News from February 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2015
News Release: Department of Justice. Office of Public Affairs. TYLER, TEXAS - A former employee of an East Texas hospital has been sentenced to federal prison for criminal HIPAA violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales. Joshua Hippler, 30, formerly of Longview, Texas, pleaded...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 17, 2015
News Release: FRITCH, TX -Lake Meredith National Recreation Area will conduct multiple prescribed burns at the North end of the park in the areas of: North Canyon, Spring Canyon, the Stilling Basin, Water Authority, South Canyon, Sanford Yake, and Cedar Canyon (totaling 3970 acres) and at the South end in the areas of Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument and Mullinaw Crossing (totaling 535 acres) between the dates of February 19 and March 31, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2015
News Release: Case is one of many brought as a result of the United States Attorney Stephen R. Wigginton’s Metro-East Armed Robbery Initiative.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2015
News Release: Project Safe Childhood. SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Joplin, Mo., man who is a convicted sex offender was sentenced in federal court today for receiving and distributing child pornography over the Internet. Donnie Ray...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 17, 2015
News Release: Las Vegas -- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will auction 9,588,000 tons of sand and gravel from a community pit in the northwest portion of Las Vegas Valley on Tuesday, March 3 at the BLM Las Vegas Field Office, 4701 North Torrey Pines. Bidding will begin at 10:30 a.m.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 17, 2015
News Release: HOMESTEAD, FLORIDA -At 2:00 on Sunday, Feb. 22, 2015, Biscayne National Park will host a talk by National Park Service researchers Dr. Erik Stabenau and Dr. David Rudnik titled Climate Change on the South Florida Coast: A Dialogue on Parks and Restoration. The talk will include time for questions...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A Connecticut man was convicted today in U.S. District Court in Boston for traveling to Watertown in response to an advertisement on Craigslist in which a woman sought an adult male that might be interested in a relationship with her minor daughter. The Craigslist advertisement was place by undercover Homeland Security Investigation agents.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2015
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that the owner of a Springfield, Mo., business was sentenced in federal court today for filing false tax returns on more than $1.9 million of income over a five-year period.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2015
News Release: HOUSTON - Michael Irving, 33, has entered a guilty plea to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Mercer County man has been re-sentenced in federal court to 90 months imprisonment, to run consecutive with his state court sexual assault sentence, on his conviction of violating federal narcotic laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2015
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that former Pennsylvania State Treasurer Robert M. McCord pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted extortion in violation of Title 18, United States Code Section 1951(a).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2015
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 38-year-old Vinton, Louisiana man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 17, 2015
News Release: On Feb. 17, Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council Cecilia Muñoz announced the launch of the Generation Indigenous Native Youth Challenge at the 2015 United National Indian Tribal Youth (UNITY) Midyear Conference. This challenge invites Native youth and organizations across the country...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 17, 2015
News Release: he Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Utah received bonus bids totaling $342,277 for 17 parcels covering 12,834 acres at the quarterly oil and gas lease sale held today at the BLM-Utah State Office in Salt Lake City.The BLM sold 17 of the 17 offered parcels. In addition to the bonus bids, the sale grossed...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2015
News Release: Department of Justice. Office of Public Affairs. TYLER, TEXAS - A 55-year-old Murchison, Texas woman has been sentenced to federal prison for embezzlement in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales. Deborah Cornett pleaded guilty on June 9, 2014 to embezzlement by a bank...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Matthew J. Holmes, 30, of Santa Fe, N.M., entered a guilty plea today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to crack cocaine trafficking charges. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Holmes will be sentenced to a prison term within the range of nine to twelve years in federal prison followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 17, 2015
News Release: On Tuesday, Feb. 17, NIST Gaithersburg is closed with limited access due to snow.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2015
News Release: Anthony Bosch, 50, of Key Biscayne, was sentenced today to four years imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release for his role in administering testosterone and human growth hormone to underage high school and professional athletes. The court also ordered Bosch to perform 200 hours of community service and prevented him from working in the medical field in the future.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2015
News Release: Fargo - U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on Feb. 17, 2015, Dustin Coleman, age 22, Wahpeton, N.D., was sentenced before Honorable U. S. District Judge Ralph R. Erickson to serve 32 years’ incarceration for three counts of production of child pornography, two counts of extortion of sexually...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2015
News Release: DALLAS - A former resident of Garland, Texas, appeared in federal court this morning, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Irma C. Ramirez, and admitted aiming a laser pointer at a helicopter, announced John Parker, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
