News from January 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2015
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Felipe Pena, 40, of Laredo, has been ordered to prison for 67 months for transporting illegal aliens for profit, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Pena pleaded guilty Aug. 27, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2015
News Release: An indictment was filed charging Michael D. Vaughn II, 26, an inmate at the Ohio State Penitentiary in Youngstown with threatening the President of the United States and the First Family, Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By EPA 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 EPA 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 Paul W. Grimm sentenced Dallas Eric Dunmore, age 48, of Washington, D.C., today to 163 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for bank robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2015
News Release: Brunswick, GA: Buffy Bradford, 37, of Wayne County, Georgia, pled guilty earlier this week before Chief United States District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood for her role in a conspiracy to distribute thousands of highly addictive pain pills.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 8, 2015
News Release: MINERAL, CA -In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr., entry into Lassen Volcanic National Park is free on January 19 and visitors are invited to a weekend of outdoor fun and film at the Lassen Film Festival on Saturday, January 17 through Monday, January 19. Saturday evening from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. also...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2015
News Release: MOBILE, AL-- United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown announces that Rickey Lorenzo Vaughn was sentenced on January 8, 2014 to five months and one day confinement by United States District Court Judge Callie V.S. Granade. Vaughn was sentenced for the federal felony offense of Possession with the Intent to Distribute Heroin. Vaughn would have received a twelve month sentence but the Court structured his sentence to give him credit for the seven months he had already served.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2015
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the return of an indictment charging Rodney Joel Neal (53, Montezuma, Georgia) with failing to register as sex offender after traveling from Georgia to Florida. If convicted, he faces up to 10 years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine. Neal has been in custody since his arrest on related state charges on Oct. 10, 2014.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 8, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) issued the following statement today after the Senate Republican Conference ratified his selection to serve as Chairman on the U.S. Senate Finance Committee for the 114th Congress...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2015
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Thursday, January 8, 2015. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JAMILA ABOUTAYEB, 54, of Fairfield, pleaded guilty today in Hartford federal court to one count of unlawful...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 8, 2015
News Release: Catoctin Mountain Park deer management operations have been rescheduled to include January 12-15, February 2-5, and February 23-26. Deer management operations that were previously scheduled for mid-December were cancelled due to adverse weather conditions including fog and ice. Fog reduces visibility...
By DOE 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 DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George L. Russell III sentenced Ryan Gladden, a/k/a "Fats," age 27, today to 92 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for conspiring to participate in a racketeering conspiracy, in connection with the Bloods gang operating primarily out of Howard County, Maryland.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 7, 2015
News Release: As members of the President’s State, Local, and Tribal Leaders Task Force on Climate Preparedness, Mayor Reggie Joule, Northwest Arctic Borough (AK) and Chairwoman Karen Diver, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa (MN), were tasked by the President with providing recommendations for improving tribal...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 7, 2015
News Release: Everglades National Park invites the public to enjoy an art exhibit by Cindy Rose. The exhibit entitled, “River of Grass: A Diverse Ecosystem," features stunning photographs of the Everglades. The collection will be on exhibit at the Ernest F. Coe Visitor Center Gallery at Everglades National Park during the month of January.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 7, 2015
News Release: The Tubac Center of the Arts and the Anza Trail Coalition of Arizona invite you to participate in an intriguing art project called Poetry of the Wild, by Rhode Island artist Ana Flores. Poetry of the Wild is an educational program in support of Arte de Avian, a national juried exhibit of bird related art, which will be held at TCA March 13 to April 26, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2015
News Release: The U.S. Departments of Education (ED) and Justice (DOJ) today released joint guidance reminding states, school districts and schools of their obligations under federal law to ensure that English learner students have equal access to a high-quality education and the opportunity to achieve their full academic potential.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2015
News Release: Brian E. Thompson, 54, a former loan guarantee specialist for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, was sentenced today to serve 26 months in prison for a scheme in which he stole over $843,000 of government money.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2015
News Release: Randy Jones, 44, a former corrosion coordinator for Shell Pipeline Company L.P. (Shell), pleaded guilty in Milwaukee today to failing to conduct bi-monthly voltage readings and an annual survey of a pipeline used to transport jet fuel in violation of the Pipeline Safety Act (PSA) and making a false statement ...
