News from November 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2014
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that DARRELL HARLAND, age 32, of Hammond, Louisiana, was sentenced today for stolen identity refund fraud.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 20, 2014
News Release: Dear Mr. Bradie: We are writing to follow up on the letter Ranking Members Cummings and Tierney sent to KBR on April 1, 2014, requesting documents and information related to the company’s use of non-disclosure agreements. That request followed press reports that KBR required its employees to sign non-disclosure...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014. Follow @SDILNews. A Richland County man was sentenced on Nov. 19, 2014, to federal prison on methamphetamine charges, Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2014
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned an 11-count indictment today against David Schell, 54, and Teri Schell, 59, both of Durham, charging them with conspiracy to manufacture, distribute and possess with intent to distribute marijuana, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. David Schell is further charged with nine counts of distribution of marijuana.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 20, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today welcomed seven incoming Republican members to the committee.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 20, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives today voted to strengthen American manufacturing and create jobs by passing H.R. 4795, the Promoting New Manufacturing Act. This commonsense solution, authored by House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA), will help make America’s manufacturing renaissance...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2014
News Release: DALLAS - A 35-year-old Dallas resident, Jeffrey Wyatt Savell, II, was sentenced this afternoon by U.S. District Judge Barbara M. G. Lynn to 192 months in federal prison on a child pornography conviction, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 20, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today welcomed seven incoming Republican members to the committee.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Maya Moore, 25, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to eight years in prison on a charge of aggravated assault while armed stemming from an attack in which she repeatedly stabbed her girlfriend, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2014
News Release: Jade Grander, 29, of Brooklyn, NY, was charged today by indictment with one count of bank fraud and two counts of access device fraud. The charges arise from the defendant=s alleged participation in a scheme to obtain cash advances at TD Bank using other individuals’ deactivated credit cards by convincing bank tellers to override their Cash Advance Machines in order to process the transaction.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2014
News Release: Tamyra Frazier, 30, of Willow Grove, PA, was charged today by indictment in a conspiracy to defraud the bank where she was employed through an identity theft scheme, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. Frazier is charged with conspiracy, bank fraud and four counts of aggravated identity theft.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 20, 2014
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, and Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), today sent a letter to Howard Shelanski, Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). In the letter, the ...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 20, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH) today introduced legislation to help protect drinking water from harmful algae blooms known as cyanotoxins. Latta authored the legislation in response to Toledo, Ohio’s August water emergency caused by the increased presence of harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sterling Walton, 46, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to a seven-year prison term for an armed robbery of a university student that took place earlier this year in Northwest Washington, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2014
News Release: BOSTON - A Bellingham man was arraigned today on federal charges relating to the production of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2014
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - United States District Judge Troy L. Nunley sentenced James O. Molen, 70, of Chico, today to three years in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release, for dodging taxes, defying court orders, and retaliating against federal officials involved in his case, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 20, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives today voted to strengthen American manufacturing and create jobs by passing H.R. 4795, the Promoting New Manufacturing Act. This commonsense solution, authored by House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA), will help make America’s manufacturing renaissance...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2014
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment today against Kevin Nouthai Yang, 47, of Fresno, charging him with conspiring to cultivate and distribute marijuana, cultivating marijuana, and possessing marijuana with intent to distribute, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2014
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishmanannounced today that the New Jersey District, working with partner agencies and divisions, collected$52,963,571in asset forfeiture actions in Fiscal Year 2014; it also collected $17,289,649 - $15,063,556 in criminal actions and $2,226,093 in civil actions - during the same fiscal year.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 20, 2014
News Release: HOMESTEAD, FLORIDA - Homestead's award-winning National Parks Trolley returns from Nov. 22, 2014 through April 26, 2015 with more tour times to meet growing demand. Free transportation, parking and narrated tours are provided, as well as waived entrance fees, as part of this innovative partnership and public service. The trolley provides the only available public transportation to Biscayne and Everglades National Parks.
