News from February 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2014
News Release: Huntington, W.Va. - A 29 year-old Putnam County man was sentenced today to three years and ten months in federal prison for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin. Joseph R. Elswick, of Hurricane, West Virginia, previously pleaded guilty in November...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 3, 2014
News Release: A team of PML scientists and collaborators* has achieved a five-fold reduction in the dominant uncertainty in an experiment that measured the mean lifetime of the free neutron (exceptionally long for an unstable particle), resulting in a substantial improvement of previous results.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2014
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that three Kansas City, Mo., residents were sentenced in federal court today for the armed robbery of a Brookside area bank in which they pretended that two of the accomplices, a brother and sister, were taken hostage.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2014
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Jun Michael Dirain, 41, of Antelope, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 3, 2014
News Release: DENVER - The Bureau of Reclamation is seeking new technologies to study through the Desalination and Water Purification and Development Program. Pre-proposal applications are being accepted for research and laboratory studies as well as pilot scale projects aimed at increasing usable water supplies in the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Brian D. Benedict, age 33 of Tilden, Nebraska, was sentenced in federal court in Omaha for receiving child pornography. The Honorable Joseph F. Bataillon sentenced Benedict to a 60 month term of imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After his release from prison Benedict will begin a five year term of supervised release and be required to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Rosebud, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for False Statements Relating to Health Care Matters and Attempt to Obtain Controlled Substance by Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2014
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. -United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that Xavier L. Green, 26, of Ferriday, La., was sentenced late Friday afternoon by U.S. District Judge Dee D. Drell, to 140 months in prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and 60 months in prison for possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. He was also sentenced to three years of supervised release. Green pleaded guilty on Oct. 11, 2013.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 3, 2014
News Release: Mr. Chairman, thank you for holding this important hearing.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2014
News Release: DALLAS - A federal jury returned guilty verdicts late this afternoon against five individuals convicted for their roles in a pill mill conspiracy that operated in Dallas since 2010. The trial began Monday, Jan. 27, 2014, in Dallas federal court before U.S. District Judge Barbara M. G. Lynn. Today’s announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2014
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Mark Anthony Carballo, 37, of Fresno, pleaded guilty today to being a felon in possession of a firearm after a fully automatic AK-74 machine gun, which had been stolen from Fort Irwin, and a short-barreled shotgun were found in his vehicle, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2014
News Release: Memphis, TN - The teamwork between the offices of District Attorney General Mike Dunavant and United States Attorney Edward L. Stanton III continues to pay dividends to the citizens of the 25th Judicial District.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 3, 2014
News Release: Anchorage - Just in time for Iditarod season, the Bureau of Land Management in Alaska is hosting a Twitter #blmiditachat on Tuesday, Feb. 11, from 10 a.m. to noon AKST. The tweet chat will focus on all things mushing. School children from classrooms across the country will get their questions about the...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2014
News Release: MYRON SAUNDERS, 35, and LAMAR NERO, 24, both residents of New Orleans, were sentenced today by U. S. District Judge Nannette Jolivette Brown for bank robbery and attempted bank robbery, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Allen Polite, Jr. SAUNDERS and NERO were sentenced to imprisonment for 228 months and 180 months, respectively. Each will be placed on 5 years supervised release following incarceration and incur a $500 special assessment.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2014
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Laura.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2014
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Chief U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced Terrin Tamal Anderson, age 29, of Waldorf, Maryland, today to 12 years in prison followed by eight years of supervised release for distributing cocaine base and being a felon in possession of a gun.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2014
News Release: BOISE - Kings Daniel Santy, 44, of Meridian, Idaho, pleaded guilty today to one count of operating an illegal gambling business, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Santy appeared today before U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge at the federal courthouse in Boise.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2014
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. -United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that Rene Michael Ward, 45, of Chantilly, Va., entered a guilty plea before U.S. Magistrate Judge Patrick Hanna, to submitting false documents and lying to the Small Business Administration (SBA).
By Interior Newswire | Feb 3, 2014
News Release: HOMESTEAD, Florida: Everglades National Park is proud to present, "Finding Connections" by Andrea Huffman at the Ernest F. Coe Visitor Center Gallery during the month of February. An artist’s reception will be heldSaturday, Feb. 15, 2014, beginning at 12:00 noon. Admission is free.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Kenneth Allen Polite, Jr. announced that today, Richard W. Westling is rejoining the U.S. Attorney’s Office to serve as the First Assistant U.S. Attorney. Effectively immediately, the senior staff of the Office is as follows.
