News from June 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, Jose A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), and Thomas Caul, Special...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON -Calvin Shaw, 24, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 107 years in prison for his role in two shootings, including one in which he opened fire on a group of unarmed teenagers and young men who were gathered for a Fourth of July neighborhood cook-out, killing one of them, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Karen L. Loeffler, announced the arrest of Joseph Keenan May, 60, on identity theft charges. May, of Eagle River and Houston, Alaska, has been wanted for capital sexual battery in Brandenton, Florida, since 1991. He has been the subject of a federal warrant charging unlawful flight...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 20, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Rep. Cory Gardner (R-CO) today announced the House of Representatives will vote next week on his bill, H.R. 6, the Domestic Prosperity and Global Freedom Act, which will help expedite approval of U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports to our allies. Gardner also announced an amendment...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 20, 2014
News Release: Due to continued extreme dry conditions as a result of the ongoing drought, the National Park Service at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area is implementing fire restrictions at the park. These restrictions will continue in place for the remainder of the summer season, until weather conditions bring precipitation with significant moisture. These restrictions are in place to prevent a wildland fire from occurring within the park’s boundary.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 20, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today responded to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler’s latest proposal regarding the Universal Service Fund’s Schools and Library and Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2014
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment yesterday against Jacquline Hoegel, 57, of Pleasant Grove, CA, charging her with making and subscribing false tax returns, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2014
News Release: 'A federal grand jury in the Western District of Texas returned separate indictments Wednesday charging.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 20, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Rep. Cory Gardner (R-CO) today announced the House of Representatives will vote next week on his bill, H.R. 6, the Domestic Prosperity and Global Freedom Act, which will help expedite approval of U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports to our allies. Gardner also announced an amendment...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2014
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ----- United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated that Alvis Damon Williams, age 27, of Sumter, was sentenced today in federal court in Columbia, South Carolina, to a term of imprisonment of 180 months in federal prison. The defendant was convicted by a federal jury on February...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 20, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today responded to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler’s latest proposal regarding the Universal Service Fund’s Schools and Library and Program.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 20, 2014
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announced that CHS Inc., Tangent, Ore., has paid $900 to settle alleged violations of the Federal Seed Act.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 20, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis today signed a policy memorandum that directs superintendents nationwide to prohibit launching, landing, or operating unmanned aircraft on lands and waters administered by the National Park Service.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2014
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Erich Clifford Mandell Ramos (27, Tampa) today pleaded guilty to production of child pornography. Mandell Ramos faces a minimum mandatory term of 15 years, up to a maximum penalty of 30 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2014
News Release: NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that Michael Thompson, 35, of New Haven, was sentenced yesterday by Senior U.S. District Judge Ellen Bree Burns in New Haven to 168 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for distributing cocaine, crack cocaine and oxycodone.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2014
News Release: United States District Court Judge Joseph F. Bataillon sentenced Mark Anthony Grant, age 22, of Winnebago, Nebraska to eight years of imprisonment for his conviction for child abuse resulting in death. Grant was further ordered to serve three years of supervised release following his release from imprisonment.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 20, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced its hearing schedule for the week of June 23, 2014. The committee will continue its 21st Century Cures initiative with a roundtable to discuss digital health care opportunities and will convene a hearing to conduct oversight of the Medicare program.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2014
News Release: LEXINGTON, KY - A federal jury has found a Lexington man guilty of receiving and possessing thousands of child pornography images.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 20, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), on Thursday evening advanced six bipartisan bills to help improve the public health. The subcommittee approved legislation addressing children’s health, Muscular Dystrophy, Lyme disease, sunscreen, and anabolic steroids.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 20, 2014
News Release: Glen Jean, West Virginia, June 19, 2014- Nature is around every corner, especially in the Bluestone River Gorge. Now that summer is officially here, explore life and history with a park ranger on a guided hike along the Bluestone River onSaturday, June 21 from 10:00 am - 11:30 am. This leisurely, river-side...
