News from January 2015
By Interior Newswire | Jan 21, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON -National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis today named Jeff Reinbold as the bureau's assistant director for partnerships and civic engagement.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2015
News Release: MONROE, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a Monroe woman pleaded guilty to stealing more than $200,000 in Social Security benefit payments.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2015
News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss - Miles Justin McNairy, 25, of Aberdeen, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett on Jan. 20, 2015 to 80 months in federal prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release for possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis, FBI Special in Charge Donald Alway and Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood. Upon completion of his prison sentence, McNairy must register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2015
News Release: MCALLEN, Texas - A Rio Grande City man is now serving a significant sentence for possessing with the intent to distribute marijuana, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson today. Issac Medina, 29, of Rio Grande City, pleaded guilty June 26, 2014.
By State Newswire | Jan 21, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY), the Committee’s Ranking Member, introduced the Trafficking Prevention in Foreign Affairs Contracting Act (H.R. 400), an anti-trafficking measure to ensure U.S. tax dollars do not support human trafficking among the thousands of foreign workers the U.S. government employs overseas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2015
News Release: ROCKFORD - The owner of a McHenry, Ill., tax preparation business, together with three employees and four clients, were arrested today after being indicted on federal charges alleging they participated in a $600,000 mail fraud scheme by preparing and filing over 200 false personal federal income tax...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 21, 2015
News Release: The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will hold the official organizational meeting Tuesday, January 27th. During the meeting, the Chairman will officially announce the Republican and Democratic Members and the membership of each subcommittee. The Committee will also consider and adopt the rules for the 114th Congress.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 21, 2015
News Release: KREMMLING - The Bureau of Land Management seeks comments on renewals of 13 livestock grazing permits that expire within the Kremmling Field Office boundaries in 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2015
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOHNNY DE LOS SANTOS, also known as “Na-Na," 30, of the Bronx, N.Y., was sentenced today by Senior...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Michael J. Moore announced today that a federal grand jury returned a multiple count indictment in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, Valdosta Division, charging Gregory Paige, also known as “Rudy," aged 31, Dequaveous Lane, also known as “Quay,"...
By State Newswire | Jan 21, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, following the Committee’s Organizational Meeting, announced a number of his priorities for the 114th Congress. During the Organizational Meeting, the Committee adopted the Committee Rules and a Committee Oversight Plan for the 114th Congress.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2015
News Release: GREENVILLE - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that TYRONE MAURICE WILLIAMS, 29, of New Bern, was sentenced resulting from his earlier guilty plea to robbery and firearms charges. The charges stem from the July 24, 2012 armed robbery of the Dollar General store at 3699 Neuse Boulevard...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A Vineyard Haven CPA pleaded guilty today to filing false tax returns in which he underreported more than $800,000 in income for three years.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2015
News Release: Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia announced that Antonio Meadows, age 31, of Hull, Georgia was sentenced today by the Honorable C. Ashley Royal, United States District Judge in Athens, Georgia. Mr. Meadows was sentenced to 41 months imprisonment for the possession of pipe bombs. He pled guilty to the felony charge on Sept. 29, 2014.
By State Newswire | Jan 21, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on the situation in Yemen...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2015
News Release: Miami-Dade County resident pled guilty to unauthorized possession of stolen identities.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 21, 2015
News Release: Fritch, TX -- Superintendent Robert Maguire is pleased to announce the completion of the Off-Road Vehicle Management Plan (ORV Plan) for Lake Meredith National Recreation Area. The plan is a culmination of a great deal of time, energy and input from members of the public, other agencies and the National...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 21, 2015
News Release: Grand County, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management Kremmling Field Office is planning to burn 75 slash piles of lodgepole pine now through February 2015 if weather conditions are favorable. Fire personnel burned 35 slash piles in December 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2015
News Release: Project Safe Childhood. KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that an Independence, Mo., man was convicted by a federal trial jury today of illegally possessing a firearm. Meigel M. Craddock, 24, of Independence, was found guilty of...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2015
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A woman who served as the getaway driver for the robberies of 13 banks and stores in southern Nevada from December 2012 to March 2013, has been convicted by a federal jury of multiple counts of robbery and firearm charges, announced U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden for the District of Nevada.
