News from March 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, George L. Piro, 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 that defendant...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2014
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Jersey City man admitted today to committing an armed robbery of a jewelry store in Hudson County, N.J., U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 28, 2014
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA - Are you ready for the most fantastical exhibition of re-imagined weapons in the world? Springfield Armory National Historic Site kicks off the opening of its exhibition, Steampunk Springfield Armory: Reimagining Our Nation's Weaponry, with a public reception for the artists on April...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2014
News Release: House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.), Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wisc.) and Crime Subcommittee Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-Va.) issued the joint statement below following ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced today that Laron Hawkins, age 26, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced for being a felon in possession of a firearm. The Honorable Joseph F. Bataillon sentenced Hawkins to 6 years, 3 months in prison. After his release from prison Hawkins will begin a 3 year term of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2014
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge John Antoon, II sentenced Brian K. Hatten (34, Orlando) today to 16 years and 4 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. A federal jury found Hatten guilty on January 7, 2014.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 28, 2014
News Release: Women's Rights National Historical Park continues its annual Winter Film Festival by showing the documentary film Stonewall Uprising Friday, April 11, and Saturday, April 12, 2014.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 28, 2014
News Release: Shawn Benge has been appointed the acting Superintendent for both Everglades and Dry Tortugas National Parks effective March 31 2014. Shawn will be on a 90 day assignment to fill the position held by retiring Superintendent Dan Kimball for the past ten years.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Butler County resident was sentenced on Thursday in federal court to three years probation, including six months home confinement, and restitution of $13,496.00 on his conviction of embezzlement from a labor union, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2014
News Release: HOUSTON - Robert James Talbot Jr., 38, has been arrested and charged by criminal complaint alleging attempted interference with commerce by robbery, solicitation to commit a crime of violence and possession of an explosive material, specifically Composition 4 (C4), announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson along with Special Agent in Charge Stephen L. Morris of the FBI.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 28, 2014
News Release: House Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Vice Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH) today welcomed the successful result of a channel sharing trial conducted by two Los Angeles broadcasters, KLCS and KJLA with the help of CTIA - the Wireless Association. The test results show that broadcasters can share a single 6 MHz broadcast channel to provide more than one stream of HD programming.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2014
News Release: The Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into the March 16, 2014 Albuquerque Police Department officer-involved shooting resulting in the death of James M. Boyd in Albuquerque, N.M. The independent investigation will be conducted by the Department of Justice’s Criminal Section of the...
By State Newswire | Mar 28, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced that on Thursday, April 3 the Committee will hold a hearing to examine how the education of women in countries prone to violent extremism can create economic opportunities and help counter the spread of radicalism. The hearing entitled, “Women’s Education: Promoting Development, Countering Radicalism " will begin at 10:00 a.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and William H. Calvert, Supervisory Law Enforcement Officer, United States Fish & Wildlife Service, West Palm Beach, announce that Kenneth Cornelius Coleman, 52, of Riviera Beach, entered a guilty plea today before U.S. District...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2014
News Release: HOUSTON - Former Houston resident Walter Ryan Macapaz has been ordered to prison along with Houston businessman Tony David Maldonado and attorney and former mortgage loan officer Buffy Marie Lawrence for their roles in a scheme to defraud residential mortgage lenders of more than $22 million in loans...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 28, 2014
News Release: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park invites the public to participate in a free, 1-hour ranger-led program focusing on Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest's role during the Battle of Fort Pillow, 150 years ago. On Saturday, April 5, 2014, at 1:30 pm, visitors are asked to meet at the Chickamauga Battlefield Visitor Center. From there, they will caravan to the site of Jay's Mill, where Forrest's men fought during the Battle of Chickamauga.
By State Newswire | Mar 28, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY), Ranking Member of the Committee, introduced the Turkey Christian Churches Accountability Act (H.R. 4347). The legislation requires an annual report from the State Department on the status of stolen, confiscated or unreturned Christian properties in territories controlled by Turkey.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2014
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - YANG CHIA TIEN, a/k/a ANDREW TIEN, 62, of Queens, NY, was sentenced on March 25, 2014 to 69 months in federal prison on three counts of bribery of a public official by Chief United States District Judge Gary L. Sharpe, announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian, Homeland Security Investigations Assistant Special Agent in Charge Nicholas DiNicola, and New York State Police Special Investigations Unit Major Thomas G. Marmion.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2014
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On March 28, 2014, Matthew Scott Hiles, age 29, formerly of Davenport, Iowa, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge John A. Jarvey to 70 months imprisonment for possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt. Hiles was ordered to serve five years of supervised release following imprisonment, and to pay $100 towards the Crime Victims Fund. Hiles will also be required to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2014
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. -A federal jury today convicted a Lawrence physician and author of tax evasion, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
