News from January 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Manderson, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Sexual Abuse of a Minor.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 29, 2015
News Release: Football fans flying to Phoenix for the Super Bowl on Feb. 1 might not realize it, but their aircraft will be taking more direct routes, saving time and fuel, and reducing carbon emissions, thanks to NextGen technologies and procedures that are delivering benefits throughout the country.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2015
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Donald W. Patterson, 41, of Burlington, West Virginia, was convicted in federal court today of failing to update his sex offender registration when he moved from West Virginia to Maryland, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 29, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) introduced the American Job Protection Act, S. 305, a bill to repeal Obamacare’s job-killing employer mandate. Under the President’s...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2015
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Matthew Cameron Day Bolden, 24, and William Henry Watson, 22, both of Battle Creek, Michigan, pled guilty on January 28 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan to one count of theft of firearms from a federally licensed dealer as detailed in an indictment ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person was sentenced on Jan. 26, 2015, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 29, 2015
News Release: In addition to their vital role in weather forecasting, NOAA’s polar-orbiting and geostationary satellites can detect distress signals from emergency beacons carried by downed pilots, shipwrecked boaters, and stranded hikers. Information captured from these satellites, including location, are then relayed to first responders on the ground who assist with search and rescue efforts.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person was sentenced on Jan. 26, 2015, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Nery Benito Sontay-Pelico, Gamaliel Cruz-Velasco, Emilio Velasco-Rojas and Kevin Adonai Cortez-Ordonez were sentenced today in front of the honorable United States District Court Judge Callie V.S. Granade to Illegal...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 29, 2015
News Release: U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following statement regarding the completion of the FCC’s Spectrum Auction, which was created under the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012...
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 29, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the statement below on today's Senate vote on S.1, a bill to approve the Keystone tar sands pipeline. The Senate passed S. 1, as amended, with a vote of 62 to 36.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2015
News Release: Defendant Allegedly Filed for Multiple Benefits with Conflicting Claims for Assistance.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 29, 2015
News Release: CHICAGO-The U.S Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $122,000 civil penalty against Trans States Airlines, Inc., of Bridgeton, Mo., for allegedly operating an aircraft that was not in compliance with Federal Aviation Regulations.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2015
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Brian Schultz, 38, of Triadelphia, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 97 months in prison for coordinating and operating a Detroit, Michigan to Wheeling, West Virginia prescription painkiller and cocaine distribution ring, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Fort Thompson, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault Resulting in Substantial Bodily Injury to an Intimate Partner and Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury was sentenced on Jan. 26, 2015, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 29, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today applauded the efforts of Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) upon the release of the “Innovation for Healthier Americans" Report.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2015
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Riley Patrick Lively, 27, of Las Vegas, Nevada, was convicted Wednesday afternoon of child sexual exploitation after a two-day jury trial in federal court in Grand Rapids. The crime took place in Kalamazoo in 2009. Lively faces a minimum of 15 years and a maximum of 30 years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2015
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Ivan Espinoza Villafana, 25, a Mexican national, pleaded guilty today to possession of a firearm by an illegal alien, cultivation of marijuana, and depredation of public lands and resources, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2015
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that WILLIAM DONG, 23, of Fairfield, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to five years of probation for transporting an assault weapon into Connecticut in violation of federal law.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2015
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Riley Patrick Lively, 27, of Las Vegas, Nevada, was convicted Wednesday afternoon of child sexual exploitation after a two-day jury trial in federal court in Grand Rapids. The crime took place in Kalamazoo in 2009. Lively faces a minimum of 15 years and a maximum of 30 years in prison.
