News from April 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2014
News Release: St. Louis, MO - ROBERT HENNINGS was sentenced to 15 years in prison for illegal possession of a firearm. Hennings was sentenced as an Armed Career Criminal under 18 U.S.C. Section 924(e).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2014
News Release: (BALTIMORE) - - U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz sentenced Richard Ashbrook, age 51, of Baltimore, today to five years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute oxycodone.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2014
News Release: Orlando, Florida - Chief U.S. District Judge Anne C. Conway today sentenced Curtis Lee Dallas (32, Orlando) to 20 years in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm, and possessing that firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. The court also ordered Dallas to forfeit the Taurus pistol and 9mm ammunition he possessed at the time of his arrest. A federal jury found Dallas guilty on April 30, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Claude Arthur Verbal II, formerly of Raleigh, N.C., and now of Miami, pleaded guilty to tax fraud, healthcare fraud and money laundering in two separate cases in federal court, announced Assistant Attorney General Kathryn Keneally of the Justice Department's Tax Division and U.S. Attorney...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2014
News Release: MONTGOMERY / BIRMINGHAM, Alabama - A drug distribution operation that involved inmates and a correction officer has been dismantled and six people have been arrested due to the joint efforts of the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Alabama Department of Corrections, announced George L. Beck, Jr....
By DOE Newswire | Apr 10, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) issued the following statement regarding the resignation of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2014
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - Two individuals involved in a methamphetamine conspiracy were sentenced on Apr. 9, 2014, by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Judge. Amber R. Coffey, 31, of Boone, N.C., was sentenced to serve 148 months in federal prison, to be followed by four years of supervised release.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 10, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC -- Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, Senator David Vitter (R-LA), Ranking Member of the Committee, Senator Tom Carper (D-DE), Chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee, and Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), Ranking Member ...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 10, 2014
News Release: On March 20, 2014, the to Rehabilitate the Asan Bay Overlook Memorial Wall at War in the Pacific National Historical Park. The work includes demolition and replacement of 56 existing bronze and 34 existing acrylic panels inscribed with the names of those who died or suffered during the occupation and...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2014
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Bassam Yacoub Salman was sentenced yesterday to three-years in prison and ordered to pay $738,539.42 in restitution for engaging in an insider trading scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag, FBI Special Agent in Charge David J. Johnson,.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 10, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) issued the following statement regarding the resignation of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 10, 2014
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) made the following statement regarding the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council's (FMC) meeting today to debate and modify their allocations for red snapper quota. The allocation between commercial and recreational fishing sectors has not been updated since 1990.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 10, 2014
News Release: This morning, we are here to discuss the health care proposals in the President’s fiscal year 2015 budget. Madame Secretary, thank you for joining us this morning to testify.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 10, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON -During today’s hearing examining the administration’s fiscal year 2015 health care budget proposal, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said America’s health care system has made significant improvements and helped millions of Americans since the Affordable Care Act (ACA) became law, and he also highlighted a number of initiatives to improve Medicare and give seniors better care.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 10, 2014
News Release: “I want to thank our witnesses for being with us today to examine the Strong Start for America’s Children Act, a bill that will greatly expand access to high-quality early learning experiences for children from birth to kindergarten entry.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2014
News Release: Muskogee, Oklahoma - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that MAURICE ELON EDWARDS, age 28, of Spencer, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 262 months imprisonment, followed by 4 years of supervised release for Possession of Controlled Substances with Intent to Distribute, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(B)(viii) and 841(b)(1)(C) and Title 18, United States Code, Section 2.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2014
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - A drug distribution operation that involved inmates and a correction officer has been dismantled and six people have been arrested due to the joint efforts of the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Alabama Department of Corrections, announced George L. Beck, Jr., U.S. Attorney...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 10, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Communications and Technology Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today advanced H.R. 4342, the Domain Openness Through Continued Oversight Matters (DOTCOM) Act of 2014. The legislation, authored by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL) and cosponsored by ten members of the full committee, was approved by a vote of 16 to 10.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 10, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Communications and Technology Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today advanced H.R. 4342, the Domain Openness Through Continued Oversight Matters (DOTCOM) Act of 2014. The legislation, authored by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL) and cosponsored by ten members of the full committee, was approved by a vote of 16 to 10.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 10, 2014
News Release: Today, U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, joined Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), Chairman of the EPW Committee, Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee, and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee, to announce the principle agreement on a bipartisan transportation reauthorization bill.
