News from January 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2015
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew today sentenced Antwon Scott (39, Largo) to 15 years in federal prison for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. The Court also ordered Scott to forfeit the firearm and ammunition involved in the offense. He pleaded guilty on Oct. 31, 2014.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 16, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - As part of the ongoing effort to achieve bipartisan consensus, leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation today unveiled draft legislation to provide clear rules of the road for open and unfettered access to the Internet.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 16, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced its hearing schedule for the week of January 19. The committee will continue its work to ensure open Internet protections for consumers, discuss solutions to #KeepthePromise and protect seniors’ access to Medicare physicians, and consider the next steps for coal ash regulation.
By State Newswire | Jan 16, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced the following upcoming Committee events...
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 16, 2015
News Release: SEATTLE - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $450,000 civil penalty against SkyWest Airlines, Inc. of St. George, Utah, for allegedly operating aircraft that were not in compliance with Federal Aviation Regulations.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2015
News Release: MEDFORD, OR- On Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015, Senior U.S. District Judge Owen M. Panner sentenced Vincent Leon Johnson, 26, recently of Medford, Oregon, to 77 months in prison after he pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. Defendant will be on three years of post-prison supervision upon completing his sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George L. Russell III sentenced Giovanni Wright, a/k/a "G," age 22, of Elkridge, Maryland, today to 18 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiring to participate in a racketeering conspiracy, discharging a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence and the unlawful transfer of firearms, in connection with his membership in the Bloods gang operating primarily out of Howard County, Maryland.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 16, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - As part of the ongoing effort to achieve bipartisan consensus, leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation today unveiled draft legislation to provide clear rules of the road for open and unfettered access to the Internet.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2015
News Release: DENVER - Hector Armondo Chavez, age 28, who was until today in Canada, was extradited from Canada to Denver, Colorado so he can face drug trafficking charges, U.S. Attorney John Walsh and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Denver Division Special Agent in Charge Barbra Roach announced. Chavez was...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2015
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Kovachevich has sentenced Kewarren Lamar Jones (44, Sarasota) to 20 years and 5 months in federal prison for distributing 28 grams or more of crack cocaine and a related violation of his federal supervised release. As part of his sentence, the Court also entered a money judgment in the amount of $7,500, the proceeds of his criminal conduct. Jones pleaded guilty on October 9, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2015
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On Jan. 15, 2015, William Isaac Jackson, 26, of Elizabethton, Tenn., was by the Honorable Leon Jordan, U.S. District Judge, to serve 150 months in prison for conspiracy to possess a quantity of crack cocaine and possession of firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking. Upon his release from prison Jackson will supervised by the U.S. Probation Office for four years. There is no parole in the federal system.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2015
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that a.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2015
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announced today that Christopher Shawn Warnock (43, Jacksonville) has pleaded guilty to receiving child pornography over the Internet. He faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 5 years, up to 20 years, in federal prison, and a potential...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 16, 2015
News Release: Comment Period for Compendiums. National Park Service compendiums for Alaska will be open for a 30-day public comment period, beginning Jan. 15, 2015 and concluding Feb. 15, 2015. A compendium - one for each NPS area in Alaska - is a compilation of all designations, closures and restrictions adopted...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2015
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Derek D. Felicio, 42, of North Smithfield, R.I., was sentenced today to 60 months in federal prison for possessing more than 90,000 images and 555 videos depicting child pornography and for distributing child pornography, announced United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha; Bruce M. Foucart, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in New England; and Colonel Steven G. O’DonnellSuperintendent of the Rhode Island State Police.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2015
News Release: SHREVEPORT/MONROE/ALEXANDRIA/LAKE CHARLES/LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley and the Project Safe Neighborhoods Task Force announced today that the Department of Justice (DOJ), the Office of Justice Programs (OJP), and the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) is seeking applications for funding of grants under the Violent Gang and Gun Crime Reduction Program, also known as Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2015
News Release: St. Louis, MO - RAJU MUKHI was sentenced to three years’ probation, ordered to pay full restitution and agreed to a penalty in the amount of $838,439 for failing to file a report to the IRS on his foreign financial accounts and for filing false tax returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2015
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew today sentenced Steven Phelps (40, Sarasota) to 15 years in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. He pleaded guilty on Oct. 24, 2014.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 16, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and John Barrasso (R-WY) reintroduced the Jobs and Premium Protection Act. The legislation will save jobs and help American families by eliminating the costly, unfair and job-crushing health insurance tax (HIT) included in the President’s health care law.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2015
News Release: Richard Hollern Sentenced for Conspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud.
