News from February 2015
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 2, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, released the following statement in response to President Obama's fiscal year 2016 budget proposal. Last week, Sen. Carper commended the Administration’s $1 billion request, as...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2015
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Seven individuals who were indicted as a result of DEA’s "Operation Yeti Ice" investigation have entered guilty pleas before U.S. District Judge Dan Jordan III, U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis announced today.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 2, 2015
News Release: On Wednesday, February 4 at 10:00 a.m., Governor Mike Pence (R-IN) will testify at a hearing chaired by House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN). The hearing, entitled “Expanding Opportunity in America’s Schools and Workplaces," will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2015
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that attorney ALBERT BALDEO, a former Queens District Leader, was sentenced today in federal court to 18 months in prison for tampering with witnesses during the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (“FBI") investigation...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2015
News Release: COLUMBUS, OH - William J. McBride, Jr., 49, of Columbus, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to armed bank robberies in Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky and Indiana.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2015
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Philip R. Bartlett, Inspector-in-Charge of the New York Office of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (“USPIS"), announced today the arrest of LYLE KAMLET for possession and receipt of child pornography. KAMLET, a former...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2015
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A San Jose woman who was convicted running a Ponzi scheme that bilked over 200 victims out of more than $24 million was sentenced today to serve 151 months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2015
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Five individuals were sentenced in federal court in Martinsburg today on drug trafficking charges, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 2, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today made the following statement regarding President Obama's proposal to make much-needed investments in infrastructure by taxing the overseas profits of U.S. corporations...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 2, 2015
News Release: VALLEY FORGE, PA - President Obama's budget request for fiscal year 2016 -the centennial year of the National Park Service -includes additional funds for the service's critical conservation, preservation, and recreation mission.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2015
News Release: JACKSON, Miss. - Seven individuals who were indicted as a result of the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) “Operation Yeti Ice" investigation have entered guilty pleas before U.S. District Judge Dan Jordan III, DEA Assistant Special Agent in Charge Joseph W. Shepherd and U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2015
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Monday, Feb. 2, 2015. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that on Friday, Jan. 30, ALAN R. PAGANO, 64, of Darien, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Alvin...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2015
News Release: Urbana, Ill. - An Urbana, Ill., man, Shannon Logan, 35, of the 1400 block of Scovill St., today was ordered to serve 25 years in prison for distribution, receipt and possession of child pornography, as announced by U.S. Attorney Jim Lewis, Central District of Illinois. In addition, Logan was ordered to register as a sex offender for natural life and to remain on supervised release for an additional 30 years following completion of his prison sentence.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 2, 2015
News Release: Employer name: Northrop Grumman Corp. Inspection site: Lake Charles, La. Date inspection initiated and what prompted the inspection: The inspection began August 2014 as the result of a complaint, but was expanded to also address the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's National Emphasis...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2015
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that Robert Gene Small, 54, of Huntington, West Virginia, was sentenced to 32 months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2015
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Two individuals were sentenced in federal court in Martinsburg today on drug trafficking charges, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2015
News Release: Miramar resident and mortgage lender was sentenced today to 100 months imprisonment, to be followed by five years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $8,215,197.28 in restitution for his recruitment of straw buyers and other conduct in an $8,000,000 mortgage fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2015
News Release: Jerry Sutherland, 28, of Miami-Dade County, Florida, a former officer with the City of Miami Police Department, was charged today with two counts of extortion.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 2, 2015
News Release: Washington D.C. -Today, Rep. Darrell Issa and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, introduced bipartisan legislation to strengthen our nation’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) laws. The FOIA Oversight and Implementation Act of 2015 would...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 2, 2015
News Release: Tonight, Channel Islands National Park and Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary celebrate their volunteers at an annual recognition event in Ventura.
