News from September 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Justin Janis, age 21, of Interior, South Dakota, was found guilty of Assault on a Federal Officer as a result of a federal jury trial in Rapid City, South Dakota. The verdict was returned on Aug. 28, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Gregory Dreher of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced on September 8, 2014, to 114 months in prison by United States District Judge Laurie Smith Camp. Dreher had previously pled guilty for his involvement in distributing methamphetamine after a December...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 8, 2014
News Release: Washington County, Md. -The National Park Service, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, is conducting a public review of the Restoration of Canal Operations at Hancock, Maryland, Environmental Assessment, September 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2014
News Release: Most Lucrative Insider Trading Scheme Ever Charged Netted SAC Capital $275 Million In Illegal Profits And Avoided Losses.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 8, 2014
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the below statement in response to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on the security clearance revocation process within the Federal government. In the report, entitled "Personnel...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2014
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha today reminded voters that the United States Attorney’s Office and the local office of the FBI, in consultation with Justice Department Headquarters in Washington, are prepared to receive and review complaints of allegations of election fraud and voting rights abuses during Tuesday’s primary election.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2014
News Release: Two Defendants Still Await Sentencing. BOISE - John Odenwalt, 34, of Mountain Home, Idaho, was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. United States District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered Odenwalt to serve five...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2014
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - United States District Judge Anthony W. Ishii sentenced Sam Kounhavong, aka Inpong Kounhavong, 52, of Fresno, today to two years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for his involvement in a large-scale marijuana cultivation operation in Stanislaus County that was irrigated by water diverted from the San Joaquin River, U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. Judge Ishii also ordered Kounhavong to register as a drug offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2014
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today the U. S. Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) Final Rule for the Disposal of Controlled Substances, which implements the Secure and Responsible Drug Disposal Act of 2010,was made available online for preview by the Federal Register at
By Interior Newswire | Sep 8, 2014
News Release: Joyce Slater, storyteller extraordinaire, will take the stage at this year's Storytelling Festival. For more than a decade, Ms. Slater has been delighting audiences of all ages. As a longtime storyteller, performer and visual artist, she shares stories about family and community that reach beyond the boundaries of race, gender, and religion. She often surprises audiences with guest appearances by puppets, drums, and even an occasional origami demonstration.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 8, 2014
News Release: HARRISBURG, P.A., September 8, 2014 - Today, the House Natural Resources Committee held a field oversight hearing on “The Northern Long Eared Bat: The Federal Endangered Species Act and the Impacts of a Listing on Pennsylvania and 37 Other States." This hearing examined questions regarding bat data and...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Gerard Porter has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh for heroin trafficking and firearms crimes, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 8, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - In a speech on the Senate floor today, Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) reiterated his opposition to the nomination of Dr. Henry Aaron to chair the Social Security Advisory Board.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2014
News Release: William Kinsley, 66, of Langhorne, PA., was charged by indictment, unsealed today, with four counts related to child pornography, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. The indictment charges Kinsley with one count of receipt of child pornography, two counts of distribution of child pornography, and count of possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2014
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Monmouth County, New Jersey, doctor today admitted he structured transactions in order to avoid reporting requirements and filed false tax returns, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2014
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - One defendant was sentenced and one pleaded guilty today in separate child exploitation cases, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Earlier today, Associate Attorney General Tony West, Assistant Attorney General Stuart Delery for the Civil Division and members of the Department’s Elder Justice Initiative met with stakeholders in the field of elder abuse and financial exploitation to launch the Elder Justice website in an effort to further prevent and combat elder abuse and financial exploitation.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2014
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 38-year-old Vinton, Louisiana man has been convicted of drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2014
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and Paul J. Fishman, U. S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced a Monmouth County, New Jersey, doctor today admitted he structured transactions in order to avoid reporting requirements and filed false tax returns.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 8, 2014
News Release: Members of the Lummi Nation for the first time in decades brought ceremony and dance to San Juan Island in July and August as part of their project to re-introduce traditional fishing practices to Lummi youth, launching from the shores of San Juan Island National Historical Park's English Camp unit.
