News from November 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2014
News Release: Jessie A. Hopper, Jr., Admits Role in Plot to Kidnap Woman and Two Young Children.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2014
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Derek Stanin, 21, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of the robbery of the three Tops Marketplace stores, was sentenced to 51 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford. The defendant was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $7,656.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 21, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY), and Environment and the Economy Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL) issued the following statement in response to the EPA’s announcement today that it would not issue a rule setting Renewable Fuel Standard targets for 2014...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2014
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that 13 Kansas City, Mo.-area defendants have been indicted for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute more than $1 million worth of cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana.
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 USDA Newswire | Nov 21, 2014
News Release: Two genes that protect sunflowers against rust disease have been discovered by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2014
News Release: PHOENIX- On Nov. 20 and 21, 2014, U.S. District Court Judge Neil V. Wake presided over the sentencing of 14 defendants, including Daniel Lewis “Danny" Hendon, 64, of Paradise Valley, Ariz., who once served as managers or supervisors of Danny’s Family Car Wash (“DFC"), a prominent chain of local car washes.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2014
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.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2014
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - Federal indictments were returned Thursday charging that eight people who worked for Keebler Company in Kansas City, Kan., fraudulently received unemployment benefits, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2014
News Release: Tampa, FL - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Matthew William McLean (25, Minneapolis) pleaded guilty yesterday to attempted transportation of a minor with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity and committing a felony sex offense by a registered sex offender. He faces a mandatory minimum term of 20 years, up to a maximum penalty of life in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2014
News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. -United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Lafayette man was sentenced Thursday, to 200 months in prison and five years of supervised release for possession of cocaine.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 21, 2014
News Release: DENVER, Colo.- Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today joined Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper and U.S. Michael Bennet to announce a landmark settlement agreement that will help protect the Roan Plateau near Rifle, Colorado, while also encouraging natural gas development. The settlement helps protect wildlife and supports opportunities for outdoor recreation and energy development, all of which play an important role in Colorado’s economy.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2014
News Release: DALLAS - A federal grand jury returned four unrelated indictments this week, each charging an individual from the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex with a federal felony offense stemming from their theft of Social Security benefits, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 21, 2014
News Release: Putting together the tale of a whale named "Snow" has earned Kelly VandenBerg and Melissa Senac of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve the 2014 National Park Service Freeman Tilden Award for Excellence in Interpretation.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2014
News Release: DENVER - Donnie Waldo, Jr., age 47, of Dover, Arkansas, appeared in U.S. Magistrate Court this morning for a detention hearing, following his recent arrest for aggravated sexual abuse with children, travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct, and attempted coercion and enticement of minors...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 21, 2014
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, made the following statement regarding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) decision to postpone setting the final 2014 volume mandates for renewable fuel standard (RFS) until next year.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 21, 2014
News Release: Glen Jean, West Virginia, Nov. 20, 2014-Has nature ever inspired you to do something creative? Local students can celebrate their creativity through theYouth Arts in the Parksprogram. This youth art contest and April art exhibition at Tamarack, allows students to serve as community leaders and raise...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2014
News Release: Daniel Webster Elementary students take pledge to stay away from gun violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2014
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned an 11-count indictment today against Fresno residents Jose Ortiz-Medrano, 25; Luciano Ramirez-Santa Cruz; and Jose Alberto Flores, 27, charging them with methamphetamine trafficking offenses, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. Luciano Ramirez-Santa Cruz was also charged with being an unlawful alien in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2014
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Manhattan man was arrested today for traveling to New Jersey for the purpose of sexually abusing a 13-year-old girl, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
