News from March 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2015
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that today in federal court, Senior United States District Judge James C. Fox sentenced, ERNEST DAILEY, 48, of Wilmington, to 262 months of imprisonment followed by 5 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2015
News Release: In Waco today, a federal judge sentenced 38-year-old Richard Wayne Swicegood (aka “Lone Ranger Bandit") of Waxahachie, TX, to 40 years in federal prison for committing 13 armed bank robberies in Texas and Arkansas announced Acting United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr. and Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs of the FBI’s San Antonio Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney James L. Santelle for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on March 10, 2015, a federal grand jury returned a single count indictment against William A. Julius (age: 53) of Menominee County, Wisconsin, charging him with failure to update his registration as a sex offender...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2015
News Release: FORT WORTH TO JOIN NATIONAL EFFORT TO BUILD TRUST AND RECONCILIATION BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2015
News Release: A Miami resident was sentenced to 16 months in prison, followed by two years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay joint and several restitution of $57,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2015
News Release: Company Marketed and Sold Injectable Tanning Product Without FDA Approval.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 11, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON -Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today announced Greta Milligan Peisch has joined the Finance Committee Democratic staff, where she will serve as international trade counsel focusing on services, intellectual property, Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations, and customs issues.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2015
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a Franklin man was sentenced to 78 months in prison on charges that he downloaded and stored images of child pornography onto a hard drive.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2015
News Release: An Okeechobee County man pled guilty today before U.S. Magistrate Court Judge Frank J. Lynch, Jr. to illegal possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2015
News Release: Fourteen individuals were arrested today for their alleged participation in a scheme to defraud privately insured health care plans located in Miami-Dade County, including Cigna, Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS), United Health Care (UHC), Miami-Dade County Public Schools, City of Miami, Pepsi Co., BJ’s...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2015
News Release: Eugenia A.P. Cowles, the Acting United States Attorney for the District of Vermont, stated that Joe Young, 37, of the Bronx, New York, was sentenced on March 6, 2015 by Chief United States District Court Judge Christina Reiss, to 48 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute both heroin and cocaine base in Vermont. Young was also sentenced to 3 years of supervised release following his release from prison.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 10, 2015
News Release: HARKERS ISLAND, NC -Superintendent Pat Kenney is pleased to announce that Cape Lookout National Seashore is celebrating its 49th anniversary today. Established by President Johnson, the 56 miles of wild and beautiful shoreline within Cape Lookout National Seashore has been a favorite recreational location...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 10, 2015
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Science & Technology Press Office Contact: John Verrico (202) 254-2385 Washington, DC – Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) announced its first business accelerator program, EMERGE!, aimed at entrepreneurs who have innovative ideas that address the unique needs of the Homeland Security community and whose wearable technology could be adapted for first responder operations.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 10, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, March 10, 2015 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the availability of more than $66.5 million in funding for research and extension activities to address the needs of America's specialty crop industry and solve critical organic agricultural production issues. The grants will ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2015
News Release: A Kaysville, Utah, man was sentenced yesterday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah to serve 27 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $174,684 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2015
News Release: Today, the Justice Department filed a joint motion to extend a settlement under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) with the city of Jackson, Mississippi. The original lawsuit challenged inaccessibility in Jackson’s public transportation system, and was filed by 11 residents of Jackson with disabilities and two non-profit organizations that work on behalf of people with disabilities.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2015
News Release: The U.S. Attorney's Office of the Northern District of Indiana announced today two indictments charging six persons in what is alleged to be the largest cocaine distribution network in the greater Fort Wayne, Indiana, area.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2015
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it has agreed to a $4.9 million civil and criminal resolution with CommerceWest Bank, of Irvine, California, arising out of the department’s investigation into consumer fraud schemes facilitated by the bank. Today the United States filed a criminal charge and ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2015
News Release: McNeil-PPC Inc. entered a guilty plea in Federal District Court in Philadelphia today to one count of an information charging the company with delivering for introduction into interstate commerce adulterated infants’ and children’s over-the-counter (OTC) liquid medicines, the Department of Justice announced today. As part of the criminal resolution, McNeil, a wholly owned subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, agreed to pay a criminal fine of $20 million and forfeit $5 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2015
News Release: Also Convicted of Narcotics Trafficking and Firearms Offenses Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin and U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara of the Southern District of New York announced that Dino Bouterse, a citizen of Suriname who assisted in the formation of that country’s Counter-Terrorism ...
