News from December 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2014
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A former longshoreman was sentenced to 12 months in prison today for conspiring to extort others in Local 1235 of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) for Christmastime tribute payments, New Jersey U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman and Eastern District of New York U.S. Attorney Loretta E. Lynch announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger today announced a complaint charging YUSRA ISMAIL, 20, with stealing and misusing a passport. According to the complaint and documents filed in court, on Aug. 18, 2014, ISMAIL visited a friend and asked to see her passport. Before leaving her home on that day, ISMAIL surreptitiously took the passport and subsequently left her friend’s home.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 2, 2014
News Release: Upcoming Webinars. December 3: Live Webinar on Buildings of the Future Research Project Launch and Virtual Panel Discussion on Building Technology Trends. Webinar Sponsors: Building Technologies Office, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The Energy Department...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2014
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - A federal jury in Albany convicted VINCENT JACKSON, age 34, of Brooklyn and Albany, New York, today of illegally possessing a Diamondback DB-9 nine-millimeter pistol and 47 rounds of nine-millimeter ammunition after a four-day trial, announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and Acting Special Agent in Charge James S. Higgins of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2014
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Donald F. Ihlefeld, 71, of Cranston, R.I., owner of Alhambra Building Company of Warwick, R.I., was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Providence to two years probation, ordered to perform 200 hours community service and to provide $20,000 in funding to the Rhode Island Foundation...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2014
News Release: POCATELLO- Matthew Lewis Udy, 45, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, pleaded guilty today to unauthorized use of an access device, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 2, 2014
News Release: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists and their collaborators have found that naturally occurring compounds-alkaloids-that are found on the skin of certain poison frogs can incapacitate and kill fire ants.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2014
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By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2014
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By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014. Follow @SDILNews. On Dec. 2, 2014, a Perry County, Illinois, man was sentenced in U.S. District Court for a methamphetamine violation, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2014
News Release: BOISE - Rapphel Johnson, 28, of Reno, Nevada, pleaded guilty today in United States District Court to one count of aggravated identity theft, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Sentencing is set for Feb. 18, 2015, before Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2014
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - A federal jury in Albany convicted VINCENT JACKSON, age 34, of Brooklyn and Albany, New York, today of illegally possessing a Diamondback DB-9 ninemillimeter pistol and 47 rounds of nine-millimeter ammunition after a four-day trial, announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and Acting Special Agent in Charge James S. Higgins of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney James L. Santelle of the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that John M. Hunter (age: 36) of Antigo, Wisconsin, was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison by Chief United States District Court Judge William C. Griesbach. Hunter had previously pled guilty to a single count of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances in violation of Title 21 United States Code, Sections 846 and 841(b)(1)(B), and Title 18 United States Code, Section 2.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2014
News Release: GREENBELT, Md. - Ishmael Ford-Bey, age 40, of Mitchellville, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to nine counts of a superseding indictment charging him with conspiracy, possession with intent to distribute cocaine, using a phone to facilitate drug distribution, and money laundering. As part of his guilty plea, Ford-Bey consented to the entry of a $108 million forfeiture order, including luxury vehicles, jewelry and cash.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 2, 2014
News Release: Las Vegas --The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today sold 414.93 acres in 30 parcels for $49,745,000 during a competitive-public-land sale. The agency offered 516.18 acres, in 40 parcels, under the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act (SNPLMA).
By Interior Newswire | Dec 2, 2014
News Release: Father Christmas Visits the Presidential Home.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2014
News Release: Project Safe Childhood. SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Stotts City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for attempting to manufacture child pornography by secretly videotaping a child victim in the shower. Christopher...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 2, 2014
News Release: A new, innovative "dashboard" from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) won't help you drive your car, but it will help enable reproducible research in biology.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2014
News Release: Civil Forfeiture Action Used To Seize And Forfeit Stolen Cultural Property.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 2, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.- Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today applauded HELP Committee approval of National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) nominee Lauren McGarity McFerran to serve as a Member of the NLRB. Her nomination now goes to the Senate floor for consideration.
