News from January 2015
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 22, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation yesterday held hearings on draft legislation to protect consumers and the Internet.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 22, 2015
News Release: On Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, stood in support of Whitehouse Amendment #29 to legislation S.1, which read “climate change is real and is not a hoax." Not only did he request to be a co-sponsor of the amendment, but he urged his party to vote for the amendment. The amendment passed 98-1.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2015
News Release: A federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment charging Daron Nesbitt, 35, of Youngstown, with distribution of controlled substances, possession with intent to distribute controlled substances and with being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2015
News Release: MISSOULA - After a two and a half day jury trial, defendant Daniel Brown, 26, of Taylor, South Carolina, was convicted for his role in an international child pornography web-based bulletin board, which was targeted by state and federal investigators and prosecutors participating in Operation Moon Runner. The trial was presided over by the Honorable Dana L. Christensen in Missoula, Montana.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2015
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - Harry K. Roche, age 44, of Millsboro, Delaware, was sentenced yesterday to 35 years in prison for Production and Transportation of Child Pornography, in violation of federal law. Roche also was sentenced to a lifetime of supervised release following his prison sentence. He also will continue to be required to continue to register as a sex offender in any jurisdiction in which he lives, works, or attends school.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A former contractor of the Newark Watershed Conservation and Development Corporation (NWCDC) today admitted his role in a bribery and kickback scheme involving an employee and consultant of the NWCDC, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 22, 2015
News Release: Fire Management staff at Denali National Park and Preserve are planning to burn debris consisting of trees and brush between Monday, January 26 and Friday, February 6, weather conditions permitting. The single pile is located east of the park airstrip and west of the northernmost loop of the Riley Creek Campground.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 22, 2015
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today addressed the Senate to reiterate her support of the Keystone XL pipeline and put into perspective the more than 2,300 days the project has awaited a presidential decision on its cross-border permit application.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2015
News Release: Harrison, AR - Conner Eldridge, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Travis Allen Blount, Jr., aka Travis Allen, or Allen Blount, age 56, of Kirbyville, Missouri, appeared in United States Magistrate Court in Springfield, Missouri for an initial appearance before...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 22, 2015
News Release: A bipartisan group of House members today introduced legislation that would improve support for youth who are victims of sex trafficking. It is estimated that each year 300,000 children become victims of sex trafficking. Many of these children were once involved in a state child welfare system, yet their ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2015
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - Federal prosecutors will recommend a 20-year sentence for a Wichita man who pleaded guilty to collecting thousands of images and videos of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Mervin Hayah, 47, a member and resident of Acoma Pueblo, N.M., pled guilty this morning for failing to comply with the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2015
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, announced that a federal grand jury in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, handed down a three-count indictment against Darren L. Hamil, age 43, of Needmore, Fulton County, Pennsylvania.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2015
News Release: (BOSTON - After a month-long federal trial, Joshua M. Gonsalves was sentenced on multiple charges arising from a three-year conspiracy involving hundreds of thousands of 30-milligram oxycodone pills which he and his brother distributed on Cape Cod and generated over $5 million in proceeds.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2015
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that a Montana resident was sentenced in U. S. District Court in Fairbanks on Tuesday, on charges that he unlawfully provided guiding services to a hunting client for the illegal taking of a caribou in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR).
By DOE Newswire | Jan 22, 2015
News Release: Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today forged bipartisan agreement on a responsible approach for future legislation to ensure that oil sands are not inadvertently excluded from paying into the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 22, 2015
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will have a presence in this year's Super Bowl XLIX activities with an opportunity for the public to engage and learn about America's National Conservation Lands. BLM will host an interactive showcase, from Jan. 28 to Feb. 1, at One North Central Avenue in downtown...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 22, 2015
News Release: The Blue Lake Rancheria Tribe is one of 16 communities selected as Climate Action Champions by the Obama Administration in December for exceptional work in response to climate change. To date, the Tribe has reduced energy consumption by 35%, completed dozens of energy efficiency upgrades, and is recycling more than 70 tons of waste per year.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2015
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that John Yuknavich, age 51, former Chief of the Wilkes-Barre Township Volunteer Fire Department, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Edwin M. Kosik to six months in federal prison for stealing $45,000...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2015
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment today against Sonia Kim, Julius Caubat, Kamaljit Billen, Gurdeep Singh, June Chungil, and Justin Byun, charging them with conspiracy to distribute over five kilograms of cocaine and possession with intent to distribute cocaine, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
