News from May 2014
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2014
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Andrew Wright, 44, a citizen of Jamaica, was sentenced to four consecutive life terms, plus five years, by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa for participating in a large, multistate marijuana distribution conspiracy and murdering three men in furtherance of that conspiracy in the Town of Greece in March, 2010.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2014
News Release: Defendant Had Sexual Contact With 14-Year-Old Girl.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Edward Albert Marquez, 68, the manager and operator of Club Tropicana in Espanola, N.M., pleaded guilty this morning to violating the federal tax laws.
By US DOT Newswire | May 2, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Nick J. Rahall (D-WV), the Ranking Member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following statement today on the passing of Jim Oberstar, former Minnesota Congressman and Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee...
By Commerce Newswire | May 2, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., announced the issuance of a subpoena for testimony to Secretary of State John Kerry. The subpoena requires Secretary Kerry to appear before the Committee to answer questions at a public hearing on May 21, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2014
News Release: St. Louis, MO - DAVID SHEN was indicted on charges involving unauthorized access to protected financial information. The indictment was returned April 23, but remained sealed until Mr. Shen surrendered to authorities earlier today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2014
News Release: Faces Mandatory Minimum Five Year Prison Sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2014
News Release: THEME: AMERICAN DEMOCRACY AND THE RULE OF LAW: WHY EVERY VOTE MATTERS.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Noah John Carney, 20, of Phoenix, Ariz., entered a guilty plea this morning in Las Cruces federal court to attempting to induce a minor to produce child pornography. Under the terms of the plea agreement, Carney will be sentenced to ten years in federal prison followed by ten years of supervised release. Carney also will be required to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2014
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that today in federal court, before United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle, HOMER LEWIS BLACKBURN, 27, of Atlantic Beach, North Carolina, entered a guilty plea to making false distress calls to the United States Coast Guard.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2014
News Release: Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announced that Mark C. Simpson, 51, of Lake Park, Georgia, and Stuart C. Cole, age 59, of St. Petersburg Beach, Florida, were sentenced on May 1, 2014 for conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud and conspiracy to commit...
By EPA Newswire | May 2, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced its hearing schedule for the week of May 5, 2014. The committee will hold a roundtable discussion on biomedical innovation, review the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s FY 2015 budget, and examine Obamacare enrollment.
By DOL Newswire | May 2, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement today applauding the Obama Administration’s move to ensure that health insurers cover a range evidence-based tobacco cessation services, as required by the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2014
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a former Liberty, Mo., man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for a $6.2 million series of investment fraud schemes.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2014
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Melvin Barber Bridgers, III (34, Tarpon Springs) has been charged in a criminal complaint with production, receipt, distribution, and possession of child pornography. If convicted, he faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years...
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2014
News Release: South Bend, Indiana - The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in Federal Court.
By US DOT Newswire | May 2, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- In a letter sent today to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, and Senators Edward J. Markey (D-MA), and Bernard Sanders (I-VT), Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) called on the agency to stop issuing exemptions for emergency response regulations to decommissioning nuclear reactors which house spent nuclear fuel.
By DOE Newswire | May 2, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced its hearing schedule for the week of May 5, 2014. The committee will hold a roundtable discussion on biomedical innovation, review the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s FY 2015 budget, and examine Obamacare enrollment.
By Interior Newswire | May 2, 2014
News Release: The public is invited to join park staff in June for two free butterfly programs at Congaree National Park. Sponsored by the park's Old-Growth Bottomland Forest Research and Education Center, the programs are coordinated in partnership with the Carolina Butterfly Society and the North American Butterfly Association (NABA).The upcoming programs engage citizen scientist volunteers to help identify and count butterflies in the park.
By Interior Newswire | May 2, 2014
News Release: Yosemite National Park advises visitors that the use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (Drones) are prohibited within park boundaries due to regulations outlined in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). Specifically, the use of drones within the park boundaries is illegal under all circumstances. Thirty...
