News from April 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: MIAMI - A federal jury yesterday found John Dwayne (39, Palm Bay) guilty of possessing more than 500 grams of cocaine with the intent to distribute it, and possessing a firearm in furtherance of that drug-trafficking crime. He faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years, up to 40 years, in federal prison. The sentencing hearing is set for June 23, 2016. Riley was indicted on Nov. 18, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Caleb J. Petzoldt, who is handling the case, stated that according to the complaint, on Feb. 26, 2016, Bush, a former officer with the Jamestown Police Department, posted a threat on the Jamestown, New York Topix forum page. The post contained a threat against two individuals.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: Time: 5:30-7:30 pm. Location: FSCJ North Auditorium, All written comments will become part of the administrative record for this project. Please submit written comments no later than April 30, 2016 to be considered in the analysis. ABOUT TIMUCUAN ECOLOGICAL AND HISTORIC PRESERVE. Timucuan Ecological...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Richard Gonzales, 30, of Dexter, N.M., pleaded guilty today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to violating federal firearms laws and possession of contraband in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that that KAYLA WALTERS, 24, of New York, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by six years of supervised release, for conspiring to commit sex trafficking of minors.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that ORLI DAGOBERTO ARGUETA-SANCHEZ, a/k/a Orli Dagoberto Argueta, age 27, a citizen of Honduras, pled guilty today to a one-count Bill of Information for illegal reentry of removed alien.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: The Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), and the Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA), have scheduled a hearing for Wednesday, April 13, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Flint Water Crisis: Impacts and Lessons Learned."
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: EUGENE, Ore. - Eugene property manager, Terry Shockley, 63, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken today for engaging in a scheme to defraud clients and investors through his now-defunct property management company, TS Property Management (TSPM).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Four southwestern Pennsylvania residents have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on multiple charges of distribution and dispensing of Schedule III and Schedule IV controlled substances, conspiracy and health care fraud United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY), Ranking Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, today issued the following statement in response to the Administration’s efforts to halt the spread of the Zika virus domestically and internationally.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Los Angeles man was sentenced to seven and a half years in federal prison today for a drug crime, announced Acting United States Attorney Carol Casto. Terry Cunningham, 32, previously pleaded guilty in December 2015 to distribution of methamphetamine.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Health Subcommittee Chairman Joseph Pitts (R-PA), full committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), and Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Gene Green (D-TX) today applauded the Senate Committee...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Two individuals were sentenced in federal court in Wheeling today for unlawful possession of firearms, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released a final rule aimed at ensuring retirement advisors act in the best interests of consumers...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that RAYMUNDO CUEVAS-SOTO, age 40, a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to a one-count Indictment for illegal entry of a removed alien, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1326(a).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: Former Massey CEO sentenced on Federal conspiracy charge.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Health Subcommittee Chairman Joseph Pitts (R-PA), full committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), and Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Gene Green (D-TX) today applauded the Senate Committee...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN), Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Chairman Phil Roe (R-TN), Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX), and Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Peter Roskam (R-IL) issued the following statement in response to the Department of Labor’s final “fiduciary" rule...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Hacienda Heights man already serving a 27-month prison term for fraudulently seeking tax refunds has been sentenced in a second case to an additional two years in federal prison for his role in another scheme that used stolen identities to seek more than $2.6 million in false tax returns from the Internal Revenue Service.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2016
News Release: A jury convicted a traveling minister from Arkansas on all 14 counts for his role in a $4.8 million tax refund scam, said Carole S. Rendon, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Kathy A. Enstrom, Special Agent in Charge, IRS Criminal Investigation, Cincinnati Field Office.
