News from February 2014
By Interior Newswire | Feb 7, 2014
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management today announced that it is seeking public nominations for open positions on its 29 Resource Advisory Councils (RACs), which advise the BLM on public land issues. As published in a notice in the Federal Register, the BLM will consider nominations for 45 days.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, José A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), Hugo Barrera, Special Agent in Charge, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), Rafael P. Hernandez...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 7, 2014
News Release: Willcox, AZ - In celebration of Presidents Day weekend, Chiricahua National Monument (NM) will waive entrance fees from Saturday, February 15 through Monday, February 17. The free entry is offered as part of a nationwide initiative to encourage people to visit and experience the many wonders of national...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2014
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian announced that, following a jury trial, JOSEPH VINCENT JENKINS, (43, of Geneva, New York) was found guilty in U.S. District Court in Syracuse, N.Y. of the felony offenses of Transportation of Child Pornography, in violation of Title 18...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A California man has been sentenced in federal court to time served (2 ½ months imprisonment), 12 months home detention, and five years of supervised release, on his conviction of violating the federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Bill Melot, a farmer from Hobbs, N.M., was sentenced to serve 14 years in prison today to be followed by three years of supervised release for tax evasion, program fraud and other crimes, the Justice Department, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Office of Inspector General announced today. Melot was also ordered to pay $18,469,998.51 in restitution to the IRS and $226,526 to the USDA.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2014
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - The federal criminal complaint charging Robert A. Butler with arson resulting in personal injury and death, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 844(i), was dismissed today without prejudice, announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2014
News Release: One Defendant Allegedly Used Her Position at Fannie Mae to Steal Personal Identifying.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and José A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), announce that Lee Ervin Dale, 31, of Fort Lauderdale, was sentenced today for his participation in a tax refund scheme...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2014
News Release: CHICAGO - Two brothers were sentenced today to life in federal prison for murder in aid of racketeering and related crimes they were convicted of after a seven-week trial in U.S. District Court last year. JULIO and MANUEL LEIJA-SANCHEZ, who operated a lucrative, black-market counterfeit identification...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 7, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., February 7, 2014 - On Wednesday, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 3964, the Sacramento - San Joaquin Valley Emergency Water Delivery Act, with a bipartisan vote of 229-191. This legislation, sponsored by the entire Republican California delegation, addresses the emergency drought in California by helping to restore some water supplies.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 7, 2014
News Release: NIST forensic science experts presented a plan for a new Organization of Scientific Area Committees (OSAC) at the first meeting of the National Commission on Forensic Science in Washington, D.C., earlier this week.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2014
News Release: Tampa, FL -United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the return by a grand jury of an indictment charging Jonathan Newhall (28, Brandon) with transportation and receipt of child pornography. If convicted, Newhall faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 5 years, up to a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison on each count.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2014
News Release: BOSTON - A New Hampshire male was sentenced today for being a previously convicted felon in possession of firearms.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 7, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions today sent a letter to Office of Management and Budget Director Sylvia Burwell requesting prompt release of the proposed rule for electronic drug labeling, which is currently under review.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2014
News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - Dwight L. Looney, 62, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge John McBryde to 262 months in federal prison following his guilty plea in October 2013 to one count of production of child pornography. Today’s announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2014
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Five local men and ten out-of-state associates have been arrested on charges involving a conspiracy to distribute large amounts of cocaine and methamphetamine in the St. Louis area and New Mexico, along with money laundering of the proceeds of the illegal activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2014
News Release: CHATTANOGA, Tenn. - On Feb. 6, 2014, Dedric Landrum, 40, of Chattanooga, Tenn., was sentenced by the Honorable Curtis L. Collier, U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 18 months in prison, for preparing a false and fraudulent income tax return. Upon his release from prison, he will be subject to one year of supervised release. He was also ordered to pay $148,678 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 7, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions today sent a letter to Office of Management and Budget Director Sylvia Burwell requesting prompt release of the proposed rule for electronic drug labeling, which is currently under review.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 7, 2014
News Release: Women's Rights National Historical Park continues its annual Winter Film Festival by showing the documentary film The Abolitionists on Friday, Feb. 21, and Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014.
