News from March 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2015
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Alicia Larrier, 47, has been ordered to prison for more than eight years following her conviction of illegal re-entry, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. A Laredo jury convicted the Panamanian citizen on Nov. 17, 2014, after less than a day of trial and approximately one hour of deliberations.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2015
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - Kenneth Wayne Becketts, Jr., 32, of Phoenix, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Susan R. Bolton to 96 months’ imprisonment and five years of supervised release after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of a minor. Becketts was also ordered to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Francisco Balderrama, 27, of El Paso, Texas, pleaded guilty today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to conspiracy to distribute heroin, methamphetamine and cocaine within the Doña Ana County Detention Center (DACDC). At the time he committed the offense, Balderrama was employed as a corrections officer at the DACDC.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 31, 2015
News Release: BOSTON, March 31, 2015-"Food is not a talisman: Reflections on the science and practice of nutrition," is the subject of Joanne L. Slavin's 2015 W.O. Atwater Memorial Lecture, which she delivers today at the Experimental Biology meeting in Boston.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2015
News Release: Conspirators Used Other Individuals’ Identities, False Income and Credit Information to Induce Lenders to Provide Home Mortgage Loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2015
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - Robert L. Keys, 65, an Oregon resident, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Marco Hernandez to serve 70 months in prison, after pleading guilty to wire fraud, money laundering, and bankruptcy fraud. Keys was also ordered to serve three years supervised release, and he must pay...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 31, 2015
News Release: Gettysburg National Military Park and Eisenhower National Historic Site join parks, programs and partners across the country to encourage people to find their park and share their stories online at Find Your Park.com. Launched yesterday by the National Park Service and the National Park Foundation, Find...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 31, 2015
News Release: SAUGUS, MA -Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site and Salem Maritime National Historic Site and joins parks, programs and partners across the country to encourage everyone to find their park and share their stories online at FindYourPark.com. Launched yesterday by the National Park Service and the...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 31, 2015
News Release: Join the National Park Service in Ringing "Bells across the Land: A Nation Remembers Appomattox".
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Essex County, New Jersey, man today admitted robbing an Investor’s Savings Bank in Irvington, New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2015
News Release: WILMINGTON - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court on March 30, 2015, Senior United States District Judge James C. Fox sentenced CHRISTIAN PATRICK LUSARDI, 43,of Fayetteville, North Carolina, to 60 months in prison and 3 years of supervised release for Copyright Infringement and Trafficking in Counterfeit Labels. LUSARDI was ordered to pay $1,137,864.01 restitution. LUSARDI previously pled guilty to these charges on Sept. 2, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2015
News Release: Co-Conspirators Sentenced to 24 Months and 13 Months in Prison for Their Roles.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2015
News Release: Second Shooter From Southside Richmond Convenience Store Convicted of Illegally Possessing a Firearm and Drug Trafficking.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 31, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) made the following statement in reaction to President Obama’s comments on tax reform during a speech in Chattanooga, TN.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2015
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States District Judge Paul G. Byron today sentenced Richard Irizarry (46, Viera) to 10 years in federal prison, followed by four years of supervised release, for attempting to aid and abet the distribution of cocaine. A federal jury found him guilty on January 9, 2015.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 31, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON- This week, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (UT-03) and Interior Subcommittee Chairman Cynthia Lummis (WY- At large) issued letters to U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Ernest Moniz and Centrus Energy Senior Vice President and General Counsel Peter Saba outlining concerns regarding former DOE Deputy Secretary Daniel Poneman’s new position as President and Chief Executive Officer of Centrus Energy.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2015
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announced today that David Eric Crews (54, Sacramento, CA) has been indicted for failing to register as sex offender after traveling from the State of California. If convicted, he faces up to 10 years in federal prison and a potential...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 31, 2015
News Release: THURSDAY: Sen. Warren and Rep. Cummings to Hold Middle Class Prosperity Project Forum at UMass Boston on "Tackling the Student Debt Crisis"
By Interior Newswire | Mar 31, 2015
News Release: Join National Find Your Park Movement.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 31, 2015
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Ranking Member Jim McDermott (D-WA) released a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on the experience of the Durable Medical Equipment (DME) competitive bidding program. GAO assessed the program’s 2012 impact in the nine geographic areas involved in the initial phase (Round 1 rebid) on beneficiaries, suppliers, and the Medicare program.
