News from November 2014
By DOT News Wire | Nov 21, 2014
News Release: The U.S. Department of Transportation announced today that a new, modernized air service agreement has been reached that will expand opportunities for passenger and cargo carriers to provide service between the United States and Mexico, and strengthen the economic ties between the two countries. The ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2014
News Release: One year after a summit focused on heroin and opioid addiction, many of the participants came together to provide an update to the community on activity and progress that has been made since the summit.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2014
News Release: MCALLEN, Texas - Francisco Calderon, 28, and Jorge Alejandro Galvan-Ibarra, 30, have been ordered to federal prison for possession with intent to distribute more than one kilogram of methamphetamine, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Both entered guilty pleas in late July 2014.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 21, 2014
News Release: Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Wright Brothers National Memorial and Fort Raleigh National Historic Site announce two workshops designed to encourage local interest in the 2015 summer seasonal hiring process.The Outer Banks Group hires approximately 82 summer seasonal employees each year.The workshops will be held at the following times and locations.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2014
News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - Two Fort Worth, Texas, tax preparers were convicted at trial on all 34 counts of a superseding indictment charging conspiracy and other tax offenses, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 21, 2014
News Release: PML researchers have applied for a provisional patent on a device to protect expensive "spinning-rotor" high-vacuum gauges - used as transfer standards and reference standards by calibration labs - that are vulnerable to damage during transport.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2014
News Release: Third defendant in drug gang given lengthy sentence.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 21, 2014
News Release: Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Wright Brothers National Memorial and Fort Raleigh National Historic Site announce two workshops designed to encourage local interest in the 2015 summer seasonal hiring process.The Outer Banks Group hires approximately 82 summer seasonal employees each year.The workshops will be held at the following times and locations.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2014
News Release: NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that David Wolvovsky, 31, of Fairfield, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2014
News Release: Fort Wayne, Indiana - The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in Federal Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2014
News Release: FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge David Downing and Conner Eldridge, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Suzanne Hathorn, age 54, of Siloam Springs, was sentenced to 51 months in prison and three years of supervised release...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2014
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Topeka man was sentenced Friday to 12 years in federal prison for committing robberies at businesses in Topeka and Manhattan, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2014
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Victor Sena, 36, of Cranston, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Providence today to 84 months in federal prison for possession of fentanyl with the intent to distribute. Sena was arrested in March 2014, after law enforcement seized more than 90 grams of fentanyl found stashed inside a container of rice in the kitchen of Sena’s residence.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 21, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) released an update on their bipartisan investigation into inappropriate treatment by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) of organizations applying for tax-exempt status. The Senators have learned...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a Beverly Hannibal, age 48, formerly of Williamsport, but now lives in Lancaster, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Williamsport on Nov. 13, 2014 for health care fraud in connection with a Medicaid program.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2014
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge John Antoon, II today sentenced William A. White (38, Roanoke, VA) to 17 years and 6 months in federal prison for sending interstate threats with the intent to extort and using personal information without lawful authority in furtherance of a crime of violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2014
News Release: PHOENIX - On Nov. 19, 2014, a federal jury found Roy Red Joey, 64, of Dilkon, Ariz., a member of the Navajo Nation, guilty of two counts of abusive sexual contact with a child under the age of 12 and two counts of the commission of a sex offense by a registered sex offender. The case was tried before U.S. District Judge Steven P. Logan from Nov. 13, 2014, to Nov. 19, 2014. The defendant is detained pending sentencing, which is set before Judge Logan on Jan. 28, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2014
News Release: Orlando, FL - U.S. District Judge Paul G. Byron has sentenced Michael Rivers (57, Windermere) to 17 years in federal prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, money laundering, and aggravated identity theft. Rivers was also ordered to pay restitution...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2014
News Release: - Jurors deliberated just over two hours before reaching a guilty verdict.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 21, 2014
News Release: Dear Mr. President: We write regarding the recent series of deplorable terrorist attacks against innocent Israelis. We are profoundly concerned that the cycle of violent behavior threatens to spiral even further out of control. The situation clearly demands leadership, and we implore you to take decisive...
