News from March 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2015
News Release: OAKLAND - Cristian Quintero-Felix was sentenced yesterday to 87 months in prison, for possession with intent to distribute cocaine within 1000 feet of St. Elizabeth’s High School, possession of firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and felon in possession of firearms, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and Tatum King, Acting Special Agent in Charge for U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement, Homeland Security Investigations San Francisco.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a three-count indictment charging Richard Klaffka, 57, and his wife, Cathleen Klaffka, 61, both of Holland, NY, with fraud in connection with Richard Klaffka’s receipt of over $1,000,000 in benefits...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 12, 2015
News Release: Upcoming Webinars. March 12: Live Webinar on the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy's FY2016 Budget Request. Webinar Sponsor: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. The Energy Department's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy has rescheduled the last in a series of...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 12, 2015
News Release: Washington -Senator Ron Johnson, (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, made these comments about allegations that two senior Secret Service agents were involved in a car crash into White House security barricades after drinking at a party...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2015
News Release: Attorney General Eric Holder Made Announcement This Afternoon Following A My Brother’s Keeper Roundtable Discussion At DOJ.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 12, 2015
News Release: The National Park Service is hosting a litter and trash cleanup day to focus on the Burnt Mill Bridge area in the Big South Fork on Saturday, April 4. The day will begin at 9:00 a.m. (Eastern Time) at the parking lot of the day use area. This is a high use area for family picnics and gatherings. All volunteers must meet and sign in at the Burnt Mill Bridge parking lot.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2015
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Joseph W. Shepherd and United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a federal grand jury indicted two Texas men for conspiring to sell approximately 28 kilograms of powder cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2015
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that RAMONA HUDSON, age 52, of Slidell, was sentenced today for her role in a conspiracy to defraud the Gulf Coast Claims Facility (“GCCF") in the aftermath of the BP oil spill.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Mark Anthony Miller, 48, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced this morning in federal court to 120 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for his methamphetamine trafficking conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2015
News Release: CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - Following a four day trial in U.S. District Court, Chattanooga, Tenn., a jury convicted Michael O. Brown, of Fayetteville, Tenn., of conspiracy to distribute and distribution of cocaine and cocaine base (crack).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2015
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a federal grand jury indicted two Texas men for conspiring to sell approximately 28 kilograms of powder cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2015
News Release: Merlin Maurillo-Ramirez, 46, of Mexico, was sentenced by Chief Federal District Court Judge Nancy D. Freudenthal on March 11, 2015, for illegal re-entry of a previously deported alien into the United States. Maurillo-Ramirez was arrested in Douglas, Wyoming. He received time served, plus ten days, was...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2015
News Release: Fort Wayne, Indiana - The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in Federal Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2015
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the guilty plea of DANIEL PAGANO, a Captain of the Genovese Organized Crime Family of La Cosa Nostra (the “Genovese Crime Family"). PAGANO pled guilty before U.S. District Judge Ronnie Abrams to participating...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2015
News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a New Orleans man pleaded guilty to possessing counterfeit credit cards in order to make illegal purchases.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 12, 2015
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A former Mexican political appointee from the State of Tamaulipas, Mexico, was indicted for conspiring to launder monetary instruments, conspiracy to commit bank fraud and two counts of bank fraud.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 12, 2015
News Release: Young and inspiring artists are WANTED at Cumberland Gap National Historical Park! An April 24th and 25th, 2015 "Back the B.E.A.R.S. -Be Educated and Responsible Stewards" event will bring the world of the American black bear to life and young and inspiring artists can enter artwork into the event art competition.All entries will be on exhibit during the "Back the B.E.A.R.S." event being held on the grounds of the national park's visitor center.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 12, 2015
News Release: Good morning and welcome. Today’s hearing will evaluate the security, economic and public diplomacy implications of the Visa Waiver Program (VWP). Specifically, we convened this hearing to examine the security screening and information-sharing mechanisms in place to ensure the VWP remains a secure travel...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 12, 2015
News Release: HARKERS ISLAND, NC -Cape Lookout National Seashore Superintendent Pat Kenney has announced that the Cape Lookout Lighthouse will be receiving a new coat of paint over the next few weeks. The exterior brick masonry of the lighthouse tower was last painted in 2004. The existing exterior paint is at the...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 12, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs held the hearing, “Visa Waiver Program: Implications for U.S. National Security " Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del), as prepared for delivery...
