News from April 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2015
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that LUIS GUSTAVO TAVAREZ was sentenced to 90 months in prison for his role in a large-scale counterfeit credit card scheme involving credit card numbers stolen from nearly 200 victims and over $600,000 in losses. TAVAREZ pled guilty on Aug. 28, 2014, to conspiracy to commit access device fraud. TAVAREZ was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Sullivan.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2015
News Release: Jamil Murray, a/k/a "Smooth," a/k/a "Mills," 33, of Philadelphia was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for conspiring to distribute cocaine base ("crack"), and possessing with intent to distribute crack cocaine. Murray was a large-scale drug dealer and a pimp. He pleaded guilty on May 2, 2014 and...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 14, 2015
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today welcomed the House Foreign Affairs Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade Subcommittee's decision to hold a hearing on the importance of ending the 40-year-old prohibition on exporting crude oil from the United States.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 14, 2015
News Release: On April 22, at the Bear Valley Visitor Center from 11 am to 1 pm, Point Reyes National Seashore will host an electronic waste (e-waste) recycling collection, joining thousands of local organizers holding recycling and other events across the country to celebrate Earth Day, the only nationally and globally recognized day dedicated to promoting and celebrating planet Earth and the protection of its resources.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 14, 2015
News Release: Dear Commissioner Koskinen: Earlier this year, my Republican Senate Finance Committee colleagues and I wrote to you concerning public threats you made regarding the 2015 tax filing season. These included refund delays and a potential shutdown of Internal Revenue Service operations. In light of those...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2015
News Release: Spokane - Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Matthew D. Nowlin, age 45, was sentenced for the crime of conspiring to defraud the United States by preparing and filing approximately 49 false claims for income tax refunds. Mr. Nowlin is a resident...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2015
News Release: Contact Person: Lance Crick (864) 282-2100.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2015
News Release: DALLAS - A former detective with the Dallas Police Department (DPD), who was convicted at trial last year on three counts of an indictment charging obstruction of official proceedings and obstruction of the due administration of justice, was sentenced today, announced John Parker, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 14, 2015
News Release: On Sunday, April 19, 2015 join Washita Battlefield National Historic Site in commemorating the 20th anniversary of the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal building in Oklahoma City by participating in a ribbon tying ceremony around the survivor tree saplings in front of the Visitor Center. Against...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 14, 2015
News Release: Employer name: Grede Wisconsin Subsidiaries LLC, Browntown, Wisconsin.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2015
News Release: This afternoon, a federal grand jury in Waco returned a two count indictment charging 38-year-old Joseph “Joey" Michael McFarland of Temple, TX, with production and possession of child pornography announced Acting United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs of the FBI’s San Antonio Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2015
News Release: CHICAGO - A man formerly of Lafayette, Indiana and now in federal custody was sentenced yesterday to 30 months in federal prison for amassing a large collection of child pornography over multiple years. The defendant, THOMAS MANNING, 54, pleaded guilty last July to possessing child pornography, admitting that he had collected more than 50,000 illicit images and videos.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2015
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Nioka Lynn Wriker, 34, of Anmoore, West Virginia, was sentenced to 33 months in prison for selling bath salts, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2015
News Release: Loretta E. Lynch, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, today announced the settlement of a federal civil rights suit against the FABCO Shoe Store chain (“FABCO"), for violations of the Americans With Disabilities Act (“ADA"), 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq. The ADA prohibits discrimination...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 14, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the following reaction to the House Homeland Security Committee’s approval of H.R. 1731, the National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act of 2015...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that LEONID DJUGA, a/k/a “Leonid Dzhuga," age 37, of Reseda, California, pleaded guilty today, to one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 14, 2015
News Release: WHAT: In October 2014, the iconic Gateway Arch, designed by Eero Saarinen and completed in 1965, received up-close attention from Wiss Janney Elstner Associates (WJE), recognized as the foremost leader for independent, objective and technically sound exterior assessment and restoration design on significant...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 14, 2015
News Release: TUMACÁCORI, AZ -The National Park Service plans to burn several piles of woody debris at Tumacácori National Historical Park in early Aprillater this month.Although the project's target date is during the week of April 20, 2015, the piles will only be burned if and when environmental conditions are favorable and adequate fire management resources are available.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2015
News Release: Today, House Judiciary Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI), along with United States Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and David Vitter (R-LA) introduced bipartisan legislation to restore the effective one-year protection, known as the “grace period," for inventors who publicly ...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 14, 2015
News Release: As part of the Administration’s effort to cut energy waste in the nation’s buildings, the Energy Department will acknowledge the city of Fort Worth today for its leadership in advancing energy efficiency. Through the Better Buildings Challenge, Fort Worth has achieved eight percent energy savings across 19 million square feet of public and private sector buildings since 2009. The city is on-track to meet a ten year goal to improve energy use by 20 percent by 2020.
