News from January 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2015
News Release: Jackson, Miss. -- Joe Dale Walker, 61, a former chancery judge from Monticello, and his nephew Chad Teater, 42, of Magee, were each sentenced in federal court today to 5 months in prison followed by 5 months home confinement for federal obstruction of justice, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and FBI Special in Agent in Charge Donald Alway. In addition, the defendants will be ordered to pay restitution in an amount to be determined at a later date.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2015
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas man who robbed 13 convenience stores and a small casino in the Las Vegas area during 2013, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Gloria M. Navarro to multiple life terms in prison, announced U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden for the District of Nevada.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 8, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today commented on Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler’s presentation this week regarding the commission’s Open Internet Order at the 2015 International CES.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 8, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today responded to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s announcement that it will fine Honda for failing to report deaths, injuries, and certain warranty claims to the federal government in violation of the...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2015
News Release: Contact: Steve Young. A man who sexually exploited a child and possessed child pornography pled guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids. Micheal Jones, age 40, from Mason City, Iowa, was convicted of one count of sexual exploitation of a child and one count of possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2015
News Release: Muskogee, Oklahoma - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that KRISTEN RENEA BROWN, age 19, of Madill, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 3 years of probation and restitution of $15,923.60 for WIRE FRAUD, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1343.
By State Newswire | Jan 8, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY), the Committee’s Ranking Member, issued the following statement...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 8, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-KS) this week introduced H.R.161, the Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act. The bill would help modernize the federal review process for natural gas pipeline permit applications and help to provide the infrastructure needed to deliver affordable energy to American households and businesses.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 8, 2015
News Release: The House Energy and Commerce Committee’s formal organizational meeting for the 114th Congress has been rescheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015, at 1 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH -A Pittsburgh resident has been sentenced in federal court to 21 months imprisonment to run concurrently with the 120 months imprisonment on a prior federal drug conviction and three years supervised release on her conviction of criminal contempt of court, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 8, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today responded to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s announcement that it will fine Honda for failing to report deaths, injuries, and certain warranty claims to the federal government in violation of the...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 8, 2015
News Release: Wupatki, Sunset Crater Volcano, and Walnut Canyon National Monuments to Host Public Meeting on Proposed Fee Increases.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 8, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-KS) this week introduced H.R.161, the Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act. The bill would help modernize the federal review process for natural gas pipeline permit applications and help to provide the infrastructure needed to deliver affordable energy to American households and businesses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2015
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Peter J. Messitte sentenced Dillian Nathaniel Tucker, age 36, of Greenbelt, Maryland, today to 92 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for three bank robberies. Judge Messitte also ordered Tucker to pay restitution of $10,108.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 8, 2015
News Release: Grand Teton National Park will waive entry fees on Monday, Jan. 19, 2015 in recognition of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. Grand Teton will join nearly 400 other units of the National Park System in celebration of this special day as part of an effort to encourage visitors to experience the wonders of their national parks. The entrance fee for a private, non-commercial vehicle to both Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks normally costs $25 for seven days.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 8, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today responded to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s announcement that it will fine Honda for failing to report deaths, injuries, and certain warranty claims to the federal government in violation of the...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 8, 2015
News Release: Wupatki, Sunset Crater Volcano, and Walnut Canyon National Monuments to Host Public Meeting on Proposed Fee Increases.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 8, 2015
News Release: The House Energy and Commerce Committee’s formal organizational meeting for the 114th Congress has been rescheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015, at 1 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger today announced the guilty plea of DMITRI SOUDAKOV, 41, for the illegal purchase and transport of smokeless tobacco. The defendant pleaded guilty on January 5, 2015, before Judge David S. Doty in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minn., to one count of Shipment, Transport, Receipt, Possession, Sale, Distribution and Purchase of Contraband Smokeless Tobacco.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2015
News Release: Muskogee, Oklahoma - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that JOBY TUCSON NORTHINGTON, age 34, of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 65 months imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release for POSSESSION OF UNREGISTERED FIREARM (DESTRUCTIVE DEVICE), in violation of Title 26, United States Code, Sections 5861(d), 5841 and 5871.
