News from March 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2015
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that a jury convicted Benita Dinkins-Robinson, age 40, of Bishopville, South Carolina, after a ten day trial in federal court. Dinkins-Robinson was convicted of two counts of embezzling government funds (18 U.S.C. § 641).
By DOL Newswire | Mar 13, 2015
News Release: On Tuesday, March 17 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training, chaired by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), will hold a hearing to discuss ways to improve higher education policies for students, families, and taxpayers. The hearing, entitled “Strengthening America’s Higher Education System," will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Omar Gonzalez, 43, pled guilty today to charges stemming from an incident on Sept. 19, 2014, in which he climbed a fence and ran toward and into the White House while armed with a folding knife, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. and Kathy A. Michalko, Special Agent in Charge of the Washington Field Office, U.S. Secret Service.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 13, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced its hearing schedule for the week of March 16. Members will continue oversight over the EPA and FCC, and review two discussion drafts aimed at protecting jobs, innovation, and manufacturing.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2015
News Release: Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announced that Javon Glen Britton, aged 34, of Sacramento, California, was sentenced on March 12, 2015 to serve a total of 138 months (11.5 years) in Federal prison for robbery and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable Marc T. Treadwell, United States District Court Judge, in Macon, Georgia.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 13, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Ranking Member Frank Pallone (D-NJ) and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) this afternoon released the following joint statement.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2015
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Michael “Sean" Davis, 43, of Crestview, pled guilty today to conspiracy to commit bank and mail fraud, money laundering, making false statements to a federally insured institution, and fraudulently benefitting from a loan by a federally insured institution. The plea was announced by Pamela C. Marsh, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2015
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS--United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler, announced today three Indianapolis men have been charged federally for their role in the robbery and murder of Scott D. Maxie, a federally licensed gun store owner in North Vernon, IN.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 13, 2015
News Release: Two varieties of wheat, released for production in 2009 by a group led by a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientist, have now become valued ingredients in products of two North Carolina businesses. Appalachian White and NuEast are being used in bread and beer.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2015
News Release: A Mexican man who had previously resided in Dallas, Texas, convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine, was sentenced to 52 months in federal prison on March 13, 2015, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today. Jose Luis Gonzales...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 13, 2015
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has revoked the air carrier certificate of GlobalJet NA, LLC of Scottsdale, Ariz., for allegedly conducting unauthorized operations for compensation or hire in violation of the Federal Aviation Regulations.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2015
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Yesterday a grand jury returned a superseding indictment against Luke D. Brugnara, adding charges that he escaped from custody and violated a court order governing a furlough established by the district court, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag, Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge David Johnson and U.S. Marshal Don O’Keefe.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 13, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Ranking Member Frank Pallone (D-NJ) and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) this afternoon released the following joint statement.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Charles A. Adegbesan, age 26, of Springdale, Maryland pleaded guilty today to conspiring to commit access device fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2015
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that STEVEN HART pled guilty today to obstruction of justice and perjury relating to an investigation that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC") had conducted into potential violations of the...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2015
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Dr. Russell Sachs (56, Green Cove Springs) with four counts of dispensing and distributing, and causing to be dispensed and distributed, certain Schedule II and IV controlled substances...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 13, 2015
News Release: Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area Superintendent Niki Stephanie Nicholas announced today that Station Camp Horse Camp will be open under new management for guests starting April 1, 2015. Superintendent Nicholas stated, "The National Park Service is very pleased to have this important...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Alicia A.G. Limtiaco, Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands (NMI), announced that the Regional Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) coordinators from the Pacific Region made their annual visit to Guam and the NMI and provided training to law enforcement agencies.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2015
News Release: Jermaine McClary, 39, of Reading, PA, was charged yesterday by indictment with drug trafficking and firearms violations, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger and Berks County District Attorney John T. Adams.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2015
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that two Kansas City, Mo., area men were sentenced in federal court today for their roles in a 14-year-long conspiracy to steal more than $1 million worth of trucks and trailers and their cargo.
