News from May 2015
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2015
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA - On May 7, 2015, Jeffrey Scott Gibler, a 50 year-old resident of Council Bluffs, Iowa, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Stephanie M. Rose to 120 months in prison for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine, and 60 months consecutive in prison for carrying and possessing...
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2015
News Release: Former PPG Employee Charged with Theft of Trade Secrets.
By Commerce Newswire | May 8, 2015
News Release: GAITHERSBURG, MD--An international research group led by scientists at the U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed a technique for creating nanoscale whispering galleries for electrons in graphene. The development opens the way to building devices that focus and amplify electrons just as lenses focus light and resonators (like the body of a guitar) amplify sound.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2015
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - On Thursday May 7, 2015, District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez sentenced Terrance L. Hanley a/k/a Robert A. Jenkins, 45, a national of St. Kitts, to 44 months in prison and three years of supervised release for illegal reentry into the United States, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced.
By Interior Newswire | May 8, 2015
News Release: Free Wi-Fi is now available in the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area at the Blue Heron Interpretative Center in the depot area. The park is providing the service to help visitors plan their time in the Big South Fork. "We know that many people who are traveling through the region now...
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has indicted 12 members and associates of the LRGP Gang and charged them with possession with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 280 grams or more of crack cocaine. The charge carries a mandatory minimum of 10 years in prison, a mandatory of life, and a $10,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2015
News Release: This case is one of many brought as a result of the United States Attorney.
By US DOT Newswire | May 8, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - After a rigorous competition, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has selected a Mississippi State University team as the FAA’s Center of Excellence for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (COE UAS). The COE will focus on research, education and training in areas critical to safe and successful integration of UAS into the nation’s airspace.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2015
News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- Federal prosecutors today charged a former police dispatcher with unauthorized use of law enforcement computers for non-law enforcement purposes, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance, U.S. Secret Service Special Agent in Charge Craig Caldwell, and Alabama Secretary of Law Enforcement Spencer Collier.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2015
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced the arrest of TARAY BUTLER following his Indictment for being a felon in possession of a firearm. BUTLER was arrested on Wednesday, May 6, 2015, with assistance of the United States Marshals Service.
By State Newswire | May 8, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced that on Thursday, May 14 he will convene a hearing to examine U.S. economic engagement in Asia. The hearing, entitled “Advancing U.S. Economic Interests in Asia, " will begin at 10 a.m.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2015
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK -Stephen M. Howells II, age 39, of Hermon, NY pled guilty today to all 21 counts of a federal indictment charging him with child exploitation offenses, according to United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and Andrew T. Vale, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation...
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2015
News Release: Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that James Conrad Riley, 44, of Kinmundy, Illinois, pled guilty on May 6, 2015, to an Indictment charging him with Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon. The prior felony alleged in the Indictment was Retail Theft, for which Riley was convicted in Ogle County, Illinois, on or about Oct. 13, 2004.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former PPG Industries, Inc., employee has been arrested and charged in federal court in Pittsburgh with theft of trade secrets, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2015
News Release: PRESS RELEASE. Evansville - Josh J. Minkler, United States Attorney, announced today that Gregory R. Baumberger, 46, Evansville, was sentenced to 41 months in prison by U.S. District Chief Judge Richard L. Young following his guilty plea to possession of child pornography. This case was the result of...
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department announced today that the Housing Authority of the city of Ruston, La., has agreed to pay $175,000 and adopt comprehensive new policies to settle a race discrimination lawsuit filed by the department. The settlement must still be approved by U.S. District Judge Robert G. James of the Western District of Louisiana.
By US DOT Newswire | May 8, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials, chaired by U.S. Rep. Jeff Denham (R-CA), will hold a hearing next week on the state of rail transportation and the U.S. freight rail industry 35 years after deregulation under the Staggers Rail Act.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of New Castle, Pa., was sentenced in federal court to 327 months imprisonment, followed by lifetime supervised release, on his conviction of production of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOE Newswire | May 8, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced its hearing schedule for the week of May 11. The committee will continue its work to say #Yes2Energy and build the Architecture of Abundance, review the United States’ oversight role of critical Internet functions, work to improve transparency and process at the FCC, and review the current state of our country’s nuclear waste management.
By Interior Newswire | May 8, 2015
News Release: Spring is a great time for kids to get out in nature to explore and learn about outdoor recreation. In celebration of the 5th annual Kids in Parks Day on Saturday, May 16, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) is inviting children and their families to participate in a Fish Tales...
