News from June 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2014
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The United States filed a civil forfeiture complaint today seeking to forfeit $1,742,289, previously seized from cellular phone wholesale company Cellular Next LLC, which allegedly represents narcotics proceeds laundered through the Black Market Peso (BMPE), U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 23, 2014
News Release: Glen Jean, West Virginia, June 22, 2014- National parks are exciting places to find adventure, especially when you explore the area's rich stories of history or see what nature has to offer. Lucky for us, we have many public parks in the area. Ranger-guided walks in New River Gorge National River and...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2014
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Mercer County, N.J., man today admitted his role in the March 2013 robbery of a commercial establishment, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2014
News Release: Buffalo, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Jay Chapman, 47, of Spencerport, N.Y., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer, to filing a false income tax return. The charge carries a maximum penalty of three years in prison, a $100,000 fine or both.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 23, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the statement on the U.S. Supreme Court's decision affirming the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) authority to set carbon pollution standards for major industrial sources, including power plants.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2014
News Release: Two senior members of the Los Zetas Cartel operating in Piedras Negras, Mexico, face up to life in federal prison after a jury convicted them of smuggling thousands of kilograms of marijuana and hundreds of assault rifles announced Robert Pitman, United States Attorney; Janice Ayala, Homeland Security...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 23, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today continued its work to advance energy efficiency and an “all-of-the-above" energy strategy. The House approved a series of bills to increase energy and cost savings for federal agencies and schools and support the production and use of hydropower.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 23, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY) today responded to the Supreme Court’s ruling related to EPA’s regulation of greenhouse gases.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 23, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY) today responded to the Supreme Court’s ruling related to EPA’s regulation of greenhouse gases.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2014
News Release: Buffalo, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Walter Heinrich Weiss, 61, of Niagara Falls, N.Y., who was convicted of conspiring to make a false statement in a HUD transaction, was sentenced to one year of probation by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 23, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today continued its work to advance energy efficiency and an “all-of-the-above" energy strategy. The House approved a series of bills to increase energy and cost savings for federal agencies and schools and support the production and use of hydropower.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 23, 2014
Release: Ranking Member Peterson spoke in support of H.R. 4413, The Customer Protection and End-User Relief Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2014
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that the former treasurer of both the Wellington Napoleon Fire Protection District and Special Road District was sentenced in federal court today for a fraud scheme in which he embezzled more than $1.5 million from the two districts.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2014
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - Rockie Morse, 40, of Sweet Home, Oregon, was indicted today for distribution of heroin that resulted in death. Also indicted, Tammy Tongate, alleged to be the Portland area source of supply, made her initial appearance in court last week. The federal charges were brought after an investigation...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 23, 2014
News Release: Committee announces subpoena after White House Counsel’s office declines to make attorney who supervised IRS’s response to congressional inquiry available for testimony
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2014
News Release: Spokane - Today, Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Senior United States District Court Judge William Fremming Nielsen sentenced Steven Ray St. Peter, age 22, to 180 months imprisonment for abusive sexual contact occurring on June 12, 2012. St. Peter will be under court supervision for 60 months after he is released from federal prison.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 23, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, applauded White House actions announced today to support working families. Among the actions taken is a Presidential Memorandum directing federal agencies to implement flexible...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 23, 2014
Release: Two years ago this month, the United States and the European Union (EU) implemented an organic equivalence arrangement, meaning products that are certified as organic in the U.S. can also be sold as organic in the EU, and vice versa. This arrangement broke down many of the barriers that organic producers...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Anne M. Tompkins Western District Of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2014
News Release: For Prostituting Girlfriend, Who He Physically Abused.
