News from December 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Donald White, 41, of Cleveland, Ohio, was sentenced today to 140 months in prison for heroin, cocaine, and oxycodone trafficking, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: Montgomery, Ala. - A Montgomery, Alabama resident was arrested today after being indicted on Dec. 9 by a federal grand jury sitting in Montgomery, Alabama, on 15 counts of wire fraud, 15 counts of aggravated identity theft and two counts of passing U.S. Treasury checks with a false endorsement, announced U.S. Attorney George L. Beck, Jr. of the Middle District of Alabama, and Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: The Fiscal Year 2016 Omnibus Appropriations Act appropriates $1.067 trillion in base discretionary budget authority, pursuant to the two-year budget agreement enacted in November 2015, including.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: HEADQUARTERS, TUPELO, MS: "During October 2015, the Natchez Trace Parkway experienced a slight decrease in the number of recreational visits over the 2014 figures," stated Superintendent Mary Risser. "This year, 518,523 used the Parkway during October 2015 compared to 523,467 who were counted in 2014."...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: SCRANTON--The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a 36-year-old California resident was sentenced to 151 months (12 years and seven months) in prison today by Senior U.S. District Court Judge Richard P. Conaboy in Scranton, for transporting heroin from California to Pennsylvania.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that LEONARD MARCHETTA, a physician’s assistant, was sentenced in Manhattan federal court to 11 years in prison for conspiring to distribute large quantities of oxycodone out of his Staten Island-based medical clinic. MARCHETTA was charged in September 2014 and pled guilty in January 2015 before U.S. District Judge P. Kevin Castel, who also imposed today’s sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a charge of attempted distribution of controlled substances was filed yesterday against Nancy Finzen, a resident of Indianapolis, Indiana.
By State Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) released the following statement after the IAEA closed its investigation into Iran’s past nuclear work...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: Members and Associates of the Zheng Organization Charged with Soliciting Assaults, Narcotics Trafficking, Extortions, and Operating an Illegal Gambling Business.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: COEUR D'ALENE B Darin Kyle Taylor, 55, of Post Falls, Idaho, pleaded guilty today in two related cases to use of interstate facilities in the commission of murder for hire, and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. On Aug. 18, 2015, Taylor was indicted for the federal drug charge. On December 4, 2015, Taylor waived his right to be indicted grand jury and agreed to be charged with murder for hire in federal court.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Rockford man pleaded guilty today in federal court before U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala to illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. CLIFFORD HORTON, 28, of Rockford, Ill., admitted that on November 4, 2014, having previously been convicted of a felon, he possessed a Taurus.380 caliber pistol.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: DALLAS - Attorney Martin Cantu, who was the CEO of Connect-a-Jet, and his co-defendant, stock promoter Jason Wynn, were sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Ed Kinkeade on felony convictions stemming from their roles in a conspiracy to deceive potential investors about the business of Connect-a-Jet, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: Caleb Kesler, Chief Ranger, MOCA/TUZI, 928-567-5276 x222.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - As part of an ongoing effort to further technological advances related to imbalances between water supply and demand, the Bureau of Reclamation announced today it will seek proposals for research, laboratory studies and pilot-scale projects that target increasing the usable supply of water...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 40-year-old Brownsville man has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Ricky Joe Urenda pleaded guilty Sept. 3, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MARK ANTHONY GOULDBOURNE, 41, of Hartford, waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty today in Hartford federal court to one count of making a false statement in a passport application.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a federal grand jury in Scranton has indicted a man from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania for drug trafficking and firearm offenses.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: Park Superintendent Cicely Muldoon announced the 18th year of shuttle bus transportation Saturday, Dec. 26, 2015 and running through and running through late March 2016. "Winter is a wonderful time, not only to watch the annual Pacific gray whale migration from Alaska to Mexico, but also to celebrate...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: SCRANTON. The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a federal grand jury in Scranton has indicted a Palmerton, Pennsylvania resident for drug trafficking and firearm offenses.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: National Park ServiceNews Release. -DECEMBER 15, 2015. Caleb Kesler, Chief Ranger, MOCA/TUZI, 928-567-5276 x222. Camp Verde, AZ -Montezuma Castle, National Monument. Rimrock, AZ -Montezuma Well. Clarkdale, AZ -Tuzigoot National Monument. Montezuma Well Outlet and Irrigation Ditch Closure. Over the summer...
