News from November 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2014
News Release: LEXINGTON, KY - Kerry B. Harvey, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, announced today that the U.S. Attorney’s Office, with assistance from its partnering agencies, recovered $182,247,824.53 from civil and criminal actions for Fiscal Year 2014.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 20, 2014
News Release: Search efforts continue today on Longs Peak in Rocky Mountain National Park for Peter Jeffris, 25, from Broomfield, Colorado. Weather and winds are favorable and aerial searching by helicopter began this morning. This will enable searchers to cover a larger area and search higher elevations that have...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 20, 2014
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced today it has rejected an application for a solar energy right-of-way in the Silurian Valley in San Bernardino County, Calif.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 20, 2014
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the below statement on the President's address to the nation detailing action he will take to fix the country's immigration system...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2014
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that PHILLIP BOOKER, age 59, of Houma, Louisiana, was charged today in a one-count Bill of Information with violating the Federal Controlled Substances Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2014
News Release: Christopher D. Rarick, 35, of Ashland, was sentenced to more than 15 years in prison for exploiting children, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Cleveland Office.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 20, 2014
News Release: Superintendent H. Lane Baker announced today that thevisitor centers at Chiricahua National Monument (NM), Coronado National Memorial (NMem), and Fort Bowie National Historic Site (NHS) will be closed on Thursday, Nov. 27, so that the staff may enjoy the holiday with family and friends. The parks...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2014
News Release: Environmental Fines And Penalties Some Of Largest Collections.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2014
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Saravy Yem, 30, of Stockton, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy and theft of the mail by a postal employee, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2014
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today against Aljamario Willoughby, 21, of Athens, Georgia, charging him with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2014
News Release: BANGOR, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson, acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Adam Hathorn, - 36, of Bangor was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Chief Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. to...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2014
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Colts Neck, New Jersey, man who defrauded dozens of investors today admitted operating a $20 million Ponzi scheme out of his Fair Haven, New Jersey office and Miami residence, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 20, 2014
News Release: On Saturday, December 6, Ozark National Scenic Riverways is hosting the final event in a yearlong series to honor the 50th Anniversary of the park's establishment. An old fashioned Christmas celebration will be held 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Alley Mill and General Store.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2014
News Release: GREENSBORO, N.C. - U.S. Attorney Ripley Rand announced today that the Middle District of North Carolina collected $1,663,637.55 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2014. Of this amount, $1,412,194.72 was collected in criminal actions and $251,422.83 was collected in civil actions.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 20, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Senior Democrats from the House and Senate today proposed sweeping reforms to the federal program that provides benefits to coal miners suffering from black lung disease.Federal law requires that coal companies compensate disabled miners who contract black lung, which is caused by inhaling coal dust over an extended period of time, but coal companies routinely deploy an array of unfair tactics to avoid paying miners the benefits they deserve.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Tobias Gutierrez, 35, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty this morning to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Gutierrez will be sentenced to a prison term within the range of 30 to 60 months followed by not more than three years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2014
News Release: Two Coral Gables residents were charged today by separate informations for their participation in a scheme to obtain more than $9 million dollars in kickbacks and other benefits, and to conceal this illicit income from the IRS, while employed as senior executives at Systemax, Inc. (“Systemax") and its subsidiary, TigerDirect, Inc. (“TigerDirect").
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2014
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Thomas M. Harrigan, the Deputy Administrator of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA"), today announced that MICHAEL FILTER was extradited from Estonia where he had been arrested for conspiracy to...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2014
News Release: TULSA, Okla. - Eleven alleged gang members and associates of the Universal Aryan Brotherhood (UAB) have been charged for their alleged roles in conspiring to participate in a racketeering enterprise, drug conspiracy, kidnapping, and maiming a person, announced United States Attorney Danny C. Williams Sr. for the Northern District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2014
News Release: Indianapolis, IN - Acting U.S. Attorney Josh J. Minkler announced today that the Southern District of Indiana collected $3,419,913 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2014. Of this amount, $1,668,871 was collected in criminal actions and $1,751,041 was collected in civil actions.
