News from May 2015
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Allen Andre Brown, 36, of Portsmouth, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute narcotics.
By Interior Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: Please join the United States Coast Guard and the National Park Service on Friday, May 22, in a ceremony and convocation honoring the sacrifice of men of the U.S. Life-Ssaving Service who gave their lives serving this nation along the shores of Point Reyes. In honor of Memorial Day, this annual ceremony will be held at 9 am at the historic G Ranch cemetery.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: ROCKFORD - A former Sandwich, Ill. business owner was sentenced today in federal court by U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala for making a false statement to a financial institution. The defendant, STEVEN J. MOORHOUSE, 62, was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison, to be followed by 3 years supervised...
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Chief U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Michael P. Scudder, age 32, of Reisterstown, Maryland today to 18 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for mail fraud in connection with a scheme in which he forged bulk mail forms, allowing him to...
By Interior Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: Jacksonville, FL (May 4, 2015) -The National Park Service and its official Friends Group, the Timucuan Trail Parks Foundation, are proud to announce the three recipients of $500 research grants from the "Timucuan Preserve Student Research Grant Program." This is the third year of the program established...
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that James Chatmon, 36, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to defraud the Internal Revenue Service by making false claims for income tax refunds before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By Interior Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: As boating season gets underway at Grand Teton National Park and the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway, residents and visitors are reminded that both a park boat permit and a State of Wyoming Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) decal are required before launching on all park waters. Park boat permits can be purchased at visitor centers located in Moose, Jenny Lake, and Colter Bay. AIS stickers must be obtained before purchase of a park boat permit.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Nigerian man was sentenced today to 36 months in prison for his role in a computer hacking and identity theft scheme that defrauded vendors of nearly $1 million of office products after “phishing" e-mail login information from government employees, New Jersey U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that TERRY WAYNE HYATT, age 34, of Muldrow, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 180 months imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release for Felon in Possession of a Firearm, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(e)(l).
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: Operation Chump Change has netted 273 pounds of brown heroin valued at $40 million over two years
By DOE Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: Upcoming Webinars. May 27: Live Webinar on Biofuel Affordability. Webinar Sponsor: Bioenergy Technologies Office. The Energy Department will present a live webinar titled "A Changing Market for Biofuels and Bioproducts" on Wednesday, May 27, from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. Attendees...
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: A federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment charging four Akron residents with conspiracy and harboring undocumented and illegal aliens in relation to their operation of a restaurant in Akron, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, woman charged with Simple Assault pled guilty and was sentenced on May 18, 2015, by U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark A. Moreno.
By Homeland Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, underscored the ongoing need to help communities across the country prepare for extreme weather. As part of that effort, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration...
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: Jacksonville, FL - Dr. Sean Orr of Jacksonville, Florida, has agreed to pay $150,000 to settle allegations that he violated the False Claims Act by providing medically unnecessary services and drugs to federal health care program beneficiaries, the Department of Justice announced today. Dr. Orr is a neurologist formerly employed by Baptist Neurology Inc. and Baptist Medical Center-Jacksonville.
By Commerce Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today delivered the following remarks on the House floor in opposition to H.R. 880, a bill that would permanently extend the R&D tax credit without offsets...
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Demetrius Holmes, 24, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a weapon before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: Montgomery, Ala. - Eight individuals have been sentenced for their participation in a scheme to unlawfully obtain prescriptions for Oxycodone from a clinic in Opelika, Alabama, announced U.S. Attorney George L. Beck Jr. of the Middle District of Alabama. Sentencing for one additional individual is still pending.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: The Defendant Fraudulently Inflated Accounts Receivable To Draw From A Revolving Line Of Credit.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: Defendant Faces Up to 9 1/2 Years in Prison for Six Felony and Misdemeanor Offenses.
