News from November 2013

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2013
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - Kent Brunson, an Assistant United States Attorney since 1978 and Bertha Moore, a legal assistant since 1979 are retiring from the U.S. Attorney’s Office this week. Brunson and Moore have been with the Department of Justice for a combined total of nearly 70 years.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2013
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Kentwan Russell, age 37, of Baltimore, Maryland, today to 15 years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Judge Blake enhanced Russell’s sentence upon finding that Russell is an armed career criminal based on three previous drug convictions. Russell has been detained since his arrest on federal charges on Sept. 15, 2011.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2013
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - Two defendants convicted for their roles in a $28 million drug trafficking conspiracy have been sentenced to federal prison, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2013
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Lorraine Dispaldo, 58, of Philadelphia, was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for her role in a fraud conspiracy with then-Philadelphia Traffic Court Judge Robert Mulgrew. Dispaldo pleaded guilty to a total of 36 counts including conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, mail fraud...

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2013
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. Four defendants in Wichita have been sentenced in a mortgage fraud case, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 25, 2013
News Release: President’s Hometown Paper Warns Of Next #BrokenPromise Shockwave that Could Impact Millions of Americans
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2013
News Release: - Plea Agreement also resolves separate pending state court child sexual abuse case.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 25, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -The Government Accountability Office today released a report on the Department of Energy’s Work for Others (WFO) program, which allows the national laboratories to conduct work for other federal agencies and non-government entities provided that the work does not hinder DOE’s mission.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2013
News Release: HOUSTON - Javier F. Peña, Special Agent in Charge of the United States Drug Enforcement (DEA), Houston Division and Kenneth Magidson, United States Attorney, Southern District of Texas announced two men from the South Texas area have pleaded guilty to trafficking approximately five kilograms of methamphetamine...

By DOE Newswire | Nov 25, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the Department of Energy announced up to $30 million in Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) funding for a new program focused on the development of transformational electrochemical technologies to enable low-cost distributed power generation. ARPA-E’s Reliable...

By EPA Newswire | Nov 25, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today welcomed the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s (NTIA) endorsement of an agreement between the Department of Defense...

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2013
News Release: St. Louis, MO - MATTHEW BUCKINGHAM was sentenced this morning to one year in prison by United States District Judge Henry Autrey.

By EPA Newswire | Nov 25, 2013
News Release: President’s Hometown Paper Warns Of Next #BrokenPromise Shockwave that Could Impact Millions of Americans
By DOE Newswire | Nov 25, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today welcomed the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s (NTIA) endorsement of an agreement between the Department of Defense...

By Commerce Newswire | Nov 25, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -The Government Accountability Office today released a report on the Department of Energy’s Work for Others (WFO) program, which allows the national laboratories to conduct work for other federal agencies and non-government entities provided that the work does not hinder DOE’s mission.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2013
News Release: LOS ANGELES -- A German national who used to work for United Airlines was sentenced today to 18 months in federal prison for making false bomb threats against flights operated by the international air carrier.

By USDA Newswire | Nov 25, 2013
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 120,000 metric tons of soybeans to unknown destinations during the 2014/2015 marketing year.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2013
News Release: Residents’ Complaints Lead To Investigation Of Downtown Woonsocket Neighborhood Drug-house And Arrests.

By DOE Newswire | Nov 25, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -The Government Accountability Office today released a report on the Department of Energy’s Work for Others (WFO) program, which allows the national laboratories to conduct work for other federal agencies and non-government entities provided that the work does not hinder DOE’s mission.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 25, 2013
News Release: President’s Hometown Paper Warns Of Next #BrokenPromise Shockwave that Could Impact Millions of Americans