News from December 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2014
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, James Higgins, Acting Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (“ATF"), and William J. Bratton, Commissioner of the New York City Police Department...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2014
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that KORY KREIDER, age 23, of Lacombe, was sentenced today for assaulting a federal officer.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2014
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that RICHARD AMMAR CHICHAKLI, an associate of convicted international arms dealer Viktor Bout, was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to five years in prison. CHICHAKLI, who was arrested in Australia in...
By State Newswire | Dec 4, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, applauded the House of Representatives passage of H. Res. 758, which strongly condemns the actions of Russia, under President Vladimir Putin, which has carried out a policy of aggression against neighboring countries, aimed at political and economic domination. The legislation was introduced by Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL).
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2014
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Lake Elsinore man who was employed as a correctional officer at the Federal Correctional Institution, Terminal Island has pleaded guilty to a federal bribery charge for taking $1,000 in cash to smuggle a cell phone into the prison facility.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2014
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A California CPA who allegedly stole more than $4 million from a worship center in New Jersey, is scheduled to have his initial New Jersey court appearance on Dec. 8, 2015, U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2014
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Donte Demus, 27, of Norfolk, Va., was sentenced today to 54 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $144,841.00 in restitution for committing wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 4, 2014
News Release: The Obed Wild and Scenic River will host, in partnership with bowyer Travis Gosnell, another primitive bow workshop on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014, at the Obed Visitor Center. The program begins at 5 p.m. EST and will conclude by 7 p.m. Visitors will have the opportunity to help in the process of building a primitive bow and ask Travis questions about other primitive weaponry.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2014
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Joplin, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for fraudulently receiving federal disaster benefits following the tornado that struck the city of Joplin on May 22, 2011, killing 158 people and causing more than $2.9 billion in damage.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 4, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The House of Representatives today passed the National Defense Authorization Act of 2014 by a bipartisan vote of 300 to 119, which included a provision authored by House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) to establish a fair, predictable fee-setting system for families who own cabins in our National Forests.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2014
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that the husband and wife owners and operators of a Kansas City, Mo., firm that promised to help financially-strapped clients get out of debt were sentenced in federal court today for defrauding 81 clients and the government of more than $1 million.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 4, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - In a speech at an event with the National Foreign Trade Council tonight, Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) reiterated the need for Congress and the Administration to promote a robust trade agenda, including passage of job-creating Trade Promotion Authority (TPA). Hatch was honored with the 2014 World Trade Award, for lifetime achievement in opening markets worldwide to U.S. trade and investment.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2014
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that TERRIOUES OWNEY, age 27, and DARICK WALLACE, age 25, both of New Orleans, were sentenced today for their roles in a heroin distribution conspiracy.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 4, 2014
News Release: BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR GUIDED DIVING ON SUBMERGED B-29.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 4, 2014
News Release: CARTAGENA, Colombia - A cargo container ship docked here was going to be used to transport more than ‘routine’ cargo after law enforcement authorities discovered 270 kilos of cocaine Wednesday ready to be concealed on the ship’s hull.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Thursday, December 4, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RICHARD DAVIS, also known as “Quan Bezel," 21, of New Haven, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Four Philippine nationals were indicted today on conspiracy, hostage-taking, and weapons charges stemming from the kidnapping in the Philippines of a mother and her then 14-year-old son in July of 2011. The indictment alleges that the group held the mother for approximately 82 days and the son for approximately 151 days, and forced the family to pay ransom for their return. The victims, both U.S. nationals, were in the Philippines on a family trip.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2014
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Nevada, Mo., woman pleaded guilty in federal court today to a bank fraud scheme in which she embezzled from her employer.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2014
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Six people residing in South Texas have been convicted of making false statements in the purchase of firearms, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson along with Special Agent in Charge Robert W. Elder of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
By DOE Newswire | Dec 4, 2014
News Release: In 1985 President Ronald Reagan proclaimed December to be National Made in America month to encourage consumers and workers alike to “observe this month with appropriate programs and activities to recognize and celebrate the excellence of American products." Made in America month has since become a proud tradition that highlights the hard work and ingenuity of American workers and the products they make right here at home.
