News from November 2014
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 20, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) confirmed that marketplace enrollment totals provided to Congress were 400,000 less than previously provided...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2014
News Release: DES MOINES, IA - On Nov. 17, 2014, Joshua Parsons, of Des Moines, Iowa, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge James E. Gritzner to 18 years in prison for manufacturing child pornography, announced U. S. Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt. Parsons was also sentenced to a lifetime of supervised release.
By State Newswire | Nov 20, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee, chaired by U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), unanimously passed eight foreign affairs measures, including a resolution condemning Russia’s aggression against its neighbors and legislation to improve the Rewards for Justice program, and to combat Ebola in West Africa.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 20, 2014
News Release: In recognition of their exceptional work to enhance public appreciation of our public lands, two Bureau of Land Management (BLM) employees were honored with the BLM's "Excellence in Interpretation or Education" Awards.The awards are given annually to outstanding BLM interpreters and educators who conduct...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2014
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz.- On Nov. 17, 2014, Luis Humberto Contreras-Figueroa, 45, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Jose A. Sototo 10 years in prison and placed on 5 years of federal supervision following his sentence. Contreras-Figueroa pleaded guilty on Aug. 29, 2014, to one count of conspiracy to commit hostage-taking.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 20, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - This evening, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the following reaction to President Obama’s executive action on immigration...
By USDA Newswire | Nov 20, 2014
News Release: Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today issued the below statement following Senate confirmation of Jon Holladay as U.S. Department of Agriculture Chief Financial Officer and Lisa Mensah as U.S. Department of Agriculture Under Secretary for Rural Development. Both will play a critical role in helping to lead the efforts to secure the future of agriculture.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2014
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. -Oneal Damar Hamilton, 36, of Los Angeles, pleaded guilty today to access device fraud, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2014
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a 32-count indictment today against Jennifer Crystal Downing, 39, of Fresno, charging her with 16 counts of first degree burglary and 16 counts of theft, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 20, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH) today introduced legislation to help protect drinking water from harmful algae blooms known as cyanotoxins. Latta authored the legislation in response to Toledo, Ohio’s August water emergency caused by the increased presence of harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2014
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr. yesterday sentenced Marco Maurice Heath (36, DeLeon Springs) to 15 years in federal prison for being a felon in possession of firearms. The Court also ordered Heath to forfeit five firearms that he had illegally possessed. Heath was found guilty during a bench trial before Judge Dalton on Aug. 19, 2014. He was originally indicted on May 7, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2014
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - Senior U.S. District Court Judge Robert E. Jones yesterday sentenced Ben Allen Riggs, 64, of Oregon City, to serve 24 months in federal prison. Riggs is the first “john" to be prosecuted in the District of Oregon for violating federal sex trafficking laws.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 20, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today applauded the United States Senate’s swift action to approve bipartisan legislation that ensures 1.5 million satellite television subscribers continue to receive broadcast programming and makes a number of changes to...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 20, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today applauded the United States Senate’s swift action to approve bipartisan legislation that ensures 1.5 million satellite television subscribers continue to receive broadcast programming and makes a number of changes to...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2014
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Darrius Carr, age 22, of Severn, pleaded guilty late on Nov. 19, 2014, to producing child pornography arising from his sexual assault of a toddler on March 7 and 11, 2014.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 20, 2014
News Release: Gateway National Recreation Area is proposing to increase camping and parking fees in the park. Camping fees at all three units would increase from $20 to $30 for the 2015 season. Parking fees would increase at both Sandy Hook and Riis Beach in 2017. This would be Gateway's first parking fee increase since 2012, and the first increase in camping fees since the park's camping program began.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 20, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives today voted to strengthen American manufacturing and create jobs by passing H.R. 4795, the Promoting New Manufacturing Act. This commonsense solution, authored by House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA), will help make America’s manufacturing renaissance...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2014
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that DARRELL HARLAND, age 32, of Hammond, Louisiana, was sentenced today for stolen identity refund fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, announced today that a felony criminal information charging Michaelina Chivers, nee Vaughan, age 69, of Peckville, Pennsylvania, was filed in the United States District Court in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2014
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that LYLE RUGGLES, age 23, of Belle Chase, pled guilty today to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methylone.
