News from December 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2013
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Herit Melendez, 36, of Rochester, N.Y., who was convicted following a jury trial of possessing heroin with the intent to distribute it, and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense, was sentenced to five years in prison and five years supervised release by U.S. District Court Judge Frank P. Geraci.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - A 21-year-old man, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 28 months in prison on charges stemming from a sexual assault against a five-year-old relative, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 13, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., issued the following statement upon the 332-94 passage of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013. Issa, who voted in favor of the legislation, noted that it requires newly hired federal employees to contribute an additional 1.3 percentage points of pay toward their defined-benefit pensions.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2013
News Release: ATLANTA - Maario Coleman and Angela Russell have been arraigned for operating a scheme to obtain thousands of dollars by stealing the identities of Emory University law and medical students and using them to apply for loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2013
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Christopher Allen Morace, 31, of Clinton, Mississippi, was sentenced in.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2013
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Acting United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announced today that John George Sessine (58, Lake City) has pleaded guilty in United States District Court, in Jacksonville, to receiving images and videos depicting the sexual abuse of minor children over the Internet. He faces...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Chavez Myers, 18, was sentenced today to 30 years in prison for first-degree murder while armed in the slaying of 18-year-old Olijawon Griffin at the Woodley Park Metro station, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr., Cathy L. Lanier, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), and Ron Pavlik, Chief of the Metro Transit Police.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) is now utilizing Twitter to reach a larger audience and provide the latest news, tips, and useful information. Please consider following us at
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2013
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Jonathan Lopez-Polo, 25, of Rochester, N.Y., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer, to child pornography. The charge is punishable by a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a fine of $250,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Duane Scott was sentenced in federal court for violating federal narcotics trafficking laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2013
News Release: An East St. Louis, Illinois, man was sentenced to a prison term in federal district court for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon on Dec. 13, 2013, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 13, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC-Today, Reps. Elijah E. Cummings, Gerry Connolly, and John Tierney, top Democrats on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Committee Chairman Darrell Issa seeking a special Committee meeting pursuant to House Rules to establish procedures for handling sensitive documents produced to the Committee in response to subpoenas.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Deonte Bryant, 22, and Terrance Bush, 21, both of Washington, D.C., were found guilty by a jury today of first-degree murder while armed and other charges for shooting and killing a man and wounding two other people during a shoot-out at a street festival in Northwest Washington, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 13, 2013
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Utah Resource Advisory Council (RAC) and Recreation Resource Advisory Council (RRAC) will host a meeting and conference call on Friday, Jan. 10, 2014, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., MST. Recently, the BLM-Utah Executive Leadership Team collaborated to produce a Draft...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that two people convicted of False Statement were sentenced on Dec. 12, 2013, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 13, 2013
News Release: Mineral, CA - The public is welcome to come and participate in the annual Christmas Bird Count in the Mineral area. The count will run from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on December 18. Participants can join in for the full day, half a day, or just a few hours. Counters should meet in Mineral at the Lassen Volcanic National Park Headquarters in the lobby of the administration building at 8:00 a.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2013
News Release: JOHN LABEE, age 35, a resident of Slidell, Louisiana plead guilty yesterday before United States District Judge Carl J. Barbier to aiding and assisting in the preparation of false tax documents, lying on personal income tax returns, and making false declarations before the Grand Jury, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Allen Polite, Jr.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 13, 2013
News Release: ALAMOSA, Colo. - The Rio Grande Natural Area Commission will meet from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Dec. 17 at the Rio Grande Water Conservation District, 10900 East U.S. Highway 160, Alamosa, Colo.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 13, 2013
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced more than $1.8 billion in funding for electric utility infrastructure projects in 25 states and one territory to improve service for more than 37,000 rural customers. The projects include more than $45 million for smart grid technology, $73...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2013
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Roberto Garcia, 29, and Juan Javier Reyna, 33, both of Houston, have been sentenced to federal prison for conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute in excess of 100 kilograms of marijuana, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
