News from October 2014
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 29, 2014
News Release: The draft plan, of which notice be to published appears on line today at the Federal Register offsite link, outlines 10 long-term research priorities to guide how the program will invest its funds and explains how these priorities were determined. The program will review the comments received and anticipates releasing a final version of the science plan early next year.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that TYRONE CRUMP, also known as “KT," 29, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2014
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Annette L. Hayes announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Arlen Storm will lead efforts in the Western District of Washington in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program with respect to the upcoming November 4, 2014, general...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2014
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, George Venizelos, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and Joseph Burton, Jr., the Chief of Police of the Village of Ossining Police Department, announced...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Wednesday, Oct. 29, 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...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2014
News Release: EUGENE, Ore. - Richard Gene Stephens, 43, of Linn County, Oregon, appeared before United States District Court Chief Judge Ann Aiken in Eugene yesterday and was sentenced to 15 years in prison for being an armed career criminal and for possessing a revolver that had been stolen during a burglary of a home by another felon, Mitchell Wayne Brolin.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 29, 2014
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has recognized four companies for advancing the use of sustainable development in their work on public lands. Michael Nedd, the BLM Assistant Director for Energy, Minerals and Realty Management, announced the winners of the Reclamation and Sustainable Mineral Development...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 29, 2014
News Release: Fruita, Colorado - Possibly one of the most scenic marathons in the world winding through geologic canyons and formations for which this area was preserved, the Rim Rock Marathon will be held on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2014 in Colorado National Monument, under the authority of a special use permit. Colorado Mesa University (CMU) is the permittee. Proceeds from the events benefit CMU Track & Cross Country scholarship program.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2014
News Release: CINCINNATI, OHIO -- James Jeremy Savage, 41, originally from Springfield, Ohio, pleaded guilty to one count of filing false claims for income tax refunds with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Savage was incarcerated in Ohio state correctional facilities in Warren and Madison counties when he committed this crime. Savage faces a maximum of 5 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2014
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Lawrence, Kan., man was indicted Wednesday on a federal charge of distributing child pornography, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 29, 2014
News Release: The Catoctin Mountain Park Firewood Permit Program, announced Oct. 15, 2014, has been cancelled. A recently funded Hazardous Fuel Reduction Contract will engage contractors to reduce concentrations of hazardous fuel in specified areas, and eliminates the need for the previously announced collection policy.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2014
News Release: Urbana, Ill. - Sentencing has been set for Jan. 9, 2015, for Linda Sue Curtis, 57, of Bloomington, Illinois. Yesterday, Curtis pled guilty to conspiracy to possess a destructive device, as announced by Jim Lewis, U.S. Attorney for the Central District of Illinois. Curtis remains on bond following her appearance yesterday before United States District Judge Harold A. Baker.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2014
News Release: NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) New York Division, Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, New York City Police Commissioner William J. Bratton, James T. Hayes Jr., Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’(ICE) ...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 29, 2014
News Release: By remotely "combing" the atmosphere with a custom laser-based instrument, researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in collaboration with researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), have developed a new technique that can accurately measure-over a sizeable distance-amounts of several of the major "greenhouse" gases implicated in climate change.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, Ronald J. Verrochio, Inspector in Charge, United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), and Commissioner Drew J. Breakspear...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2014
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - On Friday, Oct. 24, 2014, a training aimed at combatting the serious crime of labor trafficking was held, organized by U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner in conjunction with California Attorney General Kamala Harris. The training in Fresno was the first in a series of trainings on labor trafficking planned to be held in Sacramento, Bakersfield, and other California cities.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2014
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge James S. Moody, Jr. today sentenced Cordey Jermel Adams (34, St. Petersburg) to 15 years and eight months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition. Adams pleaded guilty on Nov. 25, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2014
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Jeremy Michael “Mike" Head, 34, of Huntington Beach, was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for a nationwide foreclosure rescue scam, United States Attorney Benjamin Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Washington County resident has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of theft of government property, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2014
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Devos Ltd., doing business as Guaranteed Returns (“Guaranteed Returns"), in Holbrook, NY, its Chief Executive Officer, Dean Volkes, and two others were charged by indictment, unsealed today, in a multi-million dollar scheme to defraud customers, including the government. Volkes, 51, of...
