News from December 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2014
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014, a federal grand jury returned a 17-count indictment against former Lieutenant and head of Bayamón CIC, Puerto Rico Police Department Sergio Calderón-Marrero for conspiracy to commit identity fraud, unlawful production of identification documents...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Alaska and Virginia-based technology contractors Eyak Technology LLC (EyakTek) and Eyak Services LLC (ESL) have agreed to pay $2.5 million and relinquish any rights to additional payments from the United States to resolve allegations that they submitted false claims to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Justice Department announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 15, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, spoke on the Senate floor urging his colleagues to support two critical nominations for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS): Russ Deyo to be Under Secretary for Management at the Department and Sarah Saldaña to be Assistant Secretary for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2014
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. -Donald Lancer, 47, of Saskatchewan, Canada, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute and possess to distribute cocaine, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Luis Olivares, age 42, of Rapid City, South Dakota, was found guilty of Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine, Possession of Firearms During a Drug Trafficking Crime, Felon and Fugitive in Possession of Firearms, Possession of Methamphetamine ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2014
News Release: Already Serving 22 Years for Previous Fraud Scheme.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 15, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today sent a letter to the U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) expressing her support for the agency’s efforts to prepare for future exports of oil and gas from deepwater ports in offshore regions of the United States. She also released a study by the Law Library of Congress highlighting the deepwater export policies of key American allies.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2014
News Release: After a week-long trial, a federal jury convicted a trucker and Florida resident of kidnapping and interstate domestic violence. Evidence adduced at trial showed that the defendant held the female victim captive for 10 days and inflicted psychological and physical abuse that included sexual battery. This was the first time an individual was charged with domestic violence in federal court in South Florida under the Interstate Domestic Violence statute.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2014
News Release: GREENBELT, Md. - U.S. District Judge George J. Hazel sentenced John David White, age 42, of Waldorf, Maryland today to 248 months in prison, followed by four years of supervised release, for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and heroin, possession and attempt to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and heroin, maintaining a drug-involved premises and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2014
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Topeka man was sentenced Monday to 84 months in federal prison on a carjacking charge, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2014
News Release: GREAT FALLS - Dozens of senior federal law enforcement officials will meet in Great Falls this week to consult with the United States Attorney about his office’s anti-corruption strike-force known as the Guardians. The Guardians Project was launched in 2011 by U.S. Attorney Mike Cotter as a collaborative...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2014
News Release: After eleven days of trial, a federal jury convicted an employee of Day and Zimmerman, International (D&Z), a large, multi-national company specializing in construction, engineering, and security for leading corporations and govenments around the world, of eight counts of wire fraud. The employee engaged in two schemes in which he attempted to fraudulently obtain almost $650,000.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 15, 2014
News Release: Jemez Springs, NM- The Valles Caldera Trust is planning to implement a prescribed pile burn on Tuesday, December 16th and Wednesday, December 17th. The prescribed pile burn will be on 75 acres of the Valles Caldera National Preserve, north of NM Highway 4 in the Banco Bonito area near mile marker 30. The purpose of the burn is to reduce hazardous fuels and the chance for future catastrophic fire and for the restoration of fire in a fire-adapted ecosystem.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 15, 2014
News Release: The Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area announces a 30-minute, interpretive fireside chat with a ranger about the region's holiday traditions. Enjoy this time with a ranger next to the wood burning fireplace in Bandy Creek Visitor Center learning about holiday traditions of the past. Visitors...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2014
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By Commerce Newswire | Dec 15, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) and Sen. David Vitter (R-LA), the top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, announced a new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO), regarding the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2014
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A driver stopped in western Kansas with more than five pounds of methamphetamine was sentenced Monday to 18 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Tea, South Dakota, woman convicted of Conspiracy To Distribute Marijuana and Conspiracy To Commit Money Laundering was sentenced on December 8, 2014, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 15, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) and Sen. David Vitter (R-LA), the top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, announced a new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO), regarding the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2014
News Release: EUGENE, Ore. - Bryan Cramer, 37, of Springfield, Oregon, was sentenced to eight years in prison following his plea of guilty to distribution of child pornography. At the sentencing hearing, U.S. District Judge Michael McShane sentenced Cramer to 96 months in prison, followed by a 21-year term of supervised release. Cramer will be subject to stringent conditions of supervision and will be required to register as a sex offender.
