News from June 2014
By DOL Newswire | Jun 18, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Today, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, along with eight Senate Democrats, introduced legislation to restore overtime protections for low- and mid-wage salaried workers. The Restoring Overtime Pay for Working Americans...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 18, 2014
News Release: HONG KONG - The director of a property development company, wanted by the Hong Kong Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) for allegedly offering bribes to a bank officer and laundering crime proceeds, has been extradited from the United States to Hong Kong to face trial. He arrived in Hong Kong Thursday. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) assisted with the investigation that led to the extradition.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An alien found in Pittsburgh has been indicted by a federal grand jury on a charge of possession of a fraudulent alien document, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 18, 2014
News Release: Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park continues its tradition of sharing Hawaiian culture and After Dark in the Park programs with the community and visitors in July. All programs are free, but park entrance fees may apply. Programs are co-sponsored by the Hawai'i Pacific Parks Association. Mark the calendar for these upcoming events.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 18, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to a letter sent to the Committee from Rep. Henry A. Waxman, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, describing his investigation of management challenges at the Chemical Safety Board and making specific recommendations for reform...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 18, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today urged Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, R-Nev., to quickly bring to the floor legislation passed by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee approving the Keystone XL pipeline project.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District Pennsylvania announced today that Brandon Dawson, age 29 of York pleaded not guilty today before United States Magistrate Judge Susan E. Schwab in federal court in Harrisburg. A federal grand jury indicted Dawson for distributing heroin and marijuana and possession of firearms on June 11, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2014
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - James P. Kleier was sentenced today to serve 12-months in custody for his failure to file tax returns for 2008-2010, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, Special Agent in Charge José M. Martinez.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2014
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced Denise W. Wearing, age 37, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, today to seven years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft in connection with a scheme to...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2014
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-Recently in federal court, a jury found a Minneapolis man guilty of smuggling guns to Nigeria and lying on required federal firearms purchase records. Sheriff Olaleran Mohammed, 51, a naturalized U.S. citizen currently living in Brooklyn Park, was convicted on Monday of one count of Smuggling ...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 18, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today voted against appointing Norman Bay to be the next chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Murkowski said Bay lacks the experience and the background in energy policy to lead the independent regulatory agency.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2014
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ----- United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that Michael Todd Parker (37) of Cherokee County, South Carolina, pled guilty to one count of violating 18 U.S.C. § 666. Parker is a former deputy sheriff of the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office (“CCSO"). Between 2010 and...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2014
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - Federal charges were filed Tuesday against twin brothers accused of a robbery in Topeka, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 18, 2014
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) is starting to prepare a Contaminated Mine Drainage Mitigation and Treatment System Draft Environmental Impact Statement. The purpose of this project is to address contaminated mine drainage at nine sites within the Kentucky portion of the park and to create a programmatic...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 18, 2014
News Release: On Saturday June 28, join Rocky Mountain National Park staff and Estes Land Stewardship Association (ELSA) from 8 a.m. to noon to help pull exotic plants and learn more about noxious weeds. Meet at the corner of High Drive and Columbine Drive to sign in and test your skills in weed identification. Tools and water will be provided. Last year almost thirty people participated to tackle, dig, and pull noxious weeds!.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2014
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Luom Van Ngo, 44, of Diamondhead, Mississippi, was sentenced on June 17, 2014, to three years in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for oil spill fraud, U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis announced today. Ngo was also ordered by U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola to pay a $6,000 fine and $18,575.00 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Randy S. Mays, Sr., 58, of Rochester, N.Y., the former president and sole owner of Lynx Machine Tool Corporation, will pay $70,405 to the United States to resolve civil claims brought against him by the United States under the False Claims Act. The settlement represents a compromise of disputed claims and is not an admission of liability by Mays.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2014
News Release: Charleston, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that Donald Covington, 44, of Dunbar, West Virginia entered a guilty plea to distribution of heroin on Tuesday, June 17, 2014. On December 5, 2013, detectives with the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Department STOP team used a confidential...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2014
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-Recently in federal court, a 37-year-old Duluth felon was sentenced for possessing a nine-millimeter pistol and a.357-caliber revolver. On June 10, 2014, United States District Court Judge Paul A. Magnuson sentenced Ronald Paris Riles to 120 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2014
News Release: A man who possessed child pornography was sentenced today to over twelve years in federal prison.
