News from November 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2014
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A hunter pleaded guilty and was sentenced Monday for violating the Migratory Bird Treaty Act when he and seven friends met in Kansas to hunt mourning doves, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 24, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), and Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY) today wrote to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Cheryl LaFleur...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 24, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), and Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY) today wrote to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Cheryl LaFleur...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2014
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles physician’s assistant was sentenced today to three years in federal prison for defrauding Medicare out of millions of dollars by signing fraudulent prescriptions and other medical documents for durable medical equipment (DME) while working at two separate medical clinics in the Los Angeles area.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2014
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. -United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a Pennsylvania man pleaded guilty to attempting to entice a child in Lake Charles, La., to engage in sexual activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2014
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Bay Area resident William James Kenney, 68, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Anthony W. Ishii to 24 months in prison for filing a false tax return with the Internal Revenue Service, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Monday, Nov. 24, 2014. Follow @SDILNews. On Nov. 19, 2014, George G. Oliver, 56, of Makanda, was sentenced on a methamphetamine violation, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2014
News Release: Savannah, GA: Former Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police (SCMPD) Chief Willie Clinton Lovett, 66, was convicted last week by a federal jury on charges of extortion, participating in an illegal gambling operation, conspiring to obstruct the enforcement of state criminal laws, and providing false statements to federal agents. United States District Court Judge William T. Moore, Jr. presided over Lovett’s 5-day jury trial.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 24, 2014
News Release: HOMESTEAD, Florida: The Thanksgiving holiday is a great time to visit Everglades National Park, with special ranger programs making this a wonderful time to experience your back yard national park and the largest wilderness area east of the Rocky Mountains! To celebrate the holiday weekend, ranger-guided...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Monday, Nov. 24, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that JEFFREY BENTON, also known as “Fresh," 29, of New Haven, was sentenced on Friday, Nov. 21...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2014
News Release: NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Jeffrey Benton, also known as “Fresh," 29, of New Haven, was sentenced on Friday, Nov. 21, by Senior U.S. District Judge Ellen Bree Burns in New Haven to 108 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for trafficking narcotics.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Rosebud, South Dakota, man convicted of Abusive Sexual Contact was sentenced on Nov. 18, 2014, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2014
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. A Kansas woman pleaded guilty Monday to failing to report that a 17-year-old girl was working as a prostitute, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 24, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today praised the Federal Communications Commission’s ongoing AWS-3 spectrum auction. Spurred by provisions of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 24, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today praised the Federal Communications Commission’s ongoing AWS-3 spectrum auction. Spurred by provisions of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job...
By EPA Newswire | Nov 24, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today praised the Federal Communications Commission’s ongoing AWS-3 spectrum auction. Spurred by provisions of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job...
By USDA Newswire | Nov 24, 2014
News Release: The release of a new type of switchgrass specifically designed for bioenergy generation has been announced by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) researchers and their partners. Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have spent decades working on different projects that contributed to the development of the cultivar "Liberty," which can yield eight tons of biomass per acre.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2014
News Release: Received Packages of Synthetic Marijuana by Mail.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 24, 2014
News Release: By studying the nutrient content of leaves and the DNA of apple trees, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists in Geneva, New York, have identified key genes that could boost the nutrient uptake, productivity and dwarfing characteristics of rootstocks critical to the nation's $3 billion apple industry.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 24, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) released the following statement regarding the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) decision to reinstate performance awards. IRS employees were notified of the decision today in an email from Commissioner John Koskinen.
