News from June 2014

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2014
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment today against Tryvell Powell, 33, of Fresno, charging him with sex trafficking of a minor, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2014
News Release: Officer Assigned To Harlem Precinct Committed Armed Robberies While On Duty And In Uniform In Queens, The Bronx, And Manhattan.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 19, 2014
News Release: August 14th, 7:00 p.m. The Shenandoah Valley's Role in U.S. Grant's 1864 Strategy. Dr. Joseph Whitehorne, historian and author. Location: Middletown Town Office, 7875 Church Street, Middletown, VA 22645. August 29th, 7:00 p.m. Life Between the Lines: Civilian Experiences in Warren County, Virginia...

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2014
News Release: Philip L. Martin, 54, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, was sentenced by Chief Federal District Court Judge Nancy D. Freudenthal on June 16, 2014, on one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute at least 6.58 kilograms of methamphetamine; one count of possession of a firearm in ...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 19, 2014
News Release: WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK, SD - Rangers at Wind Cave National Park will be offering a variety of interpretive programs this summer. Thirty tours a day will be offered through the world's sixth-longest cave each day beginning at 8:40 a.m. with the last tour entering the cave at 6 p.m. In addition, there will be tours of the Sanson Buffalo Jump on Saturdays and a bird walk on Mondays from June 21 to August 2.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that United States District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion has sentenced Jose Montalban, age 42, to 15 years’ imprisonment for assaulting a correctional officer and inflicting bodily injury. On Feb. 12, 2014...

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2014
News Release: SAN JOSE - A federal grand jury indicted Skylar Ariel Phoenix a/k/a “Karin Marie West," Lissa Michele Phoenix a/k/a “Lisa Beckwith," and Dana Ann Wilkey yesterday with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud and aiding and abetting, and false statements to government agents, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and FBI Special Agent in Charge David Johnson.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2014
News Release: “The following named individuals have been charged with a federal crime or crimes by the return of an indictment by the Grand Jury. A grand jury Indictment does not constitute evidence of guilt. A grand jury Indictment is a method of bringing formal charges against the defendant. A defendant is presumed...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 19, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and Science, Space, and Technology Committee Chairman Lamar Smith, R-Texas, today released a joint staff report titled, Whistleblower Reprisal and Management Failures at the U.S. Chemical Safety Board, in conjunction with this morning’s Oversight Committee hearing at 10:00 a.m.:
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2014
News Release: “The following named individuals have been charged with a federal crime or crimes by the return of an indictment by the Grand Jury. A grand jury Indictment does not constitute evidence of guilt. A grand jury Indictment is a method of bringing formal charges against the defendant. A defendant is presumed...
By State Newswire | Jun 19, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Representative Eliot L. Engel, the leading Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today issued the following statement about President Obama’s remarks on the crisis in Iraq...

By DOE Newswire | Jun 19, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today encouraged the Obama administration to expedite its process for approving liquefied natural gas (LNG) export licenses to take advantage of the abundance of U.S. energy for the economic and security benefits of the nation.

By DOE Newswire | Jun 19, 2014
News Release: Upcoming Webinars. June 24: Live Webinar on Hydrogen Fueling for Current and Anticipated Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles. Webinar Sponsor: Fuel Cell Technologies Office. The Energy Department will present a live webinar titled "Hydrogen Fueling for Current and Anticipated Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles" on...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2014
News Release: Previously Dubbed "T Shirt Bandit," Defendant Committed Four Bank Robberies After Serving Federal Prison Sentence for 18 Bank Robberies Committed in 2006.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Farrell, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of criminal contempt, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 19, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA) responded to today’s reports that scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta were exposed to live anthrax. The committee has been active in conducting oversight of safety lapses at CDC’s bioterror lab.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 19, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Department of Health and Human Services this week responded to a recent letter from House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Jeff Sessions (R-AL) regarding the department’s legal authority to issue payments under the...

By US DOT Newswire | Jun 19, 2014
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, along with all EPW Republican Senators sent a letter to EPW Chairman Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), requesting a Committee hearing, with federal witnesses, to examine the impacts of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) recently proposed regulations on carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants that is part of the President's Climate Action Plan.

By Interior Newswire | Jun 19, 2014
News Release: FARMINGTON, Pa. - The National Park Service will host the Seneca Nation of Indians during a weekend of cultural heritage programs at Fort Necessity National Battlefield on Saturday and Sunday, June 28 and 29. The delegation of the Seneca Nation of Indians, including the nation's Chief of Staff, Maurice John will be officially received and welcomed at a ceremony at 1:00 p.m. Saturday.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced the federal Grand Jury for the District of Nebraska has returned 29 indictments charging 33 defendants. Indictments are charging documents that contain one or more individual counts that are merely accusations, and every defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.