News from January 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2015
News Release: Chicago Twins’ Cooperation Against Sinaloa Cartel Yields 14-Year Prison Terms; New Charges Target Cartel’s Top Echelon.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 27, 2015
News Release: U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following statement after Chairman Fred Upton released a discussion document on his 21st Century Cures initiative...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2015
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on January 26 Chief Judge Christopher C. Conner sentenced Martha Ortiz, 46, of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania to 36 months in prison for her participation in alien smuggling. On July 23, 2014, Ortiz pleaded guilty to bringing aliens to the United States and conspiring with her husband and others to carry out the scheme.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 27, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today held a hearing to discuss the need for federal data breach legislation and what that legislation should look like.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Trevor P. McLaurine, 25, formerly of Richland, Washington, but residing in Elkhorn, Nebraska, was sentenced today in Lincoln, Nebraska, to 60 months in prison by Senior United States District Judge Richard G. Kopf for possession child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2015
News Release: Evansville - Josh J. Minkler, Acting United States Attorney, announced today that David J. Nalley, 41 of Evansville, Indiana, was sentenced to 84 months (seven years) in prison by U.S. District Chief Judge Richard L. Young following his guilty plea to two counts of robbery and violation of supervised release. This case was the result of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation Safe Streets Task Force and the Evansville Police Department.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that CRYSTAL FINDLEY MCDONALD, and her husband, COREY MCDONALD (the “MCDONALDs"), ages 32 and 43, respectively, were sentenced after previously pleading guilty to a one-count Bill of Information for conspiracy to defraud the United States and to pay and receive illegal remuneration.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 27, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, today delivered the following opening statement at a committee hearing on President Obama’s 2015 Trade Agenda...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Charlene Baca, 44, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced today to time-served (189 days in custody) followed by three years of supervised release for her conviction for theft from an Indian gaming establishment.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 26, 2015
News Release: All areas of the buffalo received some precipitation (less than 0.02 of an inch in some places). NPS fire fighters will continue to monitor the controlled fires until declared out as well as and look for other possible wildfires that were reported. As conditions dry out there may be "hold overs." The...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 26, 2015
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Workers at Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLC were exposed to dangerous chemicals, such as formaldehyde and other potential health and safety hazards, because the company failed to implement proper chemical management procedures at its Columbus plant. An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration produced 11 serious violations with penalties totaling $60,500.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2015
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Monday, Jan. 26, 2015. Follow @SDILNews. Ronald Douglas, a 59-year old, Memphis, Tennessee, man was sentenced on Jan. 23, 2015, in federal district court in East St. Louis, Illinois, for violation of the Sex Offender Notification...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 26, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, Jan. 26, 2015 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that applications are being accepted for up to $20 million in grants to facilitate the creation of new, innovative markets for carbon credits, providing additional revenue sources for producers to use to address natural resource conservation challenges. These grants are part of the Conservation Innovation Grant (CIG) program, authorized through the 2014 Farm Bill.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 26, 2015
News Release: Agreement expected to boost apple exports by $100 million per year WASHINGTON, Jan. 26, 2015 - This weekend, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reached agreement with Chinese officials to allow all U.S. grown apples to gain access to the Chinese market. This will allow a greater share of U.S. apple exports ...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 26, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, Jan. 26, 2015 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today made the following statement regarding efforts by the National Pork Producers Council, National Chicken Council, National Turkey Federation and the National Cattlemen's Beef Association to urge the renewal of Trade Promotion Authority: ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2015
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that it has filed a proposed consent order in Hereford v. Huntsville Board of Education, a longstanding school desegregation case, to resolve issues related to school attendance zones, black students’ access to quality academic offerings and student discipline, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2015
News Release: Spy Ring Attempted to Collect Economic Intelligence and Recruit New York City Residents as Intelligence Sources Evgeny Buryakov, aka “Zhenya,” Worked Under “Non-Official Cover” as a Bank Employee in Manhattan Attorney General Eric Holder, Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2015
News Release: The owner and operator of a Miami home health care agency was sentenced today to 106 months in prison for his participation in a $30 million Medicare fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2015
News Release: A federal jury sitting in Providence, Rhode Island, convicted a Cranston, Rhode Island, man of one count of corruptly endeavoring to obstruct and impede the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), one count of tax evasion and two counts of aiding and assisting in the preparation and filing of false corporate tax returns, the Justice Department and the IRS announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2015
News Release: A former CIA officer was convicted today by a federal jury in Alexandria, Virginia, of illegally disclosing national defense information and obstructing justice.
