News published on Federal Newswire in April 2014

News from April 2014


News Release: Superintendent H. Lane Baker has announced the summer seasonal operating hours of the three National Park Service sites in Cochise County - Chiricahua National Monument, Coronado National Memorial, and Fort Bowie National Historic Site. The following hours and operations are in effect from May 1 - Oct. 12, 2014.


2014 Fire Restrictions Montezuma Castle &Tuzigoot National Monuments

News Release: National Park ServiceNews Release. - April 22, 2014. Caleb Kesler, chief ranger, MOCA/TUZI, 928-567-3322 x227. Fire Restrictions - Montezuma Castle & Tuzigoot National Monuments. Effective Tuesday, 22 April 2014, the National Park Service at Montezuma Castle and Tuzigoot National Monuments will implement...


News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, announce the conviction of William Garcia, 39, a detective with the Sweetwater Police Department.


Ocean County, N.J., Man Admits Forging IRS Documents To Evade Federal Tax Lien

News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - An Ocean County, N.J., man today admitted forging and transmitting documents to evade a federal tax lien, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, April 29, 2014, at 10 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled “Examining the Growing Problems of Prescription Drug and Heroin Abuse."


News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - A federal grand jury in Knoxville returned a six-count indictment on Apr.15, 2014, against Esther Franklin, 53, Nicole Hughes, 26, and Christopher Matthew Hughes, 31, all of Sevierville, Tenn., charging them with a conspiracy to distribute oxycodone and firearms offenses.


Columbiana Man Faces Federal Firearms Charges

News Release: A federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment charging Brent See, age 37, of Columbiana, Ohio, with possession of unregistered firearms and being in the business of manufacturing firearms, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, April 29, 2014, at 10 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled “Examining the Growing Problems of Prescription Drug and Heroin Abuse."


Seven Individuals Indicted For Trafficking In Counterfeit Goods

News Release: SAN JUAN, PR - On April 14, a federal grand jury returned six separate indictments charging seven individuals for trafficking in counterfeit goods, specifically “Freshlook" mark contact lenses, announced United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez. The investigations...


Middlesex County, N.J., Man Sentenced To 18 Years In Prison For Production, Distribution Of Child Sex Abuse Images

News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Middlesex County, N.J., man who once worked as a school crossing guard was sentenced today to 216 months in prison for taking compromising photographs of a naked child and distributing them and hundreds of other photographs of child sexual abuse over the Internet, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.


Chemicals in Commerce Act

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), has scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, April 29, 2014, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The subcommittee will continue its review of draft legislation, the Chemicals in Commerce Act (CICA). Witnesses to be announced.


News Release: 93 defendants have been charged to date in Operation Sledgehammer I-VI.


Committee Presses FDA for Documents On Trial Lawyers’ Role in Proposed Changes to Generic Drug Labeling

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee members today sent a letter to Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret Hamburg, M.D. expressing their concerns regarding the administration’s proposed changes to generic drug labeling. The committee leaders are also concerned with the motivation...


News Release: Memphis, TN - Marcus Payne, 44, of Memphis, TN, and Booker Smith, 30, of Memphis, TN, were indicted by a federal grand jury on April 16, 2014 on seven counts related to a mortgage fraud and identity theft scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Edward L. Stanton III.


Bristol Man Pleads Guilty To Bath Salts Conspiracy

News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On Apr. 22, 2014, Harry Joseph Cannon, 50, of Bristol, Tenn., pleaded guilty before the Honorable R. Leon Jordan, U.S. District Judge, to conspiring to distribute, and possess with the intent to distribute, assorted Schedule I controlled substances, and Schedule I controlled substance analogues, commonly known as “bath salts" or “spice".


Chemicals in Commerce Act

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), has scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, April 29, 2014, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The subcommittee will continue its review of draft legislation, the Chemicals in Commerce Act (CICA). Witnesses to be announced.


Nine Indicted In Kidnaping Case Of Wake Forest Man

News Release: WILMINGTON - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that today, a federal grand jury in Wilmington, North Carolina returned a multi-count indictment charging KELVIN MELTON, a/k/a Dizzy, Old Man, 49, QUANTAVIOUS THOMPSON, a/k/a QUAN, KIRKWOOD QUAN, 18 or 19, JAKYM CAMEL TIBBS, a/k/a JOK, JAK...


Five Convicted On Federal Drug Charges

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U.S. Attorney's Office and U.S. Marshals Service Join DEA for Drug Take-Back Drive

News Release: SHREVEPORT, La.-United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley and the U.S. Marshals Service are teaming up with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to promote the National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. A local event will be held at the federal courthouse in Shreveport from Wednesday, April 23rd...


Committee Presses FDA for Documents On Trial Lawyers’ Role in Proposed Changes to Generic Drug Labeling

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee members today sent a letter to Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret Hamburg, M.D. expressing their concerns regarding the administration’s proposed changes to generic drug labeling. The committee leaders are also concerned with the motivation...