News from September 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2014
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. -A Church Point woman pleaded guilty to stealing more than $197,000 from her employer over a five-year period, U.S. Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 15, 2014
News Release: San Juan, PR. -On Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014, San Juan National Historic Site will be celebrating National Public Lands Day (NPLD) with free admission. "During previous National Public Lands Day volunteers throughout the United States have built trails, planted trees and plants, removed trash and invasive plants, as well as contribute to many other projects" commented Superintendent Walter J. Chavez.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 15, 2014
News Release: The National Park Service embraces many activities in national parks because they enhance visitor experiences with the iconic natural, historic and cultural landscapes in our care. Sometimes new kinds of activities appear. Each new activity needs to be examined to see how it could impact park resources...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2014
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. A Wichita man was sentenced Monday to two years federal prison for counterfeiting, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2014
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Jeffrey Hall (48, Maitland) with five counts of mail fraud and three counts of wire fraud. If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison for each count. A trial has been scheduled for November 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2014
News Release: *****MEDIA ADVISORY*****. Event to Honor Outstanding Service and Achievement of Law Enforcement, Community Leaders, Among Others. CHARLESTON, W.Va. -United States Attorney Booth Goodwin will host the 2014 Law Enforcement and Victim Assistance Awards ceremony on TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2014, AT NOON, at...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 15, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-UT), today sent Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Marilyn Tavenner a letter asking for clarification regarding CMS’s issuance of a waiver pertaining to Arkansas’ Medicaid program.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2014
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announced today that Nicholas Mitko Clark (21, Yulee) has been charged by a federal criminal complaint with distributing and receiving child pornography. If convicted, he faces a mandatory minimum penalty of five years, up to twenty years...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr., announced today that a federal grand jury has indicted Ari Elias Baum, 30, of Buffalo, N.Y., on charges of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits fraud, theft of government property, and making a material false statement. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 15, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-UT), today sent Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Marilyn Tavenner a letter asking for clarification regarding CMS’s issuance of a waiver pertaining to Arkansas’ Medicaid program.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2014
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - After a one-day bench trial on stipulated facts, United States District Judge Troy L. Nunley found Alan Tikal, guilty today of 11 counts of mail fraud and one count of money laundering, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2014
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard sentenced Arnold Clayton (42, Sanderson) to nineteen years and six months in federal prison for one count of distributing cocaine base and cocaine, and for violating his supervised release in a prior federal case. Clayton was also sentenced to a term of six years of supervision, after his release from prison.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 15, 2014
News Release: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists are investigating methods to help beef cattle producers further improve genetic evaluations for routinely measured traits such as growth and calving ease. They are also targeting economically important traits like feed efficiency and disease resistance that are expensive or difficult to measure.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 15, 2014
News Release: Researchers at the University of Waterloo in Canada have directly entangled three photons in the most technologically useful state for the first time, thanks in part to superfast, super-efficient single-photon detectors developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 15, 2014
News Release: The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, chaired by U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster (R-PA), is scheduled to mark up the following legislation at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014 in 2167 Rayburn House Office Building...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 15, 2014
News Release: Sedro Woolley, WA -The National Park Service (NPS) is seeking public comments on a proposal to restore the fisher (Pekania pennanti) to Mount Rainier and North Cascades National Parks.The recently completed Fisher Restoration Plan/Environmental Assessment for Mount Rainier National Park and North Cascades...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 15, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-UT), today sent Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Marilyn Tavenner a letter asking for clarification regarding CMS’s issuance of a waiver pertaining to Arkansas’ Medicaid program.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2014
News Release: CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - On Sept. 15, 2014, Victor Stitt, 32, of Manchester, Tenn., was sentenced to serve 290 months in prison by the Honorable Harry S. Mattice Jr., U.S. District Judge. The sentence was the result of a conviction after a jury trial in April 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2014
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - The former owner of two New Jersey defense contracting businesses was charged with mail fraud and violating the Arms Export Control Act, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2014
News Release: JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard sentenced Arnold (42, Sanderson) to 19 years and six months in federal prison for one count of distributing cocaine base and cocaine, and for violating his supervised release in a prior federal case. Clayton was also sentenced to a term of six years of supervision, after his release from prison. Clayton pleaded guilty on June 9, 2014.
