News from May 2014
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Rosebud, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Possession of Unregistered Firearm, Prohibited Person in Possession of Firearm, Assault with a Dangerous Weapon and Using and Carrying a Firearm During and in Relation to a Crime of Violence.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2014
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On May 5, 2014, Harold Williams, of Philadelphia, Pa., was sentenced to serve 92 months in prison by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Judge. Upon his release from prison, Williams will be subject to supervised release for six years.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that on April 24, 204, in Billings, after a 2 day federal district court trial before U.S. District Judge Susan P. Watters, FELIS LUSIANO ROMO, a 32-year-old resident of Moses Lake, Washington, was found guilty of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and felon in possession of a firearm. He is currently detained pending sentencing.
By DOE Newswire | May 7, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Power Subcommittee today held a hearing to review the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s budget request and policy priorities. Chairman Allison Macfarlane testified alongside NRC Commissioners Kristine Svinicki, George Apostolakis, William Magwood, and William Ostendorff.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Two men have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud Kinesio USA LLC, a New Mexico-based company that sells therapeutic elastic tape and related products, and its related company, Kinesio Holding Corporation (together, “Kinesio"), announced Acting U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez, Carol K.O. Lee, Special Agent in Charge of the Albuquerque Division of the FBI, and Dawn Mertz, Special Agent in Charge of the Phoenix Field Office of IRS Criminal Investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - John Wade Crist, 57, of Las Cruces, N.M., pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to methamphetamine trafficking and firearms charges. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Crist will be sentenced to 144 months in federal prison followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2014
News Release: In El Paso, 48-year-old Tomas Steven Quinones faces between 15 and 30 years in federal prison after pleading guilty earlier today to one count of production of child pornography announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Dennis Ulrich.
By EPA Newswire | May 7, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Power Subcommittee today held a hearing to review the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s budget request and policy priorities. Chairman Allison Macfarlane testified alongside NRC Commissioners Kristine Svinicki, George Apostolakis, William Magwood, and William Ostendorff.
By State Newswire | May 7, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Representative Eliot L. Engel, the leading Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, this evening delivered the following remarks on the floor of the House of Representatives in support of H.R. 2548, the Electrify Africa Act...
By DOE Newswire | May 7, 2014
News Release: “The United States is leading an unprecedented resurgence in North American energy production. The entire continent stands to achieve substantial economic, environmental and security benefits. But we will not realize these opportunities unless we establish the infrastructure needed to create an integrated...
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2014
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Manuel Valencia, 30, the “shotcaller" of a South Los Angeles street gang, pleaded guilty today to federal racketeering and drug trafficking charges for his role in orchestrating the day-to-day activities of the gang controlled by an incarcerated member of the Mexican Mafia.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2014
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that a federal jury has convicted Terry M. Dickinson, 55, of Millport, N.Y., of distribution of child pornography, receipt of child pornography and possession of child pornography. The charges carry a mandatory minimum of five years in prison, a maximum of 20 years, a $500,000 fine or both.
By Commerce Newswire | May 7, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Power Subcommittee today held a hearing to review the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s budget request and policy priorities. Chairman Allison Macfarlane testified alongside NRC Commissioners Kristine Svinicki, George Apostolakis, William Magwood, and William Ostendorff.
By Interior Newswire | May 7, 2014
News Release: Capitol Reef National Park will be celebrating International Migratory Bird Day on Saturday, May 17, 2014. Many species of migratory birds including several varieties of warblers, sparrows, and raptors from a hospitable stop-over in the Capitol Reef area.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2014
News Release: Aphrodite Advanced Esthetic & Skin Care Clinic received illegal imports for Gallant Pharma, which sold over $10 million of non-FDA-approved chemotherapy and cosmetic drugs in the U.S.
By Commerce Newswire | May 7, 2014
News Release: “The United States is leading an unprecedented resurgence in North American energy production. The entire continent stands to achieve substantial economic, environmental and security benefits. But we will not realize these opportunities unless we establish the infrastructure needed to create an integrated...
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2014
News Release: ROLAND “TROY" CHAMBERS, age 45, and GREGORY JACKSON, age 40, both of Houma, Louisiana, were sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Jay C. Zainey to 71 months and 60 months incarceration, respectively, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Polite. Both defendants were sentenced to four years of supervised release to be served after their incarceration.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that on April 24, 2014, RONALD RANDOLF JOHNSON was sentenced to a year in prison and a year of supervised release by Senior U.S. District Judge Sam Haddon. Johnson, of Couer d'Alene, Idaho, was sentenced in connection with his guilty plea to obtaining Oxycodone...
By Commerce Newswire | May 7, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) issued the following statement on the U.S. House of Representatives bipartisan vote finding former Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Exempt Organizations Director Lois Lerner in contempt of Congress for refusing to testify about the IRS’s targeting of Tea Party and other conservative organizations applying for exempt status...
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Butte on April 25, 2014, before U.S. District Judge Sam Haddon, MARY ANN McCULLEY, 55, of Bozeman, was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment and 1 year supervised release.
