News from August 2014
By DOT News Wire | Aug 20, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced the immediate availability of $1 million in emergency relief funds from the U.S. Department of Transportation to help the Tennessee Department of Transportation cover the costs of repairing the I-65 bridge over Peytonsville Road, located in the city of Franklin south of Nashville, which was damaged by a truck fire.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 20, 2014
News Release: Consumers will be able to tell whether their vehicle or a used vehicle they are considering is at risk due to an uncompleted recall
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2014
News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss - Former Mississippi Department of Public Safety employee Yolanda Jean Perkins, 48, of Laurel, Lorena Gomez, 33, of Laurel, and Jose Martel Rivera, 32, an illegal alien from Mexico, all pled guilty in federal court on Aug. 18, 2014, to conspiracy to commit identity theft, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and Raymond Parmer, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 20, 2014
News Release: Launching, landing, or operating unmanned aircraft within Arches and Canyonlands national parks, and Hovenweep and Natural Bridges national monuments, are now prohibited.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - The Justice Department today announced that a former contract employee at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) was sentenced this morning for conspiring to violate the Atomic Energy Act by communicating classified nuclear weapons data to a person believed to be a Venezuelan government official, and making false statements to the FBI.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2014
News Release: Two men were indicted on charges they defrauded approximately 60 people out of more than $6.5 million through a fraudulent Arizona real-estate development investment, law enforcement officials said.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2014
News Release: A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment charging a North Ridgeville woman and an Arizona man with using the U.S. mail to distribute methamphetamine, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 20, 2014
News Release: The bodies of three deceased climbers were removed from a debris field on the Carbon Glacier, below Liberty Ridge, on Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014. This is the same location the search for six missing climbers was focused on earlier this year. While they are believed to be members of the party of interest, the Pierce County Medical Examiner will provide final identification.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 20, 2014
News Release: Pipestone, MN: Superintendent Glen Livermont announced today Pipestone National Monument will celebrate Founder's Day Monday, Aug. 25, 2014, to commemorate the establishment of both the National Park Service and Pipestone National Monument.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2014
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven yesterday sentenced Terrance Timmons (30, Sarasota) to six years in federal prison for possession of firearms and ammunition by a convicted felon. The court also ordered Timmons to forfeit two firearms and twenty rounds of ammunition. Timmons pleaded guilty on May 20, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2014
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Moises.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2014
News Release: Getaway Driver Was Previously Sentenced To 22 Years.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Esteban Chavez-Cruz, age 51, of Heron Lake, Minnesota, was found guilty of Conspiracy to Distribute 500 Grams or More of Methamphetamine as a result of a federal jury trial in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The trial began on August 12 and concluded on Aug. 13, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2014
News Release: Court Orders Forfeiture of Over $228 Million in Fraud Proceeds.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2014
News Release: OAKLAND - Z.A.S. International, Inc. was sentenced yesterday to an $18,000 fine and ordered to pay the U.S. Department of Agriculture $17,985.34 in restitution for theft of government funds, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and Special Agent in Charge Lori Chan, USDA Office of Inspector General, Investigations.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2014
News Release: St. Louis, MO - SUSAN WINEBARGER was sentenced to thirty-eight (38) months imprisonment for embezzling more than $600,000 from company accounts and falsifying documents to conceal the embezzlement. Winebarger was also ordered to pay restitution of $699,897 to the company.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that EDGARDO CENTENO, 43, of New London, pleaded guilty yesterday in Hartford federal court to conspiring...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2014
News Release: CINCINNATI, OHIO - Shawn Jones, 41, of Cincinnati was sentenced to 77 months in prison for illegal possession of seven firearms, more than 200 rounds of ammunition, and a set of individual body armor.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), announced today that separate criminal charges were filed this week against three illegal aliens.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 20, 2014
News Release: Seneca Falls, New York -Twenty candidates from 16 countries will become new citizens during a ceremony at Women's Rights National Historical Park on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2014. This is one of many naturalization ceremonies taking place in national parks during Citizenship Week under a partnership between the National Park Service and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. The theme is "Embrace Citizenship -Experience America through your National Parks.".
