News from January 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - Seven defendants charged with various offenses stemming from their respective roles in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy have pleaded guilty, announced John Parker, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: Convicted After Trial Of Multiple Counts Of Providing Material Support To Al Qaeda.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: Boston - Daiichi Sankyo, Inc., a global pharmaceutical company with its U.S. headquarters in New Jersey, has agreed to pay the United States and state Medicaid programs $39 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by using lavish meals and speaker program honoraria as kickback vehicles to induce physicians to prescribe the drugs Azor, Benicar, Tribenzor, and Welchol.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today issued the following statement in response to the Nebraska Supreme Court’s ruling upholding the route of the Keystone XL pipeline.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, released the following statement in reaction to the House of Representative’s Appropriations bill, Fiscal Year 2015 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill (H.R. 240).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: HOUSTON - Anthony Michael Shaffer, 30, has been ordered to federal prison following his convictions of bank robbery and brandishing a weapon during the course of the bank robbery, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. A jury found Shaffer guilty Oct. 15, 2014, following two days of trial and less than an hour of deliberation.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: UPCOMING EVENTS AT LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA JAN 10 -FEB 16.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A former Jersey City police officer was sentenced today to 36 months in prison for his role in stealing more than half a million cigarettes from a trailer and extorting $20,000 from a drug courier who turned out to be an undercover FBI agent, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives today voted for a tenth time to advance construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. H.R. 3, the Keystone XL Pipeline Act, was approved by a bipartisan vote of 266 to 153. The legislation, authored by Energy and Commerce Committee member Rep. Kevin Cramer...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: A Willoughby Hills man was sentenced to 18 months in prison for filing false tax returns, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Schevris Hawkins, a resident of Mobile, Alabama, was sentenced today by United States District Court Judge Granade to a custody sentence of 113 months.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced Michael Lee Kelly, age 34, of Baltimore, today to 45 months in prison followed by four years of supervised release for bank fraud conspiracy and aggravated identity theft arising from a scheme to buy luxury vehicles using the personal...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - 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.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: Keweenaw NHP News Release. Release date: Immediate. Contact: Scott See, Commission Executive Director. Phone number: 906-483-3040. Date: January 6, 2015. Release code: K3415. The Keweenaw National Historical Park Advisory Commission will convene for its regular quarterly meeting at 9:00 A.M. on Tuesday...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - This week two Albuquerque Police Department officers were shot and seriously injured in the line of duty. These tragic events underscore the very real dangers that our brave law enforcement officers face every day they are on the job. It is our great hope that both of these officers will...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Chief U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Garry DeJesus Rojas, age 43, of New York, New York, today to 121 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin and cocaine.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives today voted for a tenth time to advance construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. H.R. 3, the Keystone XL Pipeline Act, was approved by a bipartisan vote of 266 to 153. The legislation, authored by Energy and Commerce Committee member Rep. Kevin Cramer...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Randy Coleman, Jr., age 32, Pittston, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Court Judge Edwin M. Kosik to 48 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to recruit, harbor, and transport 17-year-old...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: St. Louis, MO - These individuals recruited young United States citizens with promises of large financial gain with relatively limited risk if they agreed to travel throughout the United States and pass credit cards embedded with the numbers obtained from the various databases.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A former Springfield charter school principal was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court in Springfield for a federal felony in connection with assisting students to cheat on the MCAS.
