News from July 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: FORT MYERS, Fla. - U.S. District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell sentenced Martha (43, Cape Coral) on July 21, 2014, to three years and one month in prison and $7,500 in fines for making structured cash deposits of proceeds of illegal activity in order to evade bank currency transaction reporting requirements.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Georgia woman pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of fraud conspiracy, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: RICHARD S. HARTUNIAN, United States Attorney, Northern District of New York announces that a federal grand jury in Syracuse has returned an indictment charging DINO F. TUCCIARONE (56, of New Hartford, NY) with filing false tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS"). If found guilty, the defendant faces a statutory maximum sentence of 3 years and a maximum fine of $100,000.00 per count of conviction.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee members today wrote to Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Allison Macfarlane urging the Commission to act quickly on its waste confidence rule regarding the environmental impacts associated with spent nuclear fuel. A U.S. Court of Appeals decision...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: The House of Representatives today debated bipartisan legislation to strengthen support for victims of youth sex trafficking. The proposals would enhance existing aid for runaway and homeless youth and improve identification and assessment of child sex trafficking victims. House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) discussed the urgent need to assist victims of youth sex trafficking...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee today held its third roundtable discussion in the 21st Century Cures initiative. Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) led the discussion on personalized medicine with participants from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the Ovarian...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The Assistant Division Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), New Jersey Division, was arrested this morning for allegedly using a straw company to get FHWA grant funds he also oversaw as a public official, and for falsifying related federal disclosure documents, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: Glen Jean, West Virginia, July 21, 2014- Exploring nature up close is an amazing adventure, especially when you're on a trail at night. Join a ranger for a guided night hikethis Mondayevening at Grandview to find out what really does go bump in the night. This night hike and other ranger-guided programs...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - After a three-day trial, a federal jury found John Winton Harris, 31, of Sacramento, guilty today of one count of possession of at least 29 grams of cocaine base, commonly referred to as crack cocaine or rock cocaine, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. The trial was held before United States District Judge Morrison C. England Jr.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: Thank you for holding today's hearing, Mr. Chairman. I would also like to thank our witness for being here today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: Five Flint men were convicted of RICO conspiracy yesterday afternoon in the United States District Court in Flint, Michigan, United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced. The convictions followed a seven week trial in front of the U.S. District Judge Mark A. Goldsmith.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: CINCINNATI - Heriberto Albarran Caro, aka “Colorin", 36, born in Chihuahua, Mexico, but residing illegally in Texas and Colorado, was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 210 months in federal prison. Caro was sentenced for his role in leading an international drug trafficking conspiracy that brought approximately six kilograms of crystal methamphetamine from the southwestern U.S. to the Cincinnati, Ohio, area between July and September 2013.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: HARKERS ISLAND, NC-A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 416,569 visitors to Cape Lookout National Seashore in 2013 spent $17.6 million in communities near the park. That spending supported 246 jobs in the local area.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee today held its third roundtable discussion in the 21st Century Cures initiative. Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) led the discussion on personalized medicine with participants from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the Ovarian...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: The system, called Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System (PORTS), provides real-time information on water levels, currents, meteorological conditions, and under-bridge clearance, giving users critical information when traveling through the river. The St. Johns River in Jacksonville will become the 23rd location to use the system and is the second largest PORTS ever established.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 60-year-old Tyler, Texas man was sentenced to federal prison for making false statements on a loan application in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: Statement of Senator Barbara Boxer EPW Oversight Hearing on EPA's Proposed Carbon Pollution Standards for Existing Power Plants July 23, 2014 (Remarks as prepared for delivery) This oversight hearing will examine the critically important steps that the Obama Administration is taking to address climate ...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: Subcommittees: * Health (113th Congress) . Participants: Dr. Jeff Shuren. Director. Center for Devices and Radiological Health, U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Dr. Richard Moscicki. Deputy Center Director for Science Operations. Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today held a hearing on “Modernizing the Business of Environmental Regulation and Protection." The hearing examined ways states and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency are modernizing and streamlining environmental programs and regulations, and explored opportunities for increased cooperation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that 17 members and associates of the Schuele Boys Gang, a group which operated in the Schuele Street area of the East Side of Buffalo, were arrested and charged by criminal complaint with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute ...
