News from April 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2015
News Release: (HARTFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Alvaro Alvarado, 27, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 36 months of imprisonment, followed by two years of supervised release, for trafficking heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON -A federal grand jury has charged Abdirahman Sheik Mohamud, 23, of Columbus, with one count of attempting to provide and providing material support to terrorists, one count of attempting to provide and providing material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization and one count of making false statements to the FBI involving international terrorism in an indictment returned in Columbus, Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2015
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A member of the SwaggSec hacking group was sentenced today to three years in federal prison for participating in a series of computer attacks that compromised computer systems at DirecTV, Farmers Insurance and the Los Angeles Department of Public Works.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2015
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert A. Marangola, who is handling the case, stated that Paul Borelli conducted an illegal gambling business with co-defendants Mark Ruff, 40, of Connecticut and Joseph Ruff, 32, of Rochester. The gambling operation involved sports betting through multiple offshore internet gambling websites and involved at least $76 million in gross wagers.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2015
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Jerad Stevens, 29, of, Ithaca, NY, and Gregory Haller, 45, of Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Marian W. Payson to stealing from a health care benefit program. The charge carries a maximum sentence one year in prison, a fine of $100,000, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2015
News Release: Had Unlawfully Claimed Eligibility for Child Care Benefits.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2015
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that MICHAEL WAYNE CHERRY, age 48, of Boynton, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 188 months imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release for Felon in Possession of a Firearm, in violation of Title 18 United States Code, Section 922(g)(1).
By State Newswire | Apr 16, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, hosted a Committee meeting with Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary General, to discuss a number of pressing international issues. Specifically, Chairman Royce stressed the importance of enforcing...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 16, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today held a hearing on a draft of the Targeting Rogue and Opaque Letters Act (TROL Act). The subcommittee is continuing its work from last Congress to craft legislation that protects businesses and consumers from abusive patent demand letters, while preserving the ability of patent holders to legitimately protect their intellectual property.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 16, 2015
News Release: Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Superintendent John J. Donahue invites kids of all ages to join park staff, partners, and volunteers for a Junior Ranger Day celebration on Sunday, April 26, 2015, from 10 am to 2 pm at Smithfield Beach. Fees to enter Smithfield Beach will be waived during the event which is free and open to the public.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 16, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today held a hearing to discuss options for improving post-acute care (PAC) for Medicare patients. Subcommittee members reviewed bipartisan proposals and ideas to strengthen Medicare and promote higher quality care for seniors by modernizing post-acute care payment policies.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 16, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today held a hearing to discuss options for improving post-acute care (PAC) for Medicare patients. Subcommittee members reviewed bipartisan proposals and ideas to strengthen Medicare and promote higher quality care for seniors by modernizing post-acute care payment policies.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 16, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals today heard oral arguments in two cases challenging EPA’s proposed rule to regulate carbon dioxide from existing power plants. The legal challengers, which include 15 states, argue EPA is acting outside its statutory authority by attempting to regulate...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2015
News Release: PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA - William F. Finch, 35, of Wauseau, Florida, and Dalton E. Riley, 24, of Bethlehem, Florida, pled guilty today to conspiring to violate the civil rights of an inmate at the Northwest Florida Reception Center (“NWFRC"), a state prison in Chipley, Florida. Their co-defendant, Robert L. Miller, 48, of Lynn Haven, Florida, pled guilty on April 1. The guilty pleas were announced by Pamela C. Marsh, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2015
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a six-count indictment today against Mark F. Friend, 60, of Stockton, charging him with six counts of bank fraud relating to a mortgage fraud scheme, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2015
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that today in federal court before United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle, JOEL DE LA TORRE, 33, of Chicago, Illinois, pleaded guilty to Making False Statements Concerning Highway Projects, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1020, and Aggravated Identity Theft, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1028A.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2015
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - Alejandro Morales-Flores, 60, a naturalized U.S. citizen residing in Houston, has entered a plea of guilty in McAllen federal court to conspiring to commit money laundering, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 16, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy and Power has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, April 23, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing will examine legislative language to create a 21st century energy and manufacturing workforce. Witnesses to be announced.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 16, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON-Building on the President’s all-of-the-above energy strategy and efforts to expand clean energy innovation, the Department of Energy today awarded more than $5 million to undergraduate and graduate students pursuing nuclear engineering degrees and other nuclear science and engineering programs relevant to nuclear energy. The awards include 59 undergraduate scholarships and 32 graduate-level fellowships for students at American colleges and universities.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2015
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A 58-year old Kanawha County man faces up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty today to possession of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin announced. Ronnie Eugene Naylor, of Elkview, West Virginia, entered a guilty plea before District Court Judge John T. Copenhaver, Jr.
