News from June 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2014
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Erick Estrada Reyes, 31, of Guatemala, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to distribute pseudoephedrine for unlawful importation into the United States and to aiding and abetting the manufacture of methamphetamine.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 6, 2014
News Release: VAN BUREN, MO:Superintendent Bill Black announced today that the preservation work on Alley Mill has been progressing well and is ahead of schedule. If there are no unforeseen delays in the next couple of weeks, Ozark National Scenic Riverways tentatively plans to open Alley Mill on weekends in July...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Friday, June 6, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that GUITANA JONES, 42, formerly of Waterbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Kingsley Onumbu, age 53 of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced after pleading guilty to Social Security fraud. The Honorable Joseph F. Bataillon sentenced Onumbu to time served and a 1 year term of supervised release.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 6, 2014
News Release: Today, U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, sent a letter to the Honorable Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany, in which he commends Germany's efforts to lift its ban on hydraulic fracturing, and warns of environmental activist attacks. Vitter ...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 6, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today released the following statement in response to a report released by a federal, interagency Working Group tasked with making recommendations to improve chemical facility safety and security. The Working Group was formed as a result of an Executive Order from President Obama.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2014
News Release: Hogsett continues aggressive fight against illegal firearm possession to protect Hoosiers.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 6, 2014
News Release: Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, the home of Theodore Roosevelt in Oyster Bay, Long Island, will present special weekend programs throughout the summer. Programs will include live music, arts and crafts, history and a Rough Rider cavalry demonstration. While the Theodore Roosevelt Home rehabilitation...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 6, 2014
News Release: FARMINGTON, Pa., The Friends of Fort Necessity have announced the program for the 2014 Lecture Series. The June lecture will be a presentation by public historian Sarah E. Reedy titled, "More than a Fashion Magazine: Feminism in Godey's Lady's Book," and will focus on the development of the Lady's Book...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 6, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced its hearing and vote schedule for the week of June 9. The committee will vote on several bills in the energy and health sectors, continue its 21st Century Cures initiative with a discussion of incentives for drug and device development, examine media ownership as it continues to evolve, and discuss how the president’s health care law limits access to doctors and prescription drugs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2014
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - Yesterday in federal court, a 38-year-old Claremont man was sentenced for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine and illegal firearms possession. United States District Court Judge Richard H. Kyle sentenced Clancy Shane Amy to 78 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Central Feeders, Inc. a Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) located near Overton in Dawson County, Nebraska, has entered a plea of guilty and has been sentenced for a misdemeanor violation of the Clean Water Act. The plea and sentencing occurred...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2014
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Husband and wife Shannon and Yvette Johnson, ages 50 and 52, respectively, of Laytonsville, Maryland, and Corona, California, pleaded guilty to charges in connection with a fraudulent advance fee scheme and tax evasion. Yvette’s guilty plea was today and Shannon pleaded guilty on June 2, 2014.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 6, 2014
News Release: If there's anything we learned from last month, it's that we don't always need April showers to bring May flowers, especially when there is little to no snow remaining on the ground. The dry spell that began in February continued through April with little precipitation recorded at the Seward airport.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2014
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Mirwaiss Aminzada, 44, of Montreal, Quebec, and Dubai, United Arab (UAE), was sentenced today to 15 months in prison, 1 year of supervised release and to pay restitution of $586,798. On Dec. 19, 2013, Aminzada pleaded guilty to introducing misbranded drugs into the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Pittsburgh resident pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of theft of government property, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2014
News Release: Hammond, Indiana - The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in Federal Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2014
News Release: Gennaro Miele And Three Others Admit To Participating In.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 6, 2014
News Release: After requesting federal assistance to address the deadly porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv), Senator Kay Hagan (NC) and Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow (MI) today applauded U.S Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack’s plan to dedicate $26.2 million to combat this disease that is devastating ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2014
News Release: HOUSTON - Lenyn Acosta, 33, and three others have been ordered to prison for their roles in a conspiracy to transport or harbor aliens illegally present in the country, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Mexican National Acosta pleaded guilty to conspiracy to transport aliens as did Debora Baldizon, 37, of Nicaragua, and Maurisio Hernandez-Chinchilla, 32, and Franklin Gutieres, 33, both of Honduras.
