News from May 2014
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Tuesday, May 6, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven has returned an indictment charging RYAN RUSSOW, 29, of Milford...
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a McLaughlin, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault with a Dangerous Weapon and Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2014
News Release: DALLAS - Psychologist Michael Ellis Wolf, 62, of Dallas, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jorge A. Solis to 36 months in federal prison and ordered to pay approximately $1.8 million in restitution. In January 2014, Wolf pleaded guilty to one count of health care fraud stemming from his treatment of disabled federal workers and was remanded into custody at that time. U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas made today’s announcement.
By EPA Newswire | May 6, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA) today issued the following response to the administration’s release of the latest climate assessment report...
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2014
News Release: Tristram J. Coffin, the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont, stated that Kermit.
By US DOT Newswire | May 6, 2014
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, made the following statement regarding the National Academies review of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) process for chemical assessments.
By USDA Newswire | May 6, 2014
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced a change to the regulations for the Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops (TASC) program that widens the range of projects that can be funded under the program.
By Interior Newswire | May 6, 2014
News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nevada - The Clark County Board of Commissioners recognized Lake Mead National Recreation Area’s 50th anniversary and National Safe Boating Week with a proclamation presentation at the commission meeting in Las Vegas May 6.
By State Newswire | May 6, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC -U.S. Sens. Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Richard Durbin (D-IL), and Chris Coons (D-DE) wrote a letter to Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan expressing deep concern for the welfare of the women and girls kidnapped by the terrorist group Boko Haram. The Senators encourage the Nigerian government to engage with international partners to address the root causes of unrest in the country.
By Commerce Newswire | May 6, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA) today issued the following response to the administration’s release of the latest climate assessment report...
By Commerce Newswire | May 6, 2014
News Release: Subcommittees: * Energy and Commerce (113th Congress) . On Tuesday, May 6, 2014, at 3 PM, the committee will host thought leaders in the first public discussion regarding the state of biomedical innovation in the United States and what else can be done to accelerate the process of bringing new treatments...
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2014
News Release: ATLANTA - Apollo E. Nida has pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit mail, wire and bank fraud in a complex scheme spanning over four years, harming over 50 victims, and causing over $2.3 million in losses.
By US DOT Newswire | May 6, 2014
News Release: Statement of Senator Barbara Boxer Senate Finance Committee Hearing on New Routes for Funding and Financing Highways and Transit May 6, 2014 (Remarks as prepared for delivery) Thank you so much for holding this crucial hearing on the need to keep the Highway Trust Fund solvent, thus preserving 3 million ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2014
News Release: BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - A previously convicted sex offender, living in Logan County, Kentucky, was sentenced to 15 years in prison followed by a life term of Supervised Release, on Thursday, May 1, 2014, by Senior District Judge Thomas B. Russell, for violating federal child pornography laws, announced David J. Hale, United States Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky. There is no parole in the federal system.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Brandon Lawrence Jones, 36, of San Diego, Calif., and Jesus Manuel Gallegos, 42, of El Paso, Texas, were sentenced today for their federal kidnapping convictions. Jones was sentenced to 35 years in prison while Gallegos was sentenced to 30 years in prison. Each man will be on supervised release for five years after completing his prison sentence. Jones and Gallegos jointly were ordered to pay $1,990 in restitution to the victim.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2014
News Release: WILMINGTON - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announces that a federal grand jury in Wilmington, North Carolina returned a 14 count indictment charging CEDRIC SHARROD WILLIAMS, DERRICK LAMONT HANNON, HERMAN LEE COLEY, III, MARY SHANTA ELLIS, JERRY KEITH PITTMAN, JR., JOSEPH LAMAR NORRIS, and ALONZO...
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2014
News Release: Departamento de Justicia. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Eastern District of California. PARA DIVULGACION INMEDIATA. Lunes, 5 de mayo de 2014. FRESNO, California. - Se reveló hoy una segunda acusación sustitutiva añadiendo 19 cargos incluyendo conspiración de delincuencia organizada e intento de asesinato contra...
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2014
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska-U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today, that on Thursday, May 1, 2014, after a short trial, and deliberating for under 3 hours, a jury of 10 women and 2 men, found Etienne Devoe, of Fairbanks, Alaska, guilty of possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2014
News Release: As announced last month, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law will hold an oversight hearing on the proposed Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger at 9: 0 a.m. on Thursday, May 8th. The hearing is titled “Competition in the Video and Broadband Markets: the Proposed ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2014
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury has indicted Laiton Blake Witkowski, age 41, of Stockton, Maryland, on charges of production, distribution and possession of child pornography. The indictment was returned on May 1, 2014. Witkowski is scheduled to have his initial appearance today at 1:00 p.m. in U.S. District Court in Baltimore.
