News from October 2014
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 30, 2014
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded six grants totaling over $400,000 to support the integration of standards education into undergraduate and graduate curricula. The grants were made under the Standards Services Curricula Development Cooperative Agreement Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2014
News Release: LOS ANGELES - As part of the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming general elections, Assistant United States Attorney Dennis Mitchell will again serve as the District Election Officer during the November 4 general election.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 30, 2014
News Release: Camp Verde, AZ -Montezuma Castle and Tuzigoot National Monuments will hold three public meetings in November to discuss possible fee.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2014
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Dignity Health has agreed to pay the United States $37 million to settle allegations that 13 of its hospitals in California, Nevada, and Arizona knowingly submitted false claims to Medicare and TRICARE by admitting patients who could have been treated on a less costly, outpatient basis...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2014
News Release: GULFPORT, Miss. - Ronald W. Reine, 67, Brian R. Reine, 44, Bruce A. Swilley Jr., 27, and Omni Pinnacle, LLC, all of Slidell, Louisiana, were sentenced in federal court today on violations of the Lacey Act for importing white-tailed deer into Mississippi, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis, Special...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2014
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that KATRULAR BUCHANA BELL, age 39, a resident of Denham Springs, and former tax preparer, was sentenced today for her role in preparing and electronically filing multiple false federal income tax returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2014
News Release: Michael Ross Smith, 43, of Brentwood, Tenn., was indicted on Oct. 22, 2014, by a federal grand jury in Nashville, on three counts of bankruptcy fraud, announced David Rivera, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 30, 2014
News Release: SEQUOIA AND KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARKS, CALIFORNIA -Escape to Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks soon for fall colors and/or snow. Feel like an ant in a land of giants next to the "Big Trees." Take a hike! Or, spend a relaxing day cross-country skiing or snowshoeing. For a fun and safe adventure, keep these tips in mind.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2014
News Release: Defendant Charged With Coercing And Enticing Minors To Engage In Sexual Activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2014
News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- A federal grand jury today indicted a Madison woman on charges related to a scheme to obtain fraudulent tax refunds that included a $555,587 federal income tax refund deposited into her bank account, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance, IRS Criminal Division Special Agent in Charge Veronica Hyman-Pillot and FBI Special Agent in Charge Richard D. Schwein Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Mission, South Dakota, woman charged with Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding a Federal Employee pled guilty to and was sentenced on Oct. 23, 2014, by U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark A. Moreno.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2014
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, George Venizelos, Assistant Director-In-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), Ramon Bethencourt, the Chief of the City of Middletown Police Department, and Joseph A. D’Amico, the Superintendent...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2014
News Release: Memphis, TN - Edward L. Stanton III, United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced today that a civil Complaint has been filed against Defendants Dr. George Woodbury, age 51, and his medical practice, Rheumatology & Dermatology Associates, P.C., located in Memphis, Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2014
News Release: Springfield, Ill. - A Springfield, Ill., man, Michael A. Carr, 51, of St. James Court, has been ordered to serve 10 months in federal prison for concealing assets and making false statements related to bankruptcy proceedings, as announced by Jim Lewis, U.S. Attorney for the Central District of Illinois.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2014
News Release: DENVER - Eva Melissa Sugar, age 61, of Aurora, Colorado, was sentenced earlier this week by U.S. District Court Judge John L. Kane to serve 18 months in federal prison for conspiracy to defraud the United States in connection with the collection of taxes, United States Attorney John Walsh and IRS Criminal...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2014
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland -Yvonne Isadora Whiteman, age 69, of Laurel, Maryland pleaded guilty today to theft of government property.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2014
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced today that Assistant United States Attorney Kevin C. Khasigian will serve as District Election Officer (DEO) for the Eastern District of California for the November 4, 2014, general elections. The DEO is responsible for overseeing complaints of election fraud and voting rights abuses in consultation with Justice Department Headquarters in Washington.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2014
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - U.S. District Judge Robert J. Conrad, Jr. sentenced a Charlotte man today on charges stemming from two 2012 carjackings committed in Charlotte, announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Antonio Cordiara McClary, 25, of Charlotte, was sentenced to 148 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2014
News Release: EUGENE, Ore. - Ramiro Martinez Tristan, 40, of Ontario, Oregon, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Chief Judge Ann Aiken to 15 years in federal prison for unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition. Upon his release from prison, Tristan will be on supervised release for five years.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 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 Rear Admiral John H. Korn, Commander, 7th Coast Guard District (USCG)...
