News from September 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2015
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that a federal jury has found Jose Benitez, Jr. (46, Cape Coral) guilty of bank robbery with a dangerous weapon. He faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for January 4, 2016. Benitez was indicted on Oct. 29, 2014.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 25, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives next week will consider H.R. 1624, the Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act, authored by Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Vice Chairman Brett Guthrie (R-KY). This bill would help protect employees from rising health care costs due to certain...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2015
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Kovachevich today sentenced Sylvester Banks (56, Clearwater) to two years and three months in federal prison for his role in a conspiracy to commit stolen identity refund fraud. He was ordered to pay restitution to the Internal Revenue Service in the amount of $755,900.00. The Court also entered a money judgment in the same amount.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2015
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Vermont. Friday, Sept. 25, 2015. The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Thomas Keith, 42, of Bennington, Vermont, was sentenced on Sept. 24, 2015 in United States District Court in Rutland to 41 months...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2015
News Release: PLANO, Texas - A 29-year-old Granbury, Texas man has been charged with federal drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2015
News Release: FBI Asks Anyone Who May Know of Someone Who Might Have Been Victimized to Contact Them.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2015
News Release: In Austin this afternoon, 24-year-old self-proclaimed “jihadi" Rahatul Ashikim Khan (a.k.a. “Rahat Khan," “Authentic Tauheed 19," and “AT19") was sentenced to ten years in federal prison followed by ten years of supervised release for attempting to provide material support and resources to terrorists...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 25, 2015
News Release: Washington D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah. E. Cummings issued the following statement in response to the announcement by House Speaker John Boehner that he will be resigning his post as Speaker and leaving the House of Representatives...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 25, 2015
News Release: TUPELO, MS-A special program of dulcimer music will be provided by the North Mississippi Dulcimer Association from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015, at the Parkway Visitor Center located at milepost 266 near Tupelo, Mississippi.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 25, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) today issued the following statement on efforts to modernize the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) Act of 1965.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 25, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today reviewed two proposals to improve safety on American roads and keep families safe across the country.
By State Newswire | Sep 25, 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 on the two-year anniversary of the suspension of exit permits for internationally adopted children from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2015
News Release: Victim Has Intellectual Disability. WASHINGTON - George Cocroft, 38, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 21 years in prison for sexually assaulting a woman in an alley in Northwest Washington, Acting U.S. Attorney Vincent H. Cohen, Jr. announced. Cocroft, a prior sex offender, was found guilty...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 24, 2015
News Release: Springdale, UT- The Zion-Mount Carmel Highway, connecting to State Route 9 between Canyon Junction and the East Entrance of Zion National Park, remains closed after a major rock fall. The road is expected to remain closed into the weekend. A section of the Zion-Mt Carmel Highway between the East Entrance...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2015
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorneys Nicholas Pilchak (619) 546-9709 and Mark Pletcher (619) 546-9714.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2015
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a Mount Carmel woman was indicted yesterday by a grand jury in Harrisburg on charges related to health care fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2015
News Release: HOUSTON - Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit today announced that the 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. local time. As with the previous nine National Prescription Drug Take-Back events, collection locations will be set up throughout communities nationwide so local residents can anonymously return their unwanted, unneeded, or expired prescription drugs for safe disposal.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2015
News Release: Allegedly Fraudulently Used Patients’ Records and Identifying Information to Bill OWCP for Millions of Dollars of Unrequested/Unnecessary Durable Medical Equipment.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2015
News Release: Settlement Provides Over $27 Million to Ensure Equal Lending Services to Predominantly Black and Hispanic Communities The Justice Department and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) filed a consent order today to resolve allegations that Hudson City Savings Bank (Hudson City) engaged in a pattern ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2015
News Release: As part of her commitment to combat human trafficking, Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch announced more than $44 million in grant funding to combat human trafficking during her remarks today in Seattle, Washington, to the Washington Advisory Committee on Trafficking. Seattle is one of 16 sites selected for an anti-trafficking task force award, receiving $1.5 million to support law enforcement efforts and victim services for the next three years.
