News from September 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2014
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On Sept. 11, 2014, Donald Lee Engstrom, age 41, formerly of North Liberty, Iowa, was sentenced by United States District Judge John A. Jarvey to 120 months imprisonment for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt. Engstrom was also ordered to serve five years of supervised release following the imprisonment, and to pay $100 towards the Crime Victims Fund.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2014
News Release: CINCINNATI - Santonio Watkins, 28, of Cincinnati, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 72 months in prison for possessing a firearm as a felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2014
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Roger W. Titus sentenced Robert Neil Sampson, age 53, of Lanham, Maryland, today to 25 years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for conspiring to commit robbery, robbery and using a firearm during a robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Gilbert Yazzie, 45, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Shiprock, N.M., was sentenced this morning to eight years in federal prison followed by 15 years of supervised release for his aggravated child sexual abuse conviction. Yazzie will be required to register as a sex offender after he completes his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2014
News Release: “The following named individuals have been charged with a federal crime or crimes by the return of an indictment by the Grand Jury. A grand jury Indictment does not constitute evidence of guilt. A grand jury Indictment is a method of bringing formal charges against the defendant. A defendant is presumed...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 17, 2014
News Release: Public House Tours. Dates: Select weekend days in November & December, 2014. Time: 10:00 am -1:00 pm. Location: "Youngsholm," Charles Young House, 1120 U.S. Route 42 East, Wilberforce, Ohio. Fees: No entrance fees; reservations recommended. Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument proudly announces...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 17, 2014
News Release: “Good morning. Thank you Chairman Lucas for holding today’s hearing and welcome, Secretary Vilsack, to the Committee.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2014
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Clark County Family Court Judge Steven E. Jones and four co-defendants pleaded guilty today to conspiracy charges for defrauding over 22 people of millions in an investment fraud scheme involving bogus water rights and real estate transactions, announced U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 17, 2014
News Release: Transportation and Infrastructure Committee today approved bipartisan legislation that improves the infrastructure, reduces costs, leverages private sector resources, creates greater accountability and transparency, and accelerates project delivery for Amtrak and the Nation’s passenger rail transportation system.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 17, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON -Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today said the United States needs to be a global leader in modernizing its energy policy to address the mounting challenges facing the world in the 21st century. Wyden said a key component to this effort is pursuing tax reform that creates a level playing-field that would allow America’s clean energy sector to thrive.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 17, 2014
News Release: DENALI PARK, Alaska:The public is invited to an early stage scoping meeting on Denali National Park and Preserve's Long Range Transportation Plan taking place on Wednesday, September 24 at 6:00 pm in the McKinley Village Community Center (Mile 230 Parks Highway). National Park Service planners will be seeking public input and providing information about the plan's purpose, need, and process. This plan is part of a nationwide.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 17, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Department of Energy today announced expansions of its Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative in support of the American manufacturing sector and a new initiative to support President Obama’s goal of doubling energy productivity by 2030. By advancing the development of innovative...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 17, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held a legislative hearing on H.R. 5066, the Data Preservation Act of 2014, authored by Natural Resources Committee Member Rep. Dan Benishek, M.D. (MI-01). This legislation would help create jobs and improve the safety of construction projects and natural resources production by ensuring that these projects are moving forward with the most up-to-date and accurate data.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 17, 2014
News Release: The Brooks Camp Visitor Center will be open through Oct. 13, 2014. Rangers will be available to answer questions and provide mandatory bear safety orientations from 8 AM to 5 PM September 18-30 and 9 AM to 5 PM October 1-13. Traditionally, this visitor center closed for the season on September 18.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 17, 2014
News Release: At 11:30 a.m. this morning, Wednesday, Sept. 17, a man's body was discovered along the shore line next to Glacier Creek at the base of a rock outcropping, roughly 200 feet down from Alberta Falls in Rocky Mountain National Park. Rangers reached the body approximately 30 minutes later and confirmed that the man was deceased.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2014
News Release: A Plus Home Health Care Inc. and its owners, Tracy Nemerofsky and her father, Stephen Nemerofsky, have agreed to pay $1.65 million to the United States to settle allegations that A Plus paid spouses of referring physicians for sham marketing positions in order to induce patient referrals, the Justice Department announced today. A Plus is a home health care company located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 17, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Today, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, issued the following statement after the HELP Committee approved the nomination of Sharon Block to serve as Member of the National Labor Relations Board with bipartisan support.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2014
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A former contract employee for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) was sentenced today to 26 months in prison for stealing hundreds of immigration forms from the warehouse where he worked and selling them for ultimate use as part of a criminal enterprise, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2014
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - W. Wayne Perry, Jr., 55, and his wife, Angela Perry, 52, formerly of Suffolk, Va., were convicted after a three-week trial late yesterday afternoon by a federal jury of one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud, four counts of health care fraud, eight counts of false statements relating to health care matters, one count of alteration of records and four counts of aggravated identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2014
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Craig Lamark Kaho, 44, of McComb, and Latoya Renae Bonds, 30, of Summit, were sentenced this week by U.S. District Judge Carlton W. Reeves on charges relating to cocaine distribution in Pike County, Mississippi, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis.
