News from June 2014
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 9, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - On Wednesday, House Democrats will join faith, labor, civil rights and non-profit leaders for the first in a series of “Witness Wednesdays" to share stories of unemployed Americans who have been cut off of unemployment insurance. This event will be the first in a summer-long storytelling...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2014
News Release: 1125 Chapline Street, Federal Building, Suite 3000 ● Wheeling, WV 26003.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 9, 2014
News Release: New York, NY - Juneteenth, also known as Emancipation Day, is the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States. On June 19, 1865, Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas with news that the Civil War had ended. General Order No. 3 stated, "The people of Texas are informed that in accordance with a Proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free.".
By Interior Newswire | Jun 9, 2014
News Release: Mineral, CA (June 9, 2014) - Lassen Volcanic National Park is one of 37 national parks selected to receive a 2014 Active Trails grant from the National Park Foundation, the official charity of America’s national parks. Now in its sixth year, the Active Trails program supports healthy living by getting...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2014
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Morris County, N.J., couple who owned a mobile diagnostic testing company were arrested this morning and charged with conspiring to commit health care fraud, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) released today aggregated firearms trace data for all states and territories for calendar year 2013. Firearm traces provide critical investigative leads to law enforcement and can link a suspect to a firearm in a criminal investigation, identify potential traffickers, and detect local, interstate and international patterns in the sources and types of crime guns.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 9, 2014
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the below statement on the report released by the President's Chemical Facility Safety and Security Working Group...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 9, 2014
News Release: A Conversation with Everglades Artists. at ArtCenter/South Florida in Miami Beach. MIAMI BEACH, Florida: The Artist in Residence in the Everglades (AIRIE) program and ArtCenter/South Florida present “A Conversation with Everglades Artists" on Wednesday, June 18 (7:00 - 8:00 p.m.). The discussion will...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2014
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Francisco Samayoa Hernandez (“Samayoa"), 33, of Silver Spring, Maryland, was sentenced today to 24 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for receiving bribes in connection with his work as a tax assessor supervisor at the Arlington County Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) Select office. Samayoa also was ordered to pay approximately $21,000 in restitution to the DMV and to forfeit $11,480 in bribe payments to the government.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 9, 2014
News Release: On Tuesday, June 10 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, chaired by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), will hold a hearing entitled, “The Regulatory and Enforcement Actions of EEOC: Examining the Concerns of Stakeholders." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 9, 2014
News Release: Contact: Leonel Arguello. 707-465-7780. PARK SEEKS INPUT ON FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN. The National Park Service has prepared an environmental assessment on a proposal to manage second-growth forest stands in the Middle Fork of Lost Man Creek near Orick in northwestern Humboldt County, California. Forest...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 9, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) highlighted a letter from the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) regarding the budgetary impacts of a repatriation tax holiday. In the letter, JCT estimates a temporary tax holiday would have a negative impact of $95 billion over 10 years.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2014
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard today sentenced Joe Terry (38, Jacksonville) to eight years in federal prison for distributing cocaine base and possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2014
News Release: The Two Men Were Arrested Moments After Allegedly Taking Possession Of Firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2014
News Release: EUGENE, Ore. - On June 9, 2014, Gretchan Anderson, 43, of Portland, Oregon was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 110 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Upon her release from prison, Anderson will be on supervised release for four years.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man convicted of two counts of Assault with a Dangerous Weapon was sentenced on May 29, 2014, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2014
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz sentenced Eric Olaniyan, age 53, a Nigerian citizen residing illegally in Laurel, Maryland, today to 21 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for conspiring to commit interstate transportation of stolen vehicles. Upon...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2014
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Ramiro Suarez, 47, of Modesto, was sentenced today by United States District Judge William B. Shubb to 18 years in prison for conspiracy to manufacture, to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute marijuana, distribution of methamphetamine, possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, and being an alien in possession of a firearm, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2014
News Release: EUGENE, Ore. - On June 9, 2014, Gretchan Anderson, 43, of Portland, Oregon, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Michael McShane to 110 months in federal prison, in addition to the time she has been in custody since July of 2013, for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Upon her release from prison, Anderson will be on supervised release for four years.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2014
News Release: 1125 Chapline Street, Federal Building, Suite 3000 ● Wheeling, WV 26003.
