News from November 2014
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 12, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee approved three critical nominations to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) Board of Governors. The three nominees were ordered reported favorably en bloc by vote.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul announced today that Antwan Castleberry, 32, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, was sentenced to 101 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2014
News Release: The Three Victims Were Between the Ages of Two and Eight.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2014
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Topeka store clerk was indicted here Wednesday on federal charges of aiding and abetting an armed robbery and carjacking at the store where he worked, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By State Newswire | Nov 12, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Today, upon their return from travel to Latin America, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) and Ranking Member Eliot Engel (D-NY), issued this joint statement after meeting in Bogotá with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Tuesday...
By State Newswire | Nov 12, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, upon their return from travel to Latin America, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) and Ranking Member Eliot Engel (D-NY), issued this joint statement after meeting in Bogotá with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Tuesday...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2014
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By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2014
News Release: GREAT FALLS - Former Chippewa Cree Tribal Chairman Bruce Sunchild has pleaded guilty today to four felonies involving bribery, embezzlement, and tax evasion, according to the United States Attorney's Office. Sunchild had been charged in three indictments handed down by a federal Grand Jury investigating corruption in Indian Country. Sunchild appeared on Monday, Nov. 10, 2014 before U.S. District Judge Brian Morris in Great Falls to enter the guilty pleas.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2014
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. -U.S. AttorneyStephanie A. Finley announced today that a Lafayette stockbroker and financial consultant pleaded guilty to not reporting more than $350,000 of income on his tax return.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2014
News Release: BOISE - Jose Louis Fernandez, 44, of Caldwell, Idaho, was sentenced today to 37 months in prison for social security fraud, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. United States District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered Fernandez to pay $196,409.33 in restitution and serve three years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), announced that separate criminal charges were filed today in U.S. District Court in Harrisburg against two illegal aliens.
By State Newswire | Nov 12, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) and Ranking Member Eliot Engel (D-NY) introduced H.R. 5681, legislation to extend the 1958 U.S.-U.K Mutual Defense Agreement to allow continued bilateral nuclear security cooperation.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2014
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. -Johnny Torres, 22, of Stockton, pleaded guilty today to dealing firearms without a license, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2014
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Saint Albans man who sold methamphetamine to an informant in Jefferson and Saint Albans, West Virginia on four occasions in November and December of 2012 was sentenced today to serve three years and ten months in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Booth Goodwin. Alva Osborne, 47, previously pleaded guilty in April of 2014 to distribution of methamphetamine.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 12, 2014
News Release: Rock Creek Campground, part of the Obed Wild and Scenic River, will be closed through November 21 due to construction activities. Upgrades to the campground's facilities are to include the construction of a new comfort station that is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act and is accessible to mobility impaired visitors. Campsites will also be upgraded with new picnic tables, campfire grill rings, and wildlife-proof food storage lockers.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2014
News Release: CareAll Management, LLC, and its affiliated entities (collectively, “CareAll") have agreed to pay $25 million, plus interest, to the United States and the State of Tennessee to resolve allegations that CareAll violated the False Claims Act (“FCA") by submitting false and upcoded home healthcare billings...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that GARRETT SANTILLO, 35, recently residing in Hollywood, Fla., has been charged by indictment...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2014
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Jersey City fire inspector admitted today to accepting bribes to provide prostitution businesses with certificates of occupancy and advance notice of inspections or law enforcement activity, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 12, 2014
News Release: Voters last week flatly rejected the Obama administration's policies and created a new opportunity to improve American health care by electing a Republican Congress that is firmly committed to repealing and replacing Obamacare.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Anne M. Tompkins Western District Of North Carolina.
