News from July 2014

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2014
News Release: PHOENIX - - On July 23, 2014, Ambrosio Nunez-Lopez, 65, of Mexico, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge David G. Campbellto 10 years in prison. Nunez-Lopez pleaded guilty on March 18, 2014 to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, a felony.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2014
News Release: The Delivery Of 9 Kilos Of Crystal Meth Was Orchestrated From Inside A Massachusetts Jail.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 24, 2014
News Release: St. Louis, MO (July, 24, 2014) - Jefferson National Expansion Memorial is one of 39 national parks selected to receive a 2014 America’s Best Idea grant from the National Park Foundation, the official charity of America’s national parks. Inspired by Ken Burns’ critically acclaimed documentary “The National...

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2014
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that a federal jury yesterday found Tanya Fox (38, Clermont) guilty of 1 count of conspiracy to defraud the government with respect to claims, 5 counts of wire fraud, 10 counts of theft of government property, and 10 counts of aggravated...

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Thomas A. O'Connor, 46, of York, Pennsylvania was sentenced to 420 months’ imprisonment by Chief Judge Christopher C. Conner in U.S. District Court in Harrisburg. O'Connor had previously pleaded guilty to...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 24, 2014
News Release: The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, July 31, 2014, at 9 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “PPACA Implementation: Updates from CMS and GAO." Andy Slavitt, the Principal...

By DOE Newswire | Jul 24, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Power Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today held a hearing on “Laboratories of Democracy: The Economic Impacts of State Energy Policies." The hearing examined the economic impacts from the differing energy policies of the various states, as well as how federal policies may impact states.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2014
News Release: Felicia Anne Straub, 41, of Easton, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, was charged Tuesday by information with three counts of wire fraud, one count of aggravated identity theft, and one count of tax evasion announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. The information alleges that between September...

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, woman and a Wanblee, South Dakota, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine have been sentenced by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.

By Commerce Newswire | Jul 24, 2014
News Release: Committee seeks answers from official cited for corruption
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2014
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington today sentenced Ronald John Heromin (58, Brandon) to 20 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute and dispense Oxycodone and Alprazolam not for legitimate medical purposes and not in the usual course of professional practice.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2014
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Pamela C. Marsh, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced today that Patrick Alfred Anderson, 62, of Laughlin, Nevada, appeared in federal court today following his indictment in the Northern District of Florida and arrest in Laughlin, Nevada, on charges of filing false individual and corporate tax returns.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Robert Yazzie, Jr., 48, a member of the Jicarilla Apache Nation who resides in Dulce, N.M., pleaded guilty this morning to a federal assault charge arising out of a violent attack on his intimate partner.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2014
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Jeffrey L. Shipley, age 47, of Millersville, Maryland pleaded guilty today to stealing and destroying mail while employed as a postal employee.

By DOL Newswire | Jul 24, 2014
News Release: “Since the establishment of state land-grant universities, our country has rightly recognized higher education as an essential public good. States have played a critical role to an affordable college education, through investing in higher education, being a key player in oversight, and developing strategies to increase degree attainment.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: BOISE - Ronnie M. Preal, 42, of Twin Falls, Idaho, pleaded guilty today in United States District Court to unlawfully possessing firearms, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: BOISE B Caleb Matthias Curtis, 29, of Payette, Idaho, was sentenced today to three years of probation for the unlawful transfer of a firearm, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. U.S. District Court Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered Curtis to complete 60 hours of community service in lieu of a fine. Curtis was indicted by a federal grand jury in Boise on Nov. 13, 2013.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: GLACIER BAY NATIONAL PARK & PRESERVE, Alaska - The National Park Service has released a prospectus soliciting proposals for the Glacier Bay Lodge concession operation in Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve.

By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: Urbana, Ill. - Jim Lewis, U.S. Attorney for the Central District of Illinois, announced today that a federal grand jury in Peoria has returned an indictment charging Shannon Logan, 35, of the 1400 block of Scovill St., Urbana, Ill., with distribution, receipt, and possession of child pornography. The...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: St. Louis, MO - RONALD L. ROBERTS pled guilty today to charges of mail and wire fraud in connection with his obtaining more than a million dollars from lenders in what he now admits was a loan fraud scheme.