News from December 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2014
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Joseph W. Shepherd and United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that Curious Goods LLC and six individuals charged in a synthetic marijuana sales and money laundering scheme operated through the company’s retail stores were sentenced today. United States District Judge Elizabeth E. Foote presided over the hearings.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2014
News Release: DENVER - Peter V. Capra, age 57, of Littleton, Colorado, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Court Judge R. Brooke Jackson to serve 144 months in federal prison for wire fraud and money laundering, federal authorities announced. Following his prison sentence, Capra was ordered to serve 3 years on supervised release. Capra was also ordered by Judge Jackson to pay over $9 million in restitution. Capra was remanded into custody at the conclusion of the hearing.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2014
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - United States Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that James R. Back, 60, of Soldotna, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Anchorage. Chief Judge Ralph Beistline sentenced Back to 16 months in prison and a $10,000 fine, to be followed by one year of supervised release. In addition, Back paid over $17,000 for the cost of prosecution and paid back taxes in the amount of $113,286.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2014
News Release: Used Stolen Personal Identifying Information to Pose as the Victim, Change the Victim’s Online Password and Email Address, and Stop Delivery of Mail in Attempt to Avoid Detection.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 16, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Energy Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) today announced $60 million in funding for 22 innovative new projects aimed at detecting and measuring methane emissions and developing localized thermal management systems that reduce the energy needed to heat and...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Ricardo Lamagna, 21, a member and resident of Sandia Pueblo, N.M., pleaded guilty this morning to a felony information charging him with an assault with a dangerous weapon charge under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 16, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON -In a victory for strong enforcement of trade rules, in a ruling today the Commerce Department sided with Hillsboro-based SolarWorld in its fight against unfair trade. The Commerce Department ruled that Chinese and Taiwanese producers used illegal foreign government subsidies and dumped below-cost solar panels and modules on the U.S. market. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., issued a statement following the ruling.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2014
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Two Newark men will make their initial appearance in court today on charges they carried out two armed carjackings and one attempted carjacking during a five-day span in September 2013, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2014
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Shreveport man pleaded guilty Monday to possessing firearms and ammunition after being convicted of multiple felonies.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 16, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON-Due to the National Chanukah Menorah Lighting ceremony on the Ellipse, a permitted First Amendment activity, access to the National Christmas Tree and Pathway of Peace will be restricted on Tuesday, December 16.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 16, 2014
News Release: National Park Service Selects John Lonergan.
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), issued this statement regarding the terrorist attack in Pakistan.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2014
News Release: BOSTON - An Iowan man pretending to be a professional photographer was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Boston for engaging in sexually explicit conduct via webcam.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2014
News Release: BOISE - Erica Michelle Luna, 34, of Boise, Idaho, was sentenced to 92 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for distribution of methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. U.S. Chief District Judge B. Lynn Winmill sentenced Luna at the federal courthouse in Boise. Luna pleaded guilty to the charge on Oct. 2, 2014.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 16, 2014
News Release: National Park Service Chesapeake Bay was one of 37 national parks selected to receive a 2014 Active Trails grant from the National Park Foundation, the official charity of America's national parks. Now in its sixth year, the Active Trails program supports healthy living by getting people out and active...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2014
News Release: - Ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $10,144.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2014
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ----United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that James Autry “Audi" Clemens, age 60 of Johnston, SC, Larry Baker, age 64 of Cameron, SC and Steven Crandall, age 59 of Salisbury, NC were sentenced for their connection to a scheme to defraud Shaw Air Force Base through...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014. Follow @SDILNews. Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that a Waterloo, Illinois, man, convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine...
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Today, Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY), the Committee’s Ranking Member, issued the following statement on the one year anniversary of South Sudan’s civil war...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2014
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Keon Jamar Nunnelly, 30, of Sacramento, was sentenced today by United States District Judge John A. Mendez to 10 years and five months in prison, to be followed by a 10-year period of supervised release where he is required to register as a sex offender, for sex trafficking of a minor, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
