News from January 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that CYNTHIA HEFLER, age 67, of Westwego, Louisiana, pled guilty in federal court today to conspiracy to commit bank fraud.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 7, 2015
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced two grant programs for middle school science teachers. Public school districts or accredited private educational institutes in the United States and/or its territories that offer general science classes at grade levels 6-8 are eligible to nominate teachers to participate. In both cases, teachers apply through their schools or school districts rather than individually.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2015
News Release: CHICAGO - A former Cook County sheriff’s deputy was sentenced today to one year in federal prison for violating the civil rights of a man who was being held in the county’s detention lockup facility in Maywood in 2010. The defendant, RAFAEL MUNOZ, pleaded guilty in September to using unreasonable force.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Brian E. Thompson, 54, a former loan guarantee specialist for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, was sentenced today to 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: ATLANTA - Three drug traffickers have been sentenced to federal prison for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine stemming from their roles in the delivery of liquid methamphetamine to residences in Austell, Ga., and Mableton, Ga.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2015
News Release: Project Safe Childhood. KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a former Trenton, Mo., man was indicted by a federal grand jury today for attempting to produce child pornography. Edward Allen Stieber, 46, of Brookfield, Mo., formerly...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 7, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Democrats today met to determine recommendations for subcommittee Ranking Members and assignments for the 114th Congress. The Ranking Members are still subject to approval by the Democratic Steering and Policy Committee and the Democratic Caucus.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2015
News Release: HOUSTON - Glenda Hamilton, 38, of Navasota, has been ordered to prison following her plea of guilty to aggravated identity theft, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Derek Cruz Rubalcava, 24, of Anthony, N.M., and Mark Jessie Rodriguez, 24, of Las Cruces, N.M., entered a guilty plea yesterday afternoon in Las Cruces federal court to methamphetamine trafficking charges. The guilty pleas were entered into pursuant to plea agreements with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2015
News Release: Muskogee, Oklahoma - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that TOMMY LOUIS TAYLOR, 35, of Muskogee, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 110 months imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release for Felon in Possession of a Firearm, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1).
By Interior Newswire | Jan 7, 2015
News Release: Homestead National Monument of America has launched a project to begin processing the Dempster Mill Manufacturing Company archival records. Volunteers are needed to help with this huge archival project. Work on the project will begin Jan. 20, 2015 and will take place Monday through Friday, 9 am-noon...
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 7, 2015
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the below statement on the terrorist threat and funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 7, 2015
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is accepting applications for its annual NIST Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2015
News Release: Muskogee, Oklahoma - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that RICKY ELLIS LAMB, age 33, of Eufaula, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 25 months imprisonment, followed by supervised release for Possession and Uttering a Counterfeit Security, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 513(a).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2015
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Shelly Ann Kocher, 42, Lehighton, Pennsylvania was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge Richard P. Conaboy to 27 months imprisonment, ordered to pay $444,570.22 in restitution and serve three years supervised release...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2015
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Robert Cavigliano, 56, of Irondequoit, N.Y., who was convicted following a jury trial of distributing child pornography, possessing child pornography and making a false statement to federal agents, was sentenced to 27 years in prison by U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2015
News Release: Muskogee, Oklahoma - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that JANET CAROLYN JONES, age 65, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 4 years of probation and restitution of $112,865 for Theft Of Government Funds, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 641.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A former JetBlue Airways employee was sentenced today for smuggling thousands of dollars of what he believed to be drug money past security checkpoints at Logan International Airport.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2015
News Release: Southside businesses robbed at gunpoint, suspect then led law enforcement on high-speed chase.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 7, 2015
News Release: The year-long celebration of Rocky Mountain National Park's 100th Anniversary continues as we head into 2015! January 26 marks the 100th Anniversary of the signing of the legislation which created Rocky Mountain National Park, and lots of fun events have been scheduled throughout the month to celebrate!.
