News from February 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing a controlled substance and firearms. Court documents and testimony from law enforcement officers during today’s sentencing hearing also connected him to the murders of five individuals, including a mother and her 3-year-old daughter.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - On Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016 U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger sentenced Mark Alan Tygart, of Robbinsville, N.C. to 76 months in prison on possession of child pornography charges, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By State Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today at 10 a.m., House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) will convene a hearing to continue oversight on Iran and its illicit nuclear program. The hearing is entitled, “Iran Nuclear Deal Oversight: Implementation and its Consequences." Live webcast and witness testimony will be available HERE.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: GREENVILLE - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina announced that in federal court yesterday, Senior United States District Judge Malcolm J. Howard, sentenced JAMAAL EUGENE EVANS, 23, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, to 216 months imprisonment followed by 5 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced Donnell Williamson, a/k/a “Anthony Thomas," age 25, of Landover, Maryland, today to 198 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine, and for possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and during and in relation to a crime of violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: An 11-count indictment was filed in federal court charging a Seven Hills man for conspiring to distribute oxycodone and other pills, Acting U.S. Attorney Carole Rendon said.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: ABINGDON, VIRGINIA - United States Attorney John P. Fishwick Jr. announced today the sentencing of a local man who was previously convicted of conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine. The defendant was sentenced this afternoon in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Abingdon.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that JUAN ALBERTO SANCHEZ-ROMERO, age 25, a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced after previously pleading guilty to a one-count Bill of Information for violations of the Federal Gun Control Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: “Americanos Ayudando América" de la Cámara de Comercio Prometieron la Ciudadanía a los Miembros de Su “Programa Migración" a un Precio.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: An experimental variable-rate spraying system that helps growers efficiently apply chemicals to trees was developed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists at the agency's Application Technology Research Unit in Wooster, Ohio. The new sprayer reduced average pesticide use between 46 and 68 percent, with an average cost savings of $230 per acre for ornamental nurseries. The cost savings can be much higher for orchards and other fruit crop productions.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, three Democratic members of Congress wrote to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), urging a balanced discussion of the requirements and implementation of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA) at an upcoming technical conference just announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Pakistani citizen today admitted laundering over $19.6 million on behalf of the perpetrators of a massive international computer hacking and telecommunications fraud scheme, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: Americans Helping America Chamber of Commerce Promised Citizenship to Members of Its “Migration Program" for a Price.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Supreme Court’s decision on Tuesday hit the brakes on the administration’s #CapAndTrade scheme. The decision reaffirms the committee’s ongoing work to protect ratepayers and jobs across the country. See what members had to say on Twitter and Facebook below. #Yes2Energy.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: DENVER - Richard Wyatt, age 52, of Evergreen, Colorado, surrendered to authorities this morning on charges of conspiracy, dealing in firearms without a license, and tax related charges, U.S. Attorney John Walsh, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) - Criminal Investigations (CI) Denver Division Special Agent ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Adam Mwanza, age 44 of Miami, Florida, was sentenced today by the Honorable Joseph F. Bataillon. On May 8, 2015, a federal jury convicted Mwanza of 13 counts of tax fraud for his involvement in assisting in the preparation of false tax returns. Mwanza...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: Jacksonville, FL - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that two compounding pharmacies - WELLHealth and Topical Specialists, as well as four physicians - Manish Bansal, Mehul Parekh, Marisol Arcila, and Syed Asad, have agreed to pay the government a total of approximately $10 million to resolve allegations involving TRICARE, the military’s healthcare program.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Supreme Court’s decision on Tuesday hit the brakes on the administration’s #CapAndTrade scheme. The decision reaffirms the committee’s ongoing work to protect ratepayers and jobs across the country. See what members had to say on Twitter and Facebook below. #Yes2Energy.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Michael Silva, 25, of West Orange, N.J., was sentenced today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 18 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for his conviction on fraudulent use of counterfeit access devices charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Rajat K. Verma, 66, of Quakertown, PA, was charged by information with conspiracy in a fraud scheme involving the USDOT Disadvantaged Business Program and work performed on the federally funded George C. Platt Memorial Bridge Project, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.
