News from February 2014
By Commerce News Now | Feb 21, 2014
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Feb. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Feb 21, 2014
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Feb. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: The Honorable Edward R. Hamberger President and Chief Executive Officer Association of American Railroads 425 Third Street, SW Washington, DC 20024 Dear Mr. Hamberger: Thank you for joining me and our team at the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) last month to discuss safety issues associated ...
By DOT News Wire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: MARAD Requesting Comment on Title XI Evaluation Criteria. The Maritime Administration is asking for public comment on a proposed policy regarding the factors for obtaining loan guarantees through the Maritime Guaranteed Loan Program, Title XI. Title XI is a discretionary program that provides loan ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: TROY, NEW YORK - RICHARD S. ELY, age 27, of Troy, New York, was sentenced today to 63 months in prison by the Honorable Mae A. D’Agostino, announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian, Joseph Anarumo, Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: CHRISTI, Texas - Jose Fidel Guajardo aka "Garfield," 42, a leader of a drug trafficking and money laundering conspiracy, has been handed a significant federal sentence, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Acting Special Agent in Charge Steven S. Whipple and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Mark C. Hooten, 44, of Jackson, a local minister and a former subcontractor for DIRECTV, was sentenced on Feb. 20, 2014, to serve a total of 54 months in federal prison for aggravated identity theft and wire fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis. Hooten was also ordered...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: Straw buyers, false applications used to buy 36 homes with $20 million in loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: U.S. Attorney Christopher A. Crofts announced that on Feb. 20, 2014, thirty year old Ronan Whiteplume, an enrolled Northern Arapaho Tribal member, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Scott Skavdahl for assault resulting in serious bodily injury, to 51 months imprisonment, three years...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. -United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that Corey Crosby, 23, of Bossier City, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Donald E. Walter, to making and selling counterfeit Federal Reserve notes.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: GREENSBORO, N.C. - United States Attorney Ripley Rand announced today that Mikel Edward Brady, age 23, of Durham, North Carolina, received a prison term for possession of a firearm by a felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Leetsdale, Pa., woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of theft of mail by postal employee, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assaulting, Resisting and Impeding two federal contract officers.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Ronald Calderon, a member of the California State Senate, has agreed to surrendered to federal authorities on Monday after being named in a federal grand jury indictment that accuses him of taking tens of thousands of dollars in bribes from a businessman and from people who were associated with a Hollywood film studio, but who were in actuality undercover FBI agents.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Hampton Township resident was sentenced yesterday in federal court to 24 months imprisonment and a fine of $30,000 on his conviction of conspiracy to harbor illegal aliens and violating federal tax laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Kidada Savage, 30, of Philadelphia, was sentenced today to life in prison for her role in the October 9, 2004, firebombing that killed six members of a federal witness’s family. Savage is the sister of Kaboni Savage who ordered the firebombing and who was sentenced to death for 12 counts...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: ROME, Ga. - Brian Cannon and Cory Williamson appeared in federal court today for preliminary and bond hearings on federal charges of conspiring to receive and possess unregistered destructive devices, specifically pipe bombs and thermite devices. According to a federal complaint filed this week, the defendants sought to obtain the explosive devices as part of a militia operation.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: POCATELLO - Sammy Joe Aguirre, 27, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, was sentenced today in United States District Court to 96 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordered Aguirre to serve three years of supervised release and perform 100 hours of community service following his release from prison. Aguirre pleaded guilty to the charge on Nov. 19, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - A second superseding indictment1 was unsealed today charging five more defendants with participating in an alleged jewelry store robbery ring, announced U.S. Attorney Zane David Memeger. The indictment alleges that the defendants committed eight jewelry store robberies between July 13, 2011 and Nov. 3, 2012, of more than $3,502,544 worth of merchandise.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: HOUSTON - An alleged general of the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas gang (ABT) and a fellow gang member pleaded guilty today to racketeering charges related to their membership in the ABT’s criminal enterprise, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson and Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
