News from November 2015
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to President Obama’s nomination of Acting Director Beth Cobert as Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM):
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: Contact Person: Beth Drake (803) 929-3000.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: WICHITA FALLS, Texas - Joseph Charles Boyle, the former Justice of the Peace for Precinct 2 in Holliday, Texas, appeared in federal court this afternoon, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert K. Roach, and pleaded guilty to a felony Information charging one count of theft concerning programs receiving federal funds, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: Release Date: 10 November 2015. Contacts: Charles Barr charles_barr@nps.gov, 229 924-0343, ext. 112. NR15-09. Andersonville hosts “Night Museum" event exploring the life of President Andrew Johnson. Experience the National Prisoner of War Museum after dark. ANDERSONVILLE, Georgia - On the evening...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - An illegal alien from Mexico has been handed a federal prison sentence following his conviction of conspiracy to transport illegal aliens, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today along with Brian Moskowitz, special agent in charge of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). Jose Isabel Paz-Martinez, 28, pleaded guilty to the charge July 23, 2015, admitting the conspiracy resulted in the death of a young woman.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Cornelius Johnson, Jr., 38, of Wheeling, was sentenced today to 46 months in prison for cocaine trafficking, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: For Further Information, Contact: Assistant U.S. Attorneys Fred Sheppard (619) 546-8237, Valerie Chu (619) 546-6750, and Caroline Han (619) 546-6968.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that Harold Hall, Jr., age 34, of Richland County, South Carolina was sentenced today in federal court in Columbia, South Carolina, for being a felon in possession of a firearm, a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), possession...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: Obed Wild and Scenic River was recently awarded the prestigious Keeper of the Light award for Interpretive Support. The Keeper of the Light Award is the highest honor bestowed by the National Park Service Division of Interpretation and for the Southeast Region. Obed received the award for their monthly “Climb with a Ranger" program which offers an introduction to rock climbing to participants regardless of age or experience level.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today cautioned against making arbitrary sales of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to pay for unrelated legislative initiatives, and highlighted the potential benefits to the nation if the administration allowed Alaska to realize its true energy potential.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Mercer County, New Jersey, man was arrested today and charged with coercing a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct and with receiving images of child sexual abuse, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: USDA Rural Development Wisconsin State Director Stan Gruszynski today highlighted the Department’s active partnership with Native American tribes in Wisconsin and throughout the nation.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Three individuals were convicted in federal court today for their role in a multi-state heroin trafficking operation, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Robert Orth, 30, of South Ryegate, Vermont, pleaded guilty today in the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to one count of possessing more than 100 grams of heroin with the intent to distribute it, one count of possessing a firearm in furtherance of his drug trafficking activities, and one count of possessing a firearm as a previously convicted felon, announced Acting United States Attorney Donald Feith.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge William D. Quarles, Jr. sentenced Wilfred T. Azar, III, age 54, formerly of Queenstown, Maryland, today to 63 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release, for securities fraud and filing a false tax return. Judge Quarles also entered an order...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: A 13-count indictment charging a former Cleveland woman with tax fraud, obstruction and related charges was unsealed, said Steven M. Dettelbach, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Troy Stemen, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Criminal Investigation, Cincinnati Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: El Dorado, Arkansas - Kenneth Elser, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Tyrong Godbold, aka “Bull", age 43, of Hot Springs, was sentenced today on one count of Distribution of Cocaine Base to 108 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release. The Honorable Susan O. Hickey presided over the sentencing in the United States District Court in El Dorado.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - A Salt Lake City man who admitted he had more than 600 images of child pornography in his possession, including images depicting young children being sexually assaulted by adults, has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Thomas Venable, 46, of Vacaville, pleaded guilty today to theft concerning programs receiving federal funds in connection with his operation of a sustained leave and false expenses scheme while he was a Major in the California Air National Guard, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Newark, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 360 months in prison for sexually abusing two girls and recording the conduct on his cellphone, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
