News published on Federal Newswire in January 2014

News from January 2014


Rahall: House Transportation Committee to Examine Elk River Chemical Spill at Charleston Field Hearing

News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Representative Nick J. Rahall, D-WV, announced Wednesday that the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, on which he serves as lead Democrat, will hold a Congressional field hearing in Charleston, West Virginia, on February 10th to examine the Elk River Chemical spill. The hearing is slated to take place at 9:00 a.m., at the Kanawha County Courthouse.


Cincinnati Man Sentenced To 27 Years In Prison For Producing Child Pornography

News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Ohio. Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014. CONTACT: Fred Alverson. Public Affairs Officer. CINCINNATI - John Hamilton, 46, of Cincinnati was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 27 years in prison for recording a video of sexual activity between him...


Houston Lake Man Pleads Guilty to Child Porn

News Release: Project Safe Childhood. KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Houston Lake, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to possessing child pornography. Carlos J. Scott, 46, of Houston Lake, pleaded guilty before U.S. District...


DeFazio Reacts To Natural Resource Issues in the State of the Union Address

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources Committee Peter DeFazio (D-OR) issued the following statement in response to natural resource issues included in President Obama’s 2014 State of the Union address...


Manhattan U.S. Attorney Files And Simultaneously Settles Lawsuit Against Nederlander Organization Covering Nine Of Broadway’S Most Historic Theaters

News Release: Nederlander Organization Agrees To Provide Dozens Of Wheelchair Accessible And Aisle Transfer Seating Locations, And Eliminate Hundreds Of Barriers To Accessibility.


NIST March Meeting Showcases Advanced Technologies to Help Manage the Nation's Infrastructure

News Release: Tiny, self-powered sensors that can be embedded in bridge structures and networked wirelessly to continuously monitor the structure's health. Little fly-by-wire vehicles that can flit around bridges to measure and inspect their condition without the need to shut spans down to accommodate human inspectors.


BLM Proposes to Sell 120 Acres in Clark County

News Release: The 12 parcels are located in two general areas in the southwest Las Vegas Valley: Gomer Road, Rainbow Boulevard, Jones Boulevard, Pyle Avenue, Decatur Boulevard, and Cactus Road; and Bermuda Road, Gillespie Street, and Starr Hills Avenue.


Department of Defense Procurement Official Sentenced for his Role in Contract Bribery Scheme

News Release: SALT LAKE CITY -A Utah man was sentenced to serve 24 months in prison for his role in a bribery and fraud scheme involving federal procurement contracts, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney David B. Barlow of the District of Utah.


Four Crewmen Indicted For Drug Trafficking On The High Seas

News Release: TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District, announced today that a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Linberto Gallardo-(42); Uriel Julio (35); Miguel Vasquez-(37), ...


News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury.


DEA Receiving Tips On Recent Heroin Overdoses Via Text

News Release: PITTSBURGH - The Pittsburgh Office of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has implemented the Tip411 system to receive information related to the recent heroin and fentanyl overdoses in the Pittsburgh area.


Man Charged In Multi-Layered Credit Card Fraud And Identity Theft Scheme Involving Falsified Credit Applications And Fraudulent Lawsuits

News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - Charles M. Oberly, III, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that Arthur Robinson, age 39, of Frederick, Maryland, has been charged by a federal grand jury with two counts of bank fraud (18 U.S.C. § 1344), one count of social security fraud (42 U.S.C. § 408)...


Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary and sister sanctuaries enlist boaters to help track whale movements

News Release: Carib Tails is a collaboration between the sanctuary and partners at Marine Mammal Sanctuary of the Dominican Republic, Agoa Marine Mammal Sanctuary/French Antilles, Bermuda Marine Mammal Sanctuary, the marine mammal sanctuaries of the Windward and Leeward Dutch Antilles, and the United Nations Caribbean Environment Programme’s Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife Programme (UNEP/SPAW).


News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. Jan. 28, 2014-Sterling Rivers a/k/a “Little Real"26, of Lebanon, Tennessee, was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court to 28 years in prison for conspiring to distribute large quantities of crack cocaine and cocaine, as part of his involvement in a criminal street gang called the Unknown Vice Lords, announced David Rivera, U. S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.


News Release: David Baisden stripped local vendor of nearly $60,000 in county business for refusing to give him special discount.


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United States Attorney Charges

News Release: Fort Wayne, Indiana - The United States Attorney's Office announced that it filed an.


News Release: Let the Russians have their snow and join in some different events at the “Biscayne Wintergames!" As the Olympic Games highlight athletic prowess this month in Sochi, Biscayne National Park’sFamily Fun Festputs on some games of its own on Sunday, February 9 from 1-4 p.m. The free event takes place at...


Seven Ohio Oncologists Ordered To Pay $2.6 Million

News Release: Seven Ohio oncologists have been ordered to collectively pay nearly $2.6 million after pleading guilty to importing cancer medications that had not been approved by the Federal Drug Administration, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.


News Release: DENVER - Kenneth Wayne Hugo, age 37, of El Paso County, Colorado, pled guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Robert E. Blackburn recently to the sexual exploitation of children, United States Attorney John Walsh and FBI Denver Division Special Agent in Charge Thomas Ravenelle announced. Hugo is scheduled...