News from May 2014
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2014
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - - United States Attorney Pamela C. Marsh announced that Ricky L. Blankenship, age 43, of Pensacola, was sentenced today on federal charges related to a multi-year conspiracy to distribute cocaine throughout Pensacola, Florida.
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2014
News Release: A large, fast-moving northwest swell will enter the region Wednesday morning May 13 and build into the evening hours. This large, fast-moving swell will result in an increased threat for rip currents and sneaker waves along most of the beaches at Point Reyes National Seashore, especially, but not limited to, Point Reyes Beach North, Point Reyes Beach South, Kehoe Beach, and McClures Beach.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Ohio. Tuesday, May 13, 2014. CONTACT: Fred Alverson. Public Affairs Officer. COLUMBUS, OHIO - Weston Henri Moquin, 29, of Athens, Ohio was sentenced in U.S. District Court to serve 15 months in prison, followed by two years of supervised...
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2014
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the filing of an information charging Angel William Quinones (34, Largo) with conspiracy to import MDMA, a/k/a Ecstasy or “Molly," into the United States. A plea agreement was also filed in United States District Court in Tampa. Quinones faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison.
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2014
News Release: Chattanooga, TN: The National Park Service and the Friends of Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park are pleased to announce the unveiling of the newly restored Ohio State Monument on Missionary Ridge. Restored through a partnership with twenty-six 5th grade students from Waggoner Road Middle School in Reynoldsburg, Ohio, the monument will be unveiled on Saturday, May 17, 2014 at 11 am at the Ohio Reservation, South Crest Road, Missionary Ridge.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2014
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury has indicted Aaron Keith Howard, age 52, of Brooklyn, Maryland, and Roland Michael Muir, age 57, of Glen Burnie, Maryland, on charges of conspiring to steal, and theft of, aluminum carts from the U.S. Postal Service. The indictment was returned on May 6, 2014. Muir was arrested today. Howard was previously arrested, detained in federal custody and pleaded not guilty at his arraignment on May 9th.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul announced today the final conviction relating to the four year investigation and prosecution involving the asbestos abatement project at Kensington Towers. The announcement came as the ninth defendant, former New York State Department of Labor inspector...
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Fort Thompson, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Domestic Assault by a Habitual Offender, Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, and Robbery.
By DOE Newswire | May 13, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican leaders today wrote to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler regarding the commission’s consideration of reclassifying broadband Internet as a common carrier telecommunications service under Title II of the Communications...
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2014
News Release: BROOKLYN, NY - Earlier today, an indictment was unsealed charging Chikwere Onyekwere and Uchechi Onyekwere, registered owners and officers of purported durable medical equipment (“DME") companies located in Brooklyn, New York, with executing a scheme to submit over $13 million in fraudulent claims to...
By Commerce Newswire | May 13, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - In a speech on the Senate floor today, Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) called on Congress to address inversions by creating an internationally competitive tax code that would make the United States a more desirable location to headquarter one’s business. Hatch also highlighted how the punitive taxes in the President’s own signature health care law, Obamacare, have caused medical device companies to move overseas.
By EPA Newswire | May 13, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican leaders today wrote to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler regarding the commission’s consideration of reclassifying broadband Internet as a common carrier telecommunications service under Title II of the Communications...
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2014
News Release: The annual spring opening of the Moose-Wilson Road for vehicle access has arrived, and this quaint country road within Grand Teton National Park is now open for the 2014 travel season. A brief travel closure on the unpaved section of this road will be in place for about 48 hours, beginning 4 a.m. on Tuesday, May 20 to accommodate a dust abatement application. The road will reopen by 8 a.m. Thursday, May 22.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2014
News Release: Defendant ordered to pay over $400,000 in restitution to more than 50 victims.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Ridgeview, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person was sentenced on May 12, 2014, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By Homeland Newswire | May 13, 2014
News Release: SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and El Salvador's Civilian National Police (PNC) signed a memorandum of cooperation (MOC) Wednesday to enhance their ability to share immigration and criminal history record information concerning Salvadoran nationals who are being repatriated from the United States.
By US DOT Newswire | May 13, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA) introduced three bills today aimed at improving the safety and security of decommissioning reactors and the storage of spent nuclear fuel at nuclear plants across the nation.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2014
News Release: Huntington, W.Va. - A Detroit man who conspired with others to distribute heroin, cocaine base and oxycodone in Huntington, West Virginia pleaded guilty today to a federal drug charge, announced U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin. Cecil Rice, 34, pleaded guilty in federal court in Huntington to possession with intent to distribute heroin.
By Interior Newswire | May 12, 2014
News Release: Great Smoky Mountains National Park Ranger Brad Griest and Townsend Fire Department Volunteer Firefighter Christopher Scarbrough were recognized in Washington DC on May 8, 2014 by Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell for their heroic actions that saved the life of a motorist.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2014
News Release: Contact: Public Information Officer. Number: (313) 234-4310. MAY (DETROIT) - Three individuals from metro-Detroit were convicted of violating various federal drug laws in a massive drug ring that trafficked hundreds of kilograms of heroin and cocaine, and thousands of pounds of marijuana...
