News from February 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2014
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that the former mayor of Grandview, Mo., pleaded guilty in federal court today to a wire fraud scheme in which he used a bogus charity to steal $35,000 in contributions from International House of Prayer, a local nonprofit organization.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 11, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - At a full committee business meeting today, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee passed several bills to improve transparency and accountability, including H.R. 2804, the All Economic Regulations are Transparent (ALERT) Act of 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2014
News Release: Tampa, Florida- United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Michael Gallon (48, Lakeland) pleaded guilty last week to sex trafficking of a minor by force, fraud or coercion and distribution of child pornography. He faces a maximum penalty of life in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been scheduled.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that on February 7, 2014, Chief U.S. District Judge Dana L. Christensen, sentenced WILLIAM DECATURE DAVIS, JR., 47, of Havre, Montana, to a term of 36 months' in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for the 2007 sexual abuse of a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown of the Southern District of Alabama announced today that Timothy Dewayne Hunt of Mobile was sentenced to 15 months imprisonment, following a May 2013 guilty plea to a charge of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance. The charge arose from a...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2014
News Release: Buffalo, N.Y. -- The United States Attorney's Office for the Western District of New York announced today that Lisa M. Yaeger, 50, of Buffalo, N.Y., who was convicted of submitting false documents to the Internal Revenue Service, was sentenced to time served and six months supervised release by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. B U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Shane Grafman, 29, of Prescott, Arizona, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, five kilograms or more of cocaine and 100 kilograms or more of marijuana, as well as a separate charge...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An Indiana, Pa., resident has been sentenced in federal court to 60 months in prison, to be followed by 12 years of supervised release, on his conviction of possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2014
News Release: DENVER - Kizzy Kalu, age 49, of Highlands Ranch, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Marcia S. Krieger to serve 130 months in federal prison after earlier being found guilty of mail fraud, visa fraud, human trafficking and money laundering. Following his prison sentence, Kalu was ordered...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 11, 2014
News Release: Click the link below to watch a livestream of the event "Senate HELP Committee Chairman Harkin To Unveil New Report on Students Left in Isolation or Physically Restrained in Schools."
By Interior Newswire | Feb 11, 2014
News Release: January 2014 saw the arrival of a new year coincide with the arrival of a new weather pattern that brought unprecedented warm temperatures and wetter than normal conditions to the Kenai Fjords area. Weather across the country made national news as the Midwest and East Coast experienced continuous extreme...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2014
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Pleasantville, Pennsylvania has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on charges of making false statements in matters relevant to permits issued under the Safe Drinking Water Act, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2014
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William, J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Ronald Beaton, 68, of Waterloo, N.Y., who was convicted of possession of child pornography, was sentenced to 30 months in prison and 10 years supervised release, by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 11, 2014
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - With basketball fans across the country heading to New Orleans this week for NBA All-Star 2014 Sunday at New Orleans Arena, the National Basketball Association (NBA) is working with U.S. Immigration and Custom’s Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) to caution unsuspecting fans against counterfeiters attempting to sell unauthorized and poorly made knock-off merchandise.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 11, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Energy Department announced today that it has conditionally authorized Cameron LNG, LLC (Cameron) to export domestically produced liquefied natural gas (LNG) to countries that do not have a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States from the Cameron LNG Terminal in Cameron Parish...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2014
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - Three residents of Johnstown, Pa., were indicted by a federal grand jury in Johnstown on charges of violating federal narcotics and firearms laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 11, 2014
News Release: Patchogue, NY - On Jan. 31, 2014, Fire Island National Seashore Superintendent Chris Soller signed the 2014 Superintendent's Compendium, now available on the park website. The purpose of the compedium is to provide the public and park employees with a document that lists the special designations...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 11, 2014
News Release: Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new method for accurately measuring a key process governing a wide variety of cellular functions that may become the basis for a "health checkup" for living cells.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 11, 2014
News Release: VAN BUREN MO: Today Superintendent Bill Black expressed appreciation on behalf of the National Park Service (NPS) for the tremendous level of public interest and participation in the planning process for the Draft General Management Plan for Ozark National Scenic Riverways. States Black, "We were very...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 11, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources Committee Peter DeFazio (D-OR) issued the following statement in response to Obama Administration’s action items to crack down on illegal wildlife trading...
