News published on Federal Newswire in January 2015

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2015

News Release: BOSTON - A previously convicted felon pleaded guilty yesterday in connection with the sale of multiple firearms, including handguns with obliterated serial numbers.

By Interior Newswire | Jan 9, 2015

News Release: Dave Carney, Chief of Interpretation and Education.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2015

News Release: South Bend, Indiana - The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in Federal Court.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2015

News Release: U.S. Attorney Christopher A. Crofts announced that on January 8, 2015, twenty-two year old TomElk Redman, a Northern Arapaho Tribal member of Ethete, Wyoming, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl, to 15 months imprisonment, three years of supervised release, and a $100.00...

By Interior Newswire | Jan 9, 2015

News Release: Free Admission to the Boott Cotton Mills Museum in Honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2015

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The owner of a New Jersey-based insurance adjusting company was sentenced today to 32 months in prison for his role in a scheme to defraud the N.J. Turnpike Authority (NJTA) and various insurance companies of at least $900,000, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2015

News Release: Muskogee, Oklahoma - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that JAMES CHRISTOPHER COOKE, age 38, of Muldrow, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 97 months imprisonment, followed by 60 months of supervised release for Possession of certain Material Involving the Sexual Exploitation of Minors, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2252(a)(4)(B) and 2252(b)(2).

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2015

News Release: Contact: Steve Young. A man who produced child pornography while being legally required to register as a sex offender pled guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids. Kevin Andrew Jauron, age 39, from Marion, Iowa, was convicted of one count of production of child pornography and one count of committing...

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2015

News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen Loeffler announced today that John Katzeek, 65, a Haines area big game guide was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Timothy M. Burgess for a felony violation of the Lacey Act to four years of probation along with the loss of hunting and guiding privileges. The felony conviction resulted from a trial in Juneau, Alaska last January where a jury convicted the guide for falsifying paperwork in order to conceal illegal hunting activity.

By Homeland Newswire | Jan 8, 2015

News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 ATLANTA— Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson traveled to Atlanta to view U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Transportation Security Administration (TSA) operations at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and meet with TSA and airport stakeholders to discuss collective efforts to facilitate travel while ensuring the highest standards of security.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2015

News Release: A federal court in Columbus, Georgia, has permanently barred Natashia and Detrick Tucker and their business, T&T Express Tax, from preparing federal tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today. The civil injunction order, to which the defendants consented, was signed by Chief Judge Clay D. Land of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2015

News Release: The former International Program Director of International Adoption Guides Inc. (IAG), an adoption agency, pleaded guilty today to conspiring with others to defraud the United States by submitting fraudulent documents to the State Department for adoptions from Ethiopia and paying bribes to foreign officials.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2015

News Release: Three former correctional officers with the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, Louisiana, were sentenced today before United States District Judge James J. Brady for the Middle District of Louisiana for abusing an inmate and engaging in conduct to cover up the criminal conduct. Mark Sharp, 33, received 73 months. Kevin Groom, 47, was sentenced to one year probation and a $500 fine. Matthew Cody Butler, 29, received two years probation and a $3,000 fine.

By Commerce News Now | Jan 8, 2015

News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker, U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez, and the Director of the National Economic Council, Jeffrey Zients will host a delegation of Swiss business leaders at the White House on January 13th. The delegation, led by Swiss Vice President and Federal Councillor Johann ...

By Commerce News Now | Jan 8, 2015

News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker, U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez, and the Director of the National Economic Council, Jeffrey Zients will host a delegation of Swiss business leaders at the White House on January 13th. The delegation, led by Swiss Vice President and Federal Councillor Johann ...

By Labor Gazette | Jan 8, 2015

News Release: OSHA cites Transition of Superior Systems for 25 serious violations; fines total $51,600 LUBBOCK, Texas — Working at an industrial facility is dangerous. An employer who ignores serious hazards and puts workers in harm's way threatens everyone's well-being, a point not lost on U.S. Department of Labor ...

By Labor Gazette | Jan 8, 2015

News Release: LUCASVILLE, Ohio — Faced one night with a trip over mountainous terrain in a medical transport helicopter with a faulty emergency locator transmitter, a pilot refused to fly the unsafe aircraft and was later terminated in retaliation for doing so. An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational ...

By Labor Gazette | Jan 8, 2015

News Release: Date of Action: Jan. 8, 2015 Type of Action: Complaint Names of Defendant: John Bonner, Bonner & Borhart LLP, Bonner & Borhart LLP SIMPLE IRA Plan Allegations: From Jan. 15, 2009, to present, John Bonner was the managing partner and sole owner of Bonner & Borhart in Melrose, Minnesota. Bonner & Borhart was the plan administrator for the Bonner & Borhart LLP SIMPLE IRA Plan.

By Labor Gazette | Jan 8, 2015

News Release: LUCASVILLE, Ohio — Faced one night with a trip over mountainous terrain in a medical transport helicopter with a faulty emergency locator transmitter, a pilot refused to fly the unsafe aircraft and was later terminated in retaliation for doing so. An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational ...

By DOT News Wire | Jan 8, 2015

The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Jan. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.