News from January 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge William D. Quarles, Jr. sentenced Shawn Malone, age 32, of Baltimore, today to 14 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 14, 2015
News Release: Flagstaff Area National Monuments. News Release. - January 9, 2015. CONTACT - Cecilia Shields, Chief of Interpretation and Education (928) 526-1157 (X228). Wupatki, Sunset Crater Volcano, and Walnut Canyon National Monuments to Consider an Additional Option for Proposed Fee Increases. FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2015
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Gregory Tamborello, age 65, of Lutz, Florida, pleaded guilty today to selling misbranded drugs, in connection with the sale of bodybuilding drugs to consumers which were not approved by the FDA for human use.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Albert Johnny Mondragon, 38, of Roswell, N.M., pleaded guilty today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to trafficking methamphetamine in Lea County, N.M.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2015
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a Beaumont attorney was sentenced to 12 months in prison for failing to file his federal income tax return.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 14, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement on the Obama Administration’s proposal to make two years of community college free for qualifying students.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2015
News Release: ROCKFORD - A former Machesney Park, Ill. man pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala to the concealment of assets from a Bankruptcy Trustee. ROBERT J. YONKEE, JR., 55, now of Lake Geneva, Wis., filed a Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Petition on Sept. 15, 2008, and by signing a Declaration...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2015
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a Plymouth woman pleaded guilty today before Senior U.S. District Court Judge James M. Munley to conspiracy to distribute heroin in the Luzerne County area.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2015
News Release: MEDFORD, Ore. - On Monday, Jan. 12, 2015, Senior U.S. District Judge Owen M. Panner sentenced Steven Allen Longbrake, 28, of Medford, Oregon, to 12 1/2 years in federal prison for possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute. Longbrake had previously pled guilty to that offense on Sept. 15, 2014. After he completes his prison sentence, Longbrake will be on supervised release for five years.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 14, 2015
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, announced the subcommittee Ranking Members and the new Democratic membership of the Committee for the 114th Congress.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2015
News Release: CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE - Netria Corporation, of 37 Industrial Drive, Exeter, NH, was sentenced in United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire for violating the Arms Export Control Act (AECA). On May 14, 2014, charges were filed alleging that Netria exported aircraft parts to Malaysia...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2015
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Eugenia A.P. Cowles announced today that the District of Vermont collected $5,077,760.16 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2014. Of this amount, $4,359,364.86 was collected in criminal actions and $718,395.30 was collected in civil actions.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2015
News Release: Jackson, Miss -Ricardo Gonzalez-Porras, a federal inmate from Mexico, pled guilty today, before U.S. Senior District Judge David C. Bramlette, III, to second degree murder, U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2015
News Release: MEDFORD, Ore - On Monday, Jan. 12, 2015, Senior U.S. District Judge Owen M. Panner sentenced Steven Allen Longbrake, 28, of Medford, Oregon, to 12 1/2 years in federal prison for possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute. Longbrake had previously pleaded guilty to that offense on Sept. 15, 2014. After he completes his prison sentence, Longbrake will be on supervised release for five years.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 14, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Ranking Member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) announced the 25 Democratic Members of the Committee for the 114th Congress. Twenty-three of the Members served on the Committee in the previous Congress. The Democrats welcome two Members new to the Committee, Representatives Jared Huffman and Julia Brownley, who both represent districts in California.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 14, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Today, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement after the White House announced its plan to cut dangerous methane pollution by 40-45 percent by 2025 from 2012 levels.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Costa Rica has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of mail fraud, misbranded drugs, conspiracy to import controlled substances and smuggling, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2015
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Roofing and general contractor Stephen J. Gretchen, 44, of McMechen, West Virginia, was convicted today of failing to report cash payments to his employees and fraudulently collecting insurance benefits for staged damage to his vehicle, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 14, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) responded to the president’s remarks today in Cedar Falls, Iowa, regarding the deployment of municipal broadband networks.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 14, 2015
News Release: The U.S. Secret Service today announced the departure of four assistant directors to vacate their post within the next 30 days. These assistant directors oversee the divisions of protection, investigations, technology and public affairs. Following the announcement, House Oversight and Government Reform...
