News from September 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2014
News Release: CHICAGO ― A suburban immigration attorney and a man who provided translation services for the lawyer and his law firm were arrested today after being indicted on federal charges for allegedly falsifying requests for asylum for a dozen clients over approximately a decade. In some instances, the charges...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2014
News Release: Spokane - Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Charles Henry Reedy, age 24, was sentenced today after he previously pleaded guilty to being a previously convicted felon in possession of ammunition. United States District Court Judge Thomas O.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2014
News Release: A man who conspired to distribute methamphetamine was sentenced Sept. 11, 2014, to more than eleven years in federal prison.
By State Newswire | Sep 23, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Representative Eliot L. Engel, the leading Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement regarding the student-led democratic protests in Hong Kong...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2014
News Release: A Medina mas was indicted for possession with intent to distribute heroin, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 23, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee is continuing its investigation into whether certain federal agency decisions concerning clean coal technology have complied with the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct05). The committee has been particularly interested in whether or not EPA adhered...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 23, 2014
News Release: The Acadia Night Sky Festival will offer a free “Shuttle to the Stars" as public transportation to the Star Party on Cadillac Mountain, which will take place from 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm on Saturday, September 27. The public is invited to drop in at any time during the program (the best star viewing will...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2014
News Release: Project Safe Childhood. SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Nevada, Mo., man who is a registered sex offender was sentenced in federal court today for receiving and distributing child pornography over the Internet. David Lee...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 23, 2014
News Release: Financing can be one of the biggest challenges to developing a renewable energy project. On Wednesday, Sept. 24, tribal leaders and their staffs will have an opportunity to learn about two potential options for clearing that roadblock during a webinar on energy savings performance contracts (ESPCs) and...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Willie G. Reid, 47, of Olean, N.Y., who was convicted of possession of child pornography, was sentenced to 90 months in prison by U. S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Emanuel Medina, 24, of El Paso, Texas, was sentenced today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 46 months in federal prison followed by two years of supervised release for unlawfully possessing stolen firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2014
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Andrew Silva, 30, of Lewiston, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge Nancy Torresen to 2 years in prison and 3 years of supervised release for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. Silva pleaded guilty on May 21, 2014.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 23, 2014
News Release: The Energy Department presented Housing Innovation Awards to 28 industry leaders today during the Energy and Environmental Building Alliance’s Excellence in Building Conference in St. Louis, Missouri. The industry leaders are commercializing and deploying cutting-edge technologies and helping to significantly reduce the energy costs of the nation’s homes.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 23, 2014
News Release: Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument plans to implement a prescribed burn on approximately 180 acres of monument land along the northern boundary adjacent to Teller County Road 1.The primary goal for the project is to reduce accumulated hazardous forest fuels and to create a buffer near the monument's northern boundary to help protect adjacent neighbors and communities.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2014
News Release: ABINGDON, VIRGINIA - A Federal grand jury sitting in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Abingdon has indicted three individuals on healthcare fraud and kickback charges.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 23, 2014
News Release: As of Sept. 23, 2014, the Redwood Fire in Kings Canyon National Park is 100% contained at 5 acres. Two National Park Service fire crews took suppression action on the wildfire.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2014
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Walter P. Lambert, a/k/a “Buddy," 73, of Pen Argyl, PA, pleaded guilty today to 16 counts of mail fraud, five counts of wire fraud, and one count of interfering with the due administration of the Internal Revenue Service. A sentencing hearing is scheduled for Dec. 29, 2014. Lambert...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2014
News Release: A grand jury returned a four-count indictment charging a Mississippi man for a conspiracy in which he defrauded a Tennesse bank out of $1.2 million, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - James Eddy, 44, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Church Rock, N.M., was sentenced today to 36 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for his federal assault conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2014
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - Indian tribes in Kansas are being awarded more than $1.3 million in public safety grants from the U.S. Dept. of Justice, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
