News from March 2015
By DOE Newswire | Mar 20, 2015
News Release: The Interoperability of Demand Response Resources Demonstration in NY was awarded to Con Edison in 2009 as part of DOE's Smart Grid Demonstration Project (SGDP) grants funded by the Recovery Act. The objective of the project was to develop and demonstrate methodologies to enhance the ability of customer...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2015
News Release: Indictment Charges Ippolito Willfully Failed To Report Over $2 Million In Consulting Fees.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2015
News Release: Former FBI Agent Charged with Obstructing Justice, Falsifying Records and Possessing Heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2015
News Release: DALLAS - A Garland, Texas, man, Jonathan Ramirez, 26, was sentenced this week by U.S. District Judge Ed Kinkeade to 96 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in November 2014 to one count of receipt of child pornography, announced John Parker, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2015
News Release: Tampa, FL - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Ankana Pecault Stovall (47, Riverview) has pleaded guilty to an indictment charging her with conspiracy to pay gratuities and supplement the salary of members of the U.S. military in order to gain favorable contracting treatment in...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2015
News Release: Racketeering Included Massive No-Fault Automobile Insurance Fraud Scheme, Securities Fraud Schemes, Money Laundering, And Operating Illegal Gambling Businesses.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger today announced a settlement agreement between the United States, the Greenbrier Village Homeowner’s Association, Inc. (Greenbrier), and Gassen Company, Inc. (Gassen) and an individual Gassen employee to resolve a lawsuit filed on Nov. 25, 2013. The lawsuit...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 20, 2015
News Release: Fritch, TX -Superintendent Robert Maguire is pleased to announce the release of the Record of Decision for the General Management Plan for Lake Meredith National Recreation Area and Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument. The plan is a culmination of a great deal of time, energy, and input from members...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2015
News Release: Defendant purchased a child’s name and Social Security number to earn higher tax return.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 20, 2015
News Release: Washington -The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) is extending the deadline for receiving applications for payments under the Agriculture Wool Apparel Manufacturers Trust. FAS will accept applications through May 6, 2015. This extension applies to calendar 2015 only.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2015
News Release: Defendant & Conspirators Used Fake Checks to Steal over $650,000 in Postage Stamps.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2015
News Release: Was Arrested One Month After Release From Prison on Manslaughter Conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2015
News Release: HOUSTON - Former Houston Police (HPD) officer Marcos E. Carrion has been ordered to federal prison for his role in a drug conspiracy, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Carrion entered a guilty plea to the charge Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2015
News Release: Former Broward County resident sentenced to 25 years imprisonment for robbing five banks located in Broward County, and his attempted robbery of a bank located in Tamarac.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger today announced the guilty pleas of MING GUO, 46, owner of two Twin Cities restaurants, both named Hibachi Grill and Supreme Buffet, and BIJIAN WENG, a/k/a “Wilson," 28, manager of the restaurants, for employing unlawful aliens. GUO and WENG were charged on Jan. 26, 2015, with one count each of Knowingly Hiring Ten or More Unlawful Aliens. GUO and WENG appeared earlier today in U.S. District Court in St. Paul, Minn.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 20, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva released the following statement on today’s newly announced Bureau of Land Management fracking rule.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 20, 2015
Release: Atlanta, GA, March 20, 2015 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, joined by Labor Secretary Tom Perez, today announced the recipients of $200 million in competitive awards to fund and evaluate pilot projects in 10 states to help Supplemental Nutrition and Assistance Program (SNAP) participants find jobs and work toward self-sufficiency. Projects in California, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Virginia, Vermont, and Washington were chosen.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2015
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Stephany West (51, Bradenton) today pleaded guilty to theft of federal funds. She faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 20, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., March 20, 2015 - Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Department of the Interior released a long-anticipated and highly controversial finalized rule on hydraulic fracturing and well construction on federal lands. Chairman Rob Bishop (UT-01) released the following statement.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Alex R. Alicea pleaded guilty today in federal court to assaulting an Indian man by threatening him with a firearm at a convenience store located in Albuquerque, N.M., on land held in trust by the United States for the 19 Indian Pueblos in New Mexico.
