News from March 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2014
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Walt Green announced that last Friday, JOHNATHAN E. WILLIAMS, age 34, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, pled guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Brian A. Jackson to wire fraud in connection with a multiyear fraud scheme. WILLIAMS faces up to twenty (20) years in prison, three (3) years of supervised release following imprisonment, a fine of up to $250,000, and forfeiture of the proceeds of the fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2014
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Today, a federal jury convicted Susan Xiao-Ping Su of wire fraud, mail fraud, conspiracy to commit visa fraud, visa fraud, use of a false document, false statements to a government agency, alien harboring, unauthorized access to a government computer, and money laundering, announced United States Attorney Melinda and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Thomas S. Winkowski.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2014
News Release: RENO, Nev. - Two men who were convicted by a federal jury in Reno of conspiring to obstruct the IRS, were sentenced today to terms of imprisonment, announced Daniel G. Bogden, United States Attorney for the District of Nevada.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 24, 2014
News Release: Last Friday was a momentous day for the Moapa Band of Paiute in Nevada. Joined by executives of First Solar, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, and numerous dignitaries, including U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, tribal leaders and community members broke ground on the 250-megawatt Moapa Southern Paiute Solar Project on the Moapa Indian Reservation -- making it the first utility-scale solar project on tribal land.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2014
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Marijuana cultivators from Inyo, Fresno, Kern and Stanislaus Counties entered guilty pleas today in three cases and sentenced in two for their involvement in separate large-scale marijuana cultivation operations, according to U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2014
News Release: ATLANTA - William Kimbrell has been arraigned on federal charges of accessing with intent to view child pornography. Kimbrell was indicted by a federal grand jury on March 18, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2014
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Russellville, Mo., man was charged in federal court today with illegally possessing methamphetamine and firearms.
By State Newswire | Mar 24, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered the below statement, as prepared for delivery, on the Senate floor regarding the Support for the Sovereignty, Integrity, Democracy, and Economic Stability of Ukraine Act of 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2014
News Release: Defendant Committed Or Attempted To Commit Six Carjackings And Two Home Invasion Robberies.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2014
News Release: The former owner of a Youngstown-based company pleaded guilty to violating the Clean Water Act by discharging brine into a tributary of the Mahoning River, said Steven M. Dettelbach, the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2014
News Release: “As the jury unanimously found, these five defendants played crucial roles in constructing and maintaining the house of cards that was the Madoff investment fraud. These convictions, along with the prior guilty pleas of nine other defendants, demonstrate what we have believed from the earliest stages...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2014
News Release: BOISE - Darrell Ray Zirschky, 32, of Nampa, Idaho, was sentenced today to 168 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and unlawful possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered Zirschky to serve five years of supervised release following his release from prison. Zirschky pleaded guilty to the charges on Nov. 15, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2014
News Release: Charges included Interstate Travel in Aid of Racketeering.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 24, 2014
News Release: SILT, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management today released the Proposed Resource Management Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Colorado River Valley Field Office in northwestern Colorado that balances continued oil and gas development and other resource use with protection of sensitive resources.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2014
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A teacher from Clovis pleaded guilty today to producing child pornography, a Madera man was sentenced to 25 years in prison, a Modesto man was sentenced to 17 years in prison, and a Bakersfield man was returned to prison for violating the terms of his post-prison supervision, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By State Newswire | Mar 23, 2014
News Release: Newark, NJ - U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, returned from Brussels this afternoon following a series of high-level meetings on Ukraine with European leaders.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 22, 2014
News Release: From black powder demonstrations to weaving with natural fibers, ranger guided walks, art workshops, special Climate Change programming, period music and dancing, the park’s offers one of the most diverse and exciting summers in park history.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 22, 2014
News Release: San Juan Islanders and visitors throughout the region will have the opportunity to work along side scientists in tallying the flora and fauna of American during the park's first BioBlitz scheduled from noon to noon, Saturday and Sunday, May 3-4.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 22, 2014
News Release: NINETY SIX, South Carolina: Ninety Six National Historic Site will present 96 Crossroads: Revolution in the Backcountry held on Saturday, April 5 and Sunday, April 6, 2014.Scheduled events are held from 9:00 am - 5:00 pm on Saturday, and 10:00 am to 3:00 pm on Sunday.The Visitor Center will be open from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm both days.
By State Newswire | Mar 22, 2014
News Release: BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered the remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the German Marshall Fund’s Brussels Forum.
