News from February 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2016
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Carlos E. Mendoza has sentenced John A. White (40, Windermere) to four years and nine months in federal prison for wire fraud and filing a false tax-related document. A federal jury found him guilty on Sept. 2, 2015. The Court will decide at a later date the amount of restitution White owes and the proceeds he must forfeit.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - In an effort to help provide clarity and flexibility to countless small businesses, the U.S. House of Representatives today approved H.R. 2017, the Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act, which was authored by Energy and Commerce Committee member and House Republican Conference Chairwoman...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), has announced a hearing for Wednesday, March 2, 2016, regarding the Zika virus. Details including the time, location, and witnesses will be announced in the coming weeks and will be posted here as they becomes available. The virus has been reported in at least 20 states to date.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 12, 2016
News Release: Lowell, MA.-Lowell National Historical Park and the Tsongas Industrial History Center present a very special evening of historical theater with Marcia Estabrook.Two Mill Girls: We Are Not Machines looks at the lives of two nineteenth century mill workers who have different perspectives on their work...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 12, 2016
News Release: In anticipation of a winter storm event, the Outer Banks Group national park sites (Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, and Wright Brothers National), will close all visitor services including visitor centers and off road vehicle permit offices at 2 p.m. today. The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for the area. The NPS will reassess conditions tomorrow and reopen visitor services as soon as conditions allow.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2016
News Release: Today, all sixteen Democratic Members of the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary issued a letter to Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) requesting a hearing to examine the role of Emergency Financial Managers (EFM) in financially distressed cities in Michigan.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2016
News Release: On Feb. 11, 2016, Ronald Artis, 26, of Cahokia, Illinois, was sentenced in federal court in East St. Louis after having previously pled guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute Controlled Substances and Interstate Travel In Support of Racketeering, James L. Porter, Acting United States Attorney for the...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today praised the formation of a multi-agency action plan to comprehensively examine the safety of crumb rubber used in artificial turf fields and playgrounds.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Hot Springs, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person was sentenced on Feb. 11, 2016, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a 25-count indictment Thursday charging 10 individuals with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, conspiracy to distribute cocaine, distribution of methamphetamine, and unlawful use of a communication facility, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2016
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - Today, former Florida State University (FSU) Assistant Professor of Finance, James S. Doran PhD, 40, of Boulder, Colorado, was sentenced to 13 months in prison and a $15,000 fine for embezzlement concerning a program receiving federal funds. The sentence was announced by Christopher P. Canova, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2016
News Release: Postal Worker Claimed Work-Related Disability. SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Lynn M. Allen, 47, of Marcy, New York, appeared today in federal court in Syracuse on charges stemming from a scheme to defraud the United States Postal Service and the U.S. Department of Labor of more than $94,000 in federal disability...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 12, 2016
News Release: REDDING, Calif. -- A shooting area along Iron Mountain Road in the Keswick Area west of Redding will be temporarily closed to shooting Tuesday through Thursday, Feb. 16-18, while crews from the Bureau of Land Management area working in the area.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2016
News Release: Defendant Used His West Palm Beach Firm to Steal Investors’ Money in New York and Worldwide.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 12, 2016
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management Colorado will offer four parcels totaling 6,147 acres within Archuleta and La Plata counties in the Tres Rios Field Office and two parcels totaling 813 acres within Moffat and Routt counties in the Little Snake Field Office at its May quarterly competitive oil and gas lease...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Eric Sears, 48, of Buffalo, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute cocaine before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2016
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Dr. Robert Gorrell, who formerly worked for Wayne Memorial Hospital in Honesdale, Pennsylvania, was charged with evading payment of his income taxes, and with filing a false document with the Internal...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2016
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - After a busy week in Laredo federal court, a total of four people residing in varying Texas communities have been found guilty as charged, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. A mother and daughter and another man were convicted in cocaine conspiracies before U.S. District Judge Marina Garcia Marmolejo, while a truck driver was convicted of alien smuggling before U.S. District Judge Diana Saldana.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2016
News Release: Florida Man Pleads Guilty to Hate Crime for Threatening to Firebomb Two Mosques and Shoot Worshippers.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced the sentencing of one of the men responsible for the Oct. 17, 2014, robbery of the Kearney Eaton Employees Credit Union. On Friday, Feb. 12, 2016, Senior United States District Judge Richard G. Kopf sentenced Patrick Wigley to the custody of the...
