News from March 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2015
News Release: Defendant Allegedly Used Facebook to Make Threats To Kill.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 12, 2015
News Release: The National Park Service will present a free program at the Fort Moultrie Visitor Center on Saturday, March 21st as part of Women's History Month. Ruin and Remembrance is a Southern woman's perspective on grief and loss during the Civil War. This program will be offered at 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 12, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, March 19, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “H.R. 906, a Bill to Modify the Efficiency Standards for Grid-Enabled Water Heaters."
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2015
News Release: Defendant accused of taking a picture of the sexual abuse of an infant.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz sentenced Jeffrey Gregory, age 48, of Sparks, Maryland, today to 20 years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, in connection with a scheme in which another individual engaged in “straw purchases" to obtain guns for Gregory, a previously convicted felon who was prohibited from possessing firearms.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 12, 2015
News Release: “We are disappointed with the draft of the Data Security and Breach Notification Act released by Reps. Burgess, Blackburn, and Welch. Data breaches can create serious harm to consumers and businesses alike, and this bill does not provide solutions. We have numerous concerns about the weakening of consumer...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2015
News Release: Younger Sibling Plotted to Attack New York City with a Weapon of Mass Destruction.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2015
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Moss Bluff man pleaded guilty Wednesday to operating a marijuana sales and transport conspiracy that stretched from Texas to Louisiana.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2015
News Release: CHICAGO - A former managing director of Panorama Global Partners, LLC, a company that falsely purported to trade in certain financial instruments, was sentenced today to 40 months in federal prison for fraudulently obtaining approximately $4.2 million in investor funds and for misappropriating approximately $3.9 million of those funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2015
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a Shreveport man was sentenced to 72 months in prison for possessing a firearm and ammunition after being convicted of a felony.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2015
News Release: Eleven individuals from metro-Detroit have been charged with running identity theft and credit card fraud schemes, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 11, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, March 11, 2015 – Warm temperatures in February contributed to further snowpack decline in the Cascades and Sierra Nevada, according to data from the third 2015 forecast by the United States Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). Snowpack in Nevada, Utah and Idaho also fell further behind normal.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2015
News Release: A former Captain in the U.S. Air Force (USAF) who served in 2010 as a U.S. military contracting officer in Afghanistan, pleaded guilty yesterday to violating restrictions on post-government employment and making a false statement to law enforcement agents, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Kevin W. Techau of the Northern District of Iowa.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2015
News Release: The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas entered a consent decree of permanent injunction against Specialty Compounding LLC, Raymond L. Solano III and William L. Swail to prevent the distribution of adulterated and misbranded drugs, the Department of Justice announced today. The department ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2015
News Release: Attorney General Eric Holder released the following statement Wednesday regarding the fatal shooting of Deputy U.S. Marshal Josie Wells: “Deputy Marshal Josie Wells was a dedicated law enforcement officer, a remarkable patriot and a courageous public servant. Though he was taken from us far too suddenly ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2015
News Release: Court Orders More than $35 Million in Restitution A former casino owner from Henderson, Nevada, a former businessman from Las Vegas and a former NFL punter from Upland, California, were sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court in Las Vegas to serve prison time and ordered to pay more than $35 million ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Deirdre M. Daly of the District of Connecticut, Special Inspector General Christy Romero for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP) and Special Agent in Charge Patricia M. Ferrick of the FBI’s New Haven Division announced that Matthew Katke, 34, of New York City, waived his right to ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2015
News Release: Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Vanita Gupta released the following statement Wednesday regarding developments in Ferguson, Missouri: “The results of the Civil Rights Division’s investigation into the practices of Ferguson Police Department remain a top concern and priority. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2015
News Release: Raymond A. Barnes, 44, and Christopher A. Brown, 33, the former jail superintendent and assistant jail superintendent, respectively, of the Muskogee County Jail (MCJ) were sentenced in federal court today on multiple counts of civil rights offenses related to allegations of excessive force on inmates ...
By Fed Newswire | Mar 11, 2015
News Release: The Federal Reserve on Wednesday announced it has not objected to the capital plans of 28 bank holding companies participating in the Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR). One institution received a conditional non-objection based on qualitative grounds, and the Federal Reserve objected to two firms' plans on qualitative grounds.
