News from October 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Four retired and one active-duty Army National Guard officials and one civilian have been charged for their alleged participation in bribery schemes related to the awarding of millions of dollars of Army National Guard marketing, retention and recruitment contracts. Two of the retired Army National Guard officials and the civilian pleaded guilty for their roles in the schemes.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2014
News Release: UW And ESD To Study Interventions; Seattle Joins Other Cities In Violence Prevention.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOSE ROQUE, 47, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, the Attorney General and the Office of Justice Programs’ National Institute of Justice (NIJ), today announced it has awarded nearly $63 million to school districts and research organizations through the Comprehensive School Safety Initiative (CSSI). CSSI is a large-scale, multi-agency research effort to build knowledge about effective approaches to increasing school safety nationwide.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2014
News Release: TAMPA, Fla. - A.D. Wright, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announces that Donald Reche (35, Tampa) pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Gregory Bitsilly, 28, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Nenahnezad, N.M., was sentenced this afternoon to 24 months in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release for his arson conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2014
News Release: PHOENIX - On Sept. 29, 2014, Joe Arviso Benally, 51, of Red Valley, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow to 153 months’ imprisonment followed by five years of supervised release. Benally was found guilty by a federal jury on July 9, 2014, of involuntary manslaughter and use (discharge) of a firearm in a crime of violence, the offense occurred on the Navajo Nation Indian Reservation.
By State Newswire | Oct 1, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - This morning at a 10 a.m. hearing, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, will continue to press for the release of U.S. Marine Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi, who has been held in a Mexican prison since March. The hearing is entitled “Sergeant Andrew Tahmooressi: Our Marine in Mexican Custody.".
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2014
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz sentenced Abdo Mohamed Nagi, age 55, a citizen of Yemen residing in Baltimore, today to 46 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for two counts of food stamp fraud and six counts of wire fraud in connection with a scheme...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2014
News Release: CHICAGO - Twenty-two defendants are facing federal narcotics charges here for their alleged roles in importing, supplying, and distributing kilogram quantities of heroin and cocaine through interconnected drug trafficking organizations that operated in the Chicago area, as well as in Mexico, California...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 1, 2014
News Release: Superintendent H. Lane Baker has announced the fall seasonal operating hours of the three National Park Service sites in Cochise County - Chiricahua National Monument, Coronado National Memorial, and Fort Bowie National Historic Site. The following hours and operations are in effect from October 13 - Nov. 30, 2014.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 1, 2014
News Release: A Wet and Wild Saturday at Craters of the Moon.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2014
News Release: EUGENE, Ore. - On Oct. 1, 2014, Charles Thornton, 39 years old, of Patterson, California, was sentenced by U.S. District Chief Judge Ann Aiken to 41 months in federal prison for his role in a firearms straw purchasing and trafficking investigation. Upon his release from prison, Thornton will be on supervised release for three years.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 1, 2014
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published its NIST Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability Standards, Release 3.0, a document that reflects advances in smart grid technologies and developments from NIST's collaborative work with industry stakeholders. Revisions to its guidelines for smart grid cybersecurity are available as well.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2014
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2014
News Release: Separate State and Federal Indictments Accuse Assemblyman of Stealing Campaign.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2014
News Release: PORTLAND, Oregon. -Mohamed Osman Mohamud, 23, who was convicted in 2013 of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction (explosives) in connection with a plot to detonate a vehicle bomb at an annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Portland, was sentenced today to serve 30 years in prison, followed by a lifetime term of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2014
News Release: BOSTON - A Brighton man was sentenced today for coercing and enticing a minor for the purpose of sexual activity.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 1, 2014
News Release: Superintendent H. Lane Baker has announced the fall seasonal operating hours of the three National Park Service sites in Cochise County - Chiricahua National Monument, Coronado National Memorial, and Fort Bowie National Historic Site. The following hours and operations are in effect from October 13 - Nov. 30, 2014.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 1, 2014
News Release: AGOURA HILLS, CALIF. - Outdoor enthusiasts are invited to attend the National Park Service's inaugural Recreation Festival on Saturday, October 25 from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. Also known as Rec Fest, this free, family-friendly event will take place at Paramount Ranch in Agoura and will feature several hands-on opportunities to introduce families to the outdoors.
