News from November 2014
By Interior Newswire | Nov 5, 2014
News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nevada -The Wetlands Trail in Lake Mead National Recreation Area is now open on weekends and holidays. It was closed Feb. 10 for construction of a new grade control structure in the Lower Las Vegas Wash.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Wednesday, November 5, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that two women involved in an extensive mortgage fraud scheme have pleaded guilty in Hartford federal...
By EPA Newswire | Nov 5, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) issued the following statement regarding the committee’s priorities for the 114th Congress. Upton recently unveiled the #RecordOfSuccess webpage chronicling the committee’s bipartisan achievements in the 113th Congress.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 5, 2014
News Release: Glen Jean, West Virginia,November 5, 2014-The National Park Service is installing bat-friendly gates on mine portals in the park through a construction contract. Contractors will begin work in the New River Gorge National River at Kaymoor Haulage Tunnel during the week ofNovember 10th, and using the...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 5, 2014
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Wyoming State Office has posted its proposed list of parcels for the quarterly competitive oil and gas lease sale scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015, at the Holiday Inn in Cheyenne, Wyo. Doors open at 7 a.m. with the auction beginning at 8 a.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Michael Heath Thetford, a/k/a Russ LNU, age 38, of Alabaster, Alabama, was found guilty of Felon in Possession of a Firearm, Impersonating a Federal Officer, Interstate Stalking, and Tampering with Witnesses as a result of a five day federal jury trial in Pierre, South Dakota.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.B U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Juan Lopez, 31, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of possession of firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking activities and being a felon in possession of firearms, was sentenced to 108 months by Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2014
News Release: Sentenced on methamphetamine and pseudoephedrine charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2014
News Release: EUGENE, Ore. - Christopher Michael Morgan, 42, a resident of Coos County, Oregon, appeared before United States Chief District Court Judge Ann Aiken in Eugene today, and was sentenced to 15 years in prison for being an armed career criminal. Morgan, a felon, was found in possession of a loaded.45 caliber pistol while in a woman’s restroom at Mingus Park in Coos Bay, Oregon on June 18, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Winner, South Dakota, woman convicted of Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on Oct. 27, 2014, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 5, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) issued the following statement regarding the committee’s priorities for the 114th Congress. Upton recently unveiled the #RecordOfSuccess webpage chronicling the committee’s bipartisan achievements in the 113th Congress.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 5, 2014
News Release: The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), the organization charged with protecting America’s power supply, today warned that the Obama administration’s power plant proposal would threaten the nation’s electric reliability. In a new report, NERC raised concerns about EPA’s assumptions...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2014
News Release: CHICAGO - A southwest suburban man was sentenced to just over three years in federal prison for failing to report more than $3.1 million in gross receipts and gambling income and failing to pay more than $582,000 in federal income taxes. The defendant, PAUL WEST, was sentenced after pleading guilty in August of this year to two counts of filing a false federal income tax return.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2014
News Release: Peoria, Ill. - Sentencing is scheduled on Feb. 19, 2015, for a Gibson City, Ill., man convicted last week of mail fraud and illegal application of a pesticide inconsistent with its labeling. A jury deliberated for approximately one hour on Oct. 31, before returning guilty verdicts against Carl Kieser, 61. Kieser had previously been convicted of four counts of tax evasion.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 5, 2014
News Release: The National Park Service will honor all military veterans by providing free entrance for everyone to all 401 national parks on Veterans Day, Tuesday, November 11th.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Lower Brule, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on Oct. 28, 2014, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Bullhead, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Child.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 4, 2014
News Release: Last night, in response to an Order from a Federal judge, the Department of Justice turned over 64,280 pages of documents that were withheld from Congress after President Obama asserted Executive Privilege on the eve of a contempt citation for Attorney General Eric Holder in June 2012. The sheer volume...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2014
News Release: Plea Agreement Requires Dr. Aswad to Serve Three Years of Probation,.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2014
News Release: BOSTON - United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz announced today that Assistant United States Attorney Robert A. Fisher will lead the efforts of her Office in connection with the Justice Department's nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 4, 2014, general elections. AUSA Robert A. Fisher...
