News from January 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: ATLANTA - Rahsaan Jackson Garth has been sentenced to federal prison for committing health-care fraud by faking the results of allergy tests that patients’ doctors had ordered.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that Timothy A. Fields, 38, of Vienna, West Virginia, was sentenced to 72 months in federal prison with 3 years supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Marco.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: A former Palm Beach County resident was sentenced today to serve 24 months in prison for charging an undocumented worker an annual interest rate of 180% on a $10,000.00 loan.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - Nine defendants convicted for their respective roles in a large cocaine distribution conspiracy that operated in Lubbock, Odessa, and Borger, Texas, have been sentenced, announced John Parker, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Marvin J. Garbis sentenced Judianne Horn, age 44, of Owings Mills, Maryland today to 33 months in prison followed by one year of supervised release for aiding in the preparation of false tax returns.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement regarding President Obama's higher education proposal...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: A Knoxville-area based consortium of 122 companies, nonprofits, universities and research laboratories is partnering with the Department of Energy to create a more than $250 million manufacturing innovation institute focused on U.S. leadership in next-generation composite materials.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Adalberto Negron, 31, of Woonsocket, on Thursday, became the second person sentenced to 60 months in federal prison for their role in a crack cocaine distribution conspiracy which operated in Central Falls from January to November 2013, announced United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha, Vincent B. Lisi, Special Agent in Charge of the Boston field office of the FBI, and Colonel James J. Mendonca, Central Falls Police Chief.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: PLANO, Texas - A 38-year-old man has been sentenced to federal prison for child pornography violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: LITTLE ROCK - Patrick Harris, First Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, along with Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, and David T. Resch, Special Agent in Charge of the Little Rock Field Office of the Federal...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: Capping a year of progress for public land priorities, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Director Neil Kornze today highlighted major accomplishments of the BLM in 2014, including major steps forward for energy, conservation, and public engagement.“Thanks to the hard work and dedication of the professionals...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Friday, January 9, 2015. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MICHAEL S. VASATURO, 57, of Seymour, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford...
By State Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: Dear Mr. Secretary: We are writing to request that you publicly release the names and current status of the 53 Cuban political prisoners Havana committed to releasing during talks to normalize diplomatic relations with Cuba. We believe this would allow the American and Cuban people to gauge the Castro...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today issued the following statement on the Nebraska Supreme Court ruling upholding the state’s approval of the current Keystone XL pipeline route through the state.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: Township Community Business Counselor alleged to have embezzled over $66,000 in Social Security benefits intended for the elderly and disabled.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: Defendant Also Ordered To Pay Nearly $80,000 In Restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that a Ketchikan resident was sentenced in federal court in Juneau for assault on a federal officer.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Wilson Benjamin (55, Apopka) has pleaded guilty to theft of government property. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been scheduled.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
Release: Washington, DC, January 9, 2015 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released a proposed rule today with new science-based nutrition standards for meals provided through USDA’s Child and Adult Care Food Program. With over 3 million children receiving meals from the CACFP each day, the proposed...
