News from November 2014
By DOE Gazette | Nov 25, 2014
The US Energy Department published a three page notice on Nov. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Nov 25, 2014
News Release: BTS Releases September 2014 North American Freight Numbers
By DOT News Wire | Nov 25, 2014
News Release: FRA 17-14 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today issued a safety advisory to the rail industry to better protect rail employees working on active tracks, or right-of-ways, under the supervision of a dispatcher. “Clear communication is critical ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2014
News Release: DALLAS - A 35-year-old long haul truck driver who most recently resided in Carrollton, Texas, appeared in federal court this morning and pleaded guilty to one count of transportation of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2014
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. -United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a California man pleaded guilty to failing to register as a sex offender after traveling to Alexandria.
By State Newswire | Nov 25, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - In a letter sent to Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday, a group of 14 Senators including Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-NJ), wrote to express their deep concern for the lives of the 43 young students that disappeared on September 26th in the State of Guerrero, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2014
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A federal grand jury in Nashville last week, returned indictments charging 10 people with conspiring to distribute more than 5 kilograms of cocaine, announced David Rivera, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 25, 2014
News Release: Five scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have won major awards from the American Physical Society, the nation's largest professional organization of physicists. A sixth award will go to a University of Maryland (UMD) professor and Fellow of the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI), at which two of the NIST recipients are also Fellows.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - U.S. Attorney David J. Hickton announced today that the Western District of Pennsylvania collected $52,907,460.41 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2014. Of this amount, $48,907,638.51 was collected in criminal actions and $3,999,821.90 was collected in civil actions. Additionally...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2014
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Louisville residents charged in a conspiracy to distribute more than one kilogram of heroin were arraigned in U.S. District Court today, before Magistrate James D. Moyer, announced United States Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky, David J. Hale.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2014
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Sam Hirsch, the Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the Department of Justice, announced that XIAO JU GUAN, a/k/a “Tony Guan," a Canadian antiques dealer, pled guilty...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2014
News Release: MOBILE, Ala. - Kedrick Lavon Bates, 30, of Marion, was sentenced in federal court today on his conviction for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. Bates entered a guilty plea to the charge in April of 2013. Court documents showed that Bates stole a number of guns from the Perry County ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 25, 2014
News Release: National Park Service. U.S. Department of the Interior. Yellowstone National Park. P.O. Box 168. Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190. Nov. 25, 2014 14-087. Al Nash. (307) 344-2015. YELL_Public_Affairs@nps.gov. YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK NEWS RELEASE. Yellowstone Extends Comment Period On Proposed Fee Changes...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 25, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today made the following statement regarding the discussions around tax extenders...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2014
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that a Palmer, Alaska man was sentenced in Federal Court in Anchorage on six counts of child sexual exploitation crimes. Robert Cunningham, 49, was convicted of producing child pornography, using two children under his control. Cunningham’s victimization of the children occurred between September 5, 2002 and May 8, 2003, in Palmer.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2014
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - DANIEL J. KEMPROWSKI, age 26, of Troy, New York, was sentenced today to five years in prison for one count of receiving child pornography and three counts of possessing child pornography by Chief United States District Judge Gary L. Sharpe, announced United States Attorney Richard...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 25, 2014
News Release: Saturday, Dec. 13, 2014, 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm on Hyde Street Pier. Reservations are required for this free event. Call 415-447-5000.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Harry I. Martin, Jr., the owner, president, and chief executive officer of a Virginia-based information technology company, Intelligent Decisions, Inc., pled guilty this week to a federal charge stemming from gratuities that he and his company provided to a former contracting official with the U.S. Department of the Army in return for preferential treatment and government contracts.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2014
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A former manager of a credit union in Lawrence was sentenced Tuesday to three years on supervised release for embezzling from the company, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said. She was ordered to pay more than $173,600 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2014
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell has sentenced Jose Perez-Osorio (46, Michoacàn, Mexico) to 10 years and 1 month in federal prison for conspiring with others to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine. He pleaded guilty on July 29, 2014.
