News published on Federal Newswire in November 2014

News from November 2014


News Release: Prior Felon Prosecuted Under Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.


News Release: The Olympic Hot Springs Road has reopened, following a three-year closure while contractors removed the Glines Canyon Dam. Visitors may now reach the Boulder Creek Trailhead. The Boulder Creek Trailhead provides hiker and stock-user access to the Olympic Hot Springs Trail, a 2.5 mile hike from the trailhead.


St. Thomas Man Sentenced To 15 Months In Prison

News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014, sentenced Keon I. Smith, 29, to 15 months in prison, for possessing a firearm with an obliterated serial number, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced.


Local Tax Preparer Sentenced On Fraud Charges

News Release: St. Louis, MO - The owner and operator of a St. Louis County tax preparation service was sentenced for filing false returns and stealing the identities of taxpayers.


Former Executives Of Nuclear Power Company Indicted

News Release: Donald L. Gillispie and Jennifer R. Ransom Charged with 14 Counts of Conspiracy, Securities and Wire Fraud, False Tax Returns, False Statements.


East Alton Man Sentenced For Drug And Money Laundering Offenses

News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Friday, Nov. 14, 2014. Follow @SDILNews. The United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced that Demarcus L. Freeman was sentenced to 151 months in federal prison by the U.S.


News Release: United States Attorney Anne M. Tompkins Western District Of North Carolina.


News Release: Ocala, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III, announces that Luis Rafael Infantes (21, Elizabethtown, KY) has pleaded guilty to theft of government property. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Robert Menendez today released the following statement regarding the Administration's announcement of a $3 billion pledge to the Green Climate Fund (GCF):


Week In Review – Fort Wayne

News Release: Fort Wayne, Indiana - The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in Federal Court.


Agriculture Secretary Announces Funding to Strengthen Rural Businesses and Cooperatives and Boost Economic Development in Rural Communities

News Release: Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced $5.8 million in grant awards to 32 recipients to help create jobs and boost economic development activity in rural areas.


News Release: Southeast Regional Director Stan Austin announced that Dave Hallac has been selected as superintendent of Cape Hatteras National Seashore and the Outer Banks Group in North Carolina.Hallac has managed the Yellowstone Center for Resources, the resource management and science division at Yellowstone National Park for the last three years. He will start his new assignment at Cape Hatteras in early January 2015.


Crews could begin burning slash piles above El Jebel tomorrow

News Release: SILT, Colo. - Smoke may be visible north of El Jebel beginning tomorrow as crews from Upper Colorado River Interagency Fire Management begin burning slash piles generated from a Bureau of Land Management fuels reduction project.


150th Anniversary First Saturday Programs—December 6, 2014

News Release: ANDERSONVILLE, Georgia - At the beginning of December 1864, Andersonville was a shell of its former self; since September over 25,000 prisoners had been relocated from Andersonville to other military prisons in Georgia and South Carolina in order to prevent Sherman from liberating them. Andersonville...


Full Committee Hearing to Focus on Modernizing Nation’s Airspace

News Release: The Full Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure will hold a hearing next week focused on preparing the next reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the modernization and operation of the U.S. airspace.


Hardee County Man Sentenced To More Than 8 Years For Trafficking In Methamphetamine

News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell has sentenced Jefferson Lee Kirkland (68, Zolfo Springs) to eight years and one month in federal prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute methamphetamine. He pleaded guilty on Aug. 12, 2014.


Mexican Citizen Pleads Guilty To Attempting To Transport A Child For Illegal Sexual Activity

News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announced today that Javier Guerrero Molina (age 34, Mexico) has pleaded guilty to attempting to transport a minor child from Las Vegas to Jacksonville with the intent that the child engage in sexual activity with him. Molina is a citizen...


House Affirms Commitment to Building Keystone XL

News Release: Today the House approved a bill to move forward with construction of the Keystone XL pipeline project, to create thousands of American jobs and increase the Nation’s energy security.


Three Individuals Arrested in a Smuggling Attempt at the Border

News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. and Customs and Border Protection Director of Field Operations Randy Howe announced today that three individuals were arrested and charged in separate criminal complaints following a smuggling attempt at the Peace Bridge Port of Entry. Tonin Ndoja, 50, a citizen of Canada is charged with bringing in aliens in exchange for financial gain which is punishable by a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.


News Release: National Park Service. U.S. Department of the Interior. Yellowstone National Park. P.O. Box 168. Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190. Nov. 14, 2014 14-085. Al Nash. (307) 344-2015. YELL_Public_Affairs@nps.gov. YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK NEWS RELEASE. Yellowstone Seeking Comments on the Mist Creek Pass...