News published on Federal Newswire in April 2014

News from April 2014


Whiteriver Man Sentenced To 14 Years In Prison For Domestic Violence Assault

News Release: PHOENIX- On April 8, 2014, Ronald Josh Lupe, 27, of Whiteriver, Ariz. was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Paul G. Rosenblatt to 14 years imprisonment. Lupe pleaded guilty on Dec. 9, 2013 to two counts of assault resulting in serious bodily injury.


News Release: WICHITA, KAN. U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom will speak to open the U.S. Attorney’s Fourth Annual Statewide Civil Rights Symposium Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014, at Wichita State University.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today requested the Energy Information Administration (EIA) conduct “dynamic and ongoing" analysis of issues related to lifting the ban on crude oil exports.


News Release: Washington, DC - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), announced today during a press conference call that two national public health groups, the American Public Health Association and the National Association ...


News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that today KELVIN MELTON, a/k/a Dizzy, a/k/a Old Man, was charged with conspiring to kidnap Frank Arthur Janssen of Wake Forest, North Carolina, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1201(a).


Pair Indicted For Distributing Hundreds Of Pounds Of Marijuana In Sarasota, Hillsborough, And Polk Counties

News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Aaron Edwin Remaley (39, Riverview) and Michael Allen Babiarz (42, Sarasota) with conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute 100 kilograms or more of marijuana. If convicted, each faces a maximum penalty of 40 years in federal prison.


Wilson Man Sentenced For Federal Firearm Violation

News Release: NEW BERN - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that yesterday in federal court, United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced KENNETH RAY CANADY, 49, of Wilson to 94 months imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release.


Canadian Man Sentenced for Importing 147,000 Ecstasy Pills

News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Osborne Young, 47, of Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada, who was convicted following a jury trial of importing approximately 147,000 pills containing Benzylpiperazine, commonly referred to as Ecstasy, into the United States from Canada, was sentenced to 166 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.


News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Friday, April 11, 2014. Follow @SDILNews. On April 11, 2014, Cameron D. Matlock, a 22-year old Alton, Illinois, man pled guilty in federal district court, in East St. Louis, Illinois, to unlawful possession of a firearm by a previously...



News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Charleston, West Virginia felon who illegally possessed a firearm was sentenced today to eight years in federal prison, U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin announced. Curtis Watkins, 25, previously pleaded guilty in October of 2013 to being a felon in possession of a firearm. The sentence was handed down by United States District Court Judge John T. Copenhaver, Jr.


Bethalto Man Sentenced For Producing Child Pronography

News Release: Will Spend Twenty Five Years in Prison, Then Will Be on Supervision for the Rest of His Life.


Vitter Asks McCabe Her Role in Secretive Social Cost of Carbon Estimates

News Release: Today, U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, sent a letter to Janet McCabe, nominee to be Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Air and Radiation (OAR). The letter reiterates questions from their exchange at ...


News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Essex County, N.J., man with a felony criminal record has been convicted by a federal jury for carrying a loaded semi-automatic pistol, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced today.


Former Employee Pleads GuiltyTo Stealing $289,000 From A Wichita Bank

News Release: WICHITA, KAN. A former employee has pleaded guilty to embezzling at least $289,000 from a Wichita bank, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.


Engel Statement on Administration’s Decision to Deny Visa to Iran UN Ambassador Appointee

News Release: Washington D.C. -Rep. Eliot Engel, the Ranking Member on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement regarding the Administration’s decision to deny a visa to the United States for Iran’s United Nation’s Ambassador appointee, Hamid Abutalebi.


Ozark Riverways Seeks Summer Museum Intern

News Release: VAN BUREN, MO: Ozark National Scenic Riverways (ONSR) is seeking a summer intern from within the local communities for a 12-week internship working in the park's museum collection. The intern must be a high school graduate, at least 18 years of age, with an interest in gaining experience in the preservation of a unique blend of cultural and natural objects.


News Release: Allegedly Made Millions of Dollars in Cash Deposits; Transferred Ownership of Home to Family Member; and Failed to File Tax Returns.


News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department has reached an with the Rhode Island Judiciary to ensure that limited English proficient (LEP) individuals will have access to timely and competent language assistance at no charge in all court proceedings, services and programs throughout the state court system.


Hatch Statement on Nomination of Sylvia Mathews Burwell to Serve as HHS Secretary

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee that oversees the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), issued the following statement after President Obama nominated Sylvia Mathews Burwell to serve as HHS Secretary replacing Kathleen Sebelius...