News from November 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2015
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LOUIS TOLER, also known as “A.B.," 46, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 77 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for participating in a drug robbery scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2015
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced that Dr. Michael Brandner, 67, of Anchorage, Alaska, was convicted today of four counts of wire fraud and three counts of tax evasion by a federal jury sitting in Anchorage, Alaska.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2015
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Melissa Daley, 45, of Nashport, Ohio, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to one count each of filing a false income tax return with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), wire fraud and money laundering.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2015
News Release: NEW BERN - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court today, United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced RAUL PINEDA, 32, of Anaheim, California, to 89 months in prison and 5 years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute and possess 5 kilograms or...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 4, 2015
News Release: YREKA, Cali. - The Bureau of Reclamation, the National Marine Fisheries Service, and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation announced Nov. 4, 2015, a Request for Proposal under the Klamath River Coho Habitat Restoration Grant Program, a requirement of the 2013 Biological Opinion on Klamath Project...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 4, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today issued the following statement after the House Republican Steering Committee selected Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) to serve as the next Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2015
News Release: PLANO, Texas - A 37-year-old Denton, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for child exploitation violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2015
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Jose Juan Albertorio-Garcia, age 47, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was convicted of possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking and distributing a controlled substance after a two and a half day jury trial in Harrisburg before U.S. District Court Judge Sylvia H. Rambo.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 4, 2015
News Release: Acting Superintendent Tom Ulrich is pleased to announce that Veterans Day, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015, will be celebrated as a fee-free day for all Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) visitors in honor of U.S. veterans and current members of the U.S. Armed Forces. Come and experience your park during Veterans Day or any day! The National Lakeshore is open year-round.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 4, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva, the Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources Committee, will accept more than 1 million petition signatures from a broad coalition of activists at a roundtable today in favor of protecting the Oak Flat area of Arizona sacred to the Apaches, the Yavapai and...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 4, 2015
News Release: Hawaii National Park, Hawai'i - Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park joins national parks across the country in waiving entrance fees for Veterans Day, Wednesday, November 11.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 4, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs held the hearing, “The Value of Education Choices for Low-Income Families: Reauthorizing the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program." Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2015
News Release: ABINGDON, VIRGINIA - Yesterday in United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, an Abingdon, Va. man was sentenced to 180-months of imprisonment for conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine and related offenses.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 4, 2015
News Release: The following members have been named conferees on the multi-year surface transportation bill overwhelmingly approved by the House today.
By State Newswire | Nov 4, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Representative Eliot L. Engel, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today entered the following statement into the Committee record of a hearing on American policy in Syria...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2015
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Keith Brown and U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that Melvin Jackson, age 35, of Ponchatoula was sentenced today for his participation in a drug conspiracy and his participation in a May 11, 2012, shooting and robbery that took place outside of Roy’s Lounge.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2015
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Diego Rodriguez, Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today the guilty plea of JASON GROSS to the theft of confidential information from...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that two owners of a Metairie business were charged today with filing false federal income tax returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2015
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Rockford, Ill. woman was arrested today on federal charges of making false claims for federal tax refunds and using other persons’ identification in connection with the fraudulent claims for tax refunds. CRYSTAL S. JACKSON, 27, of Rockford, was charged by a federal indictment on Oct. 20...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2015
News Release: The United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced that Travis T. Wells, 33, of Alorton, Illinois, was sentenced on Friday, Oct. 30, 2015, in federal district court, for unlawful possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon. Wells received a sentence of 42 months in prison, to be followed by one year supervised release, a $100 special assessment, and a $375 fine.
