News from June 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2014
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that Charles Tarron Carter, age 28, of Columbia, South Carolina was sentenced today in federal court to 188 months (15.8 years) imprisonment, which will be followed by five (5) years of supervised release. The sentence stemmed ...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 3, 2014
News Release: Due to an outpouring of concern from people across the nation about a planned auction of the skull of a Civil War soldier reportedly killed at Gettysburg, the soldier's remains will not be sold and have been donated to the Gettysburg Foundation.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 3, 2014
News Release: The Wyoming Rock Springs Uplift could potentially store 14 to 17 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2), according to results from a Department of Energy-sponsored study. This is equal to 250 to 300 years’ worth of CO2 emissions produced by the Wyoming’s coal-fired power plants and other large regional anthropogenic CO2 sources at current emission levels.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2014
News Release: OAKLAND - Sherry L Hender pleaded guilty today to theft of government property and aggravated identity theft, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, Special Agent in Charge José M. Martinez.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 3, 2014
News Release: Sen. Ron Wyden issued the following statement today on the Commerce Department’s preliminary determination that Chinese solar manufacturers are receiving illegal subsidies...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2014
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Monmouth County, N.J., man is expected to make his initial court appearance today on a charge that he received sexually explicit images of a 12-year old Pennsylvania girl with whom he had an online relationship, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 3, 2014
News Release: KREMMLING, Colo. - While most seasonal roads are now open on Bureau of Land Management land in Grand County, officials are urging the public to be cautious because of lingering snow drifts, fallen trees, and beetle-killed tree hazards.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - John Charles McCluskey, 49, was sentenced this morning by U.S. District Judge Judith C. Herrera of the District of New Mexico to life imprisonment followed by a consecutive term of 2,820 months (235 years) in prison for carjacking and murdering a retired couple from Oklahoma in Aug. 2010.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2014
News Release: BOSTON - Following his conviction on drug and weapons charges, an armed career criminal affiliated with the Bloods street gang was sentenced today to 22 years in federal prison.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 3, 2014
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published a second public draft of Supply Chain Risk Management Practices for Federal Information Management Systems and Organizations * for public comment. The new version incorporates changes made in response to comments on the original draft issued Aug. 16, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2014
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - David Walter Fee, 22, of Fresno, entered a guilty plea on Monday to aiming a laser pointer at a California Highway Patrol airplane, announced U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and Monica Miller, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Sacramento Field Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 3, 2014
News Release: Public land mining is big in Nevada. There are more than 200,000 active mining claims on lands managed by Bureau of Land Management in the state. These claims must be filed and paid by annual fees to be valid. Locating, mapping, and filing mining claims correctly will be the focus of a free public workshop...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2014
News Release: COEUR D’ALENE - Mari A. Mort, 46, of Grangeville, Idaho, was sentenced today in United States District Court to five years of probation, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordered Mort to pay $7,721.58 in restitution. Mort pleaded guilty to the charge of misappropriating postal funds in March 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2014
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ----- The United States Attorney’s Office stated today that the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a published opinion today affirming the federal conviction of FREDDIE GRANT, age 54, of Elgin, South Carolina. The written opinion may be found at.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 3, 2014
News Release: Eastern National is seeking submissions of photographs of all 401 national park sites in America. These images will be used in a variety of projects including a special Passport To Your National Parks publication that will showcase the beauty and history found in each of America’s “crown jewels.".
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2014
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Johnstown, Pa., has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Johnstown on a charge of distribution of cocaine base, in the form commonly known as "crack", United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 3, 2014
News Release: Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper signed a geothermal bond bill May 30, providing $1.98 million in state funding and matching the Energy Department’s investment in geothermal energy exploration at Pagosa Springs. The project, which demonstrates Colorado’s strong support for geothermal energy development, leverages a $3.8 million award from the Department for evaluating and exploring the geothermal resource potential at Pagosa Springs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2014
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Joplin, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today for fraudulently receiving (or applying for) federal disaster benefits following the tornado that struck the city of Joplin on May 22, 2011, killing 158 people and causing more than $2.9 billion in damage.
By State Newswire | Jun 3, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Representative Eliot L. Engel, the leading Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement regarding the “European reassurance initiative" that President Obama announced today in Warsaw...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2014
News Release: Meeting will convene U.S. Attorneys, Department of Justice officials to discuss rising violence.
