News from December 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Darryl J. Gutierrez, 60, of Santa Fe, N.M., was arraigned yesterday on an eleven-count indictment alleging federal tax charges, announced U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez and Ismael Nevarez Jr., Special Agent in Charge of the Phoenix Field Office of IRS Criminal Investigation.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 4, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives this week said #Yes2Energy and passed a number of Energy and Commerce Committee energy bills that keep electricity affordable and reliable, modernize our dated energy laws, and boost drinking water for rural America. Additionally, the House passed a long-term highway bill that contained committee priorities to improve #Safety4Drivers and bolster America’s energy security.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 4, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives this week said #Yes2Energy and passed a number of Energy and Commerce Committee energy bills that keep electricity affordable and reliable, modernize our dated energy laws, and boost drinking water for rural America. Additionally, the House passed a long-term highway bill that contained committee priorities to improve #Safety4Drivers and bolster America’s energy security.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2015
News Release: In Austin, two brothers were both sentenced to ten years in federal prison for their roles in an Austin-based synthetic cannabinoid distribution operation announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher H. Combs.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2015
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA -- BARBARA J. WALLACE, 50, whose business, MBA Diabetic Footwear Solutions (MBA), was located in Savannah, Georgia, and enrolled in the Georgia Medicaid program as a provider, was charged with eight counts of health care fraud in an indictment returned by a federal grand jury sitting in Savannah, Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2015
News Release: A former bank president entered a guilty plea today for his role in a bank fraud scheme in which he hid underperforming and at-risk loans from the bank and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), among others, announced Acting U.S. Attorney G.F. Peterman, III of the Middle District of Georgia.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 4, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Building upon the Energy and Commerce Committee’s bipartisan #RecordOfSuccess, President Obama recently signed two public health bills into law. S. 799, the Protecting Our Infants Act of 2015, will help combat the rise in prenatal opioid abuse and H.R. 639, the Improving Regulatory Transparency...
By State Newswire | Dec 4, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement to commemorate World Wildlife Conservation Day...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2015
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI- District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez today sentenced Alain Rene Leichtnam, 71, a French national, to 24 months in prison for alien smuggling, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced. Leichtnam also was ordered to serve two years of supervised release, 200 hours of community service and pay a $3,800 special assessment.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - An Iowa man was sentenced today for threatening to shoot and kill Muslims by posting threats on the Facebook page of an Islamic organization in Boston.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2015
News Release: New Haven - U.S. Attorney Deirdre M. Daly today announced that the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut collected $14,215,633.55 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2015. Of this amount, $4,729,959.08 was collected in criminal actions and $9,485,674.47 was collected in civil actions.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 4, 2015
News Release: In 2016, Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park will celebrate 100 years of connecting people to, and caring for, the extraordinary landscape, native plants and animals and Hawaiian culture linked with Kīlauea and Mauna Loa volcanoes.
By State Newswire | Dec 4, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) announced the following upcoming Committee events...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 4, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives this week said #Yes2Energy and approved H.R. 8, the North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act, a bill aimed at modernizing America’s outdated energy policies written during a time of energy scarcity. The House also passed Energy and Power Subcommittee...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 4, 2015
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - National Park Service fire managers anticipate initiating a prescribed fire near Shoshone Point Monday, December 7 as weather and fuel moisture conditions allow.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2015
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Eddie K. Mazell, II, 30, of Portsmouth, was sentenced today to 48 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute heroin.
By State Newswire | Dec 4, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) issued this statement following today’s announcement by the FBI that they are now investigating the shooting in San Bernardino as an act of terrorism...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that CHEERY WAY, INC., and ELAINE CHIU, age 60, a resident of San Francisco, California, were charged today in a one-count Bill of Information with a felony violation of the Clean Air Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2015
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- After a 16-day trial, a federal jury today found Vera Kuzmenko, 45, of Loomis, and Rachel Siders, 40, of Roseville, guilty of multiple counts of mail and wire fraud associated with their involvement in a mortgage fraud scheme that cost financial institutions over $16 million, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2015
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Edridge Clyne, 45, was arrested today after a federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment against him Thursday charging him with possession with intent to distribute marijuana, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced. After his arrest, Clyne made his initial appearance before District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez, who ordered that he be released on a $25,000 unsecured bond with GPS monitoring. Arraignment is scheduled for December 9, 2015.
