News from December 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2014
News Release: HARTFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Joshua Saez, 24, of Hartford, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 71 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for possessing heroin, which he stole from a drug dealer, and two handguns.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a 22-year-old Pittston resident was sentenced today to serve 25 months in prison by Senior U.S. District Court Judge James M. Munley for his role in a heroin trafficking conspiracy that operated in Luzerne County during 2013 and early 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A mail handler has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of theft of mail by postal employee, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 3, 2014
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA:You asked, we listened! Ranger Susan Ashman will present Christmas at the Springfield Armory once again. The program begins at 1:30pm on Saturday, December 20th, 2014 in the museum theater and continues in the Commanding Officer's house on the grounds of the National Historic Site. Admission is free.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 3, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Bipartisan agreement has been reached on the natural resources provisions that will be included within this year’s National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The House-Senate agreement supports American job creation and economic growth through a balanced approach to improve the management of our public lands and natural resources while protecting treasured areas.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2014
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Keith Lewis, 37, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute and to distribute 280 grams or more of cocaine, was sentenced to 20 years in prison and 10 years supervised release by U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer. The defendant was also ordered to forfeit $2,051 in proceeds from his drug trafficking activities.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 3, 2014
News Release: Stabenow Examines Ways for Farmers, Ranchers to Address Water Quality Issues through Voluntary Conservation Programs
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2014
News Release: DALLAS, Texas - Matthew Jarmon, 24, of Frisco, Texas, pleaded guilty today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul D. Stickney to one count of attempted enticement of a minor, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 3, 2014
News Release: The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2014, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining FDA’s Role in the Regulation of Genetically Modified Food Ingredients."
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2014
News Release: Defendants Paid Financially Disadvantaged And Homeless People To Pose As Patients, And Billed Insurers For Unnecessary Medical Visits And Tests Administered By Unlicensed Personnel.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 3, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - In formal responses to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Senate Finance Committee, governors from 39 states expressed support for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and urged Congress to extend the program, noting the role the program plays in providing affordable and comprehensive coverage to children.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 3, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - In formal responses to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Senate Finance Committee, governors from 39 states expressed support for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and urged Congress to extend the program, noting the role the program plays in providing affordable and comprehensive coverage to children.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 3, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today held a hearing to discuss the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), how the president’s health care law has affected it, and what its future will look like.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2014
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that LAWRENCE TREIGLE, age 33, of Covington, pleaded guilty today to a one-count Superseding Bill of Information charging him with conspiring to smuggle turtles out of the United States and to violation of the Lacey Act.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 3, 2014
News Release: Hopewell Earthworks Presentation. Date: Saturday, December 13th. Time: 11:30am to 1:30pm. Location: Lucy Hayes Heritage Center, 90 W. 6th St, Chillicothe, Oh. Fees: No Fees. The National Park Service and the Friends of the Lucy Hayes Heritage Center invite you to a free presentation about Ross County's...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 3, 2014
News Release: Dear Ms. Colvin: Just days prior to the July 31, 2014 hearing before the Senate Finance Committee to consider your nomination to be the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration (SSA), several Members of this Committee became aware of disturbing allegations concerning potential mismanagement...
By EPA Newswire | Dec 3, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today released the lineup of Republican members to serve on each of the panel’s six subcommittees in the 114th Congress. The committee’s GOP membership will include 24 returning members and seven new members. Upton previously...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2014
News Release: The former head of a Cleveland-area anti-poverty agency was sentence to 30 months in prison for accepting more than $23,000 in cash, home renovations and other things of value in exchange for steering work to specific contractors, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 2, 2014
Release: Philadelphia, PA, Dec. 2, 2014 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced more than $5 million in grants for 82 projects spanning 42 states and the U.S. Virgin Islands that support the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) efforts to connect school cafeterias with local farmers and ranchers...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2014
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Two Pharr men have been arrested in a marijuana trafficking and money laundering conspiracy following an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task (OCDETF) investigation, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
