News from September 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Dave Aronberg, State Attorney, Office of the State Attorney for Palm Beach County, Alysa D. Erichs, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (ICE-HSI), and Jeffrey...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 12, 2014
News Release: A bipartisan group of House and Senate leaders today announced a legislative agreement to improve and reauthorize the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act. Negotiated by Representatives John Kline (R-MN), George Miller (D-CA), Todd Rokita (R-IN), and David Loebsack (D-IA), and Senators Tom Harkin ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2014
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Three Sacramento-area residents were sentenced today for their roles in the Diversified Management Consultants Ponzi scheme, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. Christopher Jackson, 46, of Elk Grove, was sentenced to 30 years in prison; Michael Bolden, 60, of Sacramento, was sentenced to 20 years in prison; and Victor Alvarado, 53, of Sacramento, was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2014
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that a joint United States-Canadian wildlife investigation has resulted in the filing of charges by the United States Attorney in Anchorage against five Canadian citizens for the illegal take and export of wildlife from Alaska to Canada.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2014
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Ras Foster, 25, of Brooklyn, New York and Keisha Richards, 21, of Fair Haven, Vermont have been charged with distributing heroin and crack cocaine in the Fair Haven, Vermont area. Both pled not guilty before U.S. Magistrate...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2014
News Release: Orlando, FL - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces today that a federal jury has found William A. White (38, Roanoke, Virginia) guilty of five counts of sending interstate threats with intent to extort and one count of using personal information without lawful authority in furtherance of a crime of violence. White faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison on each count. He was indicted on June 19, 2014. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2014
News Release: Fort Wayne, Indiana - The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in Federal Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Jerald Kicinski, 50, of East Bethany, NY, who was convicted of receipt of child pornography, was sentenced to 20 years in prison and lifetime supervised release by Chief U.S. District judge William M. Skretny.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2014
News Release: Network Of Dealers Responsible For Peddling Significant Quantities Of Heroin In Central Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2014
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that NICK A. JODHA, a/k/a “Nick Persaud," the owner of a contracting business that provided heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (“HVAC") services throughout the New York City metropolitan area, was...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2014
News Release: Oxford, MS: All four individuals responsible for the Sept. 10, 2013 robbery of a bank in Greenville, Mississippi, have now been sentenced for their crimes.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 12, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-A bipartisan group of House and Senate leaders today announced a legislative agreement to improve and reauthorize the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act. Negotiated by Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Representative John Kline (R-MN), Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Representatives...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Friday, Sept. 12, 2014. Follow @SDILNews. Todd Ryan Frazier, 32, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, was sentenced to twelve months and one day in federal prison as a result of his conviction for Embezzlement and Theft from the Carterville...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Friday, Sept. 12, 2014. Follow @SDILNews. On Sept. 12, 2014, Willie Joe Strayhorn, a/k/a “Jo Jo," 47, of Murphysboro, was sentenced on a one-count indictment charging Failure to Register as a Sex Offender, the United States...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2014
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Kevin.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Shannon Williams, age 36, of York, Pennsylvania was indicted and charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 12, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell seeking more information regarding the ongoing Ebola outbreak and preparedness and response efforts at home and abroad.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a 43-year-old Erie, Pennsylvania resident pleaded guilty today before Senior U.S. District Court Judge James M. Munley to unlawfully possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2014
News Release: BOSTON - A Billerica woman was convicted following a five-day jury trial on wire fraud charges in connection with a bogus bank guaranty program.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 12, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced its hearing schedule for the week of Sept. 15, 2014. The committee will review legislation to recruit minorities for energy jobs, oversee FCC budget and management, examine the effects of cross-border data flows, explore effective suicide prevention efforts, and continue the 21st Century Cures initiative with a discussion on the growing threat of antibiotic resistance.
