News published on Federal Newswire in February 2015

News from February 2015


Week In Review – South Bend

News Release: South Bend, Indiana - The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in Federal Court.


News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Kim Duron Mulder, 55, formerly of Grand Rapids, and Charles Wayne Brooks, 63, of Alma, entered guilty pleas today before United States District Judge Robert J. Jonker on charges related to the illegal restocking and re-dispensing of recycled drugs at Kentwood Pharmacy.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Vice Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) issued the following statement regarding the administration’s announcement that it sent inaccurate tax information to 800,000 health law enrollees and is extending the enrollment period around tax-filing season.


CEO of China Based Energy Company Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Securities Fraud

News Release: CEO Fabricated Existence Of Chief Financial Officer And Fraudulently Issued And Sold Company Stock.


News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Kim Duron Mulder, 55, formerly of Grand Rapids, and Charles Wayne Brooks, 63, of Alma, entered guilty pleas today before United States District Judge Robert J. Jonker on charges related to the illegal restocking and re-dispensing of recycled drugs at Kentwood Pharmacy. Mr. Mulder...


News Release: United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger announced the sentencing of BUCK OTTO WHITE a/k/a “TIMOTHY JOSEPH HOFFMAN," 50, to 300 months in federal prison for illegally possessing stolen firearms and ammunition. WHITE was charged on April 7, 2014, with two counts of possession of firearms and ammunition...


News Release: Indianapolis - Josh J. Minkler, Acting United States Attorney, announced today that a Muncie man was sentenced in federal court for his role in the production and distribution of child pornography. Joel D. Hilton, 42, Muncie, was sentenced to 50 year by U.S. District Judge Tanya Walton Pratt.


News Release: WASHINGTON - A 55-year-old man from Washington, D.C. pled guilty today to a felony charge for sexually abusing a seven-year old girl in May 2014, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.


Miami Gardens Resident Convicted in Shooting of Miami Gardens Police Officer

News Release: On Jan. 11, 2014, what began as a routine response to the scene of a fight at a Miami Gardens apartment complex ended in a dramatic firefight when Randy Thomas, 45, opened fire on a 25-year old police officer with Miami Gardens Police Department. Following a three-day trial, a federal jury convicted ...


News Release: Defendant Sold Gun, Heroin To Person Working With Law Enforcement.


News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Indian Energy, in partnership with Western Area Power Administration (Western), will present the next Tribal Renewable Energy Series webinar, Organizational Models for Tribal Energy Development, on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Mountain time.


Investment Executive Pleads Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court To Participating In $30 Million Insurance Fraud Scheme

News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ALLEN REICHMAN, a former Executive Director of Investments at a New York investment firm, pled guilty today in Manhattan federal court to participating in a massive scheme to defraud his employer and insurance regulators in connection with the fraudulent purchase of an Oklahoma insurance company. REICHMAN pled guilty today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Henry B. Pitman.


Look Ahead: Committee Announces Hearing Schedule for the Week of February 23

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced its hearing schedule for the week of February 23. The committee will hear testimony from the heads of the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Health and Human Services on their 2016 budgets. Members will also discuss the future of the Internet, abusive patent demand letters, and drinking water systems in small communities.


News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr. yesterday sentenced Michael Alvin Carter (61, New Smyrna Beach) to 51 months in federal prison for knowingly selling firearms to a convicted felon and knowingly selling stolen firearms. The Court also ordered him to forfeit the firearms he had...


Rothstein Associate Sentenced in Connection with Rothstein Case

News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Kelly R. Jackson, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), and George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, announce that Frank...


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Vice Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) issued the following statement regarding the administration’s announcement that it sent inaccurate tax information to 800,000 health law enrollees and is extending the enrollment period around tax-filing season.


A Look Ahead – Week of February 23-27

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced the following upcoming Committee events...


Little Rock Models Owner Indicted On Federal Enticement Charges

News Release: LITTLE ROCK - Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, and Special Agent in Charge Raymond R. Parmer, Jr., of the New Orleans Field Office for Homeland Security Investigations, announced that Seth Christian Ganahl, age 42, of Maumelle, Arkansas, was indicted...


Energy Department Launches Virtual Hackathon to Build the Next Big Solar Software Solutions

News Release: Last week, the Energy Department's SunShot Initiative launched the largest-of-its-kind, 60-day online hackathon to quickly build prototype solutions and products that address barriers to greater solar energy deployment and drive down the costs of solar energy. Approximately 700,000 coders, developers, and data scientists are expected to participate in this series of contests to build promising software prototypes to help more American families and businesses go solar.


News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Bill Nettles announced today that there will be a sentencing hearing Monday (Feb. 23, 2015) in United States v. Warren Dominique McDaniel. The hearing will be held at 2:30 pm on Monday, Feb. 23, 2015, before United States District Judge Michelle Childs (Courtroom # 2) at the Matthew J. Perry Federal Courthouse in Columbia, South Carolina. #.