News from October 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2014
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Glenn.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2014
News Release: Charleston, W.Va. - A Logan County businessman was sentenced today in federal court in Charleston to probation for three years and a $5,000 fine for filing false tax returns, U. S. Attorney Booth Goodwin announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2014
News Release: Hacking, Wire Fraud, Credit Card Theft And Identity Theft Charges Detailed In Indictment.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2014
News Release: CareMed Admits And Acknowledges That Company Representatives Made False Statements To Insurance Companies When Seeking Prior Authorization Of Coverage For Costly Drugs, And Agrees To Pay $9.5 Million To U.S.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 9, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, today sent a letter to Congressman Dave Camp, Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means, and Congressman Sander Levin, Ranking Member, about funding options for the Highway Trust Fund that she has provided to Chairman Camp and Ranking Member Levin. Senator Boxer is committed to finding a long-term funding solution for the Highway Trust Fund this year.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Anne M. Tompkins Western District Of North Carolina.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 9, 2014
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management Eastern States (BLM ES) in partnership with Mid-Atlantic Off Road Enthusiasts (MORE) is celebrating the opening of the final two sections of the intermediate mountain bike trails at the Meadowood Special Recreation Management Area (SRMA), in Lorton, VA. The event will take...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2014
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that AVIAN BRULE, a/k/a “Ave," 21, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced yesterday after having pled guilty to federal drug and firearm violations. Judge Ivan L.M. Lemelle sentenced BRULE, a first-time offender, to serve 50 months in federal prison and ordered him to serve 3 years of supervised release once he is released from prison.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 9, 2014
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the appointment of 13 members to the National Dairy Promotion and Research Board. All appointees’ terms will begin Nov. 1, 2014, and end Oct. 31, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - The U.S. Department of Labor has entered into a settlement agreement with the St. James Tearoom, Inc. and its owners, Mary Alice and Daniel Higbie, which resolves an unfair labor practices lawsuit filed in Dec. 2014. The lawsuit alleged that St. James Tearoom and its owners violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) by failing to pay required minimum and overtime wages to its employees.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2014
News Release: TULSA, Okla. - Muscogee (Creek) Nation Second Chief Roger Dana Barnett, 53, of Bristow, pleaded guilty before United States District Court Chief Judge Gregory K. Frizzell to embezzling approximately $150,000 from the Tribe, announced U.S. Attorney Danny C. Williams Sr. for the Northern District of Oklahoma. Barnett was indicted on August 6, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Pine Ridge, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Involuntary Manslaughter.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 9, 2014
News Release: ANDERSONVILLE, Georgia - In November 1864, Georgia was being divided by United States forces. Following the occupation of Atlanta, General Sherman and 62,000 Union troops pushed southeast and scorched the countryside in his unforgettable march to the Atlantic Ocean. His campaign to the coast forced Confederate...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Linwood Barnhill, 48, a former officer with the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), was sentenced today to seven years in prison after earlier pleading guilty to two counts of pandering a minor and one count of possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Jesus Jose Ornelas-Yanez, 39, of Portales, N.M., was sentenced yesterday to 121 months years in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release for his methamphetamine trafficking conviction. He also was ordered to pay a $17,500.00 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2014
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney Patrick Miles announced today that Vincent Isaac-Peter Jones, age 28, of Battle Creek, was sentenced to 152 months - well over 12 years -- in prison after pleading guilty to possessing two firearms as a convicted felon and possessing a third firearm in furtherance...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2014
News Release: ALICIA A.G. LIMTIACO, United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, announced that defendants JIMMY HSIEH, WILLIAM PEREZ AND PAULINE PEREZ who were convicted in a criminal conspiracy to conduct an illegal gambling business at the former MGM Spa in Tamuning, were sentenced...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2014
News Release: TULSA, Okla. - Willard Lenord Jones, 63, of Tulsa, church pastor and former Executive Director of the Greater Cornerstone Community Development Project, pleaded guilty today before United States District Judge John E. Dowdell to three counts of wire fraud and one count of subscribing to a false tax return...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2014
News Release: BILLINGS -- The United States Attorney's Office announced that Thomas Edward VanHaele, a 73 year-old resident of Hysham, Montana, was sentenced to 60 months in federal prison during a sentencing hearing in Billings, on October 9, 2014, before U.S. District Judge Susan P. Watters. VanHaele was also given five years of supervision once he is released from custody. VanHaele had earlier pleaded guilty to two counts of distributing methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2014
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that a federal jury yesterday found former Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office (JSO) Corrections Officer Leon Perry Brooks, Sr. (40, Jacksonville) guilty of four counts of possession of child pornography. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison on each count. Brooks was indicted on Dec. 18, 2013. His sentencing hearing has not yet been scheduled.
