News from October 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2014
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - Three defendants were convicted on drug charges Thursday during a federal jury trial in Topeka, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2014
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By Interior Newswire | Oct 23, 2014
News Release: Everglades National Park is pleased to announce the release of an Environmental Assessment (EA) for an updated Fire Management Plan (FMP). The EA is important because it evaluates the impacts associated with a newly updated Fire Management Plan since policy has changed since the last update in 1995.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Kelly R. Jackson, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), and George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, announce that David...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2014
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced Leonard Benjamin, age 30, of Bowie, Maryland today to 19 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute a kilogram or more of heroin. Judge Bennett also entered an order that Benjamin forfeit $39,387 seized on February 7, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment yesterday charging Rose Umana, 47, Mechanicsburg, the owner and operator of Vision Healthcare Services, Inc., with additional health care fraud and money laundering offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2014
News Release: A North Royalton man was indicted today for operating a loan-modification scheme in which he defrauded more than 90 homeowners struggling to make their mortgage payments out of at least $250,000, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Cleveland office.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2014
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that RONY RIVERA-GONZALES, age 23, FRANCISCO MUNOZ, age 26, and ESMIN ESPINOZA-ERAZO, age 24, all three from Honduras and most recently residing in Hammond, Louisiana, were separately charged today in one-count indictments with illegal use of a Social Security Number, in violation of 42 U.S.C. '408(a)(7)(B).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a 32-year-old Philadelphia man was sentenced to 27 months in prison yesterday by U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion for participating in a conspiracy that distributed heroin during November 2013 to January 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2014
News Release: DALLAS - Meliton Torres, 32, of Lancaster, Texas, was sentenced this afternoon by U.S. District Judge Ed Kinkeade to 80 months in federal prison following his guilty plea in September 2013 to one count of transporting and shipping child pornography. Judge Kinkeade remanded Torres, who had been on bond, into custody. Today’s announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 23, 2014
News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nevada - Lake Mead RV Village has been named one of the most scenic RV parks in America and the most scenic in Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2014
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Murl L. Grover, Jr., 32, Wauzeka, Wis., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 77 months in prison, followed by a three-year term of supervised release, for unlawfully possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Grover pleaded guilty to this charge on Aug. 11, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2014
News Release: LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge David Downing and Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, announced the arraignment of 27 defendants in a 78-count indictment charging 33 defendants with prescription drug charges. One defendant, Timmy Larvale McCain, 38, of Little Rock, was also charged with a weapons charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2014
News Release: A federal indictment was filed today charging an individual with being found in the United States without permission after previously being deported, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014. Follow @SDILNews. A federal grand jury returned an eight-count indictment on Oct. 22, 2014, charging four metro-east women with participating in a scheme to submit false claims for federal tax refunds...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 23, 2014
News Release: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) yesterday announced the committee would be taking a close look at the increasing number of recalls for defective airbags made by the auto supplier Takata. The committee has requested a briefing from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, who this week issued warnings to drivers about the potential danger of the defect.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 23, 2014
News Release: Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA is providing more than $352 million in loans and grants to upgrade rural water and wastewater systems nationwide and make infrastructure improvements in rural Alaska villages. The projects funded will not only help ensure rural places have access to clean water, but will also create jobs and help communities retain and attract new businesses and families.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2014
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell yesterday sentenced Bryan Bobby Beaudoin (25, Orlando) to 11 years and 6 months in federal prison for conspiring to commit robbery and using a firearm in furtherance of the armed robbery. The Court also ordered Beaudoin to forfeit $6,277, which represents the proceeds from the sale of stolen jewelry and the firearm used in the robbery. He pleaded guilty on July 31, 2014.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 23, 2014
News Release: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) yesterday announced the committee would be taking a close look at the increasing number of recalls for defective airbags made by the auto supplier Takata. The committee has requested a briefing from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, who this week issued warnings to drivers about the potential danger of the defect.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 23, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Twenty-eight Republican members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today sent a letter to President Obama, Ebola Response Coordinator Ron Klain, Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell, and Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson seeking further answers on the administration’s...
