News from September 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that an Oacoma, South Dakota, man charged with Lacey Act violations pled guilty to and was sentenced on Sept. 17, 2014, by U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark A. Moreno.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 22, 2014
News Release: Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area will be celebrating National Public Lands Day on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014. National Public Lands Day is the nation's largest, single-day volunteer event in which eight federal agencies as well as other groups partner together to maintain and protect the environment. Anyone wishing to volunteer on Saturday has a choice of working at five different projects in the park.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2014
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Two Taiwan nationals today admitted their roles in an international scheme to import narcotics and attempting to export sensitive United States’ military technology, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2014
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Neosho, Mo., couple have been sentenced in federal court for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in Jasper and Newton counties.
By State Newswire | Sep 22, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Representative Eliot L. Engel, the leading Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement calling for airstrikes on ISIL’s heavy weapons in Northern Syria...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 22, 2014
News Release: National Park Service. U.S. Department of the Interior. Yellowstone National Park. P.O. Box 168. Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190. Sept. 22, 2014 14-077. Al Nash. (307) 344-2015. YELL_Public_Affairs@nps.gov. YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK NEWS RELEASE. Yellowstone Seeks Public Input On Proposal To Update...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Stoney End Of Horn, age 36, of Wakpala, South Dakota, was convicted of Second Degree Murder, four counts of Sexual Abuse of a Minor, and Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury, following a four-day jury trial in Pierre, South Dakota. The verdict was returned on Sept. 12, 2014.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 22, 2014
News Release: House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., today made the following statement on former Internal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner’s remarks to Politico...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2014
News Release: A Lucas man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for crimes related to child pornography, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Frank Aquila, 76, of Amherst, N.Y., pleaded guilty to fraud involving a scheme to defraud the Buffalo Educational Support Team (BEST), a union representing approximately 900 teacher’s aides and assistants in the City of Buffalo School District, before Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny. The charge carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, a fine of $250,000 or both.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 22, 2014
News Release: On Tuesday, September 30 at 10:00 a.m., the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will convene a hearing to examine the latest concerns regarding the U.S. Secret Service’s security protocols in light of the Sept. 19, 2014, incident in which an armed intruder entered the North Portico of the White House. The Committee has invited Secret Service Director Julia Pierson to testify at the hearing. Chairman Issa released the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Erin Dwyer, 34, of Barker, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to import alpha-PVP, a synthetic narcotic, before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, a fine of $1,000,000 or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2014
News Release: In Round Rock, TX, today, federal authorities arrested Richard Anthony Corrales, 55-year-old President of CORTEC Precision Sheet Metal, Inc., and two others for allegedly employing undocumented aliens announced Robert Pitman, United States Attorney for the Western District of Texas, and Janice Ayala, Special Agent in Charge for Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in San Antonio.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 22, 2014
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. -On Friday, Sept. 19, at approximately 4 p.m. the Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center received a 911 call from a visitor reporting that a male hiker had fallen and was having trouble breathing.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2014
News Release: Roderick Earl Nunn Stole Semi-Trucks and Trailers Containing More than $1,000,000 Worth of Goods.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2014
News Release: DENVER - A Colorado Springs doctor has agreed to pay $86,675.68 to settle allegations that he inappropriately billed TRICARE, the United States military health insurance program, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado and the Defense Criminal Investigative Service announced. The U.S.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 22, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Tim Scott, R-S.C., on Friday offered a new set of economic indicators to measure the impact of rising energy costs on American families.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2014
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A former Lexington attorney was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for distribution of synthetic marijuana, wire fraud, mail fraud, tax fraud, and obstruction of justice.
By State Newswire | Sep 21, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on Afghanistan’s election results...
By State Newswire | Sep 21, 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 conclusion of Afghanistan’s elections...
