News from December 2014
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 15, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today delivered the following remarks on pension reform and retirement savings at the Financial Services Roundtable...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2014
News Release: html xmlns=". USDOJ: US Attorney's Office - CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA - 161. LOS ANGELES - The seventh and final deputy in the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department convicted of obstruction of justice for interfering with a grand jury investigation into misconduct at the...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 15, 2014
News Release: Changes in the Earth's outer core trigger unpredictable changes in its magnetic field, an invisible force that extends from Earth's interior to where it meets a stream of charged particles emanating from the Sun. For example, over the past few decades the North magnetic pole has been drifting toward Siberia at an irregular speed. This migration can adversely affect the accuracy of navigation if not compensated for by an updated WMM.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2014
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Hudson County, N.J., man today admitted to trying to kill a rival gang member, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2014
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - William Hird, 69, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced today to 24 months in prison for his role in a fraud scheme involving judges at the former Philadelphia Traffic Court. Hird, who was Director of Records at the time, pleaded guilty in January to 18 counts, including conspiracy, wire...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Fannie Long, 53, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute fentanyl before Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2014
News Release: Lancaster, South Carolina ----United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated thatAisha J. Craig, age 35, and Ebony N. Eddie, age 34, both of Lancaster, were sentenced in Federal Court for their involvement in a scheme to submit fraudulent tax returns to the Internal Revenue Service. According to facts presented...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2014
News Release: Customer Sales and Service Representative in Pennsylvania sold information related to over 20 customer accounts.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Porcupine, South Dakota, man convicted of Escape was sentenced on December 4, 2014, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2014
News Release: While On Pretrial Release, Edgar Encarnacion Located And Threatened, On Facebook And In Person, Family Members Of A Man Who Stole Drug Money From Him.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2014
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that a federal jury has found Brian C. Weiler (56, Melbourne) guilty of conspiracy to distribute and dispense Oxycodone. Weiler, a pharmacist of 32 years, faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison and the forfeiture of his Florida Pharmacist License. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for March 13, 2015. Weiler was indicted in October 2011.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2014
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Kovachevich has sentenced Courtney Garner (31, Tampa) to 15 years in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Garner pleaded guilty on Sept. 11, 2014.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 15, 2014
News Release: MEDORA, ND -Theodore Roosevelt National Park invites the public to provide feedback on a proposal to replace its North Unit communications tower with a shorter one at the same general location. The current tower provides communication functions essential to public safety and efficient park operations. It is located within the park boundary on the east side of Hwy 85 in McKenzie County, just north of the park entrance.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2014
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ARMANI CUMMINGS, a/k/a “A1," and JOSE MUNOZ, a/k/a “Rico," were found guilty on December 12 of murder, drug trafficking, firearms offenses, and other crimes. The jury convicted CUMMINGS and MUNOZ on all 14 counts in the indictment following a four-week trial before U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2014
News Release: FARGO - U. S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on Dec.15, 2014, Alesia Stana Shaw, 31, Fort Totten, N.D. was sentenced before U. S. District Judge Ralph R. Erickson to serve eight months in prison for child abuse or neglect.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 15, 2014
News Release: Two new prototypes for tiny chip-based thermometers are illuminating light's potential to revolutionize the way temperature is gauged. With further development, these photonic thermometers are expected to perform as well as or better than the traditional platinum resistance thermometers (PRTs), with...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2014
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By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2014
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Elizabeth Kovachevich has sentenced Erasmo Aguinaga (36, Bradenton) to 15 years in federal prison for attempted child enticement. A federal jury found him guilty on Sept. 19, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Tracey Dunn, Assistant Director, NOAA Fisheries Office of Law Enforcement, and David Pharo, Resident Agent in Charge, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Office of Law Enforcement, Miami Office, announced that Charles R. Jamison...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 15, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Congressmen Sander Levin (D-MI) and Adam Smith (D-WA) welcomed the extension of the Trade Adjustment Assistance program in the federal funding omnibus passed by the Senate on Saturday. The omnibus extended the Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers program through FY 2015, and the Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms program through Dec. 31, 2015.
