News from February 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Thomas Whitlow, 53, formerly of Kansas City, Kansas, was sentenced on Feb. 27, 2015, in Lincoln, Nebraska, by United States District Judge John M. Gerrard to 9 years in prison following his conviction for Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud and Wire...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 27, 2015
Release: Washington, DC, Feb. 27, 2015 - Agriculture Under Secretary Kevin Concannon today announced the availability of up to $4 million in funding for states to support implementation of new national professional standards for all school nutrition employees who manage and operate the National School Lunch...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2015
News Release: BLUEFIELD, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that William Sykes, 29, of Welch, West Virginia, pleaded guilty to distributing crack cocaine.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 27, 2015
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee Chairman Todd Rokita (R-IN) issued the following statements regarding House consideration of the Student Success Act...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2015
News Release: OAKLAND - Alan Daniel Wilson, also known as “Al Pill," was sentenced today to 200 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge David J. Johnson.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 27, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Tom Reed (R-NY) introduced the Preserving the Work Requirement for Welfare Act. The legislation prohibits the Obama administration from waiving the work requirement in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. In July 2012, the Obama administration declared...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2015
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell today sentenced Carlos Sanchez (29, Lakeland) to 13 years and 4 months in federal prison for possessing with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, possessing a firearm and ammunition as a previously convicted felon, and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. He pleaded guilty on Dec. 1, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that an Ohio man convicted of Unlawful Taking of Wildlife was sentenced on Feb. 25, 2015, by U.S. Magistrate Judge John E. Simko.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2015
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that TATYANA GABINSKAYA was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to one year and one day in prison in connection with her involvement in the largest single no-fault automobile insurance fraud scheme ever charged. She was sentenced by U.S. District Judge J. Paul Oetken, who presided over the two-week trial that resulted in GABINSKAYA’s conviction in October 2014.
By State Newswire | Feb 27, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee, chaired by U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), unanimously passed bipartisan legislation to condemn Boko Haram and highlight Nigeria’s upcoming election. Specifically, the legislation (H. Res. 53 ), introduced by Rep. Robin Kelly (D-IL), condemns the...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Mexican citizen living in Pittsburgh, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court to 60 months of incarceration and five years of supervision on his conviction of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2015
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Friday, Feb. 27, 2015. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JAMES COSTANZO, 37, of Ansonia, pleaded guilty today in Bridgeport federal court to trafficking prescription...
By State Newswire | Feb 27, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Representative Eliot L. Engel, the leading Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement on a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report he commissioned on the root causes of migration from Central America to the United States...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 27, 2015
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA:Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park invites the public to participate in a 90-minute historical hike to the Union defenses along Stringer's Ridge at Moccasin Bend National Archeological District on Saturday, March 14 at 2 pm. Participants should take the Manufacturer's Road exit off Highway 27 and drive west, following the "Special Event" signs to the South Moccasin Bend parking area.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 27, 2015
News Release: DOLORES, Colo. - Today, the Bureau of Land Management released the Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan for the Tres Rios Field Office. The multi-agency planning effort, which included extensive public participation to determine suitable uses in the planning area, provides up-to-date...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a McLaughlin, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury was sentenced on Feb. 24, 2015, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced Michael D. Hayden, age 43, of Tilghman Island, Maryland, today to 18 months in prison, followed by six months of home detention as part of three years of supervised release, for conspiring to violate the Lacey Act and defraud the...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2015
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment Thursday against Bakersfield residents Guillermo Magallanes, 36; Pasqual Gonzales Magallanes, 44; and Juan Lascano Jr, 32, charging them with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 27, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON- Today, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), ranking member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, highlighted legislation introduced by Reps. John Carney (D-Del.) and Peter Roskam (R-IL) that would help combat and prevent waste, fraud and abuse in Medicare and Medicaid. Major portions...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2015
News Release: Susanne Helbig Previously Admitted To Causing Nearly $11 Million In Losses To Banks And Mortgage Lenders.
