News published on Federal Newswire in November 2014

News from November 2014


News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A former South Plainfield police captain was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for exploiting a minor girl by enticing her to live-stream sexually explicit acts via the Internet in exchange for payment, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.


News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Friday, Nov. 21, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. 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 R. Underhill in...


News Release: Homestead's award-winning National Parks Trolley returns for its second season, from Nov. 22, 2014 through April 26, 2015, with more tour times to meet growing demand. Free transportation, parking and narrated tours are provided, as well as waived entrance fees to Everglades National Park, as part of this innovative partnership and public service. The trolley provides the only available public transportation to Everglades and Biscayne National Parks.


News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Friday, Nov. 21, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Patricia M. Ferrick, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation...


Boeing Subcontractor Sentenced On Federal Fraud Charges

News Release: St. Louis, MO - The final defendant in a bribery/kickback scheme involving Boeing military aircraft parts, JEFFREY LAVELLE, owner and operator of J. L. Manufacturing, was sentenced to 15 months in prison and ordered to pay a $50,000 fine. J.L. Manufacturing of Everett, Washington, is an aerospace job...


News Release: WASHINGTON- Attorney General Eric Holder on Friday touted the Justice Department’s release of new guidance to law enforcement, which he said would help officers maintain public safety while safeguarding constitutional rights. The guidance was issued by the department’s Bureau of Justice Assistance and Office of Community Oriented Policing Services.


Canadian Woman Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison for Illegal Drug Distribution Conspiracy

News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. -United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that aCanadian womanwas sentenced Thursday to 30 months in prison for conspiring to buy methamphetamine in Houston for sale in the Lake Charles area.


News Release: LAS VEGAS - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Las Vegas Field Office, today announced it is seeking public comment on a proposal for a non-competitive direct sale of the reversionary interest in a Recreation and Public Purpose (R&PP) patent. On February 5, 1998, 5.22 acres of public land was patented...


News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man convicted of Assaulting, Resisting, Opposing, and Impeding a Federal Officer was sentenced on Nov. 17, 2014, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.


Harkin Applauds Senate Passage of Bipartisan Infant Health Bill

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.- Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today applauded Senate passage of the Sudden Unexpected Death Data Enhancement and Awareness Act, a bipartisan health bill that will help to address the more than 25,000 stillbirths...


News Release: National Park Service. U.S. Department of the Interior. Yellowstone National Park. P.O. Box 168. Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190. Nov. 21, 2014 14-086. Al Nash. (307) 344-2015. YELL_Public_Affairs@nps.gov. YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK NEWS RELEASE. Comments Sought On Proposal To Build Ecological Monitoring...


Gitter Done Store Owners Sentenced To 9 Years And 7 Years In Prison For Selling Synthetic Cannabinoids

News Release: TULSA, Okla. - Two convenience store owners were sentenced today for conspiring to distribute and distributing more than 127 kilograms of synthetic cannabinoids, which were marketed by names such as Diablo, Joker, Kush, and Scooby Snax, announced Danny C. Williams Sr., United States Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma.


News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Three local men have been charged with robbing a jewelry store in Las Vegas last week of approximately $700,000 worth of merchandise, announced U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden for the District of Nevada.


Colchester Man Sentenced For Possession Of Child Pornography

News Release: Tristram J. Coffin, United States Attorney for the District of Vermont, stated that Andrew Kittell, 37, of Colchester, Vermont, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Christina Reiss, to 13 months in prison for possession of child pornography. Additionally, Kittell was sentenced to five years of supervised release to be served after the completion of his prison term.


Finance Committee IRS Investigation Update

News Release: 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 that the...


Honduran Man Sentenced In Federal Court For Illegal Reentry Into United States

News Release: Illegal Immigrant was Deported After Felony Drug Conviction.


News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that John.


Owings Mills Man Sentenced to over Three Years in Prison in Bank Fraud Scheme

News Release: Used Fraudulently Obtained Personal Information of over 50 Individuals.


News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that, Juan Morales, 25, of Brockport, NY, who was convicted of possessing a firearm as a felon, was sentenced to 100 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa.


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