News published on Federal Newswire in November 2014

News from November 2014


News Release: KREMMLING, Colo. - In an effort to ensure a variety of recreational opportunities are available within the Upper Colorado River Special Recreation Management Area, the Bureau of Land Management Kremmling Field Office is encouraging special recreation permit applications from commercial entities that can provide unique opportunities for the public.


Pittsburgh Man Sentenced To 6 Years In Prison For Conspiring To Distribute Heroin

News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Beechview resident has been sentenced in federal court to 72 months imprisonment, to be followed by six years supervised release, on his conviction of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.


Missouri Man Sentenced To 13 YearsFor Robbing Bank In Shawnee, Kan.

News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Missouri man was sentenced Wednesday to 13 years and a month in federal prison for a robbery at a bank in Shawnee, Kan., U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.


News Release: An illegal alien from Mexico who assumed the identity of a United States citizen was sentenced today to more than two years in federal prison.


As EPA Preps Onerous Ozone Standards, Committee Members Press for Full Accounting

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Republican members of the Subcommittee on Energy and Power today wrote to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy regarding the agency’s imminent plans to propose revisions to the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for ground-level ozone and the estimated...


News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, along with Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), and Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), wrote to President Obama requesting his opinion on legislation that would authorize and build the Keystone XL Pipeline.


Wetlands Determination In Miner County Upheld In District Court

News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a 2011 wetlands determination made by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) was affirmed by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier on Oct. 31, 2014.


As EPA Preps Onerous Ozone Standards, Committee Members Press for Full Accounting

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Republican members of the Subcommittee on Energy and Power today wrote to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy regarding the agency’s imminent plans to propose revisions to the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for ground-level ozone and the estimated...


Indictment In U.S. V. Irving Rubin, Et Al.

News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of New York. Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014.


News Release: United States Attorney Anne M. Tompkins Western District Of North Carolina.


News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Brandon Morrison, 25, of New York City, was arraigned today on an indictment charging him with five counts of wire fraud, five counts of making a false claim against the United States, and four counts of identity theft, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. The indictment...


News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that 15 Columbia, Mo., residents are among 27 defendants who have been indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in a large-scale conspiracy to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine in Boone County, Mo., and a conspiracy to promote prostitution in Boone County.


Three Alleged Gang Members Charged With July 2014 Murder

News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Miguel Ortiz, Antonio Castillo, and Marvin Cortez were arraigned in federal court this morning after being arrested yesterday on charges that included racketeering conspiracy, firearms violations, and the commission of a July 19, 2014, gang-related murder in San Francisco, announced United...


News Release: House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA), Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA), and Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) applauded final passage of the Government Reports Elimination Act (H.R. 4194), that eliminates or modifies unnecessary, outdated, or duplicative...


Lawyer Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To Five Years In Prison In Connection With Leadership Of Asylum Fraud Ring

News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that FENG LING LIU, a/k/a Karen, the attorney and owner of law firms in the Chinatown neighborhood of Manhattan, was sentenced in Manhattan federal court to five years in prison for her leadership of an immigration...


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Republican members of the Subcommittee on Energy and Power today wrote to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy regarding the agency’s imminent plans to propose revisions to the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for ground-level ozone and the estimated...


News Release: HOMESTEAD, FLORIDA - A juried show of twenty-six art quilts created by 22 Florida artists will debut in Biscayne National Park's Dante Fascell Visitor Center Gallery on December 5, 2014. The show, titled Piecing Together a Changing Planet, highlights a few of the many ways that America's 401 National...


Essex County Corrections Officer Charged With Taking Bribes To Smuggle Contraband Into Federal Pretrial Detention Facility

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Essex County corrections officer was arrested today by special agents of the FBI for taking bribes to smuggle contraband, including cell phones and cigarettes, into the Essex County Jail, a federal pretrial detention facility, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.


News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that DMITRY BRAVERMAN, a former Senior Systems Engineer at a prominent national law firm, pled guilty today in Manhattan federal court to insider trading. Specifically, BRAVERMAN admitted repeatedly using...


News Release: United States Attorney Anne M. Tompkins Western District Of North Carolina.