News from July 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2014
News Release: Fraudulent Scheme Targeted First Responders, Including Firefighters And EMTs.
By State Newswire | Jul 11, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Sens. Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Bob Corker (R-TN), and Chris Coons (D-DE) wrote President Obama today, urging the Administration to respond to the escalation of violence and the targeting of civilians in Darfur and the Two Areas of South Kordofan and Blue Nile.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 11, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today made the following floor statement in opposition to H.R. 4718, legislation to make permanent bonus depreciation at a cost of $287 billion...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2014
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A former Las Vegas resident who made over $3 million from selling unregistered penny stock in a purported diamond mine company known as CMKM, has been sentenced to four years in prison, announced Daniel G. Bogden, United States Attorney for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Dwayne A. Hardman, 44, co-founder of two government contracting companies that sought business from the United States Navy Military Sealift Command (MSC), and Adam C. White, 40, former vice president and co-owner of one of Hardman’s government contracting companies, were sentenced for bribery...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 11, 2014
News Release: The Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee, chaired by U.S. Rep. Bob Gibbs (R-OH), will hold a hearing next week to examine the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) expanded interpretation of its veto authority under the Clean Water Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2014
News Release: Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announced today that Craig A. Howell, 53, of Sylvester, Georgia, was sentenced to serve 12 months in federal prison for making false statements to a federally insured financial institution. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable W. Louis Sands, United States District Court Judge, in Albany, Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Marvin Jefferson, 25, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to an eight-year prison term on charges of aggravated assault while armed, armed robbery, and related firearms offenses for attacking a man in Northeast Washington, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2014
News Release: PHOENIX - On July 9, 2014, Joe Arviso Benally, 51, of Red Valley, Ariz., was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter and use (discharge) of a firearm in a crime of violence by a federal jury following a trial before U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow. The defendant was remanded into custody after trial pending sentencing before Judge Snow on Sept. 29, 2014.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 11, 2014
News Release: National Park Service. U.S. Department of the Interior. Yellowstone National Park. P.O. Box 168. Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190. July 11, 2014 14-046. Al Nash or Dan Hottle. (307) 344-2015. YELL_Public_Affairs@nps.gov. YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK NEWS RELEASE. Yellowstone Reports Strong June Visitation...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 11, 2014
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz - At 2:20 p.m. the Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center received a 911 call from a visitor reporting CPR in progress on a male hiker on the North Kaibab Trail.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2014
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - United States Attorney Pamela C. Marsh announced today thatClifford Virgile, 25, of Tallahassee, and Rodney Charles, 22, of Miami, were sentenced to prisons terms based upon their pleas of guilty to identity theft and income tax refund fraud charges. United States District Judge...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 11, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today held a hearing on “Constitutional Considerations: States vs. Federal Environmental Policy Implementation." The hearing focused on the authority the Constitution grants Congress to set uniform, national standards in certain aspects of environmental policy and the role of the states in taking the lead in crafting state-specific environment solutions.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2014
News Release: Contact Person: George Conits (864) 282-2100.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - David Shepherd, 50, of Washington, D.C., was found guilty by a jury today of first-degree murder while armed in the June 2012 killing of a man in Southeast Washington, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 11, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced its hearing and vote schedule for the week of July 14. The committee will investigate the anthrax lab incident and the CDC’s adherence to safety protocol measures. The committee will also vote on a series of bipartisan public health and job creating bills and examine innovative technology for 21st Century Cures.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 11, 2014
News Release: On Sunday, July 20, 2014, John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site(NHS) honors the 124th anniversary of the birth of Mrs. Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald Kennedy by offering special programs and tours led by National Park Service Rangers from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Admission to the site and programs is free.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 11, 2014
News Release: Storyteller and writer John Stansfield of Monument, Colorado, will continue to highlight this year's Art in the Park Program at Rocky Mountain National Park with presentations held July 16 and July 23 at 7:30 p.m. at the Beaver Meadows Visitor Center.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 11, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources Committee Peter DeFazio (D-OR), and Representatives Scott Peters (D-CA) and Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ) led Democratic efforts in the House to force a vote on a stalled bipartisan, bicameral bill that would treat extreme wildfires as...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2014
News Release: Fort Wayne, Indiana - The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in Federal Court.
