News from January 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Phillip Martinez, Jr., 59, a member and resident of Taos Pueblo, was sentenced today to 27 months in federal prison for his assault conviction. Martinez will be on supervised release for three years after completing his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2015
News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- A federal judge on Monday sentenced three members of a Birmingham-area tax-fraud ring to years in prison for filing false tax returns in other people's names, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation Division Special Agent in Charge Veronica Hyman-Pillot.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2015
News Release: MEDFORD, Ore- On Monday, Jan. 12, 2015, Senior U.S. District Judge Owen M. Panner sentenced Marco Antonio Gutierrez, 36, of Grants Pass, Oregon, to 14 years in federal prison, and his brother Samuel De La Cruz Gutierrez, 43, to 10 years federal prison, after they pled guilty to possession of methamphetamine and heroin with intent to distribute. Both will be on five years of supervised release after they complete their prison terms.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 13, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 13, 2015 - U.S. House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Rob Bishop (UT-01) today announced the roster of Republican members who will serve on the committee and five subcommittees in the 114th Congress, and the creation of a new subcommittee that will have jurisdiction over all committee oversight matters.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2015
News Release: Five Miami Dade College students, three of whom were employees of Target, pled guilty for their role in stolen identity tax refund fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2015
News Release: LOS ANGELES - After a federal grand jury issued a 33-count indictment last week, authorities in Texas and Southern California this morning arrested five defendants linked to a narcotics trafficking ring that sold illegal prescriptions for cash and obtained drugs that were shipped to Texas for sale on the black market. Two other defendants named in the indictment are currently being sought by authorities.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2015
News Release: BOISE - Krista Federer, 46, of Twin Falls, Idaho, pleaded guilty today to one count of distributing a controlled substance, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. The controlled substances were prescription medications diverted from the pharmacy where Federer worked, said Olson. Sentencing is set for March 26, 2015, before U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge at the federal courthouse in Boise.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 13, 2015
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, delivered the following remarks on the House floor against H.Res. 27 - Providing Consideration for H.R. 240, the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2015
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, George Venizelos, the Assistant Director-In-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and George N. Longworth, the Commissioner of the Westchester County Department of Public Safety, on...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 12, 2015
News Release: Rock Creek Campground, part of the Obed Wild and Scenic River, will be closed Monday, January 12 to Friday, January 16 due to construction activities. The closure will allow the park to install a new comfort station that is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act and is accessible to mobility impaired visitors.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2015
News Release: Provided closing services for transfers of timeshare units.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2015
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - A federal grand jury in San Francisco indicted Konrad P. Wolff, on Dec. 18, 2014, with one count of possessing child pornography, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and Federal Bureau of Investigation, Special Agent in Charge David J. Johnson.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Gregory Pendziwiatr, 46, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute fentanyl, was sentenced to 15 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. today announced the selection of two independent consultants who will provide guidance and outside expertise to the U.S. Attorney’s Office’s newly created Conviction Integrity Unit.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 12, 2015
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park Superintendent Brad Bennett announces that the general management planning effort focused on Lookout Mountain Battlefield is nearing completion. The planning effort will amend the 1988 General Management Plan for Chickamauga...
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 12, 2015
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 We stand with the people of France in their extraordinary display of courage and resolve following last week’s attacks.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 12, 2015
News Release: Funds Will Build a Diverse Future Generation for American Agriculture WASHINGTON – Jan. 12, 2105 – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden today announced the availability of more than $18 million in funding to help educate, mentor and enhance the sustainability of the next ...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 12, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, Jan. 12, 2015– The U.S. Forest Service will waive fees at most of its day-use recreation sites five times in 2015, beginning with Jan.19, in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 12, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, Jan. 12, 2015 — U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that more than 23,000 of the nation's dairy operations – over half of all dairy farms in America – have enrolled in the new safety-net program created by the 2014 Farm Bill, known as the Margin Protection ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2015
News Release: Andrew J. Zarauskas, a New Jersey resident, was sentenced to 33 months in prison for illegally importing and trafficking in narwhal tusks and associated money laundering crimes, announced Assistant Attorney General John C. Cruden for the Environment and Natural Resources Division. Zarauskas was also ...
