News from December 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2014
News Release: MANHATTAN, N.Y. - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the conviction of Austin Romain, a New York City Correction Officer, in connection with his receipt of thousands of dollars in cash bribes to smuggle marijuana and other contraband into...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2014
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Orlando Nunez DeLeon, a/k/a “Alberto Ando," age 37, of New York today to four years in prison followed by two years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute a kilogram or more of heroin, in connection with a distribution ring that operated in Cecil County, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania and New York.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2014
News Release: Plano, Texas -U.S. Attorney John M. Bales announced today that a deputy with the Denton County Sheriff’s Department has been indicted on child exploitation charges in the Eastern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2014
News Release: COEUR D'ALENE - Peter Todd Gokey, 46, of Blanchard, Idaho, pleaded guilty yesterday to unauthorized use of National Forest lands, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Gokey was indicted by a federal grand jury in Coeur d'Alene on March 18, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2014
News Release: Sentences of 27, 25, and 20 years for three of the defendants involved in the murder.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Wen Ping Chen, 29, and his brother Wen Qiu Chen, 31, each pled guilty this morning to harboring an illegal alien and violating the federal minimum and overtime wage laws.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2014
News Release: JOHNSTOWN - A resident of Altoona, PA, has been sentenced in federal court to 24 months incarceration followed by three years supervised release on his conviction of violating federal laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2014
News Release: "Our efforts to root out bad conduct at Rikers Island, by individuals and by the institution as a whole, continue. Today, we took another step in the right direction with the conviction of correction officer Austin Romain for taking bribes and conspiring to smuggle drugs into Rikers Island. Holding corrupt...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 12, 2014
News Release: Arches and Canyonlands national parks are open all year, but the parks' visitor center operations change with the arrival of winter.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2014
News Release: South Bend, Indiana - The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in Federal Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2014
News Release: Two others pleaded guilty earlier this year.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 12, 2014
News Release: Gateway National Recreation Area has issued three Requests for Proposals (RFPs) to lease up to six historic Army buildings within the Fort Hancock and Sandy Hook Proving Ground National Historic Landmark, which encompasses all of Gateway's Sandy Hook Unit. The park will accept submissions through April 16, 2015. Instructions on how to submit proposals and other details can be found at.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 12, 2014
News Release: Last night, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., subpoenaed ObamaCare architect Jonathan Gruber for all documents and communications with federal, state, or local government employees related to aspects of his work on the President’s health care law.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2014
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Johnstown, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court to 18 months of incarceration to be followed by three years of supervised release and ordered to forfeit $690, on her conviction of violating various federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 12, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today praised final passage of the package of lands bills included within the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that will allow two land conveyances in Alaska - one in downtown Anchorage and another at Wainwright - to move forward.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2014
News Release: Hammond, Indiana - The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in Federal Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2014
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Lamar.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2014
News Release: Sentences of 27, 25, and 20 years for three of the defendants involved in the murder.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2014
News Release: Sentences of 27, 25, and 20 years for three of the defendants involved in the murder.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 12, 2014
News Release: When you're striving for excellence, it helps to have an example. It's much easier to work hard on something when you've seen others succeed despite obstacles. A highlight each year at the National Institute of Standards and Technology is the annual awards ceremony. This is where NIST celebrates operational excellence through the many achievements of its scientific, engineering, administrative and other support staff members.
