News from July 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a Hazleton man was sentenced yesterday, in federal court in Scranton, by United States District Judge Robert Mariani, to serve 46 months in prison on a charge of conspiracy to distribute cocaine.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 24, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology today discussed three proposals that would strengthen consumer protection against ID spoofing, ensure consideration of low power television and translators in auction proceedings, and reduce regulatory burden on electronics manufacturers.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2014
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - A two-year-long undercover investigation has resulted in the seizure of over $517,000 in cash and seven people being charged for conspiracy to distribute cocaine, firearm violations, and other related drug charges in parishes across north Louisiana, DEA Assistant Special Agent in Charge Joseph Shepherd and U.S. Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2014
News Release: Memphis, TN - Ronnie Jackson, Jr., 29, of Memphis, TN, was sentenced to a prison sentence of 1846 months, or 153 years and 10 months, following his conviction on March 13, 2014, by a federal jury on 12 counts related to a series of business robberies in and around Shelby County, announced Edward L. Stanton III, United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 24, 2014
News Release: The Energy Department today announced up to $6 million in funding to deploy and demonstrate four emerging energy-saving technologies in commercial buildings across the country. These projects will help businesses cut energy costs through improved efficiency, while also reducing carbon pollution. Last...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 24, 2014
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, made the following statement regarding the nominations of Jeff Baran and Stephen Burns to serve on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The nominees will both need to appear before the EPW Committee.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - El Departamento de Justicia (DOJ sus siglas en inglés), anunció hoy que el Departamento y la Ciudad de Albuquerque, N.M., han firmado una Declaración Conjunta de Principios, la cual refleja buena fe de ambas partes para entrar en un acuerdo, ejecutable en el tribunal, para reformar al Departamento...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 24, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - In a speech on the Senate floor today, Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) called on Senate leadership to consider his pro-job amendments to S.2569, the Bring Jobs Home Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2014
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina -----United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that Roqel Connors, age 23, of Garnett, South Carolina was sentenced today in federal court in Charleston, South Carolina, for discharging a firearm in relation to a drug trafficking crime, a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c). Senior United States District Judge Sol Blatt, Jr. of Charleston sentenced Connors to 10 years to be followed by 5 years supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2014
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney Patrick A. Miles, Jr. announced today that John Richard Balyo, 35, of Grand Rapids, is scheduled to plead guilty to federal charges related to child sexual exploitation. On July 23, 2014, the U.S. Attorney’s Office filed a two-count felony information. Count One...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2014
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced James Arwine, age 36, of Baltimore, Maryland, today to 10 years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy to use a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 24, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., July 24, 2014 - Today, the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulations held an oversight hearing on “Threats, Intimidation and Bullying by Federal Land Managing Agencies." This hearing continued Committee oversight into bullying by federal land management agencies and federal law enforcement agencies on private, state, and federal lands.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2014
News Release: PHOENIX - On July 22, 2014, Branden Pete, 28, of Greasewood, Ariz., was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge Stephen M. McNameeto 708 months (59 years) in prison. Pete was found guilty by a federal jury on Oct. 31, 2005 of murder in the second degree; murder during the commission of the crime of kidnaping; murder during the commission of the crime of aggravated sexual abuse and conspiracy to commit first degree murder.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 24, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology today discussed three proposals that would strengthen consumer protection against ID spoofing, ensure consideration of low power television and translators in auction proceedings, and reduce regulatory burden on electronics manufacturers.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2014
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - Two Dodge City residents - one from Mexico and the other a United States citizen - have been indicted by a federal grand jury here for allegedly selling birth certificates and Social Security cards to undocumented aliens, and then driving them to Oklahoma to obtain state-issued ID cards, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said Thursday.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 24, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology today discussed three proposals that would strengthen consumer protection against ID spoofing, ensure consideration of low power television and translators in auction proceedings, and reduce regulatory burden on electronics manufacturers.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Thursday, July 24, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Patricia M. Ferrick, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2014
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Jayne Concialdi, 51, a former resident of Quechee who now lives in Connecticut, pleaded guilty today in United States District Court in Burlington to a charge of wire fraud. U.S. District Judge William K. Sessions III released Concialdi on conditions pending sentencing, which is set for December 1.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2014
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By EPA Newswire | Jul 24, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Power Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today held a hearing on “Laboratories of Democracy: The Economic Impacts of State Energy Policies." The hearing examined the economic impacts from the differing energy policies of the various states, as well as how federal policies may impact states.
