News from February 2015
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 25, 2015
News Release: MEXICO CITY - Forty-two individuals involved in a human trafficking organization were indicted Feb. 23 for trafficking undocumented migrants and minors, aggravated rape against an unaccompanied minor, sexual abuse of migrants, illegal abduction of migrants and for the fraudulent exercise of a public office.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2015
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Christopher B. Epps, former Commissioner for the Mississippi Department of Corrections, and Cecil McCrory, a former Mississippi legislator, former Justice Court Judge, former Chairman of the Rankin County School Board, and a local businessman, entered guilty pleas today before U.S. District...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2015
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that Andrea Austin, 42, of Sophia, West Virginia, pleaded guilty to distributing heroin.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 25, 2015
News Release: National Park Service. U.S. Department of the Interior. Yellowstone National Park. P.O. Box 168. Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190. Feb. 25, 2015 15-012. Al Nash. (307) 344-2015. YELL_Public_Affairs@nps.gov. YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK NEWS RELEASE. Yellowstone’s Roads Begin Closing For Spring Plowing...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2015
News Release: Aa federal grand returned a two-count indictment charging Ricardo Garcia-Baltazar, aka Richard Molina, 37, of Youngstown, with representing himself as a U.S. citizen when he is not and with aggravated identity theft, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 25, 2015
News Release: Biscayne National Park contractors will begin work on Feb. 25, 2015, to demolish and rebuild a maintenance dock at Elliott Key. Contractors are expected to finish the $1.5 million project in six months. The marina and campground at Elliott Key are not included in the construction work and will remain open while the work is completed.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2015
News Release: A Detroit scrap metal and iron recycling company has agreed to pay a $25,000 penalty and implement a compliance program to resolve allegations that it violated the Clean Air Act, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2015
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that Ronald Barnette, 54, of Holden, West Virginia, was sentenced to three years of probation, including six months of home confinement and a $20,000 fine for lying about paying kickbacks at Arch Coal’s Mountain Laurel mining complex.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 25, 2015
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Utah has decided to adopt the final environmental impact statement (EIS) and record of decision prepared by the U. S. Forest Service (Forest Service) for oil and gas leasing on lands administered by the Fishlake National Forest.The BLM and Forest Service have shared...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 25, 2015
News Release: “The American people have every right to expect the government to abide by the laws of the land, especially those that impose duties on government officials to protect the safety and security of the American people."
By DOL Newswire | Feb 25, 2015
News Release: Employer name and location: EP Heller Co., which manufactures and services carbide steel cutting tools, is located at 21-25 Samson Ave. in Madison, New Jersey.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Fayette County has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of production and possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown of the Southern District of Alabama announces today that Edwige Caroline Angono-Ndongo, 42, of Mobile, Alabama pleaded guilty to two federal fraud charges. Angono-Ndongo falsified the bankruptcy Schedules of Assets and Liabilities she filed in 2010 in her bankruptcy...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An Allegheny County resident has been sentenced in federal court to 57 months in jail for a charge of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribute one kilogram or more of heroin, and a charge of possession with intent to distribute and distribution of less than 100 grams of heroin, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2015
News Release: A Cleveland man previously convicted of rape and unlawful sexual conduct with a minor was indicted in federal court for possessing 18 firearms and ammunition, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By State Newswire | Feb 25, 2015
News Release: The president has sent forward a request for the authorization for the use of military force [against ISIS]. Because of the nature and the way that this is happening, that the conflict has been ongoing for about six months now, I think one of the things that most people here are concerned about is that there is a level of confidence in what we are doing and that it is going to achieve the stated goals that the president has laid out.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Westmoreland County resident has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of theft of mail matter by postal service employee, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 25, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON- Friday, February 27th, the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Government Operations will hold a hearing to examine the use of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests as a tool for government transparency. There have been numerous reforms made to strengthen FOIA since...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2015
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office announced that those persons listed below were arraigned before the U.S. Magistrate and the indictments handed down by the Grand Jury unsealed.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2015
News Release: TAMPA, Fla. - U.S. District Judge James Moody today sentenced Aaron Edwin (39, Riverview) to 10 years and one month in federal prison for conspiring to distribute and possessing with intent to distribute 100 kilograms or more of marijuana. As part of his sentence, the Court also entered a money judgment in the amount of $284,250, representing part of the proceeds of the charged criminal conduct. Remaley pleaded guilty on Aug. 26, 2014.
