News from January 2014
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 16, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Democrats, in a letter led by Representative Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), urged Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp to hold hearings as soon as possible on financing options for transportation projects. See the signed letter here. Full text of the letter is below.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - John Vanathayan, 42, of Silver Spring, Md., was sentenced today to 100 months in prison for traveling interstate to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr., Valerie Parlave, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI's Washington Field Office, and Cathy L. Lanier, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2014
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment today charging Chad Carl Jaycox, 23, of Yuba City, with receiving images of child pornography, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2014
News Release: 21 Defendants Have Now Pled Guilty In The Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2014
News Release: BOSTON - At a detention hearing in U.S. District Court in Boston today, a magistrate judge ordered a Cape Cod man, facing child pornography charges, held until further notice.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2014
News Release: Companies Failed to Report Millions In Cash From Customers.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2014
News Release: A former employee of Wacker Chemical Corporation, whose American facilities are located in Adrian, Michigan, was sentenced today to 24 months in federal prison after having pleaded guilty to stealing trade secrets from that company and disclosing them to KCC Silicones, a Korean-based chemical company, announced U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 16, 2014
News Release: “Today’s roundtable will focus on our main federal college access programs - TRIO and GEAR UP-and how they’re performing in helping low-income students access and persist through postsecondary education. This roundtable marks our fifth event in a series to examine issues we plan to address in the upcoming reauthorization of the Higher Education Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Lashawn Carson, 29, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to a total of 6 ½ years in prison on charges stemming from a shooting at a Northwest Washington restaurant, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2014
News Release: SAN JOSE - A federal grand jury in San Jose returned a twelve count indictment charging two antique dealers with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud, mail fraud, and wire fraud relating to a multi-million dollar investment scheme, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag, Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge David J. Johnson, and United States Postal Inspection Service Acting Inspector In Charge Rafael Nunez.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2014
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Kaylon Pruitt, 23, of Whitesboro, New York pled guilty in federal court in Syracuse today to possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Pruitt admitted that he possessed a loaded 12 gauge Mossberg Shotgun on Oct. 15, 2013 when a New York State Parole officer visiting another person ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Earlier today a federal judge sentenced the former executive director of the Taos County Housing Authority (TCHA) and her husband to prison terms for conspiring to steal federal funds. The couple also was ordered jointly to pay $786,014.04 in restitution. Carmella Martinez, 42, of Arroyo...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2014
News Release: John David Clark, 48, of Harrisburg, Illinois, was sentenced today in United States District Court in Benton to 192 months in federal prison for possessing pseudoephedrine with the intent that it be used to manufacture methamphetamine, announced Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Jermaine Edmonds and William Johnson, both from Pittsburgh, were sentenced in federal court in Pittsburgh for violating federal drug trafficking laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 16, 2014
News Release: MEXICO CITY - A Mexican national residing in Modesto, Calif., who absconded to Mexico following his arrest Dec. 4 for sexual abuse of a minor is the latest fugitive to be profiled on the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) smartphone app, seeking public tips on at-large and unknown child predator suspects.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2014
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Charleston felon who illegally possessed a firearm and ammunition in July 2012 was sentenced today to five years in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin. Thirty-three-year-old Marcus J. Kenner, also known as “Cheese," previously pleaded guilty in September 2013 to being a felon in possession of a firearm. The sentence was handed down by United States District Court Judge John T. Copenhaver, Jr. in Charleston.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 16, 2014
News Release: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park invites the public to participate in a free ranger-guided hike of the Blue Blazes Trail on Moccasin Bend. The two mile, two hour hike will begin at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014, at the Blues Blazes Trail parking area off Moccasin Bend Road, south of the Moccasin Bend Golf Course. "Special Event" signs will be posted along the road to help guide visitors.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2014
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Acting United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the return by a grand jury of two indictments charging individuals in Jacksonville, Florida with human trafficking offenses. The first indictment charges Clive Sephas Nelson (23, Jacksonville) with the commercial sex...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 16, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Commissioner Michael L. Connor joined Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell in commending Reclamation employees who were recipients of the Department of the Interior's 2013 Partners in Conservation Award. Recognized today were the Minute 319 Bi-National Partnership and the Cultural Resources Team of the Southern Nevada Agency Partnership.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2014
News Release: OAKLAND - Yesterday, Tonya Gilard was sentenced to 37 months in prison and her son, Tierre Crummie, was sentenced to 15 months in prison and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $688,687 for conspiring to file false tax returns. Kingsley Murdoch, who is also Gilard’s son, pleaded guilty to obstructing the IRS investigation, United States Attorney Melinda Haag and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, Special Agent in Charge José M. Martinez announced.
