News from November 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2014
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - U.S. Attorney William C. Killian announced today that the Eastern District of Tennessee collected $6,284,548.95 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2014. Of this amount, $4,538,338.33 was collected in criminal actions and $1,746,210.62 was collected in civil actions.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that United States District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani sentenced Jalani Kornegay, age 33, of New York, New York, for distributing cocaine. Judge Mariani imposed a time-served sentenced of 59 days and further ordered that Kornegay serve four-month of home confinement.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2014
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. -United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announcedtoday that aBossier City man pleaded guilty to possessing an unregistered firearm.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 19, 2014
News Release: Upcoming Webinars. November 19: Economic Impacts of Offshore Wind−Market, Manufacturing, & Jobs. Webcast Sponsor: WINDExchange. The Energy Department will present a live webcast titled “Economic Impacts of Offshore Wind−Market, Manufacturing, & Jobs" on Wednesday, November 19 from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Washington County felon has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2014
News Release: BOSTON - A former East Longmeadow woman was arrested today in Virginia after being charged in U.S. District Court in Springfield with embezzling funds from a retirement community.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 19, 2014
News Release: Washington -Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service has awarded funding to more than 60 U.S. agricultural organizations to help expand commercial export markets for American products.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 19, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today made the following statement following his selection by the Democratic Caucus to remain as the Ranking Member of the Committee in the 114th Congress...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2014
News Release: In Laredo, TX, today, federal authorities arrested 37-year-old Victor Manuel Guerra, Jr., in connection with an alleged theft of Eagle Ford Shale oil announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman; Christopher Combs, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge of the San Antonio Division; and William Cotter, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Criminal Investigation Acting Special Agent in Charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2014
News Release: BANGOR, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson, acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Daniel Hines, 38, of Bangor was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Bangor by Chief Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. to...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 19, 2014
News Release: Petrified Forest National Park is considering raising entrance fees to the park for the first time since 1997. Park entrance fees would change as follows.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, announced today that a Millersburg bus company and one of its former officers pleaded guilty today to charges they defrauded two area school districts out of more than $1.4 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2014
News Release: SPOKANE - Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced today that his office collected $2,350,216.67 in civil and criminal actions in the Fiscal Year ending Sept. 30, 2014. Of this amount, Mr. Ormsby’s office collected $1,546,303.16 in criminal cases and $803,913.51 in civil actions.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2014
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced today that the Eastern District of California collected a record amount for American taxpayers in Fiscal Year 2014, which ended Sept. 30, 2014. The office, on its own and with other U.S. Department of Justice components, collected over $9 billion in Fiscal Year 2014. These figures reflect actual amounts collected, not judgment amounts.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2014
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Topeka postal employee was indicted Wednesday on a federal charge of stealing prescription medications from the mail, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2014
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Joseph W. Shepherd and United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a federal grand jury indicted 14 people in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy in Lafayette, New Iberia and the surrounding areas.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 19, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Following a year of record drought, water managers throughout the west are searching for information and ideas to ensure a reliable and sustainable water supply. To meet this growing need for information, Bureau of Reclamation Principal Deputy Commissioner Estevan López announced today that Reclamation has awarded $9.2 million for 131 research projects. The complete list of selected projects is available at www.usbr.gov/research.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2014
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announced today that the Middle District of Florida had its strongest financial year ever. In Fiscal Year 2014, which ended September 30th, the Office’s Civil, Criminal, and Asset Forfeiture Divisions collected over $367 million for taxpayers.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2014
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that William Schliebener, 52, formerly of Sanford, NC, who was convicted of transporting a minor in interstate commerce for the purpose of illegal sexual activity and production of child pornography, was sentenced to 300 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2014
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that MICHAEL LEVITIS, the owner of MISSION SETTLEMENT AGENCY (“MISSION"), was sentenced in Manhattan federal court to 108 months in prison in connection with a multimillion-dollar scheme that victimized more...
