News from January 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr. announced today the appointment of United States Attorney for the District of Colorado John F. Walsh as chair of the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee of United States Attorneys (AGAC). Attorney General Holder also appointed United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York Richard S. Hartunian to serve as vice chair. Both appointments are effective immediately.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 22, 2015
News Release: Upcoming Webinars. January 22: Marine and Hydrokinetic Systems Performance Advancement Funding Opportunity Announcement. Webinar Sponsor: Water Power Program. The Energy Department will present a live webinar titled "Marine and Hydrokinetic Systems Performance Advancement II: Component Metric Validation"...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2015
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Kansas City, Mo., man has been sentenced in federal court for his role in a $7.5 million conspiracy to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine, which resulted in a murder and an attempted murder for which state charges are pending.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2015
News Release: Today, during debate on the House Floor of H.R. 7, the “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act," House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) urged his colleagues to vote against the unnecessary legislation. Rep. Conyers delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 22, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, today delivered the following opening statement at a committee hearing on jobs and a healthy economy...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 22, 2015
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - The accumulation of combustible grain dust requires more than just wiping surfaces to eliminate them. Grain dust accumulation, in the right combination of particle size, air and an ignition source, can expose workers to possible explosions or combustible dust hazards, according to citations...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2015
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez today sentenced Tony Jefferson Browne, 31, of St Thomas, to 372 months in prison and a lifetime of supervised release for coercion and enticement of a minor, announced United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 22, 2015
News Release: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. On behalf of all of us on this side of the dais, I want to join in welcoming the new members of our committee, Senators Coats, Heller, and Scott. In particular, I have spent a lot of time working on tax reform with Senator Coats, and I hope to build on that work.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2015
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a Mexican national was sentenced to 28 months in prison for reentering the United States illegally after being removed.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2015
News Release: DALLAS - A grand jury in Dallas has indicted a Hunt County, Texas, man on a federal firearm offense, announced John Parker, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2015
News Release: St. Louis, MO - CLARENCE LAMONT WILLIAMS and DANIEL MARK RUDROFF were indicted in connection with the Aug. 22, 2014, armed robbery of the Bank Midwest in Randolph County.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2015
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office announced that those persons listed below were arraigned before the U.S. Magistrate and the indictments handed down by the Grand Jury unsealed.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2015
News Release: HOUSTON - William Craig Noonan, of Houston, 39, and David Morse Barry, formerly of Wichita Falls, 55, have been ordered to federal prison for 30 and 27 years, respectively, following their multiple convictions including conspiracy to produce child pornography involving two prepubescent children, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man was sentenced yesterday to 16 years in federal prison for drug trafficking and firearm charges.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 22, 2015
News Release: Last fall the American people sent a clear message: They want to move our country in a new direction, one that will lead to prosperity and opportunity for every man and woman willing to work for it.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 22, 2015
News Release: GLACIER BAY NATIONAL PARK & PRESERVE, Alaska - The National Park Service has released a prospectus soliciting proposals for tour vessel operation in Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve. Multiple tour vessel concession contracts are expected to be awarded to provide tour vessel and related services.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - James Robert Hensler, age 24, of Dundalk, pleaded guilty late yesterday to aiming the beam of a laser pointer at an aircraft.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 22, 2015
News Release: Northeast Regional Director Mike Caldwell has selected Stephen Clark to be superintendent of the National Parks of Western Pennsylvania, which include the Flight 93 National Memorial, Johnstown Flood National Memorial, Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site, Fort Necessity National Battlefield and Friendship Hill National Historic Site.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2015
News Release: Defendant Faces A Minimum Of 10 Years In Prison For Sexually Abusing The Victim Several Times A Week For Years.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2015
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that Gregory D. Megilligan, age 50, of Greenville, was sentenced today in federal court in Greenville, for conspiracy to distribute oxycodone, a violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 846. Senior United States District Judge Henry M. Herlong, Jr., of Greenville sentenced Megilligan to 72 months imprisonment.
