News from January 2014

By Interior Newswire | Jan 14, 2014
News Release: Kimberly, Oregon - Scientists, technicians and John Day Fossil Beds National Monument managers have taken a long look at natural, cultural and historic resources in their care and summarized their findings in a first-of-its-kind "State of the Park" report.

By Interior Newswire | Jan 14, 2014
News Release: In celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Chiricahua National Monument (NM) will waive entrance fees on Monday, Jan. 20, 2014. The free entry is offered as part of a nationwide initiative to encourage people to visit and experience the many wonders of national park sites across America. The National...

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2014
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 19-year-old Beaumont man has pleaded guilty to federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2014
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Two Essex County, N.J., men arrested in connection with two gunpoint carjackings and an attempted carjacking in December 2012 are expected to make their initial appearances today in Newark federal court, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2014
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland -Paul Essel, age 26, of Laurel, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to commit bank fraud, bank fraud and aggravated identity theft in connection with two bank fraud schemes.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Michael B. Steinbach, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, announce that Gary Goldberg, 49, of Palm Beach County, was sentenced yesterday to 156 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Kenneth A. Marra in West Palm Beach for enticing a minor to engage in an illegal sexual activity, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2422(b).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Bushnell, Florida, man convicted of Witness Tampering was sentenced on Jan. 13, 2014, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 14, 2014
News Release: Karl Cordova, Superintendent (520) 723-3172. Casa Grande Ruins Offers Free Admission. on Martin Luther King,Jr Day - Jan. 20, 2014. COOLIDGE, AZ- Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, along with all other National Park sites, joins the Nation in honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Junior, on Monday, January...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2014
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Pamela C. Marsh, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced today that Charles C. Martin, 40, and Joseph B. Doyon, 43, of Pace, Florida, and Marquis R. Seals, 34, Bernard Cook, 39, and Tremayne C. Jamison, 42, of Pensacola, Florida, have been sentenced in federal court after having pleaded guilty to mail fraud and filing false claims related to the 2010 BP oil spill.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2014
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge James D. Whittemore yesterday sentenced Anthony Simms (37, formerly of Riverview) to 8 years’ imprisonment, after being convicted on seven counts of passing forged Treasury checks, seven counts of theft of government property, and seven counts of aggravated identity theft. The Court also entered a forfeiture money judgment and restitution in the amount of nearly $64,000, representing the proceeds from the seven cashed checks.

By State Newswire | Jan 14, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Rep. Eliot L. Engel, the senior Democratic Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement regarding Russia’s refusal to allow Radio Free Europe journalist David Satter to continue reporting from Moscow.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal jury in Hartford has found MICHAEL SMITH, also known as “Smitty" and “Fingers," 43...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2014
News Release: HOUSTON - Eric Gomez aka Valla, a general in the Texas Mexican Mafia prison gang, has been ordered to prison for his role in the distribution of heroin, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Gomez, 37, of San Antonio, pleaded guilty Sept. 11, 2013.

By Commerce Newswire | Jan 14, 2014
News Release: Dear Mr. Chairman: Since last October, the Committee’s top priority has been investigating the security of the Healthcare.gov website and the risks posed by domestic hackers, foreign entities, and others seeking to harm our national interests. This investigation has involved numerous public hearings, ...

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2014
News Release: Thomas Franklin Carroll To Serve 45 Months.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2014
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By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2014
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska-U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that an Anchorage man was sentenced in federal court in Anchorage for his role in an Anchorage and Fairbanks drug conspiracy.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2014
News Release: Local man sentenced to ten years after being found with extensive child pornography collection.

By Homeland Newswire | Jan 14, 2014
News Release: (WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Today, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Carper, (D-Del), Ranking Member Tom Coburn, M.D. (R-OK), and House Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce Fred Upton (R-Mich) highlighted a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2014
News Release: Muskogee, Oklahoma - The United States Attorney’s Office announced today the results of the January 2014 Federal Grand Jury.