News published on Federal Newswire in February 2015

News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - A Midvale, Utah, man and a Henderson, Nevada, woman were convicted by a jury late Thursday afternoon in the U.S. District Court in Salt Lake City of tax crimes, announced U.S. Attorney Carlie Christensen of the District of Utah and Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.

Man Responsible For Placing Explosive Type Device At Colorado Springs Building Arrested

News Release: DENVER - Thaddeus Cheyenne Murphy, age 44, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, was arrested late yesterday on charges of arson and being a felon in possession of firearms, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the FBI, ATF and Colorado Springs Police Department announced. Murphy is believed responsible for placing ...

Long Beach Man Who Ran Sex Trafficking Ring That Prostituted Young Women Sentenced To 20 Years In Federal Prison

News Release: Ringleader and his Protégé Used Deception, Threats and Violence.

Manassas Man Pleads Guilty to Heroin Trafficking

News Release: Faces a Mandatory Minimum of 15 Years in Prison.

Statement by Secretary Jeh C. Johnson on the Impacts of a Continuing Resolution on Maritime Security

News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 I continue to stress the need for a clean, full-year DHS appropriations bill for FY 2015, unburdened by politically charged amendments that attempt to defund our executive actions on immigration reform. The President has made plain that he will veto a bill that includes such language.

DHS S&T Announces Cyber Security Technology to be Licensed

News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Science & Technology Press Office Contact: John Verrico (202) 254-2385 Washington, D.C. – Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) announced that technology from its Cyber Security Division Transition to Practice (TTP) program ...

Readout of Secretary Johnson's Meeting With French Interior Minister Cazeneuve

News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON — Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson met with French Minister of Interior Bernard Cazeneuve on the margins of the White House Summit on Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) to discuss a range of shared global security-related ...

Readout Of Secretary Johnson And Deputy Secretary Mayorkas' Participation In The White House Summit On Countering Violent Extremism

News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON — Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson, Deputy Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, and other senior members of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) concluded their participation in the three-day White House Summit on Countering Violent Extremism (CVE).

USDA-NIFA and United Kingdom-Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council Partner for Animal Disease Prevention Research

News Release: WASHINGTON, Feb. 19, 2015 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) and the United Kingdom's Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) today announced five jointly funded research awards that total more than $2.3 million from ...

USDA Announces $9 Million to Support Community Food Projects Program

News Release: WASHINGTON, Feb. 19, 2015 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced the availability of $9 million in funding to assist low-income individuals and communities in developing local and independent food systems. NIFA is funding the grants through the Community Food Projects program (CFP), authorized by the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Farm Bill).

Secretary Jewell, Secretary Vilsack Applaud President Obama's Designation of Browns Canyon National Monument

News Release: President's Proclamation Fulfills Decade-Long Community Drive to Protect Spectacular Landscape and World-class Recreation Opportunities WASHINGTON, Feb. 19, 2015 – Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack today joined members of Congress, local elected officials, and community members from the Upper Arkansas River Valley in applauding the President's designation of Browns Canyon National Monument.

Natural Resources Conservation Service and Forest Service Partnership Continues Conservation Work Nationwide

News Release: Under Secretary Announces 15 Restoration Projects and a $37 Million Investment Audio BOISE, Idaho, Feb. 19, 2015 – The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today nearly $37 million in investments to mitigate wildfire threats to landowners and communities. This is the second year ...

2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee Submits Report

News Release: HHS, USDA Now Begin Process of Developing Updated Guidelines; Public Comments Sought WASHINGTON, Feb. 19, 2015 – The 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, a group of prestigious outside experts, submitted its recommendations to Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell and Agriculture ...

Colombian National Sentenced to 360 Months in Prison for the Kidnapping and Murder of DEA Special Agent James “Terry” Watson

News Release: Second Colombian National Sentenced To 40 Months In Prison For Obstructing The Investigation Two Colombian nationals were sentenced to prison yesterday in the Eastern District of Virginia for the kidnapping and murder of Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent James “Terry” Watson in Bogotá, Colombia, on June 20, 2013, and subsequent concealment of those crimes.

Detroit Real Estate Businessman Pleads Guilty to Tax and Bank Fraud

News Release: On Feb. 18, a Detroit man pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan to obstructing and impeding the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and conspiring to commit bank fraud, Principal Deputy Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division announced.

Hamza Naj Ahmed Indicted for Conspiring to Provide Material Support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

News Release: Ahmed Stopped in New York While Attempting to Fly Overseas to Join Terror Organization Defendant Also Charged with Lying to Federal Agents during Terrorism Investigation Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin and U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger for the District of Minnesota announced ...

Arlington Heights, Illinois, Company and its Owner and Employee Charged with Illegal Export and Import of Military Articles

News Release: Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin, U.S. Attorney Zachary T. Fardon of the Northern District of Illinois, Special Agent in Charge Gary Hartwig of Homeland Security Investigations Chicago, Special Agent in Charge James C. Lee of the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) Chicago ...

Rabbi Pleads Guilty to Voyeurism Charges, Admits Secretly Taking Video Recordings of Dozens of Women

News Release: U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. of the District of Colombia and Chief Cathy L. Lanier of the Metropolitan Police Department announced that Bernard Freundel, a rabbi who had worked for a Jewish congregation in Washington, D.C., pleaded guilty today to 52 counts of voyeurism stemming from a series of incidents between 2009 and 2014 in which he secretly took video recordings of women preparing for a Jewish ritual bath.

U.S. District Court Rules that American Express Violated Antitrust Laws