statement on the agreement between President Obama and Chinese leader Xi Jinping to limit carbon emissions. The two countries are the world’s largest energy consumers and together account for about 40 percent of the world’s greenhouse-gas emissions.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2014
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that a Federal Grand Jury in Columbia, South Carolina, returned Indictment(s) against the following.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 12, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker today announced that four U.S. organizations are recipients of the 2014 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation's highest Presidential honor for performance excellence through innovation, improvement and visionary leadership.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 12, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -Today, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement on today’s announcement from the White House regarding the administration’s withdrawal of Sharon Block’s nomination to serve on the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Christopher Burhans, age 65, was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner today to 37 months’ imprisonment, two years supervised release and $1,658,205 in restitution. Burhans is scheduled to surrender to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons by January 8, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2014
News Release: BOSTON - A Springfield man appeared in federal court this afternoon on a charge of impersonating a Deputy United States Marshal.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 12, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. -In the wake of the increasing number and scope of cyber-attacks against U.S. companies and government agencies over the past year-and in light of press reports suggesting that many of these cyber-attacks originate from overseas-Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 12, 2014
News Release: A new 2.3 mile section of the John Muir Trail in the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, from Devils Den to Honey Creek Loop, was completed this past National Public Lands Day, Sept. 27, 2014. This new connection allows hikers to travel approximately 39 miles on the John Muir Trail...
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 12, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - “SEVIS by the Numbers," a quarterly report on international students studying in the United States, was released Thursday by the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP), part of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). The report includes...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Jeffrey S. Leslie, 31, was sentenced in the United States District Court in Omaha, Nebraska for possession of child pornography. The Honorable Laurie Smith Camp sentenced Leslie to a ten year term of imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After his release from prison Leslie will begin a 15 year term of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2014
News Release: CHARLESTON, W. Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced that John E. Swain II, 52, of Charleston, West Virginia pleaded guilty today to impersonating a federal law enforcement officer. On April 14, 2014, Swain chased a Ford Explorer on I-77, while the passenger in Swain’s car waived a badge...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2014
News Release: Three men and one woman have been sentenced for their roles in a conspiracy to obstruct justice.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2014
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston-area real estate developer was arrested today and charged with participating in an insider trading conspiracy for buying - and later selling - shares of Wainwright Bank & Trust Company based on a tip that the company would be acquired. Prior to the acquisition, shares of Wainwright traded on the NASDAQ Stock Market.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2014
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that VITTORIO FRANCESCO GONZALEZ-CASTILLO, age 26, a resident of Tucson, Arizona, pled guilty today in the District of Arizona after being indicted in the Eastern District of Louisiana for Conspiracy to Produce Child Pornography. In addition, GONZALEZ-CASTILLO was previously indicted in the District of Arizona for Distribution, Possession, and Knowing Access of Child Pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An Allegheny County resident has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of bank robbery and armed bank robbery, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2014
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Three drug and money laundering co-conspirators have been ordered to federal prison following their convictions resulting from a long-term Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task (OCDETF) investigation, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, ...
