News from September 2014
By Interior Newswire | Sep 15, 2014
News Release: USCIS & NPS to Welcome New Citizens During Constitution Day and Citizenship Day Celebration.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2014
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the return of an indictment charging two individuals with conspiracy to defraud the United States, multiple counts of aggravated identity theft, wire fraud, and access device fraud. Laura Butler (39) and Cherica Daniels (32)...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 15, 2014
News Release: PBS NewsHour Investigation on Chinese Acquisition of American Food Company Reveals Stabenow’s Intent to Introduce Legislation Overhauling Government Review Process
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2014
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced James Kidd, age 28, of Baltimore, Maryland, today to 15 years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for carjacking. Judge Hollander found that Kidd is a career offender, based on two previous convictions for robbery and drugs.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2014
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Today in federal court in Fresno, one man was sentenced to nearly 22 years in prison for producing child pornography, one was sentenced to 10 years in prison for receiving and distributing child pornography, and a third man pleaded guilty to receiving and distributing child pornography, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2014
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. -Rebekah Root, 33, of Visalia, pleaded guilty today to wire fraud, making a false claim for a tax refund, and aggravated identity theft, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Tina L. Cash, of Inglewood, Dodge County, Nebraska, was sentenced on Sept. 15, 2014, to 10 years in prison by United States District Judge Laurie Smith Camp. Cash had previously pled guilty for her involvement in assisting others with distributing...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2014
News Release: CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE - Jesus Gonzalo Palazuelos Soto, 51, of Mexico pleaded guilty today in United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to conspiracy to distribute five or more kilograms of cocaine, announced United States Attorney John P. Kacavas.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 15, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Chairman Darrell Issa requesting a subpoena to compel USIS CEO Sterling Phillips to appear before the Committee for a deposition based on troubling new revelations over the past several months.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2014
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Bay Area resident William James Kennedy, 68, pleaded guilty today to making and subscribing a false tax return, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2014
News Release: Augusta, GA: Rahmad Ali James, 37, of Hephzibah, Georgia, was sentenced last week by United States District Court J. Randal Hall to 30 years in prison, followed by supervised release for 10 years, for the Sexual Exploitation of a Minor through the production of child pornography. James pled guilty to the charge in May 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2014
News Release: COEUR D'ALENE - Paul Lee Oatman, 33 of Kamiah, Idaho, was sentenced to 36 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release for assault resulting in serious bodily injury, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered Oatman to pay $25,719 in restitution and serve 100 hours of community service. He was found guilty by a jury on June 26, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2014
News Release: POCATELLO - Juan Ramon Yuen-Rodriguez, 29, of Sinaloa, Mexico, was sentenced today to 210 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release for distribution of methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordered to pay a $500 fine. Yuen-Rodriguez pleaded guilty to the charge on May 24, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2014
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. -Gamaliel Salas-Mendoza, aka Rene Salas-Mendoza (Salas), 38, an undocumented alien from Mexico, was sentenced today to 11 years and eight months in prison for conspiring with his cousin Miguel Sanchez-Mendoza, 46, to distribute and to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, heroin, and cocaine, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. United States District Judge Anthony W. Ishii also ordered Salas to register as a drug offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2014
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Gamaliel Salas-Mendoza, aka Rene Salas-(Salas), 38, an undocumented alien from Mexico, was sentenced today to 11 years and eight months in prison for conspiring with his cousin Miguel Sanchez-Mendoza, 46, to distribute and to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, heroin, and cocaine. United States District Judge Anthony W. Ishii also ordered Salas to register as a drug offender.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 15, 2014
News Release: Glen Jean, West Virginia, Sept. 15, 2014-Preparations are underway for the sixth annual Hidden History Weekend at the New River Gorge National River. This year's event will highlight Camp Brookside, the 32 acre Isle of Fun in Brooks. Camp Brookside opened in July 1947 as a summer camp for children...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Monday, Sept. 15, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that FILIPPOS MILIOS, also known as Filip Milios, 55, of Newington, pleaded guilty today before U.S. Magistrate...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 15, 2014
News Release: Work to temporarily relocate the Enchanted Valley Chalet in Olympic National Park to protect the East Fork Quinault River was completed Friday, September 12.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 15, 2014
News Release: Biologist Dr. Peter Sharpe with the Institute for Wildlife Studies will discuss the recovery of peregrine falcons on the California Channel Islands during the October From Shore to Sea lecture.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2014
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Paul Davis, 49, of Rochester, who was convicted of conspiracy to unlawfully deal firearms without a federal firearms license, selling firearms to a convicted felon, and being a felon in possession of a firearm, was sentenced to 72 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. The defendant was also ordered to forfeit 10 firearms and over 500 rounds of ammunition.
