News from October 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2015
News Release: COEUR D'ALENE - Brent Anthony Stevens, 30, of Sandpoint, Idaho, was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for possession of sexually explicit images of minors, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Senior U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered Stevens to pay $3,000 in restitution to two children in images Stevens possessed, and to serve seven years of supervised release upon his release from prison. Stevens pleaded guilty to the charge on March 31, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2015
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that ERIC WAYNE LOCKHART, age 30, of Muldrow, Oklahoma, pled guilty to USE OF TELEPHONE TO MAKE BOMB THREAT, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 844(e), which is punishable by up to 10 years imprisonment, a fine of up to $250,000.00 or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2015
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Chief U.S. District Judge Frank D. Whitney sentenced Alberto Gasca, 31, of Los Angeles, California, to serve 128 months in prison and five years of supervised release on drug trafficking charges, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Gasca pleaded guilty in February 2015 to
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2015
News Release: Denise Walls Ama, 64, of Haverford, Pennsylvania, was charged today by information with one count of theft of government funds, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. According to the information, the defendant’s mother died in May 2006 yet she continued to receive retirement benefits intended for her mother until January 2015. The defendant’s alleged actions resulted in a loss to the government of approximately $108,306.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 20, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Sens. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) applauded the White House’s announcement on Monday that the Border Jobs for Veterans Act has been signed into law. First introduced in the Senate on June 17, the new law will help to put...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 20, 2015
News Release: Glen Jean, West Virginia-The Kaymoor Top Parking Lot will be closed Tuesday, October 20th through Friday, October 23rd, 2015. This temporary closure is in effect to facilitate the construction of improved restroom facilities.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 20, 2015
News Release: Cold weather that blanketed much of the Eastern United States in 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 exhibited unique characteristics that prompted different - but related - challenges across heating fuels and electricity markets. In an effort to understand the impacts of the winter conditions on these markets...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2015
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Missouri woman was sentenced Tuesday to 20 months in federal prison for defrauding a federal program that set aside contracts for businesses owned by service-disabled veterans, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said. In addition, she was ordered to pay a $30,000 money judgment.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 20, 2015
News Release: Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Intel reported* success using an X-ray scattering technique to accurately measure features on a silicon chip to within fractions of a nanometer, or about the width of a single silicon atom.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2015
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Vermont. Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015. The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated today that James Barnes, of Wilmington,Vermont has agreed to pay $25,000 in civil fines and over $47,700 in restitution to fund repairs...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - - The Drug Enforcement Administration-New Jersey Division and the New York/New Jersey High Intensity Drug Trafficking (HIDTA) are pleased to announce their sponsorship of “Operation Leyenda 4 Miler."
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 20, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON -Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today praised a decision by U.S trade agencies to track the content and volume of e-cigarette products being imported into the United States. Prior to the decision, such products were not tracked under any national regulatory or revenue system. Wyden called for the agencies to improve import tracking earlier this year in a letter to the chairman of the U.S. International Trade Committee (USITC).
By Interior Newswire | Oct 20, 2015
News Release: Come join park rangers this Halloween for a 15-mile round trip bike ride along the Shark Valley Loop. The bike ride will begin at 5:30 p.m., and will reach the Observation Tower by sunset. Then the group will return through dusk and enjoy listening to the sounds of the Everglades--eerie natural sounds instead of scary sounds! Who knows what animals will be seen (or heard) along the ride as well!.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 20, 2015
News Release: Investigation findings: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Chicago North Area Office cited a contractor and subcontractor for exposing workers to asbestos hazards while replacing a commercial roof in the 4200 block of N. Knox in Chicago.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2015
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Harvey Orlando Higgs, 29, of Morgantown, West Virginia, was convicted of cocaine trafficking in federal court, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2015
News Release: Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that on Oct. 19, 2015, Anthony Cunningham, 29, was sentenced for Possession of Contraband by a Federal Inmate. Cunningham was an inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution located in Greenville...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2015
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Today, United States District Judge John A. Mendez sentenced Peter Kuzmenko, 37, of West Sacramento, to 19 years in prison; Aaron New, 41, of Sacramento, to 11 years and three months in prison; Nadia Kuzmenko, 36, formerly of Loomis, to eight years in prison; and Edward Shevtsov...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Christine Yoder, 33, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced today to 300 months in prison for charges of child exploitation that involved the sexual abuse of a 6-year old child and a 16-month old infant. Yoder pleaded guilty on March 9, 2015, to two counts of employing a child to produce images of the child engaged in sexually explicit conduct and two counts of distributing material involving the sexual exploitation of children.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 20, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), ranking member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, called on his Senate colleagues to continue to work together towards passage of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (S. 754). This afternoon, Sens. Richard Burr (R-N.C.)...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2015
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On Oct. 19, 2015, Joel D. Cormier, 27, of Blountville, Tenn., was sentenced by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 18 years in federal prison. Cormier will also serve a life term of supervised release with special conditions. There is no parole in the federal system.
