News from December 2015
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: A new NOAA-sponsored report shows that air temperature in 2015 across the Arctic was well above average with temperature anomalies over land more than 2 degrees Fahrenheit above average, the highest since records began in 1900. Increasing air and sea surface temperatures, decreasing sea ice extent and Greenland ice sheet mass, and changing behavior of fish and walrus are among key observations released today in the Arctic Report Card 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: SAN JOSE - Evelyn Sineneng-Smith was sentenced yesterday to 18 months in prison and ordered to pay a $15,000 fine for encouraging and inducing illegal immigration for private financial gain, mail fraud, and willfully subscribing to a false tax return, announced Acting United States Attorney Brian J.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - Eric Miltonhall has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge John McBryde to serve 240 months in federal prison following his guilty plea in August 2015 to one count of transportation of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. -Jeffrey Lamson, 51, of El Dorado Hills, was sentenced today to two years and six months in prison for wire fraud in connection with a scheme to embezzle money from his former employer, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Steven Hameed, 56, Darnell Young, 48, and Damond Palmer, 41, all of Chester, Pennsylvania, were charged by indictment, unsealed today, with one count of conspiracy to commit offenses against the United States, one count of bank fraud, and one count of corrupt interference with Internal...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: BOULDER, Colo.-Two landmarks merged on Dec. 10, 2015, when the most advanced laboratory building at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) campus in Boulder, Colo., was renamed after legendary NIST laboratory director Katharine Blodgett Gebbie.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: BOISE - Rafael Perez, 31, of Sonora, Mexico, was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for wire fraud and possession of fifteen or more unauthorized access devices, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordered Perez to pay restitution in the amount of $13,301.64. Perez pleaded guilty on Aug. 11, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger today announced the sentencing of COREY VICTOR BEVINS, 39, to 25 years in prison for making pornographic images and videos of a nine-year-old child. BEVINS was originally charged by indictment on April 22, 2014, and pleaded guilty on June 30, 2015, to production, receipt and possession of child pornography. He was sentenced this morning in U.S. District Court in Duluth, Minn., before U.S. District Judge Richard H. Kyle.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: Defendants Trafficked Women from Mexico and Forced Them to Work in Prostitution.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) researchers found a sap oozing from the stem of frost grape, a native U.S. grapevine, which has piqued their interest. This sap has an uncanny similarity to gum Arabic, a common thickening agent and emulsifier used in cake frosting, candies, paints, cosmetics and other products.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: Office Has Collected More Than $2.6 Billion Over Past Six Fiscal Years.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Beverly Carden, age 53, formerly of Bel Air, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to mail fraud and filing a false tax return, arising from a scheme to steal money from her clients and the IRS.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin to announce critical partnership to prevent overdose.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge James D. Whittemore has sentenced David W. Griffin (44, Lutz) to three years in federal prison for bankruptcy fraud and making a false statement during a bankruptcy proceeding.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal judge today sentenced the former Temple Emanu-el accounting manager to six months in prison and six months in home detention for stealing from his employer, announced First Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert Posey and FBI Special Agent in Charge Roger C. Stanton.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: Former Association of Bay Area Government Employee Admits Pilfering Nearly $3.9 Million.
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 U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Ricky Joe Urenda pleaded guilty Sept. 3, 2015.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: CICERO, Ill. - While electroplating machine parts, workers were exposed to metal, machinery and live electrical hazards at a Cicero manufacturing facility because their employer failed to follow federal safety and health requirements. Exposure to metals - such as cadmium used in the plant - can harm the heart, nervous and digestive systems.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: Employer name: Coca-Cola Refreshments USA Inc.'s distribution warehouse is located at 60 Deans Rhode Hall Road in Monmouth Junction, New Jersey.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: Moab, Utah-The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Utah Moab Field Office and Grand County have announced that on Jan. 1, 2016, some fees will increase for use of the Sand Flats Recreation Area near Moab, Utah. The additional funds will help mitigate impacts from increases in visitation, and will be used to upgrade and add campsites, and improve parking lots, roads, and trails.
