News from February 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Cape May, New Jersey, man surrendered to U.S. Marshals today for shooting at pilot whales off the New Jersey coast, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Dentex Dental Mobile, Inc. (“DDMI"), a Pennsylvania corporation located in Huntington Valley, has reached a settlement with the United States to resolve allegations that it refused to treat an HIV-positive patient in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA").
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: LED lights are notably cool. But as an industry sector, solid-state lighting (SSL) keeps heating up, with demand growing rapidly in residential, commercial, and other applications, and new models continually coming to market. As a result, it is increasingly important for manufacturers and test labs to...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: CHICAGO - An Arlington Heights company, its president, and a former employee were indicted on federal charges for unlawfully exporting and importing military articles, including components used in night vision systems and on the M1A1 Abrams tank, which is the main battle tank used by the U.S. Armed Forces. The defendants were charged in an indictment returned by a federal grand jury in January and made public this week.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: Santa Fe, NM -The Southwest Jemez Mountains Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Project (SWJM CFLRP) will present an implementation and monitoring project update Thursday and Friday, March 12-13, 2015, at the Santa Fe Community College (Jemez Rooms) in Santa Fe. Thursday's presentations are scheduled...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: Tucson, AZ - In an effort to establish working relations between National Parks and Reserves on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border, Saguaro National Park and its partners Sonoran Joint Venture, Sky Island Alliance, and Friends of Saguaro National Park will host a week-long meeting and training in Tucson, February 23-27, with their Mexican counterparts.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: Zachary Zwerko Pleads Guilty To Insider Trading Charges Involving Trading In At Least Three Different Pharmaceutical Acquisitions.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: The National Park Service invites photographers to submit entries to the Obed Annual Photo Contest. The NPS is looking for striking digital images highlighting the spectacular views, historic sites, recreational opportunities,and diversity of life in the Obed Wild and Scenic River. Images may show wildlife...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: In a project sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), a demonstration-scale application of RTI International’s warm synthesis gas (syngas) cleanup process technology has achieved a key operational milestone at Tampa Electric Company’s coal gasification plant in Polk County, Fla.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced Wanisha D. Coates, age 25, of Baltimore, today to four years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for bank fraud conspiracy and aggravated identity theft.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: The thermometer topped out at 120 degrees in the 1700 square-foot attic, where Jasmine Ramero and her fellow Rocky Mountain Youth Corps (RMYC) members were blowing insulation as part of the Energy Department’s Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP). After two hours, perseverance paid off for her and her other female colleague, as the two made their way to the next work site to start all over again.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
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By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - U.S. District Court Judge Robert E. Jones today sentenced Rachel Lee, 44 of Canby, Oregon, to 100 months in prison for her lead role in a conspiracy to commit wire fraud, money laundering, and her failure to file personal income taxes. Judge Jones also ordered Lee to pay $15,490,978.65 in restitution to the victim. In addition to the prison sentence, she must serve three years of post-prison supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: Ft. Myers, Florida - United States District Court Judge John A. Steele has sentenced Edward Bergen (29, Cape Coral) to 60 months’ imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for one count of possession of ammunition by a convicted felon and one count of possession with intent to distribute marijuana.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: St. Louis, MO - MICHAEL WALLIS was sentenced to 14 months in prison on charges related to a fraud scheme involving applications for home loans. H was also ordered to pay restitution of $904,923.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that an Anchorage woman has been charged with 20 counts of Bank Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft for falsely altering stolen checks and cashing them at banks around Anchorage.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced Rasan Byrd, age 39, of Houston, Texas today to 14 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine and marijuana.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: FORT MYERS, Fla. - A.D. Wright, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announce that Adam (35, Naples) pleaded guilty to an Information charging him with seven counts of conspiracy...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a six-count indictment today against Norman Starks, 76, a resident of Lone Pine, California, charging him with unauthorized removal of archaeological resources, depredation of government property, and possession of stolen government property, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: Upcoming Webinars. February 25: Live Webinar on Models for Tribal Energy Development Organizations. Webinar Sponsors: Office of Indian Energy, Western Area Power Administration. The Energy Department's Office of Indian Energy and the Western Area Power Administration will present a live webinar titled...
