News from July 2014
By DOL Newswire | Jul 9, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Today, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined his Senate Democratic colleagues in introducing the Protect Women’s Health from Corporate Interference Act. The bill would restore the contraceptive coverage requirement...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Hugo Barrera, Special Agent in Charge, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), announce that Sergio Carvalho, 50, formerly of Boca Raton and Brazil, pled guilty today to charges of making false statements in a firearm sales record, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 924(a).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2014
News Release: In San Antonio today, 25-year-old Arnoldo Lopez (a.k.a. “Looney"), a member of the Duffle Bag Mafia in San Antonio, was sentenced to 40 years in federal prison for various drug and firearms offenses announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Special Agent in Charge Robert Elder, Houston Division and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Janice Ayala, San Antonio Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2014
News Release: BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - A Lafayette, Tennessee, man pleaded guilty today, before Magistrate Judge H. Brent Brennenstuhl, to the robbery of two banks located in Kentucky, and one-count carjacking in Adair County, Kentucky, announced David J. Hale, United States Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Wilkinsburg resident has been sentenced in federal court to 12 years and 7 months in prison on his conviction of violating federal firearms laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 9, 2014
News Release: Legislation to update the Workforce Investment Act, overdue for reauthorization for more than a decade, is headed to the President’s desk following overwhelming bipartisan support from both houses of Congress. The Senate and House authors of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) applauded ...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 9, 2014
News Release: Thank you Mr. Chairman. Let me start off by saying that you have done a great job since assuming the chair from our colleague, Mike Simpson. I have enjoyed working with you and appreciate the cooperation exhibited by you and the subcommittee staff as we have worked to address some of the important issues...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 9, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today made the following statement regarding legislation the Ways and Means Committee will consider Thursday to patch the Highway Trust Fund through May 31...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2014
News Release: Muskogee, Oklahoma - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today WILLIE JAMES HALLMARK, 37, of Adair County, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 96 months imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release for Assault with Intent to Commit Murder in Indian Country.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2014
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - Two Atlantic City, N.J., residents were sentenced to prison today for their roles in the kidnapping and death of a 20-year-old Atlantic City woman, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney James L. Santelle announced that Norman W. Corn Jr., (age: 47), of Suring, located on the Menominee Indian Reservation, in the State of Wisconsin, was sentenced on July 1, 2014, to 262 months of imprisonment, followed by a term of life on supervised release. The sentence was the...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 9, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today called on Senate Democratic leaders to allow for an open and fair amendment process that permits all members to participate in shaping the Murkowski-Hagan Bipartisan Sportsmen’s Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2014
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina -----United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that Izell D. Grissett, a/k/a ABuddy@, age 27, of Columbia, South Carolina, was sentenced in federal court by United States District Judge Joseph F. Anderson, Jr. of Columbia. Grissett was sentenced to LIFE imprisonment plus...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 9, 2014
News Release: The House of Representatives today considered the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), legislation that will help put Americans back to work by reforming the nation’s outdated workforce development system.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Steven Paul Tharpe, 51, a member and resident of the Laguna Pueblo, pleaded guilty this morning to an attempted robbery charge. Under the terms of the plea agreement, Tharpe will be sentenced to 24 months in federal prison followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2014
News Release: Muskogee, Oklahoma - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that MAURICIO ORTIZ-VARGAS, a/k/a Mauricio Ortiz, a/k/a Mauricio Hernandez-Chavez, a/k/a Mauricio Hernandez, age 36, of Wagoner, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 240 months imprisonment, followed by 5 years...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Wednesday, July 9, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that IULIAN SCHIOPU, 34, of Romania, was sentenced yesterday by Chief U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2014
News Release: Atticus Rice, 51, of Sicklerville, NJ, was charged today by information with aiding in the preparing and filing of materially false tax returns, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. The information alleges that Rice was a tax return preparer at Quick Taxes and Payroll Services, at 3858...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 9, 2014
News Release: Meet a Maritime Archaeologist and enjoy free activities for all ages.
By State Newswire | Jul 9, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, welcomed Rep. Curt Clawson (R-FL) as the newest Committee Member. Rep. Clawson will serve on the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific.
