Day: December 15, 2014

Hudson County Gang Leader Pleads Guilty to Murder Conspiracy After Obtaining Approval from Gang’s National Leadership

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 15, 2014. A Hudson County, New Jersey, man today admitted to trying to kill a rival gang member, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Carlos Valdez, aka “Catracho,” 27, was indicted in July 2014 with numerous other top-ranking members of the international criminal street gang, Mara Salvatrucha (also[Read More…]

Former Special Agent in Charge of the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General Sentenced to More Than Three Years in Prison

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 15, 2014. A former Special Agent in Charge of the Department of Homeland Security – Office of Inspector General (DHS-OIG) was sentenced to 37 months in prison today for a scheme to falsify records and obstruct an internal DHS-OIG inspection, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of[Read More…]

Jury Returns Guilty Verdicts Against Members of Violent Loan Sharking and Illegal Gambling Ring

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 15, 2014. A federal jury today returned guilty verdicts against four defendants charged in a loan sharking and illegal gambling ring that was run out of several Philadelphia businesses, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Zane David Memeger[Read More…]

Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division Issues Non-Discrimination Principles to Guide Federal, State and Local Governments’ Response to the Ebola Virus

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 15, 2014. The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division issued non-discrimination principles today to guide federal, state and local governments’ response to the Ebola virus.  The division also issued guidance for protecting civil rights while responding to the Ebola virus and a reference guide on what legal protections may[Read More…]

Former University Professor Sentenced to Prison for Engaging in Sexual Conduct with a Minor

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 15, 2014. A former university professor was sentenced today to five years in prison for traveling in foreign commerce to engage in sexual conduct with a minor, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division. Walter Lee Williams, 66, of Palm Springs, California,[Read More…]

Southern California Physician Sentenced to 22 Months in Prison for Medicare Fraud

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 15, 2014. A Southern California physician was sentenced to 22 months in federal prison today for his role in a conspiracy to commit Medicare fraud. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, Acting U.S. Attorney Stephanie Yonekura of the Central District of California,[Read More…]

President Obama: ‘Nashville Shows How Immigrants Benefit All’

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 15, 2014.  Earlier today, The Tennessean published the following op-ed from President Obama. In it, he discusses his executive actions to help make America’s immigration system smarter and fairer, and why we still need Congress to pass a common-sense law to fix the system. Learn more about the[Read More…]

Remarks by President Obama to Military and Civilian Personnel at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst

New Jersey–(ENEWSPF)–December 15, 2014 – 2:49 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Hello, McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst! (Applause.) Thank you, General Martin, for the introduction and for your great leadership of the Air Force Expeditionary Center. I want to thank all the outstanding leaders for coming to welcome me here today, including General Maggie Boor[Read More…]

FDA Allows Marketing of the First Newborn Screening Test to Help Detect Severe Combined Immunodeficiency

Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–December 15, 2014. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today allowed marketing of the EnLite Neonatal TREC Kit, the first screening test permitted to be marketed by FDA for Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID) in newborns. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 40 to100 new[Read More…]

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