News from January 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2014
News Release: MIAMI - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division; Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; Katherine Fernandez Rundle, Miami-Dade County State Attorney; Alysa D. Erichs, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Immigration and...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 24, 2014
News Release: Women's Rights National Historical Park continues its annual Winter Film Festival by showing the documentary film Let Freedom Sing on Friday, February 7, and Saturday, February 8, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2014
News Release: Saudi Student Was Sentenced to Life in Prison for.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2014
News Release: Adam Beck, age 50 of Lyons, Nebraska, was sentenced for his conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm. United States District Court Judge Joseph F. Bataillon sentenced Beck to 110 months imprisonment and three years of supervised release.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 24, 2014
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) is seeking public input to help inform and shape alternatives development for a management plan and environmental impact statement for the Saline Valley Warm Springs area of Death Valley National Park (Park). Five alternatives have been drafted and the Park Service is asking for comments at three public meetings in February. Comments can also be submitted electronically or by mail.

By Commerce Newswire | Jan 24, 2014
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) made the following statement today regarding the proposal to launch WTO negotiations to eliminate tariff barriers to trade in environmental goods...

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Michael B. Steinbach, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, announce...

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Batesland, South Dakota, man convicted of two charges of Abusive Sexual Contact was sentenced on Jan. 23, 2014, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Lisa Barrett, age 48, of Shavertown, Luzerne County, was sentenced today in Scranton by Senior United States District Court Judge James M. Munley to serve 12 months in prison for embezzlement of funds from a labor organization.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2014
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican man was sentenced today for his theft of an American citizen’s identity to obtain a U.S. passport and more than $60,000 in Social Security benefits.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2014
News Release: Case is One of Many Brought as a Result of United States Attorney Stephen R. Wigginton’s Metro-East Armed Robbery Initiative.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2014
News Release: HOUSTON - Garry W. Arnold, of Dayton, has been ordered to prison for more than five years following his conviction of defrauding Exxon Mobil, his former employer, and causing a loss of more than $5 million, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Arnold pleaded guilty Friday, Sept. 20, 2013.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2014
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George L. Russell, III sentenced James F. Honesty, age 25, Washington, D.C., today to 114 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for carjacking and for being a felon in possession of a gun.

By Interior Newswire | Jan 24, 2014
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Boise District Office (BDO), Four Rivers Field Office will host two open houses to provide the public an opportunity to discuss and comment on the Paradigm Fuel Break Project Draft Environmental Assessment (EA).The first open house will be held at the BDO on January...

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2014
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Jorge Montemayor has entered a plea of guilty to failing to pay over employment taxes to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Michael B. Steinbach, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, and Jose A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), announce...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama, Kenyen R. Brown, announces that after an approximate eighteen month undercover investigation by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the Alabama Department of Natural...

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2014
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - DEA Acting Special Agent in Charge James Shroba and United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, Tammy Dickinson, announced today that an Eldon, Mo., man has been sentenced in federal court for his role in a large-scale conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in the Cole and Callaway County area, as well as his attempted jail escape.

By US DOT Newswire | Jan 24, 2014
News Release: Today, U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, sent a letter to President Barack Obama regarding the Administration's regulatory actions and the accompanying effects on the economy and private property rights, particularly from the Department of Interior (DOI) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2014
News Release: Buffalo, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Carmen Geter, 41, of Buffalo, N.Y., pleaded guilty to Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organizations (RICO) conspiracy before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, a $250,000 fine or both.