News from April 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2015
News Release: Defendant’s Wife Also Faces Federal Charges for Lying to Federal Authorities.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2015
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian announced the sentencing today of a Marina, California man on federal child exploitation charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - The leader of a sex trafficking ring pled guilty today to charges stemming from his interstate prostitution enterprise, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney J. Walter Green of the Middle District of Louisiana, and Special Agent in Charge Michael J. Anderson of the FBI’s New Orleans Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2015
News Release: TALLAHASSEE - James Corder, 54, a former captain with the Gadsden County Sheriff’s Office, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Mark E. Walker to 30 months in federal prison for violating the civil rights of an arrestee, obstructing justice, and making false statements in a federal investigation. The sentence was announced by Pamela C. Marsh, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2015
News Release: Six individuals, from Miami and Brazil, were indicted for participating in a mortgage fraud conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2015
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that the former owner of a Grandview, Mo., business that provided residential treatment for children while in state custody pleaded guilty in federal court today to failing to pay both the payroll taxes he collected from his employees and his personal income taxes, resulting in a total tax loss of more than $750,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2015
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 64-year-old Silsbee, Texas, man has been sentenced for federal income tax violations, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that JOSE LEMUS-HERNANDEZ, age 28, a citizen of Honduras, was sentenced after previously pleading guilty to a one-count Bill of Information for illegal reentry of a removed alien.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2015
News Release: LITTLE ROCK - Another feeding program sponsor for the Department of Human Services (DHS) has been indicted for her role in a conspiracy to steal federal money earmarked to feed hungry children. Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, announced that Kattie L.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2015
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Bedford, Pa., pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of distribution of child pornography, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 8, 2015
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking nominations to fill five vacancies on the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB).
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 8, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), has scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, April 14, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “EPA’s Proposed 111(d) Rule for Existing Power Plants, and H.R. __, the Ratepayer Protection Act."
By Interior Newswire | Apr 8, 2015
News Release: Appomattox, Va. - Appomattox marks the culmination of four years of bloody civil war, a return to peace and the reunification of the Nation. Artifacts associated with the surrender at Appomattox are part of a special exhibit at Appomattox Court House National Historical Park as part of the 150th anniversary...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 8, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration today renewed its alliance with the Airline Ground Safety Panel to continue providing information and training resources to members, ground crew unions and contract firms, and workers.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 8, 2015
News Release: April 8, 2015BOS 2015-071. BOSTON, Mass. - It began when Massachusetts dentist Dr. N. Terry Fayad changed his practice's procedure for disposing of contaminated needles. He told those in his Beverly-based office to first remove the protective caps before dropping them into sharps disposal containers, ...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 8, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today announced the Committee will hold a hearing on opportunities and challenges for agriculture trade with Cuba.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2015
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that BERNARD PETTWAY, 39, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to 12 months and one day of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for ramming a law enforcement vehicle and injuring an ATF special agent.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2015
News Release: On April 7, 2015, a federal grand jury sitting in Benton, Illinois, indicted Jonathon M. Ford, 38, of Fenton, Missouri, for Bank Robbery, Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today. The indictment charges that on March 19, 2015, Ford took proceeds, amounting to $3,872, from Regions Bank in Smithton, Illinois, which is insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, by "force and violence, and intimidation.".
By DOE Newswire | Apr 8, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), has scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, April 14, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “EPA’s Proposed 111(d) Rule for Existing Power Plants, and H.R. __, the Ratepayer Protection Act."
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2015
News Release: A man who previously lived in Iowa City, and operated Xtreme Construction with his wife, was sentenced last week to serve one year in federal prison.
