News from November 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, announced today that a criminal charge of health care fraud has been filed against Edward Evans of Wernersville, PA.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2014
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court, United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle sentenced Lamont Nicholas Riddick, 37, of Elizabeth City, NC to 150 months’ imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release. RIDDICK was also ordered to pay $1,900 in restitution to the Pasquotank County Sheriff’s Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2014
News Release: DAYTON - A United States District Court jury convicted Lance Ealy, 28, of Dayton, of buying stolen identities online and using the identities to file more than 150 fraudulent federal income tax returns seeking refunds to which he was not entitled.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 19, 2014
News Release: Stress eaters who load up on high-calorie goodies as a source of comfort when life gets tough may end up battling overweight or obesity. Either condition can increase the risk of heart attack, stroke or chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes. That's the reason why U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)...
By EPA Newswire | Nov 19, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee continued its oversight of the ongoing Ebola outbreak this week with two hearings. The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), held a hearing to review the U.S. public health response to the Ebola outbreak and...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2014
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By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Baden, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of mail fraud, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 19, 2014
News Release: Anchorage -The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today held a lease sale in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A) that generated $658,978.20.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Byron Dunn, 25, of Washington, D.C., has been sentenced to a seven-year prison term for a carjacking that took place earlier this year at a gas station in Northeast Washington, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
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 Matthew W. Brann sentenced Macey Geyer, age 42, of Castanea, Clinton County, to two years’ probation and ordered her to pay $9,230 in restitution for misappropriation of postal funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2014
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that SANTOS GAVARRETE-NATAREN, 36, a native of Honduras, pled guilty today to knowingly delivering a firearm to a common carrier without written notice.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 19, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - After once again being selected by his colleagues to serve as Chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Congressman Fred Upton (R-MI) today announced the committee leadership he intends to appoint for the 114th Congress. Five out of the six subcommittee chairmen will...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 19, 2014
News Release: CANON CITY, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management Royal Gorge Field Office wants your input on Fort Carson’s proposal to use public lands for helicopter training.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2014
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Daniel.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 19, 2014
News Release: Search efforts continue today on Longs Peak in Rocky Mountain National Park for Peter Jeffris, 25, from Broomfield, Colorado. Efforts will largely focus below tree line due to hazardous conditions including extreme winds above 11,500 feet. Teams will focus on drainages leading to the north and east from...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that on Nov. 19, 2014, a Lincoln man was sentenced to two and one-half years (30 months) in prison for harboring a fugitive. Senior United States District Judge Richard G. Kopf ordered that Aaron James Jackson, 28, serve two years on supervised release after the completion of his prison term.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 19, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, a bipartisan and bicameral group of lawmakers introduced legislation to terminate Social Security benefits for Nazi persecutors who receive them because of a loophole in current law. In the House, Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman Sam Johnson (R-TX), Subcommittee...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of distribution, receipt and possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2014
News Release: TULSA, Okla. - United States Attorney Danny C. Williams Sr. announced today that the Northern District of Oklahoma collected $2,089,219.07 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2014. Of this amount, $891,527.25 was collected in criminal actions and $1,197,691.82 was collected in civil actionsAdditionally...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 19, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee continued its oversight of the ongoing Ebola outbreak this week with two hearings. The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), held a hearing to review the U.S. public health response to the Ebola outbreak and...
