News from November 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2014
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that Ronald Greer, 59, of Beckley, West Virginia, pled guilty in federal court in Beckley to distributing heroin. Greer admitted that on Aug. 29, 2014, he sold heroin to a person who was cooperating with law enforcement authorities. The drug deal took place on Adrian Court in Beckley, West Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2014
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland -Travis Wetzel, age 35, of Frederick, Maryland pleaded guilty today to wire fraud and money laundering in connection with a fraudulent scheme to transfer $1,282,224 from an elderly client’s annuity account.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2014
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Raymond Jefferson, age 44, of Baltimore, to five years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiring to distribute and possession with intent to distribute heroin.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 18, 2014
News Release: Yosemite Gateway Partners hosting first ever sustainability conference in December.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2014
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Two members of a heroin distribution ring operating in Washington County, Ohio and Wood County, West Virginia were sentenced today, announced United States Attorney Booth Goodwin. Cordaro “Chops" Johnson, 23, and Zina Wakefield, 28, previously pleaded guilty in August 2014 to distribution of heroin. Johnson was sentenced to 44 months in federal prison. Wakefield was sentenced to three years of probation.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 18, 2014
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management today announced a second call for public nominations over a 30-day period to fill three positions on its national Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board. To be considered for appointment, nominations must be submitted via email or fax by Dec. 18, 2014, or postmarked by...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2014
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, James Higgins, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and William J. Bratton, Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD")...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 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, Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) announced today that a 28-year-old native and citizen of Honduras has been charged with improper entry into the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2014
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and George Venizelos, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today the unsealing of a complaint charging WILLIAMS, SCOTT & ASSOCIATES (“WSA"), a...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 18, 2014
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and all EPW Republicans, today sent a letter to EPW Chairman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), requesting a full committee meeting to consider the nomination of Jeffery Baran to serve the remainder of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Chairman Allison Macfarlane's term, which ends on June 30, 2018.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 18, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) today applauded a northeast Mississippi company for securing the first U.S. Department of Agriculture biobased certification for forest products since the 2014 farm bill made wood and forest products eligible for the procurement and labeling program.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 18, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.) commended the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) following its announcement that it has obtained a clean financial audit for the second year in a row...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2014
News Release: Johnson City Resident Falsely Reported Family Member Poisoned Juice Drinks.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, announced today that charges have been filed against four central Pennsylvania residents in connection with fraudulent federal income tax refund claims.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2014
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Billy.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2014
News Release: The former chief operating officer of a Miami-area hospital pleaded guilty today for his role in a mental health care fraud scheme that resulted in the submission of more than $67 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare by a state-licensed psychiatric hospital located in Hollywood, Florida, that purported to offer both inpatient and outpatient mental health services.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 18, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Today Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, responded to a letter from EPW Minority Members making clear her disappointment in their delay of the committee's business meeting on the nominations for the Nuclear Regulatory ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2014
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Philip R. Bartlett, Inspector in Charge, United States Postal Inspection Service (“USPIS"), and Shantelle P. Kitchen, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 18, 2014
News Release: Truth shines a light into dark places. But sometimes to find that truth in the first place, it's better to stay in the dark. That's what recent findings* at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) show about methods for testing the safety of nanoparticles. It turns out that previous tests indicating that some nanoparticles can damage our DNA may have been skewed by inadvertent light exposure in the lab.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 18, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the statement below following the defeat of a measure to force the approval of the Keystone tar sands pipeline by a vote of 59-41.
