News from January 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division reached an agreement with the state of Kansas to reform the Kansas State Department of Corrections (KDOC) correctional practices at the Topeka Correctional Facility (TCF) to protect its women prisoners from sexual victimization. The...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: Great Smoky Mountains National Park welcomed over ten million visitors in 2014 for just the fourth time in 80 years, and the first time since 2000. In 2014, 10,099,275 visitors enjoyed the national park, an 8% increase over 2013. The numbers were spurred by strong July and August visitation as well as the highest October visitation in 27 years.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - United States District Judge John E. Steele has sentenced Cape Coral residents Jeffrey R. Green (51) and Karen S. Hebble (44) for conspiracy to unlawfully distribute oxycodone and money laundering. Green, the former owner of Gulf Coast Medical Pharmacy, was sentenced to seven years...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, spoke on Senate floor today in strong support of legislation to advance construction of the Keystone XL pipeline and focused on rebutting some of the inaccurate claims made by opponents of the project.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Kelly R. Jackson, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), and George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, announce that Richard...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 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 Jesus Agosto, also known as “Gordo," 24, of Hartford, was sentenced yesterday by...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that United States District Judge John M. Gerrard sentenced Jose Luis Meza-Lopez, age 39, to 210 months in federal prison on two counts of conviction, followed by 5 years of supervised release. The sentences are to be served concurrently.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A Chicopee man was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Springfield yesterday for failing to register as a sex offender.
By State Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced that on Tuesday, January 13 the Committee will convene a briefing to examine United States policy towards North Korea in the wake of its state-sanctioned cyberattack on the U.S. The briefing entitled, “The North Korean Threat: Nuclear, Missiles and Cyber, " will begin at 10:00 a.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a McLaughlin, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury was sentenced on January 5, 2015, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann. He was found guilty by a federal jury on October 8, 2014, following a two day trial in Pierre, South Dakota.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney James L. Santelle of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced today that the Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc. (MCW) has paid the federal government $840,000 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act. MCW is alleged to have knowingly billed federal healthcare programs for neurosurgeries involving residents who did not receive the required level of supervision from teaching physicians.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: Point Reyes National Seashore (Seashore) has released for public review the Coastal Dune Restoration Environmental Assessment (EA) to improve and restore coastal dune habitat of critical ecological importance in the park. Under this planning process, the Seashore is proposing to restore up to 600 acres...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - Today, defendant Anthony Alemàn-Pagàn was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of 97 months followed by 18 years of Supervised Release Term by US District Court Judge Daniel R. Domínguez, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: GAINESVILLE, Ga. - William R. Beamon, Jr., a/k/a “Rusty" Beamon, has been convicted by a federal jury of carrying out a scheme to defraud Appalachian Community Bank, in Ellijay, Ga.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced today that Glenn L. Ogden, age 53 of Lincoln, was sentenced in federal court in Lincoln for possessing child pornography. The Honorable John M. Gerrard sentenced Ogden to a 13 year term of imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After his release from prison Ogden will be on supervised release for 20 years and be required to register as a sex offender.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today issued the following statement in response to the Nebraska Supreme Court’s ruling upholding the route of the Keystone XL pipeline.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Friday, January 9, 2015. Follow @USAO_CT. The United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut and the United States Postal Inspection Service announced that BRIAN FOLEY, 63, of Simsbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives today voted for a tenth time to advance construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. H.R. 3, the Keystone XL Pipeline Act, was approved by a bipartisan vote of 266 to 153. The legislation, authored by Energy and Commerce Committee member Rep. Kevin Cramer...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: Florissant, CO:Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument along with America's 401 other national park units will waive entrance fees on Monday, Jan. 19, 2015 in honor of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 9, 2015
News Release: HEADQUARTERS, TUPELO, MS: "The Natchez Trace Parkway experienced a significant increase in December recreational visits in 2014 over 2013 figures," stated Superintendent Mary Risser. "This year, 688,064 people used the Parkway in November compared to 478,080 who were counted in 2013.".
