News from January 2014
By USDA Newswire | Jan 27, 2014
News Release: Bill Reforms Agriculture Policy, Reduces Deficit;.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2014
News Release: Eight Victims from Across the Country.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2014
News Release: MOBILE, Ala. -Dirk Alton Johnston, 33, of Mt. Vernon, Alabama, was sentenced today in federal court on drug and gun charges to a term totaling 160 months imprisonment. Judge Charles R. Butler, Jr., imposed the sentences on the two counts, conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, and using and carrying...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2014
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - The former treasurer of the Mayetta Rural Fire District #1 pleaded guilty Monday to embezzling from the district, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said. In his plea, the defendant agreed to an order that he pay $427,042 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Ricky Allen, 57, of Buffalo, N.Y., who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine, was sentenced to time served and five years supervised release by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. As part of his sentenced, the defendant is prohibited from any affiliation with the Afro Dogs Motorcycle Club or any another motorcycle gang.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 27, 2014
News Release: FOLSOM, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released an Environmental Assessment for the North San Joaquin Water Conservation District Tracy Lake Groundwater Recharge Project as part of the WaterSMART Grant Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2014
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that Alanna Lynn Mattison, 31, from Huntington, West Virginia, pleaded guilty to a federal drug charge for allowing her apartment to be used for storing and selling heroin and oxycodone.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2014
News Release: St. Louis, MO - The owner and operator of Discount Tax Service was indicted for allegedly filing false tax returns. The indictment alleges that Christopher Mickles prepared over seven hundred and fifty federal income tax returns on behalf of his clients for tax years 2008 through 2011. Many of those returns contained falsely claimed fraudulent items and credits, such as household help income and earned income tax credits.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 27, 2014
News Release: “This is an exciting time for the solar industry in the United States, made even more clear by the latest industry job figures. According to the Solar Foundation, today there are more than 140,000 Americans employed up and down the U.S. solar supply chain and across every state. Since 2010, the solar industry has created nearly 50,000 new American jobs and employment has grown nearly 20 percent in the last year alone.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2014
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Donald Robbio, 56, of Cranston, was sentenced today to 50 months in federal prison for trading the pharmaceutical drug Xanax for two firearms, announced United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha and Daniel J. Kumor, Special Agent in Charge of the Boston Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
By Interior Newswire | Jan 27, 2014
News Release: The Old-Growth Bottomland Forest Research and Education Center at Congaree National Park is hosting two free birding programs in February. The programs are aimed at engaging visitors - including beginners - in observing and identifying winter birds at the park. Visitors can then apply their new skills as citizen scientists by helping to count a variety of birds on park trails and even make their own checklists at home.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2014
News Release: LEXINGTON, KY -A Winchester, KY., man, previously convicted of distributing heroin to an individual who died of an overdose, was sentenced today to 20 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2014
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. -Donald Robbio, 56, of Cranston, was sentenced today to 50 months in federal prison for trading the pharmaceutical drug Xanax for two firearms, announced United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha and Daniel J. Kumor, Special Agent in Charge of the Boston Field Divisionof the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2014
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By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Snyder Geronimo III, 23, a member of the Mescalero Apache Nation, pleaded this afternoon to sexual abuse of a minor in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M. Geronimo entered his guilty plea without the benefit of a plea agreement.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2014
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA - On Jan. 24, 2014, Jason Shawn Allan, age 41, of Hastings, Iowa, was sentenced in United States District Court in Council Bluffs, Iowa, on a charge of felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt. Senior United States District Court...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2014
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Hao Yang, age 25, of Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to traffic in counterfeit goods and counterfeit military goods.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2014
News Release: Tampa, FL -United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Naba Raheem Lewis (34, Tampa) pleaded guilty, last Friday, to coercion and enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity. Lewis faces a maximum penalty of life in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 27, 2014
News Release: GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. -- The Bureau of Land Management is offering a $500 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for stealing 3,000 pounds of steel range targets from the BLM’s public shooting range at 27 ¼ Road.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2014
News Release: ALICIA A.G. LIMTIACO, United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, announced that Defendant Trifon Pineda, age 44, was sentenced on Jan. 16, 2014, in the District Court of Guam by Chief Judge Frances Tydingco-Gatewood. Pineda was sentenced to 55 months imprisonment, five years supervised release, ordered to pay a $100 assessment fee, and subject being deported.
