News from November 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2014
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington has sentenced Shon Erik Scott (29, Seffner) to 15 years and 8 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. Scott pleaded guilty on June 10, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2014
News Release: A two-count indictment was filed charging a Cleveland man with possesion of heroin with intent to distibute and being a felon in possession of a firearm, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2014
News Release: Previous Felony Conviction for First Degree Murder.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2014
News Release: Carlos I. Cruz-Aguilar, a/k/a “Carlos I. Cruz," 42, of Philadelphia, PA, was charged today by Indictment with illegal reentry after deportation, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. The indictment alleges that on or about February 7, 2014, Cruz-Aguilar, an alien, and native and citizen of El Salvador, was found in the United States after having been deported from the United States on or about Sept. 22, 2004.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 13, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senior Democrat on the Committee on Education and the Workforce George Miller (D-CA) and Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander M. Levin (D-MI) today issued the following statement regarding the release of the Government Accountability Office’s reports on the U.S. government’s efforts to monitor and enforce the labor and environmental obligations contained in U.S. free trade agreements...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 13, 2014
News Release: U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster (R-PA), Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, along with U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-LA), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, and other Chairmen and Ranking Members of congressional committees and subcommittees with jurisdiction, ...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 13, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today secured the passage of three of her sponsored bills from the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. The bills, which promote water-related energy projects and transfer a small parcel of federal land to the city of Anchorage, all passed with wide bipartisan support.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Westmoreland County was sentenced yesterday in federal court to three years probation and six months home detention on his conviction of conspiracy, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - David Mario Riley, 38, of Tampa, Fla., was sentenced today to 27 months in prison for possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr., Andrew G. McCabe, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, and Cathy L. Lanier, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2014
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. -United StatesAttorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Shreveport man was sentenced on Wednesday to 60 months in prison for failing to update his sex offender registration.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2014
News Release: BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Earlier today, following two weeks of trial, a federal jury in Brooklyn, New York, returned a guilty verdict against Henry Fiorentino on both charges of conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robberies and to distribute cocaine and heroin. The charges arose out of the defendant’s scheme to rob...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2014
News Release: PHILADELPHIA -Tianna Edwards, 32, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to 63 months in prison for wire fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare. U.S. District Court Judge Juan R. Sanchez also ordered restitution in the amount of $1,459,470.25, three years of supervised release and a $500 special assessment.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 13, 2014
News Release: Today, the Bureau of Land Management Colorado State Office sold 19 parcels totaling 5,103 acres for $94,833 including rentals and fees at its quarterly oil and gas lease sale. The highest per-acre price was for a 160-acre parcel in Weld County, sold to Colorado Energy Minerals in Denver for $60 per acre.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2014
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Shantelle P. Kitchen, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (“IRS-CI"), announced today the indictment of MARTIN DUNKI, a former client advisor...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2014
News Release: Five South Florida residents pleaded guilty this week in connection with a long-running $6.2 million Medicare fraud scheme involving Professional Medical Home Health LLC (Professional Home Health), a Miami home health care agency that purported to provide home health and therapy services. Two of the defendants also pleaded guilty in connection with their conduct in similar schemes at other Miami home health care agencies.
By State Newswire | Nov 13, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Senators Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Christopher Coons (D-DE), and John Boozman (R-AR) introduced a resolution supporting a U.S. contribution to further the work of the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi).
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 13, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, spoke on the Senate floor urging his colleagues to support the critical nominations approved by the committee and waiting for consideration on the full Senate floor. His statement, as prepared for delivery, follows...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 13, 2014
News Release: Catoctin Mountain Park has revised the closure schedule for deer reduction activities.Portions of Catoctin Mountain Park (CATO) will be periodically closed Monday -Thursday from 10:00 am until sunset, beginning November 17 through Dec. 18, 2014. During this time, CATO staff will conduct white-tailed...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Jonathan M. Vidlak, 22, was sentenced in the United States District Court in Omaha, Nebraska for receiving child pornography. The Honorable John M. Gerrard sentenced Vidlak to ninety (90) months of imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After his release from prison Vidlak will begin a 15 year term of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2014
News Release: Advance Fee Scheme Targeted Developers In Areas Devastated By Hurricane Katrina.
