News from October 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Vanny Son, 33, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Court Judge John E. Jones III to conspiracy to defraud the IRS of approximately $1 million in employment taxes between 2006 and 2012.

By DOE Newswire | Oct 16, 2014
News Release: In Alaska, many Native villages and regional corporations are pursuing energy efficiency and renewable energy projects as part of their long-term strategies for lowering energy costs and increasing energy security. In doing so, they will join the growing ranks of islands, disaster-stricken cities, and...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2014
News Release: Gang Allegedly Responsible For Multiple Murders in Illinois, Indiana, and Florida.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 16, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA) released the following statements regarding the ongoing Ebola outbreak. The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will hold a hearing, Examining the U.S. Public Health Response to the Ebola Outbreak, this Thursday, Oct. 16, at 12:00 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.

By Commerce Newswire | Oct 16, 2014
News Release: While drought may improve in some portions of the U.S. this winter, California's record-setting drought will likely persist or intensify in large parts of the state. Nearly 60 percent of California is suffering from exceptional drought - the worst category - with 2013 being the driest year on record.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2014
News Release: BOSTON - A physician specializing in pain management was charged in a superseding indictment today for overbilling the Medicare Program.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 16, 2014
News Release: The winners of Gateway's first photo contest have been announced. This contest was open to the public this past July, and pictures had to be recent and tell a story about Gateway or its history. Gateway's visitors helped us determine the winners by voting on Facebook and through email.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Alysa D. Erichs, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (ICE-HSI), Miami Field Office, and George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation...

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2014
News Release: BOISE - Lois Davis, 59, of Idaho Falls, and formerly of St. Anthony, Idaho was indicted yesterday by the federal grand jury for six counts of wire fraud, three counts of money laundering, and forfeiture of proceeds of the crimes, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2014
News Release: DALLAS - A detective who worked in the Dallas Police Department’s (DPD) Vice Unit, Jose Luis Bedoy, 40, of Dallas, was convicted yesterday by a federal jury on all four counts of an indictment charging obstruction of official proceedings and obstruction of the due administration of justice, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2014
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that DARRYL WILLIAMS, age 26, a resident of Gulfport, Mississippi, pled guilty today to an indictment charging him with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine hydrochloride and being a felon in possession of a firearm.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2014
News Release: Twelve Liberty City residents were arrested today for probation violations. As part of the arrests, three guns were seized.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2014
News Release: Prosecution team secured 15 convictions, with multiple life sentences imposed.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2014
News Release: Twelve Liberty City residents were arrested today for probation violations. As part of the arrests, three guns were seized.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2014
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that CURTIS ANDERSON, age 36, a resident of New Orleans, was sentenced today after having previously pled guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and possession of unauthorized access devices.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 16, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today highlighted the “stress test" report released by the European Commission.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2014
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - On Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014, District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez sentenced both Dieuseul Mompremier, 43, also known as “Jomei," and Lamorthe Delva, 46, to 57 months imprisonment, five years supervised release and a $100 special assessment for their roles in a conspiracy to smuggle...

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2014
News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced a Morgan County Man to more than six years in prison for possessing child pornography obtained over the Internet, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and FBI Special Agent in Charge Richard D. Schwein Jr.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2014
News Release: ASBURY PARK, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced federal and state law enforcement authorities today arrested 14 alleged members and suppliers of a large-scale drug trafficking organization responsible for distributing heroin and cocaine throughout Monmouth, Ocean, and Middlesex counties.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2014
News Release: AUSTIN, Texas) - Federal and state authorities have arrested 24 individuals, including Austin lawyers Richard Patrick Fagerberg, age 45, and David Ramos, age 39, for their roles in a cocaine and methamphetamine distribution operation announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and United States Attorney Robert Pitman.