News from March 2014
By DOE Newswire | Mar 6, 2014
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy and the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) today recognized Old Dominion Electric Cooperative (ODEC) of Virginia and the Rural Electric Convenience Cooperative (RECC) of Illinois as the 2013 Wind Cooperatives of the Year.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 6, 2014
News Release: 1. In October 2010, Lerner told a Duke University group: “The Supreme Court dealt a huge blow, overturning a 100-year-old precedent that basically corporations couldn’t give directly to political campaigns. And everyone is up in arms because they don’t like it. The Federal Election Commission can’t do anything about it. They want the IRS to fix the problem."
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2014
News Release: BOSTON - A Marlboro man was sentenced today for charges stemming from his scheme to defraud various airlines.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2014
News Release: SAN JOSE - John William Harrison was sentenced yesterday to more than 8 years in prison for possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Clark E. Settles.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Jason Garreau, age 27, of Eagle Butte, South Dakota, appeared before U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange on March 5, 2014, and pled guilty to two counts of a Superseding Indictment that charged him with Assaulting, Resisting and Impeding Federal Officers and Discharge of a Firearm During a Crime of Violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2014
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced that on March 6, 2014, a jury of eight men and four women found Jon William Munhoven guilty of assault on a federal officer.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Thursday, March 6, 2014. Follow @SDILNews. The United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today that Dennis Charles Toenjes, Sr., 66, was sentenced on the charge of receiving...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2014
News Release: In El Paso today, 32-year-old former El Paso Police officer and El Paso County Constable Billy Jack Barrow was sentenced to two years in federal prison on a drug conspiracy charge announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Douglas E. Lindquist.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 6, 2014
News Release: Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA), Full Committee Ranking Member Nick J. Rahall, II (D-WV), Aviation Subcommittee Chairman Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), and Aviation Subcommittee Ranking Member Rick Larsen (D-WA), released the following statement on the European Union’s reported agreement to reverse plans to impose a carbon tax on non-EU carriers operating long haul flights in and out of Europe...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 6, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Ranking Member Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) released a statement following the confirmations of Suzanne E. Spaulding to be Under Secretary, Department of Homeland Security and John Roth to be Inspector General, Department of Homeland Security. The Senate confirmed both nominees by voice vote...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2014
News Release: Randy W. Ayers, 36, of Gillette, Wyoming, was sentenced by Chief Federal District Court Judge Nancy D. Freudenthal on March 6, 2014, for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Ayers was arrested in Gillette, Wyoming. He received 40 months imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay a $100.00 special assessment. This case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 6, 2014
News Release: Today, U.S. Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA), Rep. Sandy Levin (D-MI), Rep. Derek Kilmer (D-WA), and Rep. Charles Rangel (D-MI) introduced the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Act of 2014 to provide critical job training and worker assistance for Americans who have lost their jobs due to increased competition...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury was sentenced on March 3, 2014, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 6, 2014
News Release: Do you enjoy hiking, spectacular views, and educating people? Haleakalā National Park is seeking fit and enthusiastic Maui residents to participate in the Kia`i Ala Hele trail stewards program beginning in June 2014. The program will educate backpackers and day-use visitors about the natural and cultural...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2014
News Release: Also Fraudulently Collected Social Security, Food And Medical Benefits.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 6, 2014
News Release: “With her impressive background as a scientist and astronaut and her excellent record of building bridges between diverse environmental stakeholder communities and federal policymakers, Kathy brings a great blend of scientific rigor, team-building skills, and strategic sensibility to the important job of NOAA administrator," said John P. Holdren, assistant to the president and director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2014
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - The United States Attorney’s Office announced today a $162,500 settlement under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA") with Commonwealth Health & Rehab Center (“CHRC"), which is located in Fairfax County, Va. and is part of the Commonwealth Care of Roanoke’s network of skilled nursing facilities, to ensure effective communication with individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing in the provision of medical services.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2014
News Release: HOUSTON - A federal jury in Houston has convicted Mexican national Samuel Castro-Flores, aka “Chame" or “Chamuco," 41, on 18 counts to include conspiracy to commit hostage taking, hostage taking and other charges involving smuggling aliens and firearms, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. The verdict was returned this afternoon following a two-week trial and approximately an hour of deliberation.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2014
News Release: Sentencing Focuses On Mental Health Services For Offender.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 6, 2014
News Release: Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials are offering a reward for information regarding the recent theft of an antique window from a historic cabin in the Elkmont Historic District. The window was discovered missing in late January resulting in a significant loss to the unique features that characterize the cabin.
