News from June 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2014
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A federal grand jury Wednesday returned an indictment charging a defendant in a state murder case with a federal firearms violation, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 11, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today held its second hearing of the 21st Century Cures initiative, “Examining the Role of Incentives in Advancing Treatments and Cures for Patients." Subcommittee members heard from a number of experts and stakeholders on what role incentives for drug and device development play in accelerating the #Path2Cures.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury in Buffalo has returned a superseding indictment charging one of 12 defendants with additional charges. Tyshawn Bradley, 28, of Cheektowaga, N.Y., has been charged with possession of a short barreled rifle...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 11, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -The Communications and Technology Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today held a hearing to assess the state of media ownership, and the rules that govern it, in the digital age. Members discussed the FCC’s inaction on the statutorily required 2010 quadrennial review of...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today the indictment of Zackary Adam Knight for child exploitation offenses. Knight, 19, of Carlisle, was charged in four separate counts in the indictment handed up by the Grand Jury in Harrisburg.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 11, 2014
News Release: The American Alpine Club (AAC), in collaboration with Denali National Park, will present "Sustainable Summits: The International Mountain Conference on Environmental Practices", a once-in-a-decade gathering of key leaders in mountain management, conservation, and the outdoor industry.The AAC is hosting...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2014
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Michigan woman today admitted her role in one of the nation’s largest and longest running stolen identity refund fraud schemes ever prosecuted, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2014
News Release: BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - A Monroe County, Kentucky physician was charged by federal grand jury in Bowling Green, Kentucky today with prescribing pain medications outside the course of professional medical practice, which resulted in the death of a patient, announced David J. Hale, United States Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2014
News Release: Project Safe Childhood. SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Joplin, Mo., man was indicted by a federal grand jury today on charges related to producing and distributing child pornography. James Hajny, 49, of Joplin, was charged...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2014
News Release: TRENTON N.J. - An Essex County, N.J. contractor who was paid nearly $100,000 to renovate the home of a Bronx, N.Y., woman, today admitted his role in defrauding her of the money in connection with the remodeling project, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced today.
By State Newswire | Jun 11, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, asks the nominee to be Ambassador to Honduras James Nealon about the humanitarian crisis involving minors dangerously crossing the U.S. border.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2014
News Release: Muskogee, Oklahoma - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that ELVIN ALISURETOVE, age 36, of Newcastle, Washington, was sentenced to 63 months imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release for Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1349. The defendant was also ordered to pay $146,014.38 in restitution.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 11, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC - Senator Debbie Stabenow, Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, will host the ‘Grow It Here, Make It Here’ Spotlight on Innovation on Tuesday, June 17 in the Russell Senate Office Building. The day will begin with a Committee hearing followed ...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 11, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), has scheduled a hearing to review EPA’s proposed greenhouse gas regulations for existing power plants on Thursday, June 19, 2014, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2014
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Mervyn A. Phelan, Sr., age 74, of Newport Beach, California, and Gregory E. Grantham, age 56, of Oceanside, California, pleaded guilty late yesterday to a wire fraud conspiracy, wire fraud and obstruction of justice.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 11, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today held its second hearing of the 21st Century Cures initiative, “Examining the Role of Incentives in Advancing Treatments and Cures for Patients." Subcommittee members heard from a number of experts and stakeholders on what role incentives for drug and device development play in accelerating the #Path2Cures.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2014
News Release: Orlando, FL - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Raulier Rivas Lopez (28, Orlando) has pleaded guilty to one count of credit union robbery with assault, and one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of the robbery. Lopez faces a maximum penalty of 25 years in prison on the robbery charge, and a consecutive mandatory minimum term of 7 years, up to life imprisonment for the firearm charge.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 11, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), has scheduled a hearing to review EPA’s proposed greenhouse gas regulations for existing power plants on Thursday, June 19, 2014, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 11, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today held its second hearing of the 21st Century Cures initiative, “Examining the Role of Incentives in Advancing Treatments and Cures for Patients." Subcommittee members heard from a number of experts and stakeholders on what role incentives for drug and device development play in accelerating the #Path2Cures.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2014
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - After a three-day trial in District Court on St. Thomas, a federal jury on Wednesday convicted Richard Antonio Hodge, Jr., 29, of St. Thomas for his role in the armed robbery and shooting of a Ranger American Armored Service messenger and his supervisor on Dec. 3, 2013 in the Lockhart...