News from May 2014
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2014
News Release: Today a federal grand jury in Milwaukee returned a two count indictment charging Paul Carter, aka Pimpin’ Paul, with sex trafficking offenses dating from 2012 through 2013, the Justice Department announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2014
News Release: BOSTON - A federal jury today convicted a Boston area man of sex trafficking a 16-year-old girl.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2014
News Release: Earlier today, federal agents arrested 20-year-old Michael Keich, of D’Hanis, TX, for manufacturing an unregistered weapon and manufacture of an explosive without a license announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.
By US DOT Newswire | May 20, 2014
News Release: The House of Representatives today overwhelmingly (412 to 4) approved bipartisan water resources reform legislation that cuts federal red tape and bureaucracy, streamlines the infrastructure project delivery process, fosters fiscal responsibility, and strengthens our water transportation networks to promote America’s competitiveness, prosperity, and economic growth.
By US DOT Newswire | May 20, 2014
News Release: Chairman Jeff Denham (R-CA). Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials. Hearing on “A Review of the Pipeline Safety, Regulatory Certainty, and Job Creation Act of 2011". May 20, 2014. Opening Statement. (Remarks as Prepared). Our hearing today will focus on the implementation of the Pipeline...
By Interior Newswire | May 20, 2014
News Release: HARKERS ISLAND, NC -- Help protect the park’s undeveloped beaches and the creatures that live there by joining the staff of Cape Lookout National Seashore on Saturday, May 31 for a beach clean-up event on the west end of Shackleford Banks.
By Commerce Newswire | May 20, 2014
News Release: When the English author Sir Francis Bacon wrote "The world's a bubble" in 1629, it's a safe bet he wasn't thinking about microfluidics. However, for a research team led by scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Bacon's words could not be truer. Since 2004, their world...
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2014
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A federal court jury in Providence today convicted Ernesto Monell, 36, of Taunton, Mass., with possession of contraband - a makeshift weapon, while incarcerated at the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility in Central Falls, R.I., announced United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha and United States Marshal Jamie A. Hainsworth.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault with Intent to Commit Murder and Assault by Strangulation.
By Commerce Newswire | May 20, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - A group of nearly a dozen House Democrats today introduced legislation to tighten restrictions on corporate tax inversions, limiting the ability of American companies to avoid U.S. taxation by combining with a smaller foreign business and moving their tax domicile overseas. The House legislation...
By Commerce Newswire | May 20, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., May 20, 2014 - Today, the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held an oversight hearing on “American Energy Jobs: Opportunities for American Manufacturing." This hearing examined the growing job opportunities in the manufacturing sector made possible by America’s energy renaissance that’s being fueled by increased energy production.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2014
News Release: Jeffrey Haydock, 57, from Watertown, Wisconsin, has been charged with three counts of bank robbery. The charges are contained in an Indictment filed on April 23, 2014, in United States District Court in Cedar Rapids.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2014
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. -United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that John Mark Phillips, 50, of Springfield, Mo., pleaded guilty Monday before U.S. District Judge S. Maurice Hicks, for failing to update his sex offender registration.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2014
News Release: Huntington, W.Va. - George Antonio Newman, 37, of Huntington, pleaded guilty today to possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced. On April 15, 2013, as part of a larger investigation of Huntington-area drug activity, agents of the Drug Enforcement...
By Commerce Newswire | May 20, 2014
News Release: This gift from science just keeps on giving. Measurements taken at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) show why a material already known to be good at separating components of natural gas also can do something trickier: help convert one chemical to another, a process called catalysis. The discovery is a rare example of a laboratory-made material easily performing a task that biology usually requires a complex series of steps to accomplish.
By Commerce Newswire | May 20, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., May 20, 2014 - Today, the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs held an oversight hearing entitled “Oil and Gas Activities within Our Nation’s National Wildlife Refuge System." This hearing highlighted the importance of oil and natural...
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Carlos Jesus Carrasco, 24, of El Paso, Texas, pled guilty today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to a methamphetamine trafficking charge under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of the state of Georgia pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of wire fraud conspiracy, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2014
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge William D. Quarles, Jr. sentenced Karl McDonald, age 30, of Baltimore, today to 151 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute crack cocaine. Judge Quarles enhanced McDonald’s sentence upon finding that he is a career offender based on two previous drug convictions.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault with a Dangerous Weapon.
