News from September 2014
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 26, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Chairmen and Ranking Members of the Senate Finance Committee and House Energy and Commerce Committee today sent letters to organizations representing Medicaid managed care organizations seeking input on best practices related to access and quality of care. The leaders hope to gain a...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2014
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Othaniel D. Gaither, 25, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 78 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release, for acquiring an assault rifle and semi-automatic pistol, attempting to evade police during a high speed chase and ramming two law enforcement vehicles.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2014
News Release: South Bend, Indiana - The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in Federal Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2014
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska-U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that a Ketchikan man was arraigned on one charge of assault on a federal officer.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2014
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Antonio Cuevas-Navarro (47, Sacramento, California) pleaded guilty yesterday to one count of conspiring with others to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. Cuevas-Navarro faces a mandatory minimum term of ten years’ imprisonment, up to a maximum penalty of life.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2014
News Release: Hattiesburg, Mississippi - Rebecca Sue Carpenter, 56, of Columbia, Mississippi, was sentenced on Sept. 25, 2014 to 82 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for filing false federal income tax returns with the IRS, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and Special Agent in Charge Gabriel L. Grchan with IRS Criminal Investigation. She was also ordered to pay restitution to the IRS in the amount of $809,337.15.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2014
News Release: CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - On Sept. 25, 2014, Richard Vatilla, 44, of Cleveland, Tenn., was sentenced to serve 120 months in federal prison by the Honorable Curtis L. Collier, U.S. District Judge. Vatilla pleaded guilty in June 2014 to distribution of child pornography. Upon his release from prison, he will...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 26, 2014
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - On Tuesday, September 30th, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, and Rep. Donald M. Payne Jr. (D-NJ), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Communications, will hold a National PrepareAthon! Day Tweetathon...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2014
News Release: EVANSVILLE - Josh J. Minkler, Acting United States Attorney, announced today that Brittney L. Thorpe, 26, of Rockport, was charged with embezzlement by a Postal Service employee following an investigation by the United States Postal Service, Office of Inspector General.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 26, 2014
News Release: In a rare case of having their cake and eating it too, scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and other institutions have developed* a toolset that allows them to explore the complex interior of tiny, multi-layered batteries they devised. It provides insight into the batteries' performance without destroying them-resulting in both a useful probe for scientists and a potential power source for micromachines.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2014
News Release: Arrested After Ramming Law Enforcement Vehicles Following High Speed Chase with Police.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2014
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - David Lasseque, 33, of Providence, convicted of being the getaway driver during the armed robbery of a Barrington, R.I., bank in July 2013, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge William E. Smith to 140 months in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2014
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, today announced the filing of a criminal Complaint charging AARON TUBBS, 43, of Hastings-on-Hudson, Westchester County, New York, formerly a Regional Manager at a General Contractor that performed an approximately $192 million...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2014
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. -Paul F. Pytko, 49, owner of Pytko Construction Corp. in North Smithfield, R.I., was sentenced today to 3 years probation, to include 20 weekends of incarceration at the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility in Central Falls, for concealing the sale of a company asset that he agreed to...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2014
News Release: ABINGDON, VIRGINIA - Mandie Marie Bishop, age 33, of Jonesville, Virginia, pled guilty yesterday, in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Abingdon to two counts of bank fraud and one count of making false statements in a matter within the jurisdiction of the executive branch of the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2014
News Release: Ocala, Florida - Senior United States District Judge Wm. Terrell Hodges yesterday sentenced Ish’Mael M. Cassells (31, Ocala) to 15 years in federal prison for possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon. He pleaded guilty on July 24, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2014
News Release: Sentences Also Consider Separate Extortion, Narcotics Distribution and Weapons Charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2014
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. -U.S. Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that Lafayette investment firm owner Richard Buswell was sentenced to 126 months in prison for a scheme that cost victims millions of dollars.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2014
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) Charlotte District Office and other DEA offices throughout North Carolina, are partnering with national, state, local, and tribal law enforcement officials, as well as community coalition groups, to hold its ninth and final National Prescription...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2014
News Release: Hammond, Indiana - The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in Federal Court.
