News from January 2015
By DOE Newswire | Jan 28, 2015
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today continued to push back against the “shortsighted, infuriating, and ongoing" actions being taken by the Obama administration to shut down development of Alaska’s vast oil and natural gas resources.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2015
News Release: McALLEN, Texas ‐ Mario Guadalupe Saenz, 27, of McAllen, has pleaded guilty to attempting to possess with intent to distribute approximately nine kilograms of cocaine, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Kayla Renee Combs, 25, of Buffalo NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute crack cocaine, was sentenced to 30 months in prison, by U.S. District Court Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2015
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Scott Edward Carroll, 49, of Traverse City, Michigan, pled guilty on Jan. 28, 2015, in United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan to a misdemeanor information filed on Jan. 13, charging him with willfully failing to timely file an income tax return...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2015
News Release: Orlando, FL - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the return of an indictment charging Ronnie Travis Hall, III (27, Charlotte, NC) with transportation of a minor with the intent that she engage in prostitution. If convicted, he faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years, up to life, in federal prison.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 28, 2015
News Release: Employer name: Plastic Molding Technology Inc.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2015
News Release: READING, Penn. - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a 30-year-old Reading, Pennsylvania man was sentenced to 66 months in prison yesterday by U.S. District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani in Scranton, for participating in a conspiracy to distribute heroin, cocaine, and other drugs in the Monroe-Berks County area of Pennsylvania.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 28, 2015
News Release: Dear Commissioner Koskinen: Yesterday, the Internal Revenue Service issued Notice 2015-9, announcing a waiver program for certain tax penalties under the Affordable Care Act during the 2015 tax filing season. These waivers will apply to individuals who owe the IRS because excessive health insurance...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Jefferson Hills resident has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of selling and transporting adulterated and misbranded poultry and selling and transporting poultry without inspection, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2015
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - DEAN ELVIN STIGER, 67, of Oklahoma City, has been sentenced to twenty-four months in federal prison and ordered to pay $756,922.05 in restitution for his role in defrauding UE Manufacturing through fictitious freight invoices, announced Sanford C. Coats, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2015
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Special Agent in Charge James P. Shroba announced today that Jose DeLeon Cazares was sentenced in federal court for his role in a conspiracy to distribute large quantities of methamphetamine and for illegally possessing firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2015
News Release: RIVERSIDE, California - Four former and current officials of an independent labor union in Colton were arrested this morning on federal charges related to a scheme to embezzle funds from the union’s health plan.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2015
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Carlos Aragon-Carrillo, 30, and Juan Garcia-Rodriguez, 49, both of Mexico, have been handed lengthy sentences following their convictions of illegal re-entry after deportation or removal in separate cases, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Aragon-Carrillo and Garcia-Rodriguez both entered guilty pleas May 13, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2015
News Release: (FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge David Downing and Conner Eldridge, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Leonel Padilla, Andres Diaz and Jonni Diaz were sentenced yesterday in Northwest Arkansas to a total of over 32...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2015
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A Jury sitting in Laredo has convicted Gustavo Villegas, 28, of Laredo, tonight of all four counts related to harboring 21 illegal aliens for profit, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. The jury returned its verdict less than an hour ago following a two-day trial and 90 minutes of deliberation.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 28, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today joined former Education and Workforce Ranking Member George Miller, Families USA Executive Director Ron Pollack, and families benefiting from the Affordable Care Act to reiterate Congress’ intent that the law’s financial assistance should be available to all Americans, regardless of the state in which they reside.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 28, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation is seeking applications for the Basin Studies Program in 2015. Interested non-federal entities wishing to participate in the selection process should submit a short letter of interest to their respective Reclamation regional office by Feb. 24, 2015.
By State Newswire | Jan 28, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced that the Committee will convene a hearing next Wednesday, February 4 to examine the Obama Administration’s recent policy shift on Cuba. The hearing, entitled “Cuba: Assessing the Administration’s Sudden Shift, " will begin at 10 a.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2015
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that Chandra Ross, 30, of Charleston, was sentenced to 84 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2015
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Daniel Mata, 28, of Rio Bravo, has been ordered to federal prison for transporting illegal aliens for profit, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Mata pleaded guilty Feb. 28, 2014.
