News from July 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2014
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Carlos E. Mendoza has sentenced Jermal Marquis Chambers (26, Apopka) to 15 years in federal prison for possession of firearms and ammunition in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and possession of firearms and ammunition by a convicted felon. The sentence ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - On July 24, 2014, Carlos Luis Bujanda, 46, of Hobbs, N.M., entered a guilty plea in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to a methamphetamine trafficking charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2014
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced a Clean Water Act settlement requiring the East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) and seven East Bay communities to conduct extensive system repairs aimed at eliminating millions of gallons of sewage discharges into San Francisco...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 28, 2014
News Release: The National Park Service will be celebrating National Lighthouse Day at Cape Hatteras National Seashore with special programs. Lighthouse Day has, historically, been proclaimed as a day of national observance on August 7. The Lighthouse Act of August 7, 1789 established the Federal Government's role in the construction, maintenance, and repair of these unique structures.
By State Newswire | Jul 28, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on the recently publicized letter to President Obama from a broad coalition of former members of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), journalists, and former BBG...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Jason Yazzie, 31, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Fruitland, N.M., was sentenced today to 270 months (22.5 years) in federal prison for his voluntary manslaughter and assault conviction. Yazzie will be on supervised release for three years after completing his prison sentence.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 28, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today continued their investigation of recent safety lapses involving dangerous biological materials known as select agents, including anthrax, smallpox, and avian influenza. Committee leaders today sent letters to the Centers for Disease Control...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 28, 2014
News Release: Haleakalā National Park is offering two free workshops for teachers and informal educators this August. The park is partnering with the Maui Invasive Species Committee to facilitate activities from the Ho'ike O Haleakalā environmental education curriculum. Participants will be provided with all necessary supplies for the workshop and will be given a resource kit upon completion of the class. Both workshops are sponsored by Hawai'i Pacific Parks Association.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 28, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today continued their investigation of recent safety lapses involving dangerous biological materials known as select agents, including anthrax, smallpox, and avian influenza. Committee leaders today sent letters to the Centers for Disease Control...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 28, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today held a hearing to review legislative solutions to protect Americans from the president’s broken health care law.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 28, 2014
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, and Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas), Chairman of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, today sent a letter to Gina McCarthy, Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), urging ...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 28, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives this week is expected to consider three bills to improve the public health, building on the Energy and Commerce Committee’s proven record of success in this space. These bills will streamline and update sunscreen approval, help the Muscular Dystrophy community, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2014
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On July 28, 2014, Jonathan Thornton, 32, of Dandridge, Tenn., was sentenced to serve 121 months in prison by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Judge. Upon his release from prison, Thornton will be subject to supervised release under the supervision of the U.S. Probation Office for three years. There is no parole in the federal system.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2014
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George L. Russell III sentenced Kenneth Ragan-Armstrong, a/k/a "Keezy," age 23, of Savage and Laurel, Maryland, today to 193 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for conspiring to participate in a racketeering conspiracy and using a gun during a crime of violence.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 28, 2014
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has cited La Merced Produce LLC, of Forest Park, Ga., for failure to pay for produce.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2014
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George L. Russell III sentenced Kenneth Ragan-Armstrong, a/k/a "Keezy," age 23, of Savage and Laurel, Maryland, today to 193 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for conspiring to participate in a racketeering conspiracy and using a gun during a crime of violence.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 28, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives this week is expected to consider three bills to improve the public health, building on the Energy and Commerce Committee’s proven record of success in this space. These bills will streamline and update sunscreen approval, help the Muscular Dystrophy community, ...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 28, 2014
News Release: Haleakalā National Park and four national parks on Hawai'i Island will simultaneously commemorate the first national holiday in Hawai'i, Lā Hae Hawai'i (Hawaiian Flag Day) on Thursday, July 31. The event itself is free, but entrance fees apply at Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, Pu'uhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park, and Haleakalā National Park.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 28, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today continued their investigation of recent safety lapses involving dangerous biological materials known as select agents, including anthrax, smallpox, and avian influenza. Committee leaders today sent letters to the Centers for Disease Control...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2014
News Release: ORLANDO, FLA. -Blayne S. Davis, 33, formerly of Naples, Fla., pled guilty today to a federal charge stemming from an investment fraud scheme in which more than 100 investors lost over $11 million, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. and James D. Robnett, Special Agent in Charge of the Tampa Field Office of IRS- Criminal Investigation.
