News from December 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2014
News Release: Peoria, Ill. - The first defendant prosecuted in the Central District of Illinois for running an unlicensed internet money service business has been sentenced to four years in federal prison, as announced by U.S. Attorney Jim Lewis. Last week, on Dec. 4, Chief U.S. District Judge James E. Shadid sentenced...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 9, 2014
News Release: 2014 Total enacted level: $20.9 billion.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2014
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Kareem Cameron, a/k/a “Shareef Ali," 49, and Alecia Susan Brown, 38, both of Wyncote, PA, were charged by indictment, unsealed today, in an internet scam involving an online auction site. The defendants, who were arrested today, are each charged with conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, one count of mail fraud, and four counts of wire fraud, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 9, 2014
News Release: The Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) are developing an Environmental Assessment for remediation of selected contaminated mine drainage sites in the Kentucky side of the Big South Fork.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2014
News Release: Long Island resident Robert Rocco, 49, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Leonard D. Wexler at the federal courthouse in Central Islip, NY, to wire fraud in connection with a series of fraudulent investment schemes that he created. Rocco faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, a fine of over $250,000, and restitution of up to $3,498,940.13. Sentencing will be scheduled when the Presentence Investigation Report is completed.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 9, 2014
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) generated $1,814.00 during its quarterly oil and gas competitive lease sale held in Reno on December 9, 2014, selling 1 parcel that comprised 473.22 acres. The sale high bid at $2.00 per acre was made by Kirkwood Oil & Gas, LLC.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2014
News Release: MARQUETTE, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney Patrick A. Miles, Jr., announced today that Lynn Michael LaVictor, 44, of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, was convicted on all six counts of a federal indictment charging attempted sexual abuse; two counts of aggravated sexual abuse; assault resulting in serious bodily...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2014
News Release: Greenville, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that a Federal Grand Jury in Greenville, South Carolina, returned Indictment(s) against the following.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 9, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON- Today, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.) highlighted a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report that examined the implementation of the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act (IPERA) within 24 federal agencies. The report, Improper...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 9, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement today after the House of Representatives passed H.R. 5781, the California Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2014, by a bipartisan vote of 230 to 182. This bill, sponsored by Reps. David G.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2014
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that MARLON JOEL PAZ-MENDOZA, age 29, a citizen of Honduras, was sentenced today after having pled guilty to a one-count indictment for illegal reentry of a removed alien.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 9, 2014
News Release: In 2015, artists will begin rewilding Miami through AIRIE's Wild Billboards project, initiated with support from the Knight Arts Challenge Grant just in time for the National Park Service's centennial celebration that will kick off in 2015 and run through 2016. "The focus of rewilding Miami using the cultural arts is to.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 9, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Congressmen Adam Smith (D-WA) and Sander Levin (D-MI), as well as 30 other House Democrats, sent a letter to House Speaker John Boehner and Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi urging the reauthorization of the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program which is set to expire Dec. 31, 2014. Reps. Smith and Levin introduced the TAA Act in March, which would fully reauthorize the program.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 9, 2014
News Release: On Tuesday, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Assistant Secretary of International Affairs Alan Bersin and Malaysia’s Ministry of Finance Deputy Minister Ahmad Maslan signed a trade agreement on behalf of their nations in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2014
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - Two former officers of the Bel Aire Police Department were charged Tuesday in a federal indictment alleging that one of them devised a scheme to buy and sell firearms by falsely claiming the firearms were property of the Bel Aire Police Department and would be used for law enforcement purposes, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said. The second former officer is accused of trying to cover up the crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2014
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Miguel Leontapia, 33, and Gilberto Chavez Leon, age 29, both Delhi residents, pleaded guilty Monday to conduct relating to a scheme to send methamphetamine to Hawaii. Leontapia pleaded guilty to possession of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute and Leon pleaded guilty to conspiracy to bulk smuggle cash.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 9, 2014
News Release: The Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act is comprised of 11 FY2015 Appropriations bills and a Continuing Resolution maintaining the current rate of Homeland Security funding until February 27th, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2014
News Release: HONOLULU - Senior United States District Judge Alan C. Kay yesterday sentenced Kali Lotoaiki Laulea, 33, of Kailua-Kona, Hawai’i County, to 155 months imprisonment for three counts of methamphetamine distribution. A federal jury found Laulea guilty of the three charges in August of this year after a five-day trial.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 9, 2014
News Release: The Energy Department today recognized 25 winners across the federal government as recipients of the 2014 Federal Energy and Water Management Awards. These annual awards highlight exceptional federal agency efforts for improving the nation’s energy, water, aviation and vehicle fleets. Each winner deployed cutting-edge practices that will significantly cut carbon pollution, protect the environment and strengthen national security.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 9, 2014
News Release: Park Superintendent Cicely Muldoon announces the 17th year of shuttle bus transportation beginning Friday, Dec. 26, 2014 and running through late March 2015. "Winter is a wonderful time, not only to watch the annual Pacific gray whale migration from Alaska to Mexico, but also to celebrate the recovering populations of Northern Elephant seals as they return to breed at Point Reyes.".
