News from September 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2014
News Release: Orlando, Florida - Senior U.S. District Judge G. Kendall Sharp sentenced Mauricio Arbelaez (42, Haines City) to five years and three months in federal prison for smuggling goods from the United States, possessing an unregistered silencer, and possessing a firearm with an obliterated serial number. Arbelaez pleaded guilty on June 25, 2014.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 10, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives last night approved four Energy and Commerce Committee bills to improve public health, building on the committee’s proven record of bipartisan success. Each measure was approved by voice vote.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2014
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A certified Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) instructor today admitted selling more than 100 false safety certifications to New Jersey carpenters who never completed the required training, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2014
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that a Federal Grand Jury in Charleston, South Carolina, returned Indictment(s) against the following.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 10, 2014
News Release: The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE), has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday Sept. 17, at 1:30 p.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled “Cross-Border Data Flows: Could Foreign Protectionism Hurt U.S. Jobs?"
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2014
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that Steven D. Benko, 29, of Beckley, West Virginia, plead guilty in federal court in Beckley to distribution of oxycodone. Benko admitted that on March 5, 2014, he sold oxycodone to a person cooperating with law enforcement authorities. The drug deal took place on Antonio Avenue in Beckley. Benko faces a sentence of up to twenty years and a $1,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2014
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Louisiana man today admitted sexually touching a sleeping woman who did not know him aboard a flight from Houston to Newark Liberty International Airport, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 9, 2014
News Release: Mineral, CA - Lassen Volcanic National Park Looking for Input on Bumpass Hell Trails. Lassen Volcanic National Park wants your ideas on managing the trails and to improve access in the Bumpass Hell basin area. While the Bumpass Hell basin is a popular destination for many visitors to the park, including...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 9, 2014
News Release: Glimpses of the Past: Sept. 18, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2014
News Release: ORLANDO, Fla. - Senior U.S. District Judge Gregory Presnell has sentenced nine individuals to federal prison for conspiracy to distribute Oxycodone. Ten individuals were charged by criminal complaint on April 9, 2013. Nine were arrested and subsequently pleaded guilty for their roles in this case. One individual remains a fugitive.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2014
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. -A Sabine Parish man pleaded guilty Monday to distributing methamphetamine in the Many area, U.S.Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2014
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - The owners of a Gloucester, Virginia store that sold synthetic marijuana and amphetamines were each sentenced yesterday to ten years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and were ordered to forfeit $425,000 as proceeds of their drug distribution activities.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2014
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A man who managed a Chinese restaurant in Kansas City, Mo., pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring to harbor workers who were in the United States illegally, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2014
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - United States District Judge Anthony W. Ishii sentenced Sam Kounhavong, aka Inpong Kounhavong, 52, of Fresno, today to two years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for his involvement in a large-scale marijuana cultivation operation in Stanislaus County that was irrigated by water diverted from the San Joaquin River. Judge Ishii also ordered Kounhavong to register as a drug offender.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 9, 2014
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement on discussions with Senator Hatch to address corporate inversions...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2014
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard sentenced Jimmy Laverne Holmes (58, Fleming Island) to seven years and eight months in federal prison for receiving child pornography over the Internet. Holmes was also ordered to serve a five-year term of supervision following his release...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 9, 2014
News Release: Funding helps bring Smart Grid technology to the nation's rural electric infrastructure WASHINGTON, Sept. 9, 2014 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA is investing more than $518 million in rural electric cooperatives to improve the delivery of electric power to communities in 15 states. This funding is part of nearly $50 billion that USDA has invested in infrastructure improvements since 2009.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2014
News Release: John P. Carlin, Assistant Attorney General for National Security and Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, announced today that U.S. District Judge Marcia Cooke re-sentenced Jose Padilla to serve 21 years in prison for his 2007 conviction for conspiracy to murder, kidnap and maim individuals in a foreign country; conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists; and providing material support to terrorists.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2014
News Release: J. Keith McCray, previously a criminal investigator with the Macon County, Alabama, Sheriff’s Office, was sentenced today by Judge Myron H. Thompson to serve 36 months in prison and two years of supervised release for assaulting a handcuffed man at the county jail, announced the Justice Department and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Alabama.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2014
News Release: The following statement is attributable to Justice Department spokesman Brian Fallon regarding Attorney General Eric Holder’s visit to Mexico City today to meet with his fellow attorneys general from across Central America to discuss the situation involving migrant children: “Attorney General Holder ...
