News from December 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2013
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On Nov. 26, 2013, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned a 31-count indictment against Valentin Valdés-Ayala, charging him with bankruptcy fraud, destruction, alteration or falsification of records in bankruptcy, wire fraud, aggravated identity theft...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2013
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Detroit man was sentenced yesterday to three years in federal prison for his role in a heroin distribution scheme in Huntington, announced U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin. Rodney Lee Flowers, also known as “Anthony Phillip Hollis," 48, previously pleaded guilty in September to possession of heroin with the intent to distribute. Flowers was charged in a one-count indictment in April.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 3, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Building on $2 billion in financing commitments from the private sector for energy efficiency updates to commercial buildings under the President’s Better Buildings Challenge, the U.S. Departments of Energy and Housing and Urban Development today expanded the Challenge to multifamily housing...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 3, 2013
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed prototype calibration tools for an experimental medical imaging technique that offers new advantages in diagnosing and monitoring of certain cancers and possibly other medical conditions.*
By DOE Newswire | Dec 3, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Energy (DOE) are releasing the 2014 Fuel Economy Guide, providing consumers with a valuable resource to identify and choose the most fuel efficient and low greenhouse gas emitting vehicles that meet their needs. The 2014 models include efficient and low-emission vehicles in a variety of classes and sizes, ensuring a wide variety of choices available for consumers.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2013
News Release: The Defendants Collected $24,000 Of “Protection" Money During A Five-Month Period.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that two Pittston residents were indicted by a federal grand jury in Scranton today for sex trafficking of children and producing and distributing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Three men, all from the Washington D.C. area, were sentenced today to prison terms for multiple robberies and other crimes committed in a series of attacks on city streets and at a Metro station, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. and Cathy L. Lanier, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2013
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska-U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that a Ketchikan man was arraigned yesterday in Juneau on one charge of assault on a federal officer.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2013
News Release: ATLANTA - Radric Davis, an Atlanta-based rap artist who performs under the name Gucci Mane, has been charged in federal court with two separate counts of possessing a firearm while being a felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2013
News Release: COVINGTON, KY - Sam Droganes, 48, of Ft. Mitchell, KY., awaits sentencing for being a felon in possession of explosives, a violation of federal law.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 3, 2013
News Release: VAN BUREN MO: Ozark National Scenic Riverways will be conducting an archery managed hunt in the Big Spring area beginning Friday, December 13th and ending Sunday, December 15th. The Big Spring area will be closed to the public for visitor safety and will re-open each evening. Access to the Big Spring cabins will remain open to registered guests during the hunt.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 3, 2013
News Release: The 10 Make it in America cooperative agreements from the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership will help fund an array of programs from workforce training to optimizing supply chains. The winning projects and their partners are detailed below.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH - After deliberating for less than an hour, a federal jury of four men and eight women found James H. Anthony guilty of one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 922(g), United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2013
News Release: Tampa, FL- Acting United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Lawrence H. Dorman a/k/a “Howie" (42, Lakeland) today pleaded guilty to production of child pornography. Dorman faces a mandatory minimum of 15 years’ imprisonment, up to a maximum penalty of 30 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2013
News Release: Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, today announced that a federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment charging Oscar Mejia Gomez, age 29, of Honduras, with illegal re-entry into the United States after deportation.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 3, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - After a bankruptcy judge in Detroit, Michigan ruled today that the city’s public pension funds would be subject to cuts in bankruptcy, U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement calling for action to confront America’s public pension crisis...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2013
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - Christopher Todd Jones, 30 years old, of Montgomery, Alabama, pled guilty today before United States Magistrate Judge Wallace Capel, Jr., to a one-count Information charging Jones, a former employee of First Tuskegee Bank, with bank fraud, announced George L. Beck, Jr., United States Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2013
News Release: - Federal Charges Result From “Project Recoil".
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2013
News Release: DENVER - James G. Kreutzer, age 52, of Grand Junction, Colorado, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Court Judge William J. Martinez to serve 38 months in federal prison for income tax evasion, United States Attorney John Walsh, IRS Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Stephen Boyd and...