News from March 2016
By Interior Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: The National Park Service's Southeast Utah Group (Arches and Canyonlands national parks and Hovenweep and Natural Bridges national monuments) is pleased to announce Madeline Logowitz has been selected as the 2016 Community Artist in the Parks (CAIP).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Noel Erik Anshel, age 48, of Owings Mills, Maryland pleaded guilty today to transportation of stolen goods.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: Jayde Mucklow, 29, of Englewood, Colorado, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl on March 3, 2016, for possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine, and aiding and abetting. Mucklow was arrested...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: Justice Department and City of Fort Worth, Texas, Settle Lawsuit Alleging Disability Discrimination.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: The National Park Service's Southeast Utah Group (Arches and Canyonlands national parks and Hovenweep and Natural Bridges national monuments) is pleased to announce Madeline Logowitz has been selected as the 2016 Community Artist in the Parks (CAIP).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - Raul Casarez, 35, of Weslaco, has been ordered to prison following his conviction on one count of production of child pornography and one count of receipt of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson along with Special Agent in Charge Shane Folden of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) - San Antonio. Casarez pleaded guilty Sep. 21, 2010.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - Kenneth Elser, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced today that Oscar Alonzo, age 23, of Springdale, was sentenced to 110 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release on one count of Possession of Methamphetamine...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: Memphis, TN - An Olive Branch, Mississippi man has been sentenced to nine years for executing two separate fraud schemes that defrauded victims of more than $2 million. Edward L. Stanton III, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the sentence today.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Peter Roskam (R-IL) announced that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing entitled “Protecting the Free Exchange of Ideas on College Campuses" on Wednesday, March 2 at 10:00 AM in room 1100 of the Longworth House Office Building.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Matthew L. Dailey, age 45, of Howard, Ohio, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to Hobbs Act extortion under color of official right.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: Dr. Isaac Kojo Anakwah Thompson, 57, of Delray Beach, pled guilty to one count of health care fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jimmy Cantelmo, age 27, Scranton, was sentenced today to 10 years in prison by Senior U.S. District Court Judge James M. Munley.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - In advance of the first idea forum today, Ways & Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady, the chairman of the Task Force on Tax Reform, released a mission statement and broad policy goals. This marks the next step in the development of a bold, pro-growth agenda that Republicans will present to the country in the coming months.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: On Thursday, the House of Representatives passed Energy and Commerce Committee member Rep. Bill Johnson’s (R-OH), H.R. 4557, the Blocking Regulatory Interference from Closing Kilns (BRICK) Act by a bipartisan vote of 238 -163. The BRICK Act would protect the brickmaking industry and thousands of jobs from being required to comply with the EPA’s costly “Brick MACT" rule before the completion of judicial review.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: HOUSTON - Three leaders and four others have been ordered to federal prison for their roles in a hydroponic marijuana growing conspiracy operating in and around Houston, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. All had previously entered guilty pleas in the case.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Joseph Stefanski, age 35, Wilkes-Barre, was indicted by a federal grand jury on March 1, 2016 in Scranton for theft of mail. The indictment was unsealed today following his arrest.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Oliver Kimmons, 48, and Kathlyn Ventura, 24, both of Lockport, NY, were arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession with intent to distribute heroin and crack cocaine. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Robert Wilson III, 27, of Columbus, Ohio, pleaded guilty to one count of racketeering conspiracy in connection with a case involving the organized criminal enterprise known as the Short North Posse.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Christopher Michael Previtera, 38, of Proctor, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 57 months in prison for oxycodone trafficking and bank fraud, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Miguel Gutierrez, 42, of Bernville, PA, was charged today by information with three counts of wire fraud, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. According to the information, Gutierrez was employed as a Claims Representative in the Social Security Field Office in Reading...
