News from January 2015
By Interior Newswire | Jan 28, 2015
News Release: The Natchez Trace Parkway Volunteers-In-Parks (VIP) program has recently been redesigned in an effort to reach the Centennial goal of one million additional volunteers for the National Park Service. With funding provided through the Southeast Region Special VIP program, the park hosted several volunteer...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2015
News Release: Orlando, FL - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the return of an indictment charging Ronnie Travis Hall, III (27, Charlotte, NC) with transportation of a minor with the intent that she engage in prostitution. If convicted, he faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years, up to life, in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Sylvia Grado, 31, of Deming, N.M., pled guilty yesterday afternoon in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to methamphetamine trafficking charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown of the Southern District of Alabama and Special Agent in Charge Robert Lasky of the Mobile Division of the FBI announce that Certified Nurse Practitioner Diantha Miller has been sentenced to 12 months and one day in federal prison, and has been ordered to pay $347,868.26...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2015
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - Two hunting guides were sentenced Wednesday for violating the Migratory Bird Treaty Act during hunts in Reno County, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2015
News Release: Muskogee, Oklahoma - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that SEAN DEVAL WARRIOR a/k/a Sean G, age 33, of Eufaula, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 150 months imprisonment, followed by 36 months of supervised release for Distribution of Methamphetamine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(C).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE-Gabriel Chavez, 32, a non-Indian residing in Isleta Pueblo, N.M., pleaded guilty this morning to a child sexual abusive charge. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Chavez will be sentenced to 30 months in federal prison followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court. He will be required to register as a sex offender after completing his prison sentence.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 28, 2015
News Release: CALABASAS, Calif. -- "Oscar Goes Outdoors!" is the theme of a full-day event celebrating Hollywood's Movie Mountains, co-sponsored by the National Park Service and Western National Parks Association on Sunday, Feb 15. One week before the Academy Awards, film experts will reveal the secret sites of Oscar-winning and nominated movies shot in the Santa Monica Mountains, from 1939's "Gone With The Wind" to 2014's "American Sniper.".
By DOL Newswire | Jan 28, 2015
News Release: Executive Session Opening Statement: “Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And thanks to you and your staff for your cooperation with me and my staff on the items before us today. “I intend to support each of the items on today’s agenda and urge my colleagues to do so as well. I’d like to say a few brief words...
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 28, 2015
News Release: Washington - Sen. Ron Johnson chaired the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee’s (HSGAC) first hearing of the 114th Congress on Wednesday, Jan. 28. The hearing was a first step toward crafting a bill to improve the nation’s cybersecurity.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that JAIRO ALMENDAREZ-DUARTE, age 47, a native of Honduras, pled guilty today to a one-count Indictment for illegal reentry of a removed alien, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1326(a).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2015
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Tony Calvin Collins, 20, of Maysville, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 24 months in prison for heroin trafficking, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By State Newswire | Jan 28, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today announced Republican members and chairmen of subcommittees for the 114th Congress following a committee vote to approve the jurisdiction, rules and organizational structure for the committee.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2015
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Danville, Ken., man who carjacked a vehicle in Kansas City, Mo., and forced its owner to accompany him as he drove across the state has been arrested and charged in federal court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2015
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Michael Debardlabon, 32, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty conspiracy to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft, before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford. Conspiracy to commit bank fraud carries a maximum penalty...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2015
News Release: A six-count federal indictment was unsealed today charging a Cleveland man with fraudulently obtaining nearly $1 million from the now-closed St. Paul Croatian Federal Credit Union, said Steven M. Dettelbach, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Cleveland Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2015
News Release: WILMINGTON - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that yesterday in federal court, Senior United States District Judge James C. Fox sentenced PHILLIP HARDY, 30, of Goldsboro, North Carolina to a total of 180 months imprisonment, followed by 10 years of supervised release.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 28, 2015
News Release: Many familiar sounds are associated with the Super Bowl: Cheering fans. Referee whistles. The spectacular halftime show. Booming fireworks.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2015
News Release: Two former contractors with the Detroit Public Library were sentenced late yesterday afternoon on charges of bribery of a public official, United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2015
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 46-year-old Port Arthur, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
