News from September 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that RAMON ANTONIO SORIANO-CANIZALEZ, age 28, a citizen of El Salvador, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to a one-count Indictment charging him with illegal reentry into the United States after having been previously deported.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2015
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Manuel Riviera-Felix, aka Felipe Garcia, 27, of Mexico, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill to 10 years and 11 months in prison for distribution of methamphetamine.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 24, 2015
News Release: Fritch, TX - Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument will host FlintFest 2015 on Saturday, Oct. 3, and Sunday, October 4, 2015. Flintfest celebrates the unique resource known as Alibates flint and its usage through the ages. This year also marks the 50thAnniversary of Alibates Flint Quarries National...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 24, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, Oct. 1, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining Potential Ways to Improve the Medicare Program." Subcommittee members will discuss three bills to strengthen Medicare.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2015
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that a federal jury has found Andrew Pieters (30, Orlando) guilty of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance and attempting to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance. He faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison on each charge. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for Dec. 10, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2015
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a Dauphin County man was indicted late yesterday by a federal grand jury in Harrisburg for possession of a pistol by a person prohibited by law from having a firearm.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 24, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, Oct. 1, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining Potential Ways to Improve the Medicare Program." Subcommittee members will discuss three bills to strengthen Medicare.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2015
News Release: SEATTLE - -This Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time, come to one of the almost 5,000 collection sites around the nation to return all unwanted, unneeded, or expired prescription drugs for safe and anonymous disposal. This is the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) 10th National Prescription...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that ALEX BRASINGTON, age 23, a resident of Carriere, Mississippi, was sentenced today after having previously pled guilty to conspiracy to possess and transport stolen firearms in interstate commerce and transportation of stolen firearms in interstate commerce.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2015
News Release: Kenneth E. Thornton, age 36, of Albany, Georgia was sentenced Sept. 24, 2015 to 324 months (27 years) imprisonment for Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable W. Louis Sands, United States District Court Judge, in Albany, Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2015
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that PAUL BENJAMIN STONE, age 34, of Muskogee, Oklahoma, pled guilty to POSSESSION OF CERTAIN MATERIAL INVOLVING THE SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF MINORS, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2252(a)(4)(B) and 2252(b)(2), punishable by up to 10 years imprisonment, up to a $250,000.00 fine or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2015
News Release: Evelyn Johnson, d/b/a E.J. Johnson Tax Service, 53, from East St. Louis, Illinois, was charged by Indictment with twenty-nine counts of Aiding and Assisting in the Preparation of False Federal Tax Returns, Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 24, 2015
News Release: In a speech to the National Tribal Energy Summit, U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz today announced actions to strengthen energy support networks among Native American Tribes and Alaska Natives.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2015
News Release: A Port St. Lucie Police Officer has been charged with receiving, distributing and possessing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2015
News Release: Memphis, TN - The trial of a 51-year-old Millington man responsible for trafficking multiple underage teens for sex culminated Tuesday evening. A jury unanimously decided that Michael Lilley was guilty of multiple counts of sex trafficking minors and other offenses. Edward L. Stanton III, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the verdict today.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 23, 2015
News Release: WHEN: Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015 (Public Lands Day). Volunteers can join in anytime from 9 A.M. to 12:30 P.M.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 23, 2015
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Science & Technology Press Office Contact: John Verrico, (202) 254-2385 WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) today awarded a contract to the University of California San Diego (UCSD) to create technology to defend against ...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 23, 2015
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Science & Technology Press Office Contact: John Verrico, (202) 254-2385 Washington, DC – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) awarded a contract to the University of Southern California Information Sciences Institute (USC-ISI) to ...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 23, 2015
News Release: Washington, Sept. 23, 2015 - USDA Chief Economist Robert Johansson has announced William (Bill) Chambers has been appointed to USDA's World Agricultural Outlook Board and will serve as chair of the Interagency Commodity Estimates Committee (ICEC) for wheat. Mr. Chambers has been a commodity analyst with the World Board for the past year and with USDA's Farm Service Agency (FSA) since 2004.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2015
News Release: A Colombian national was sentenced today to 63 months in prison for conspiring to launder drug trafficking proceeds, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Acting Administrator Chuck Rosenberg of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
