News from February 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2015
News Release: EAST ST. LOUIS, IL - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge, James P. Shroba announced today that Christopher Thomas, 50, of Las Vegas, Nevada, was sentenced today for Conspiracy to Distribute Cocaine in the United States District Court, Southern District of Illinois. Thomas had previously pled guilty to the charge on Oct. 15, 2014.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 27, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced its hearing schedule for the week of March 2. Members will hear testimony from two important agencies on their 2016 budget requests. Members will also examine 21st century energy markets and electricity challenges, review cyber threats, and discuss the 340B federal drug discount program.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 27, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON-Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) sent a letter Friday to 72 agencies’ office of the inspector general (OIGs) across the executive branch. The issuance follows a Homeland Security and...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2015
News Release: Responsible For More Than Two Dozen Home Invasions.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2015
News Release: Seventeen individuals from the metro-Detroit area have been charged in a series of smash and grab robberies of jewelry stores across the United States, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 27, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ahead of next week’s hearing on “21st Century Energy Markets: How the Changing Dynamics of World Energy Markets Impact our Economy and Energy Security," the majority and minority staff of the House Energy and Commerce Committee are seeking feedback from stakeholders, releasing a series of questions for discussion.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Dominic A. Sedillo, 23, of Roswell, N.M., pleaded guilty this afternoon in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to methamphetamine trafficking charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Louisiana woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of health care fraud and making false declarations before a grand jury, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2015
News Release: CINCINNATI - Christopher Outlaw, 46, of Moore, S.C., pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to mail fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2015
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a prisoner at the U.S. Penitentiary in Pollock, La., pleaded guilty to his role in the strangling death of a fellow inmate.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A convicted felon was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Springfield for illegally possessing a Smith & Wesson handgun and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - A 28-year-old man, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 25 years in prison for sexually abusing his stepdaughter over a period of several years, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 26, 2015
News Release: White House Unveils Actions to Boost Rural Exports WASHINGTON, Feb. 26, 2015 - In conjunction with a series of Made in Rural America Executive Actions announced today by President Obama and the White House, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released data today showing the opportunities for agriculture ...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 26, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, Feb. 26, 2015 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture is accepting public comments on its interim final rule for the new Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP), designed to help producers protect working agricultural lands and ...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 26, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, Feb. 26, 2015 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service will invest an additional $84 million through the Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP) to help disaster recovery efforts through more than 150 projects in 13 states.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 26, 2015
News Release: Phoenix, Ariz., Feb. 26, 2015 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the availability of up to $8.7 million in funding for bioenergy research and education efforts as well as publishing the final rule for a program that provides incentives for farmers and forest landowners interested in ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2015
News Release: A federal court in Chicago has permanently barred Laurie G. Helfer, aka Laurie G. Powell, individually and doing business as Laurie’s Freelance & Tax Preparation Services and Tax Lady Laurie Inc., from preparing federal tax returns for others and from operating a tax return business, the Justice Department ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2015
News Release: A Burbank, Washington, woman was convicted by a jury yesterday after a five-day trial in the U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Washington located in Spokane, Washington, of willfully failing to pay more than approximately $2.6 million in federal payroll taxes withheld from her employees, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2015
News Release: Former CEO and Corporate Counsel of Financial Services Marketing Company Previously Pleaded Guilty A California man and purported billionaire financier was taken into federal custody today for his role in an alleged Ponzi scheme in which investors lost $2.5 million, announced Assistant Attorney General ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2015
News Release: The Justice Department announced today the enhanced collaborations its law enforcement and community partners are taking to stem the tide of fraud schemes directed at certain groups of Americans. On Wednesday, high ranking officials of the department, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the U.S. Postal ...
