News from April 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man convicted of Voluntary Manslaughter was sentenced on April 14, 2014, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2014
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago real estate developer was arrested today on federal charges alleging that he defrauded the south suburban Village of Riverdale of public funds provided for the redevelopment of the now closed-Riverdale Marina. The defendant, JOHN THOMAS, allegedly fraudulently obtained approximately...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 18, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today released the following statement in response to the State Department’s announcement that the national interest determination period for the Keystone XL pipeline has been put on hold...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2014
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that following a 14-day trial, a federal jury yesterday found Ronald John Heromin (58, Brandon) guilty of conspiracy to distribute and dispense Oxycodone and Alprazolam, not for legitimate medical purposes, and not in the usual course...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 18, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today released the following statement in response to the State Department’s announcement that the national interest determination period for the Keystone XL pipeline has been put on hold...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2014
News Release: A man who possessed a firearm after having been convicted of a felony offense was convicted by a jury yesterday, after a one-day trial in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Missoula on April 16, 2014, before U.S. District Judge Donald W. Molloy, MARY ROSE DAY, 31, of Billings, was sentenced to a term of 60 months' imprisonment and 5 years supervised release.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 18, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today released the following statement in response to the State Department’s announcement that the national interest determination period for the Keystone XL pipeline has been put on hold...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2014
News Release: OWENSBORO, Ky. - A Henderson County, Kentucky woman was sentenced in U.S. District Court this week, by Chief Judge Joseph H. McKinley Jr., to 125 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for robbing a bank and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence, announced David J. Hale, United States Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ricky Vinston, 55, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 17 years in prison for shooting a store manager in the back during an attempted robbery of a drugstore in Northeast Washington, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2014
News Release: Fort Wayne, Indiana -The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in Federal Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2014
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned an eight-count indictment today charging Joshua Landon Klipp, 32, of Chico, with one count of production of child pornography, six counts of receipt of child pornography, and one count of commission of a felony offense involving a minor when required to register as a sex offender, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for First Degree Burglary, Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, and Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul announced today that Marlon Johnson, Jr., 25, of Kenmore, N.Y., who was convicted of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, was sentenced to 48 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2014
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell sentenced Steven George Higbee (52, Debary) yesterday to 7 ½ years in federal prison for firearm and drug offenses, including possession of a firearm by a person subject to a domestic violence protection order, attempted possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, and carrying a firearm in relation to a drug trafficking crime. Higbee pleaded guilty on Jan. 24, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2014
News Release: Orlando, FL - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Quem Stephen Clive Dixon (24, Orlando) today pleaded guilty to three counts of making a false statement to a firearms dealer, three counts of transferring a firearm across state lines, and one count of selling a firearm to a convicted...
By State Newswire | Apr 18, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement regarding Ukraine:
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 18, 2014
News Release: EUGENE, Ore. - On April 17, 2014, Cecilio Galan, 45, of Metolius, Oregon, was sentenced today to 63 months in prison and 5 years of supervised released for possession and distribution of child pornography.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 18, 2014
News Release: SALEM, MA - The National Park Service Regional Visitor Center in Salem (2 New Liberty St.) is expanding its hours of operation and will now be open daily9AM - 5PM, beginning Monday April 21st, 2014. The Visitor Center will remain open seven days a week through October 2014.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 18, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Continuing the committee’s oversight of the safety and security of the nation’s electric grid, House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders yesterday wrote to Acting Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Cheryl LaFleur seeking information relating to the agency’s management of sensitive security information.
