News published on Federal Newswire in November 2014

News from November 2014


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Nov. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Nov. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Airline Consumer Complaints Up From Previous Year

News Release: WASHINGTON – Airline consumer complaints filed with DOT’s Aviation Consumer Protection Division during the first nine months of this year were up 18.2 percent from the first nine months of 2013, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Air Travel Consumer Report released today.


News Release: BROOKLYN, N.Y. - James J. Hunt, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in (DEA, New York), and Loretta E. Lynch, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York announced the filing of a civil action by the United States against Lawrence Womack, 48, an Islip Terrace, New York, based physician.


News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Benjamin Martin, 26, of Lincoln, Nebraska, and Audrey Glenn, 26, of Lincoln, were sentenced on November 6, in Lincoln, Nebraska, by United States District Judge John M. Gerrard, for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Martin was also convicted...


News Release: Preyed On Runaway Teen And Homeless Drug Addict.


Montana Pharmacist Sentenced For Drug Death

News Release: BILLINGS - Ben Hunn, a 47-year-old licensed retail pharmacist in Sidney, Montana, was sentenced for the distribution of Vicodin resulting in death. Hunn was sentenced to 48 months in prison followed by 3 years supervised release.


News Release: ST. GEORGE, UT - A Feb. 3, 2015, sentencing date has been set for Chad Eugene Devaughn, age 42, of Hurricane, Utah, after he entered guilty pleas to possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense in federal court in St. George earlier this week. Devaughn was charged in a Felony Information filed Oct. 28, 2014.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Rep. Eliot L. Engel, the Ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, authored the following Letter to the Editor in today’s New York Times, responding to David Jolly's Oct 31 news article “France Denies That It's Ready to Deliver Warship to Russia," which reported that France's finance minister, Michel Sapin, said tthat the transfer of Mistral-class warships to Russia would depend on Moscow's playing "a positive role" in Ukraine.


News Release: Upcoming Webinars. November 18: Live Webinar on High Performance Space Conditioning Systems, Part II. Webinar Sponsor: Building Technologies Office. The Energy Department will present a live webinar titled “High Performance Space Conditioning Systems, Part II" on Tuesday, Nov. 18, from 3:00 p.m.


Jackson, Mississippi, Man Sentenced To 24 Months In Prison For The Attempted Online Extortion Of The University Of Louisville Athletic Association

News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A Jackson, Mississippi, man was sentenced to 24 months in prison by Chief Judge Joseph H. McKinley Jr, in United States District Court Monday, Nov. 3, 2014, following his conviction for the attempted online extortion of the University of Louisville Athletic Association, announced David J. Hale, United States Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky.


News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Jonathan Melendez, a/k/a “Malvin Vasquez-Valerio," a/k/a “JELM," 30, a native of the Dominican Republic, was charged in a five-count indictment with three counts of false personation of citizenship, aggravated identity theft and misuse of another person’s Social Security number, announced...


News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA - On November 5, 2014, Bill Joe Gillespie, a 32 year-old resident of Red Oak, Iowa, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge John Jarvey to 70 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for possession of firearm by a convicted felon, announced United States Attorney Nicholas Klinefeldt.


News Release: Dear Mr. Secretary General: Congratulations on assuming one of the most important jobs in international security. We welcome your installation and look forward to your leadership during these challenging times for the NATO alliance. On May 29, 2014, we wrote your predecessor on the particular challenge...


Harold Henthorn Arrested For First Degree Murder Related To Death Of Wife At Rocky Mountain National Park

News Release: DENVER - Harold Henthorn, age 58, of Highlands Ranch, Colorado, was arrested without incident this morning by Special Agents with the National Park Service (NPS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), with substantial support from the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, following his indictment...


McNeal's Marvelous Medicine Show

News Release: Glimpses of the Past:Nov. 20, 2014.


News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today the filing of criminal charges against Timothy Smart, age 31, New York City resident. A criminal Information filed in the United States District Court in Scranton yesterday alleges that Smart distributed cocaine hydrochloride, cocaine base, (crack), and heroin in Luzerne and Lackawanna Counties on numerous occasions between 2012 and Sept. 20, 2013.


U.S. Attorney’s Office Announces Alan Mizen To Plead Guilty In Center Township Public Corruption Case

News Release: Township Chief Financial Officer embezzled over $343,000 in Public Money.


Suisun City Man Charged With Federal Firearm Charge

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a single-count indictment today against Frank Gowans III, 26, of Suisun City, charging him with felon in possession of a firearm, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.


Final Conspirator Pleads Guilty in Scheme to Embezzle over $1 Million from Co-Conspirator’s Employer

News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Brian Hooper, age 42, of Woodbridge, Virginia, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to commit wire fraud in connection with a scheme to steal over $1 million from a consulting company.