News from January 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2015
News Release: A criminal information was filed charging Nicholas W. Bradley, 34, of Haskins, Ohio, with conspiracy to commit bank fraud and filing a false tax return from March 2006 and through December 2008, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.

By State Newswire | Jan 8, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Representative Eliot L. Engel, the leading Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, this evening made the following statement regarding the presidential election in Sri Lanka...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2015
News Release: MANHATTAN, N.Y. - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that Leonard Marchetta, a physician’s assistant, pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court to conspiring to distribute a massive quantity of oxycodone out of a Staten Island-based medical...

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2015
News Release: Two brothers and Miami residents were sentenced for identity theft and unemployment insurance fraud. These brothers used over 600 fraudulently obtained identities to fraudulently receive approximately $815,700 in unemployment claims.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2015
News Release: Repeat Illegal Reentry Offender Caught During I-5 Traffic Stop and Drug Seizure.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that MOISES VAZQUEZ-ALVARADO, age 31, a citizen of Mexico, pled guilty today to a one-count Indictment for illegal entry of a removed alien.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2015
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Maria Colvard, age 49, of Chambersburg, has pled guilty to aiding and abetting impersonation of an employee of the United States, and interference with commerce by threats. Colvard entered her plea before United States Chief Judge Christopher C. Conner, in federal court in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on January 6, 2015.

By Interior Newswire | Jan 8, 2015
News Release: In early September (2015 date to be determined) Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site will host our fifth annual Star Party in partnership with the Springfield Telescope Makers (STM) of the Stellafane Observatory in Springfield, Vermont. The event will be held at Saint-Gaudens NHS in Cornish, New Hampshire. The 8:00 p.m. evening talk and viewing of deep-sky objects afterwards, is free of charge.

By DOE Newswire | Jan 8, 2015
News Release: The Energy Department today announced $2.5 million for a new project to research the atmospheric processes that generate wind in mountain-valley regions. This in-depth research, conducted by Vaisala of Louisville, Colorado, will be used to improve the wind industry's weather models for short-term wind...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 8, 2015
News Release: Dave Carney, Chief of Interpretation and Education.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2015
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that Seth Allen Carr, 24, of Alderson, West Virginia, was sentenced to 16 months in federal prison for using a telephone to facilitate the distribution of heroin.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2015
News Release: St. Louis, MO - JOHN WEHRLE was indicted for tax evasion and filing false tax returns.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 8, 2015
News Release: SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - Two suspected Salvadoran human smugglers were arrested Tuesday for their alleged involvment in attempting to smuggle unaccompanied children into the United States. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents from the HSI Assistant Attaché Office in El Salvador assisted police officers from the Salvadoran National Civil Police who made the arrests.

By Homeland Newswire | Jan 8, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The Senate Republican Conference on Thursday confirmed Sen. Ron Johnson as the fourth chairman of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, following a vote by his fellow committee members on Wednesday. After confirmation, Sen. Johnson made the following remarks...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Matthew Nori, 34, of Shippensburg, Pa., was sentenced today to five years in prison for traveling interstate to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr., Andrew G. McCabe, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, and Cathy L. Lanier, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An Arkansas man has been sentenced in federal court to 20 years imprisonment followed by 10 years supervised release on his conviction of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2015
News Release: Posted Some 4,000 Sexually Suggestive Comments to Website.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston woman pleaded guilty yesterday to stealing over $135,000 in public housing benefits, which she obtained by lying about her living situation and employment.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2015
News Release: St. Louis, MO - BRYAN BINKHOLDER pled guilty to multiple fraud charges involving his financial planning and investment strategy businesses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2015
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - A federal grand jury has returned a 38-count indictment charging former Virgin Islands National Guard Major Sherrymae Morales, 54, with theft of public money, wire fraud and false statements, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced today. The indictment was returned on December...