News from December 2014
By Commerce News Now | Dec 29, 2014
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Dec. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 29, 2014
News Release: Hawaii National Park, Hawai'i -Celebrate the New Year, and get outside! Everyone is invited to participate in the upcoming Kahuku events and hikes at Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, offered January through March 2015. Kahuku is open to the public every Saturday and Sunday of the month, and all events are free. You can explore on your own, or join these upcoming programs.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 29, 2014
News Release: NOTE: After original news release of Dec. 29, 2014, dates of planned burning were revised to those listed below.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 29, 2014
News Release: Paul LeClere, age 50, of Hopkinton, Iowa, has been charged with one count of receipt of child pornography and five counts of possession of child pornography. The charges are contained in an Indictment filed on Dec. 17, 2014, in United States District Court in Cedar Rapids.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 29, 2014
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The an effort by Jose Alibal Santiago to withdraw his guilty plea in connection with the 2010 robbery and murder of a Woonsocket gas station manager.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 29, 2014
News Release: FAIRBANKS - The Bureau of Land Management is seeking an artist for its week-long Artist-in-Residence program in the White Mountains National Recreation Area this winter.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 29, 2014
News Release: PUERTO CORTES, Honduras - Law enforcement intercepted thousands of pieces of wood, concealing approximately 423 kilograms of cocaine, in Honduras Dec. 22. The interception was part of a multi-agency law enforcement effort targeting transnational drug trafficking organizations. U.S. Immigration and Customs...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 29, 2014
News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- Federal prosecutors today charged a Hoover man with fraud and money laundering in connection with an illegal Ponzi scheme that caused investors to lose more than $3 million,announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance, FBI Special Agent in Charge Richard D. Schwein Jr., Alabama Securities Commission Director Joseph P. Borg and Hoover Police Chief Nick Derzis.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 29, 2014
News Release: A man who failed to register as a sex offender was sentenced today to five years in federal prison.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 29, 2014
News Release: U.S.-China Joint Fact Sheet on 25th Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (USTR).
By Interior Newswire | Dec 29, 2014
News Release: Search crews located an unresponsive male fitting the description of the overdue snowshoer at 11:57 this morning. The Pierce County Medical Examiner will make the final determination and identification. The body was found by ground searchers next to Edith Creek in the Paradise area.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 29, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that today United States District Court Judge John E. Jones sentenced Tiffany K. Look, age 39, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, to 24 months in prison for mail fraud.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 29, 2014
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) Southeast Regional Office has issued a prospectus seeking proposals from individuals or businesses interested in competing for a 10-year concession contract to provide guided horseback rides and related services at the Cades Cove Riding Stable in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The new concession contract is expected to begin on Jan. 1, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 29, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown of the Southern District of Alabama announces that Marion Vernon Bowman, Jr. of Prichard was recently sentenced, following a September 2014 guilty plea to a charge of being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm. Bowman was previously convicted in Mobile ...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 29, 2014
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today will transfer $115 million to the U.S. Treasury for revenue generated from the sale and auction of crude helium from the Federal Helium Reserve, a resource owned by the American people and managed by the BLM's Amarillo, Texas, Field Office. Today's transfer augments...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 29, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that United States District Court Chief Judge Christopher C. Conner imposed a 147 month-sentence (12 years, 3 months)on Azim W. Showell, age 25, of Harrisburg, for trafficking heroin and cocaine, as well as trading drugs for firearms.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 29, 2014
News Release: NOTE: After original news release of Dec. 29, 2014, dates of planned burning were revised to those listed below.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 29, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Pittsburgh resident has been sentenced in federal court to two years of probation and ordered to pay $78,719.00 in restitution on her conviction of theft of government property, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 29, 2014
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A company and its owner have agreed to pay $105,000 to settle allegations that they failed to properly account for grant money given to Justice Planners International, a joint venture created to provide juvenile detention center consulting services to Native American tribes, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman and Michael Horowitz, Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Justice, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 29, 2014
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A U.S. Bureau of Prisons employee today admitted providing two mobile phones to an inmate at Fort Dix Federal Correctional Institution (FCI Fort Dix), U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
