News from January 2015
By Interior Newswire | Jan 15, 2015
News Release: National Park Service compendiums for Alaska will be open for a 30-day public comment period. A compendium - one for each NPS area in Alaska - is a compilation of all designations, closures and restrictions adopted under the discretionary authority within the regulations covering national parks. This regulatory tool helps manage Alaska's national park areas for the public’s enjoyment, use and protection.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2015
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Gbabia Kollie, 27, of Johnson City, Tenn., has pleaded guilty in federal court in Providence to participating in an alleged scheme to burn a multi-tenement building at 31-33 Ida Street in Providence in November 2013, in an alleged arson-for-profit scheme. Kollie has been detained in federal custody since December 5, 2013, when he was removed from an outbound international flight leaving Atlanta for Liberia and arrested by ATF agents.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Melvyn Lee Morgan, 31, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Gallup, N.M., was sentenced to 72 months in federal prison for his voluntary manslaughter conviction. He will be on supervised release for three years after completing his prison sentence.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 15, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing on influenza for Tuesday, February 3. Subcommittee members will review the public health response to the flu and explore ways to improve the effectiveness of vaccines and anti-viral drugs. The subcommittee will examine the relationship between seasonal flu preparedness efforts and our nation’s overall pandemic readiness and response capabilities.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2015
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Roger Eric Powell, 48, of Rochester, NY, was charged by criminal complaint with enticement of a minor and production of child pornography. Enticement of a minor carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life and a fine of $250,000. Production of child pornography carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years, a maximum of 40, and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that URIS ORDONEZA-MENDOZA, age 32, a citizen of Honduras, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to a one-count Indictment for illegal reentry of a removed alien.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2015
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MICHAEL CARTER, 51, of New Haven, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 15, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing on influenza for Tuesday, February 3. Subcommittee members will review the public health response to the flu and explore ways to improve the effectiveness of vaccines and anti-viral drugs. The subcommittee will examine the relationship between seasonal flu preparedness efforts and our nation’s overall pandemic readiness and response capabilities.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2015
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Seth Michael Bertolini, 44, of Chico, pleaded guilty today to one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm and one count of drug trafficking, United States Attorney Benjamin Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2015
News Release: A federal indictment was unsealed that charges a Streetsboro man with with two counts related to child pornography, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Cleveland Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger today announced the guilty plea of KENNETH FRANK HARYCKI, 51, to conspiracy to defraud the United States by preparing and filing tax forms that he knew to be fraudulent. HARYCKI pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Ann D. Montgomery in Minneapolis.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 15, 2015
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement regarding the president's call for legislation that would mandate employers provide paid sick leave...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 15, 2015
News Release: Jan. 15, 2015BOS 2015-011. HARTFORD, Conn. - U.S. Chutes Corp. exposed employees to chemical, mechanical, electrical and respiratory hazards during the manufacturing process at its Bantam plant, an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has found.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2015
News Release: Contact: Steve Young. A Sioux City man was sentenced Jan. 13, 2015, to more than eleven years in federal prison for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine, and for illegal possession of a firearm. Nicholas Howard Juarez, age 31, from Sioux City, received his prison term after a May 21, 2014, guilty...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2015
News Release: Brothers Indicted for Tax Crimes Involving $8.9 Million in Income.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Maraintoinette Lynn Yazzie, 26, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Lukachukai, Ariz., was sentenced today to 24 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for her assault conviction. Yazzie also was ordered to pay $7,557.00 in restitution to the victim of her crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2015
News Release: Contact: Steve Young. A couple who conspired to distribute methamphetamine and marijuana were sentenced Dec. 19, 2014, and Jan. 13, 2015, to more than 10 years in federal prison. Carl Duckett (Kifer), 32, and Jessica Duckett, 28, both from Fort Dodge, Iowa, received the prison term after August...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that ANGEL ENO CORNEJO-MORENO, age 40, a citizen of Honduras, was charged today in a one-count Indictment with illegal reentry into the United States after having been previously deported.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2015
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Keith A. Greenwood (49, Winter Garden) today pleaded guilty to wire fraud. He faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in federal prison. The sentencing hearing is scheduled for April 20, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 15, 2015
News Release: (HARTFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Eric Colon, 29, of Hartford, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Stefan...
