News from September 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2014
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that Marquel Davon Foster, age 23, of Columbia, South Carolina was sentenced today in federal court after earlier pleading guilty to making a false statement in the acquisition of firearms from a federal firearms licensee...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 23, 2014
News Release: In October, the National Park Service (NPS) will continue its program of deer management at Gettysburg National Military Park and Eisenhower National Historic Site. Gettysburg and Eisenhower national parks are reducing the number of deer in the parks directly by shooting.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2014
News Release: Defendant Distributed Heroin While Armed Resulting In Longer Prison Sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2014
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - John Franklin Bye, 45, of Marysville, was sentenced Tuesday by United States District Judge John A. Mendez to 14 years and seven months in prison for distribution of child pornography, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 23, 2014
News Release: (WASHINGTON, D.C.) - A recent Washington Post article identified employee turnover and poor morale as challenges at the Department of Homeland Security that will prevent DHS from achieving its mission of securing the nation. Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) reiterated his confidence in Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson and urged patience in allowing the Secretary time to change the culture within the Department.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2014
News Release: A former Bartonsville man has pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge stemming from an investment fraud, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania Peter J. Smith announced Tuesday.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 23, 2014
News Release: RICHMOND, Va.-On Monday, Sept. 22, 2014, staff at Richmond National Battlefield Park discovered an unexploded artillery shell within the moat of a Confederate fortification known as Fort Gilmer in the park's Fort Harrison Battlefield unit.The site was being cleared in preparation for an interpretive tour of Fort Gilmer scheduled for the 150th anniversary of the fighting there, which will be on Sept. 29, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2014
News Release: CINCINNATI - John R. Bullar, 52, of Cincinnati, Ohio, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud and to one count of money laundering relative to a fraudulent investment scheme that he ran for 10 years. Bullar faces a maximum of 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a 57-year-old Reading, Pennsylvania man pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani to participating in a heroin trafficking conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2014
News Release: Springfield, Ill. - A former human resources director for the Illinois Department of Public Health, Roxanne Jackson, waived indictment and pled guilty today to an information that charges her with participating in a bribery and kickback scheme related to state grants and contracts and filing false income tax returns. The information was filed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of Illinois.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2014
News Release: Ezra Price Faces Up To Five Years In Federal Prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Elizabeth Camue Martinez, 33, of Buffalo, N.Y., pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute heroin before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, a $1,000,000 fine or both.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 23, 2014
News Release: The Energy Department today announced $4.4 million to support the application of advanced materials and manufacturing techniques to the development of next-generation hydropower technologies. Significant advancements in manufacturing over the past decade, such as the use of advanced materials, computer-aided...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 23, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested 19 fugitives sought for their roles in known or suspected human rights violations during a first-of-its-kind nationwide operation last week targeting these individuals in multiple cities across the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2014
News Release: Spokane - Today, Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Gregorio Figueroa-Ochoa, age 45, of Outlook, Washington, was sentenced today after being convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and cocaine. United States...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2014
News Release: TACOMA, Wash. - Arnoldo Mendoza Ramos, 28, of Tacoma, Washington, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to 130 months in prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense. Mendoza Ramos is a Mexican national who will likely be deported following his prison term.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 23, 2014
News Release: NEW YORK - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested three fugitives sought for their roles in known or suspected human rights violations. These arrests were part of a first-of-its-kind nationwide operation last week targeting suspected human rights violators in multiple cities across the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2014
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Jennifer Rodriguez, age 40, of Hyattsville, Maryland pleaded guilty today to conspiring to defraud the United States in connection with the filing of 291 false tax returns.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 23, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC - The U.S. Senate last week passed a bipartisan bill to expedite the consolidation of federal data centers that could save up to $3 billion in taxpayer dollars. The bill sets hard deadlines and requires federal agencies that have yet to act on consolidation initiatives to conduct inventories...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2014
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Joel.
