News from May 2015
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2015
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Nicole F. Vaisey, age 26, of Hermon, New York, pled guilty today to all 10 counts of a federal indictment charging her with child exploitation offenses, announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and Andrew T. Vale, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation...
By Interior Newswire | May 15, 2015
News Release: (Richmond, CA) -The National Park Service and the Richmond Museum Association announce the lineup for the 7th Annual Home Front Film Festival on Thursday evenings in June, July and August, 2015. The film festival will feature six popular, full-length movies that were shown on the American Home Front during WWII.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Three subsidiaries of North Carolina-based Duke Energy Corporation, the largest utility in the United States, pleaded guilty today to nine criminal violations of the Clean Water Act at several of its North Carolina facilities and agreed to pay a $68 million criminal fine and spend $34 million...
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Eric Leo Alexander, 37, of Anaheim, Calif., was sentenced today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 46 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for violating the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA). The sentence was announced by U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez and U.S. Marshal Conrad E. Candelaria.
By Commerce Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - As part of Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva’s ongoing efforts to diversify the environmental movement and establish new conservation alliances, Democratic House Natural Resources Committee lawmakers and members of the Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus held a major roundtable yesterday...
By Interior Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: Triangle, Va. - Prince William Forest Park will begin charging increased entrance and camping fees on June 1, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 66-year-old Hamond, Indiana, resident, who had lived in Vidor, Texas, has been sentenced to federal prison for child pornography violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago man was arrested this morning and is facing federal gun charges for being a felon in possession of a firearm. The defendant, LABAR SPANN, was arrested following an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Chicago Police Department.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: Former Number Two of Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department Charged with Obstructing Federal Investigation into Misconduct at County Jails.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Bossier City woman was sentenced Monday to 20 months in prison for filing false tax returns.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: HOUSTON - David J. Golson, 28, and Arieal J. Bishop, 30, have been ordered to prison following convictions related to crimes that occurred in both Texas and Arkansas, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: FARGO - Acting United States Attorney Christopher C. Myers announced that on May 13, 2015, José Luis Delacruz, 37, aka Joe Delacruz, from Grand Forks, North Dakota, was found guilty following a 2 ½ day trial for Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute and Distribution of Methamphetamine, as well as Brandishing a Firearm During the Commission of Drug Trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: Project Safe Childhood. SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Joplin, Mo., man and a Springfield, Mo., man have been indicted by a federal grand jury, in separate and unrelated cases, for receiving and distributing child...
By Homeland Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 On May 14, 2015, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson presented the 2015 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary’s Award for Valor to 12 outstanding individuals who have displayed exceptional valor either while serving the Department, ...
By USDA Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, May 14, 2015 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $6.5 million in the Ogallala Aquifer region this year to help farmers and ranchers conserve billions of gallons of water and improve water quality. Funding will be targeted to seven priority areas to support their primary water source and strengthen rural economies.
By USDA Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, May 14, 2015 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announced today that approximately $11.9 million in organic certification assistance is available through state departments of agriculture to make organic certification more affordable for organic producers and handlers across the country.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: A Detroit federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment against the former Executive Managing Director of a Japanese automotive parts manufacturer for his participation in a conspiracy to fix prices and rig bids of automotive parts, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: Paul Tanaka, 56, who was the second in command of the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department (LASD) and William Thomas Carey, 56, who oversaw internal criminal investigations at the LASD, have been indicted on obstruction of justice charges for allegedly directing efforts to quash a federal investigation into corruption and civil rights violations by sheriff’s deputies at two downtown jail complexes.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: The former Executive Director of the Virgin Islands Legislature was sentenced to five years in prison today, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe of the District of the Virgin Islands.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it has closed its review of the Language Access Program of the Mohave County, Arizona Superior Court. The closure follows the court’s successful completion of its obligations under an agreement to provide language assistance services to all limited English ...
