News from February 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2014
News Release: BOSTON - A Bolton man was charged today in U.S. District Court in Worcester on child pornography charges.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 10, 2014
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Chairman Phil Roe (R-TN) released the following statements after the Obama administration announced its latest ObamaCare delay...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2014
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Leurys Antonio Olivo, 29, of the Bronx, New York, was sentenced today to 60 months in prison, followed by two years of supervised release, for conspiracy to defraud the government and aggravated identity theft. Olivo also was ordered to pay restitution to the U.S. Treasury in the amount of $42,175.28.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 10, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today issued the following statement after the Obama Administration announced its latest ObamaCare employer mandate delay...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 10, 2014
News Release: Anchorage - Join Diane Hanson from the Alaska Consortium of Zooarchaeologists and the University of Alaska Anchorage for a Fireside Chat - “From A to Z: Archaeologists, Zooarchaeology, and the Tales Bones Tell.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2014
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Ernesto Salgado-Guzman, 47, of Madera, pleaded guilty to a violation of the Arms Export and Control Act by shipping firearms to Mexico, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2014
News Release: DALLAS - Jose Inez Zapata, 33, of Dallas, was sentenced this morning, by U.S. District Judge David C. Godbey, to 240 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in August 2013 to two federal felony firearm charges, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2014
News Release: DALLAS - Raul Mirabal, 42, of Grapevine, Texas, was sentenced this morning by U.S. District Judge David C. Godbey to 72 months in federal prison following his guilty plea in June 2013 to one count of possession of a firearm by a prohibited person, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 10, 2014
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking public nominations for open positions on its Resource Advisory Councils (RAC) that advise the BLM on public land issues. The BLM in Oregon and Washington is collecting nominations for the following RACs: John Day-Snake RAC (deadline March 27, 2014), Southeast...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2014
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Sdey Chim, 37, of Modesto, pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to structure cash transactions, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2014
News Release: In Del Rio on Friday evening, a federal jury found 23-year-old Jesus Cardenas of New Braunfels, TX, and 34-year-old Luis Cardenas guilty on multiple counts of smuggling ammunition from the United States announced U.S. Attorney Robert Pitman and Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent in Charge Janice Ayala.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2014
News Release: SAN DIEGO, CA - Manuel Osorio-Arellanes, age 37, was sentenced to 30 years in prison today in United States District Court in Tucson, AZ, for the first degree murder of United States Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry, announced Laura E. Duffy, United States Attorney for the Southern District of California. Agent Terry was shot and killed on Dec. 14, 2010, when the defendant and four others engaged in a firefight with Border Patrol agents.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2014
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Middlesex County, N.J., woman who conspired with others to defraud the U.S. Department of the Treasury of more than $1 million in income tax refunds over a four-year period was sentenced today to 44 months in prison, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2014
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former teacher at Arrowview Middle School in San Bernardino was sentenced this morning to 120 months in federal prison for attempting to entice a 13-year old girl in New Jersey to engage in sexual activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2014
News Release: Defendant Sentenced as a Career Offender for Two Oregon Robberies.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 10, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Reclamation Commissioner Michael L. Connor named David Raff, Ph.D., PE, D.WRE, as Reclamation's Science Advisor. In this position, he will serve as Scientific Integrity Officer - ensuring that the agency follows the Department of the Interior's Scientific and Scholarly Integrity Policy while overseeing Reclamation's Research and Development Office.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 10, 2014
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking nominations for the National Watermelon Promotion Board. Applications for 13 open seats are due by June 2, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2014
News Release: This morning in Austin, Gregory P. Boyd was sentenced to 33 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $185,129.07 restitution to the Internal Revenue Service for filing income tax returns that did not accurately reflect his income announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman and Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation Special Agent In Charge Steve McCullough.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2014
News Release: Spokane - Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Timothy Andrew Casey, age 49, of Soap Lake, Washington, was sentenced today after having previously pleaded guilty in November of 2013 to Receipt of Child Pornography. Chief United States District...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 10, 2014
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - The Bureau of Reclamation has issued the Draft Henrys Fork Basin Study for a 30-day public comment period. The Study includes 12 alternatives that describe strategies to improve water supply conditions in the Upper Snake River basin.
