News from February 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2015
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - Victor Verdin-Reyes, 49, of Johnson City, Tenn., was sentenced on Feb. 10, 2015, by the Honorable R. Leon Jordan, U.S. District Court Judge, to a federal prison term of 216 months, for his leadership role in a cocaine conspiracy centered in and around the Johnson City area.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2015
News Release: Defendant Ordered to Pay $179,492.00 in Restitution.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 10, 2015
News Release: Outer Banks Group Superintendent David Hallac has announced that the Bodie Island and Cape Hatteras Lighthouses will be open for climbing in 2015 from Friday, April 17 through Monday, October 14.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2015
News Release: SAN JOSE - Meili Lin, AKA Ally Lin, and Jyh-Chau Horng, AKA Henry Horng, were arraigned today on charges of tax and mortgage fraud, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge José M. Martinez.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2015
News Release: WICHITA FALLS, Texas - Two defendants, who pleaded guilty in June 2014 to their respective roles in a crack cocaine/cocaine powder distribution conspiracy that operated in Wichita Falls and McAllen, Texas, have been sentenced, announced John Parker, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2015
News Release: HOUSTON - A federal jury in Houston has convicted Larry Maurice Favorite, 32, of Houston, of possession with intent to distribute at least 500 grams of a mixture or substance containing methamphetamine and conspiracy to do the same, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. The jury returned its verdict this afternoon following a two-day trial before U.S. District Judge Gray Miller.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 10, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today welcomed the Senate introduction of the Federal Communications Commission Process Reform Act, authored by Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV). The legislation, which closely tracks legislation approved in the House and introduced in the Senate each of the past two Congresses, would bring much-needed transparency, accountability, and predictability to the FCC.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 10, 2015
News Release: If there’s one obvious similarity between 1986 and today, it’s that people are quick to say tax reform is impossible. They say Congress can’t organize a two-car parade - there’s no way they can come together on major economic legislation. So what happened three decades ago will need to happen again: turning the impossible into the possible.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2015
News Release: The United States Attorney=s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Senior U.S. District Court Judge Sylvia H. Rambo sentenced Perla Roman, 32, of Waynesboro, Pennsylvania to 27 months of incarceration for her participation in a drug trafficking conspiracy. On July 28, 2014, Roman pleaded guilty to conspiring with others to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute cocaine hydrochloride.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2015
News Release: Muskogee, Oklahoma - The United States Attorney’s Office announced today the results of the February 2015 Federal Grand Jury.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 10, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), announced the new Democratic subcommittee ranking members and membership.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2015
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a former Rite Aid Vice President and a New Jersey business man have pleaded guilty to charges in connection with a $29.1 million dollar surplus inventory sales/kickback scheme. Rite Aid is a publicly-owned national drug store chain with its headquarters located in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 10, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today welcomed the Senate introduction of the Federal Communications Commission Process Reform Act, authored by Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV). The legislation, which closely tracks legislation approved in the House and introduced in the Senate each of the past two Congresses, would bring much-needed transparency, accountability, and predictability to the FCC.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 10, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today welcomed the Senate introduction of the Federal Communications Commission Process Reform Act, authored by Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV). The legislation, which closely tracks legislation approved in the House and introduced in the Senate each of the past two Congresses, would bring much-needed transparency, accountability, and predictability to the FCC.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2015
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Robert Bradley Strahan, a/k/a Robin Bradley, a/k/a Kaola Bradley, was sentenced yesterday to 57 months in prison, and ordered to pay $1,105,481 in restitution for an embezzlement scheme, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag, Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge David J. Johnson, and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge José M. Martinez.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2015
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Petra Del Bosque, 54, and Anita Arredondo, 53, both of Zapata, have both been convicted of embezzling money in a long-running bank fraud scheme targeting Zapata National Bank (ZNB), announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Arredondo entered her plea this morning, while Del Bosque previously pleaded last month.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2015
News Release: An Overtown resident was convicted by a jury for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that William Cayou, age 34,of Lincoln, Nebraska, and Holly Cayou, age 39, of Macy, Nebraska, were sentenced upon their convictions for copyright infringement. On February 9, 2015, Chief United States District Court Judge Laurie Smith Camp sentenced William...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2015
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Breaux Bridge man was sentenced Monday to six months in prison and six months of home confinement for lying in order to continue receiving disability benefits to which he was not entitled.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2015
News Release: HOUSTON - A federal jury in Houston has convicted Larry Maurice Favorite, 32, of Houston, of possession with intent to distribute at least 500 grams of a mixture or substance containing methamphetamine and conspiracy to do the same, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. The jury returned its verdict this afternoon following a two-day trial before U.S. District Judge Gray Miller.
