News from January 2015
By State Newswire | Jan 13, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today at 10:00 a.m., U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, will convene a Committee briefing to examine United States policy towards North Korea in the wake of its state-sanctioned cyberattack on the U.S. The briefing is entitled “The North Korean Threat: Nuclear, Missiles and Cyber.".
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2015
News Release: SAN JOSE - Evelyn Sineneng-Smith pleaded guilty in federal court in San Jose yesterday to filing a false tax return, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge José M. Martinez.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 13, 2015
News Release: Beginning on Feb. 2, 2015 and lasting through the end of May, the Acadia National Park Schoodic Loop Road will be restricted to only southbound traffic across the Frazer Creek Causeway. During this period, the Frazer Point picnic area will be closed and all traffic must continue the full length of...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 13, 2015
News Release: Mojave National Preserve invites desert travelers to a new exhibit, the photography of Eric Rosenwald, in the Desert Light Gallery at the Kelso Depot Visitor Center. In Desert Anamolies: Marvels of Mojave's Isolated Wilderness, Rosenwald presents a series of color images that evoke his own emotional reaction to nature. The exhibition runs from Jan. 10, 2015 to March 28, 2015. It is free and open to the public.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that DAVID DAY, age 56, a resident of New Orleans, pled guilty today to failure to file tax returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2015
News Release: HOUSTON - Simone Nicole Gary, 36, of Houston, has been ordered to federal prison following her convictions of mail and Social Security fraud in relation to the submission of fraudulent claims to the American Kidney Fund (AKF), announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. She pleaded guilty Aug. 11, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2015
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Kelly R. Jackson, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), and Alysa D. Erichs, Special Agent in Charge...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 13, 2015
News Release: Pilot-scale testing of an advanced technology for economically capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) from flue gas has begun at the National Carbon Capture Center (NCCC ) in Wilsonville, Ala. Under a cooperative agreement with the Energy Department’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Linde LLC is...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Scott Leuthe, 43, of West Seneca, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to tax evasion. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2015
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Daniel Safranec, 29, of Lyons, NY, who was convicted of manufacturing more than 50 marijuana plants, was sentenced to 12 months in prison by U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2015
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A former Princeton, New Jersey, youth soccer coach was sentenced today to 36 months in prison for possessing images of child sexual abuse, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 13, 2015
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - The Chairmen and Ranking Members of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and the House Committee on Homeland Security on Tuesday issued these statements responding to the president's proposed cybersecurity information sharing bill...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Hassan El Saddique, 34, of Buffalo, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with stealing and converting to his own use, more than $5,000 from the Buffalo Board of Education. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2015
News Release: Muskogee, Oklahoma - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that NIKEA PAUL LEE, age 38, of Ardmore, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 92 months imprisonment, followed by 4 years of supervised release for Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(B).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2015
News Release: St. Louis, MO - LAWRENCE B. IKEN, DPM, and his company each pled guilty to charges involving the submission of false documents and reimbursement claims related to podiatric services purportedly provided by Dr. Iken, from 2006 through July 2014. As part of his plea, Dr. Iken has agreed to a money judgment of $999,170, which represents the amount of reimbursement that he and his company received for the health care claims.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 13, 2015
News Release: Little Rock Central High School NHS presents.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2015
News Release: The United States Attorney, Kenyen Brown, announces that Darron L. Ruffin, Jr., a 40 year old resident of Lisman, Alabama was sentenced today. Mr. Ruffin pled guilty to possession of a.40 caliber pistol on July 4, 2014, after being convicted of Assault 1st Degree in 1994. Mr. Ruffin took the firearm...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2015
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a Luzerne County man was sentenced today, in federal court in Scranton, by Senior United States District Judge Edwin Kosik, to serve 60 months in prison on a charge of possession with intent to distribute marijuana.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2015
News Release: St. Croix, USVI B After a three-day trial, a federal jury on St. Croix convicted Gregoire George, 37, of St. Thomas, of two counts of Possession of Prison Contraband and one count of Promoting Prison Contraband announced United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe,, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent-in-Charge Vito S. Guarino, and United States Marshal Cheryl Jacobs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2015
News Release: HOUSTON - Robert Earl Carter, 65, a resident of Fresno and the former owner/CEO of Enterprise Advisory Services Inc. (EASI), has been ordered to federal prison as a result of being convicted for making false statements in a federal income tax return, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Carter pleaded guilty Sept. 9, 2014.
