News from January 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2015
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - The former technology director for the City of Lenexa was sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison for wire fraud, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said. The defendant also was ordered to pay more than $103,000 in restitution.
By State Newswire | Jan 20, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Representative Eliot L. Engel, the leading Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today delivered the following remarks on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives in support of H.Res.37, condemning the recent terrorist attacks in Paris. The resolution passed by voice vote.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 20, 2015
News Release: Petrified Forest, AZ -Final statistics of yearly visitation for Petrified Forest National Park have been tallied, and the numbers are impressive! In 2014 the park welcomed 836,799 visitors, up 29.8% from last year (644,648 visitors in 2013).This marks the largest number of visitors to the park since 1995, and the largest percentage increase in one year since the mid-1950s.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2015
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a St. Joseph, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for distributing crack cocaine and illegally possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2015
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Derek T. Floyd, a/k/a Derek Floyd, Jr., 40, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of bank fraud and violating a previously imposed term of supervised release, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa to 77 monnhs in prison. The defendant was also ordered to pay restitution totaling $47,232.09.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2015
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge James D. Whittemore today sentenced Nicholas Darwin Yancey (30, Melbourne) to 10 years in federal prison for attempted child enticement. The Court also ordered him to forfeit two cellphones and a computer that he had used to commit the offenses. Yancey pleaded guilty on Oct. 2, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2015
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Oscar.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A Chelsea man was sentenced today for his role in a scheme to produce fraudulent identification documents.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault with a Dangerous Weapon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2015
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - The leaders of the Mountain Region Drug and Violent Crime Task Force announced the results of their collaborative efforts in 2014 and discussed what they hope to accomplish in 2015, including forming a stronger partnership with the public.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2015
News Release: Also illegally sold practice grenade fuses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2015
News Release: A Broward real estate broker was sentenced today to 41 months in prison, three years supervised release and ordered to pay $4,029,892, in restitution to victims in three separate fraud cases by U.S. District Judge William P. Dimitrouleas.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 20, 2015
News Release: These national awards, given every two years, honor individuals and organizations that have dedicated countless hours to conserve, protect, and improve the U.S. coasts. They recognize the application of innovative approaches, tools, or technology to advance the field.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 20, 2015
News Release: Guadalupe Mountains National Park Acting Superintendent, Darren Bryant, has updated an announcement that the Dog Canyon Area of the park, will close for approximately six weeks, beginning Jan. 20, 2015, to replace the water system. The project will involve replacing the existing 10,000-gallon, steel...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2015
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and George Venizelos, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today that a federal grand jury returned a two-count Indictment against CHENG LE for...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 20, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Estevan López has named Brian Becker, P.E., as the Senior Advisor - Design, Estimating and Construction Oversight and Dam Safety Officer.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2015
News Release: Orlando, Florida - Senior U.S. District Judge Gregory A. Presnell today sentenced Fortune Tyrone Hill (34, Daytona Beach) to 15 years in federal prison for possessing with intent to distribute over 100 grams of cocaine base, commonly known as “crack" cocaine. He was sentenced as a career offender because he has at least two prior felony convictions. Hill was found guilty on Oct. 15, 2014, following a bench trial.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 20, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Tonight, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), ranking member of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, released the following statement reacting to President Obama's comments about the need to fix our nation’s immigration system.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2015
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that ROBERT M. FAIELLA, a/k/a “BTCKing," an underground Bitcoin exchanger, was sentenced today to four years in prison for his role in knowingly transmitting nearly $1 million in Bitcoins intended to facilitate...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 20, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) issued the following statement this evening following President Obama’s State of the Union address...
