News from December 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2014
News Release: James Clore, Renee Harris And Marcus Strother Conspired To Distribute Heroin, Cocaine.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 2, 2014
News Release: Traditional New Year's Open House. Date: Sunday, January 4th. Time: 12:00 pm (noon) to 4:00 pm. Location: William Howard Taft birthplace. Fees: No Fees. On Sunday, January 4th, visit the Taft birthplace to celebrate the Taft home Open House. This will be your last chance this holiday season to see the...
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. Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that on Dec. 2, 2014, Steven W. Beckman, 64, East St. Louis, IL, pled guilty...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 2, 2014
News Release: A new National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) computer-modeling study of a 2012 Chicago house fire reveals the conditions that unleashed a surge of searing gases, leading to the death of a veteran firefighter.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 2, 2014
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter, top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, today made the following statement regarding Chairman Barbara Boxer's decision to break committee precedent and not hold a hearing on a controversial Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) nominee, Jeff Baran. Baran is ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2014
News Release: DALLAS - The former owner and president of Curry Auto Leasing (CAL) in Dallas, who pleaded guilty in July 2014 to an information charging one count of bank fraud, was sentenced yesterday, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 2, 2014
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the below statement on a proposal to possibly consider Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding under a continuing resolution. Last month, after years of Congressional inaction, the...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 2, 2014
News Release: The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, December 9, 2014, at 10:30 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Setting Fiscal Priorities."
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 2, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the following statement in response to the White House Review: Federal Support for Local Law Enforcement Equipment Acquisition.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2014
News Release: DALLAS - A 27-year-old Irving, Texas, man appeared in federal court this morning, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul D. Stickney, and pleaded guilty to one count of transporting and shipping child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 2, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources Committee Peter DeFazio (D-OR) sent a letter to Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell, requesting that he stop a coyote and wolf hunting derby planned on public National Forest System (NFS) lands until proper environmental analysis can...
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 US DOT Newswire | Dec 2, 2014
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, today passed the Federal Duck Stamp Act of 2014, which would update the price of the duck stamp for the first time since 1991.
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 Plato, Mo., man who initially confessed during a pre-employment polygraph examination when he applied for employment at the Missouri State Highway Patrol pleaded guilty...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 2, 2014
News Release: USDA Announcement Will Expand Innovative Farm to School Programs, Improve School Meal Options
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2014
News Release: Posts Threats To Kill Police Following Events In Ferguson, Missouri.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2014
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Benjamin Renteria-Arboleda (54, Colombia, South America) has pleaded guilty to conspiring with others to possess with intent to distribute 5 kilograms or more of cocaine on board a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. He faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years, up to life, in federal prison. Sentencing is scheduled for Jan. 20, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2014
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - 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 EPA Newswire | Dec 2, 2014
News Release: The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, December 9, 2014, at 10:30 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Setting Fiscal Priorities."
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2014
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