News from May 2015
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2015
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - Frank William Johannissohn, 67, of Tallahassee, was sentenced late yesterday by United States District Judge Robert L. Hinkle to 25 months in federal prison for mail fraud and aggravated identity theft. The sentence was announced today by Pamela C. Marsh, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2015
News Release: Convicted of Multiple Counts for Creating and Operating the “Silk Road" Website, Used by More than 100,000 Users to Buy and Sell More Than $200 Million Worth of Illegal Drugs and Other Unlawful Goods and Services.
By USDA Newswire | May 29, 2015
News Release: House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Collin Peterson today said the Renewable Fuels Standards (RFS) released today by the EPA will set back production of domestic renewable fuels and hurts the rural economy. Peterson’s statement is below.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2015
News Release: CONCORD - Two New York City men, who previously pled guilty to conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud in connection with a scheme to fraudulently obtain high value life insurance policies for the purpose of selling those policies to third party investors, have been sentenced to 18 months in federal...
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2015
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA -Kandel Markie Whiting, 35, of Pensacola, pled guilty yesterday to receipt and distribution of child pornography. The plea was announced by Pamela C. Marsh, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2015
News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- A federal judge today sentenced a former sales manager at Serra Nissan in Birmingham to two and a half years in prison for his role in a scheme at the car dealership to falsify auto loan documents, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance, FBI Special Agent in Charge Roger C. Stanton, and Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Veronica Hyman-Pillot.
By US DOT Newswire | May 29, 2015
News Release: SEATTLE - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $91,500 civil penalty against Air Methods Corp. of Englewood, Colo., for allegedly operating a Bell 407 helicopter when it was not in compliance with Federal Aviation Regulations.
By Interior Newswire | May 29, 2015
News Release: VANCOUVER, WA -Experience free outdoor activities and family fun at the annual National Get Outdoors Day (GO Day) and Brigade Encampment on Saturday, June 13, 2015 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, located at 1115 East Fifth Street in Vancouver, Washington.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2015
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - On Thursday, May 28, 2015, a jury returned guilty verdicts against ROBERT W. ARNOLD, 25, of El Reno, Oklahoma, on charges of conspiracy and wire fraud, announced Sanford C. Coats, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma. Three co-defendants-RICHARD M. ARNOLD...
By State Newswire | May 29, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement after the State Department removed Cuba from the state sponsor of terrorism list...
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2015
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Jarvos Leonard White (25, Tampa) today pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm and ammunition after a felony conviction and theft of government property. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison on each count. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Shawn Hearn, age 42, of Baltimore, Maryland today to 151 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute approximately 10 kilograms of heroin.
By US DOT Newswire | May 29, 2015
News Release: SEATTLE - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $266,375 civil penalty against Allegiant Air, LLC of Las Vegas for allegedly violating drug and alcohol testing regulations.
By Commerce Newswire | May 29, 2015
News Release: Washington, DC -The Energy and Commerce Committee has scheduled a markup beginning on Tuesday, June 2, at 5:00 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building to consider legislation that aims to reform chemical management and modernize and reform a key federal agency. Members will convene for opening statements only on Tuesday and reconvene to consider the legislation Wednesday, June 3, at 10:00 a.m.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Albert Johnny Mondragon, 38, of Roswell, N.M., was sentenced this morning in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 84 months in prison followed by four years of supervised release for trafficking methamphetamine in Lea County, N.M.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2015
News Release: Arlington man was in custody on bank robbery charges when he escaped.
By Homeland Newswire | May 28, 2015
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 On May 28- June 1, Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas will travel to Berlin to co-chair the Security Cooperation Group, the bilateral forum with the German Federal Ministry of the Interior that oversees cooperation between ...
By Homeland Newswire | May 28, 2015
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 NEW YORK — Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson met with Malaysian Minister of Home Affairs Dato’ Seri Ahmad Zahid Bin Hamidi to discuss a range of homeland security-related priorities ahead of the United Nations Interior Ministerial Security Council Open Briefing on Countering Foreign Terrorist Fighters to review progress implementing UN Security Council Resolution 2178.
By USDA Newswire | May 28, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, May 28, 2015 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today made the following statement on the release of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's third quarter Outlook for U.S. Agricultural Trade.
By USDA Newswire | May 28, 2015
News Release: Vital tools in the historic, collaborative effort to conserve America's sagebrush habitat balance demands of growing West CHEYENNE, Wyo., May 28, 2015 – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) today released final environmental reviews for proposed land use plans that will ...
