News from December 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Randall Wheeler, Jr., 30, of Los Angeles, Calif., was sentenced this afternoon to ten years in federal prison followed by four years of supervised release for his drug trafficking conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney James L. Santelle of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that, on Dec. 16, 2014, Calvin V. Sanders (52) of Milwaukee, Wisconsin was sentenced in the United States District Court to a total of 76 months imprisonment for his involvement in an unemployment insurance fraud scheme and aggravated identity theft.
By State Newswire | Dec 17, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), issued this statement following the release of Alan Gross.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 17, 2014
News Release: STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. - Western Rivers Conservancy, the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service completed conservation of a historic property at the confluence of the Yampa River and Sarvis Creek today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2014
News Release: Defendant Faces Up To 10 Additional Years In Federal Prison.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 17, 2014
News Release: On Dec. 3, 2014, the National Park Service published a prospectus for interpretive passenger seaplane service in the Dry Tortugas. A site visit to be oriented to the current commercial use authorization holder’s operations and the park will be held Wednesday, January 7, 2015. Those interested must RSVP by Friday, Dec. 19, 2014 with Bill Stevens, Chief of Commercial Services, Southeast Region via email at e-mail us or phone at (404) 507-5636.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2014
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin today announced that Freedom Industries, Inc. (Freedom) and six former Freedom officials have been charged with various federal crimes related to the January 2014 Elk River chemical spill in Charleston.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on Dec. 15, 2014, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Dominique Taylor, 29, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to defraud the Internal Revenue Service, was sentenced to time served and six months of electronic monitoring by Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny. The defendant was also ordered to pay restitution totaling $54,316.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Aggravated Sexual Abuse, Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury, and Child Abuse.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 17, 2014
News Release: President Obama has declared Dec. 26, 2014 a federal holiday.John Muir National Historic Site will be closed on Thurs, December 25 as well as Friday, December 26.We will reopen the following day, Saturday, December 27 at 10:00 am.The staff wishes everyone a very happy and safe holiday.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Anne M. Tompkins Western District Of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2014
News Release: An Elyria man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for distributing heroin and fentanyl, including fentanyl that caused the death of an Elyria resident last year, law enforcement officials said.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 17, 2014
News Release: Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park continues its tradition of sharing Hawaiian culture and After Dark in the Park programs with the community and visitors in January - which is also Volcano Awareness Month, established by the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. All programs are free, but park entrance fees apply. Programs are co-sponsored by the Hawai‘i Pacific Parks Association, and your $2 donation helps support park programs. Mark the calendar for these upcoming events.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2014
News Release: Ocala, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Jermaine Lamar Harris (31, Ocala) pleaded guilty today to one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. He faces a mandatory minimum term of 15 years, up to life, in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2014
News Release: A Cleveland Heights woman was sentenced to nearly 15 years in prison for his role in a widespread identity-theft scheme, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 17, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Prescription drug overdose death rates in the United States have more than tripled since 1990 and prescription opioid abuse is an ever-growing problem. Following on their creation of a bipartisan Prescription Drug Abuse Working Group earlier this year, Senate Health, Education, Labor, ...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 17, 2014
News Release: Program biologists from The Peregrine Fund and Zion National Park have confirmed that two California condor chicks have left their nests and taken flight in northern Arizona, but hopes of a third chick successfully reaching the fledgling milestone in southern Utah have been dashed by a lack of visual observation. The third chick was Utah's first wild-hatched condor chick.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2014
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Anthony Lamont Hill, 31, of Fletcher, NC, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Dennis L. Howell on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014 and pleaded guilty to armed robbery and gun charges in connection with a 2013 armed robbery of a Dollar General store in Woodfin, N.C., announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Anne M. Tompkins Western District Of North Carolina.
