News from October 2014
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 17, 2014
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2014
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George L. Russell III sentenced Kevin Gerard Wyche, age 27, of Baltimore, today to 10 years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for possession with intent to distribute cocaine.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 17, 2014
News Release: Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument fire managers are planning to conduct prescribed burning near Mount Dellenbaugh in late October if weather and fuel conditions allow. Preparation, ignition and monitoring of the higher elevation burns (Green Springs North - 741 acres; Yellow John West - 220 acres on NPS and 100 acres on BLM; Horse Valley Meadow - 211 acres) are expected to begin on October 21 and continue through October 28.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2014
News Release: Memphis, TN - Sue M. Winfrey, age 58, of Memphis, TN, was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury on charges of wire fraud, announced Edward L. Stanton III, United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 17, 2014
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture is seeking nominations for an alternate member seat on the National Peanut Board. Applications are due Nov. 28, 2014.
By State Newswire | Oct 17, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on President Obama’s appointment of Ron Klain as Ebola Response Coordinator and other shortcomings in the response to the outbreak.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2014
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Damon Graham, 34, formerly of Narragansett, was sentenced today to 186 months in federal prison for trafficking cocaine and crack cocaine, and for being a felon in possession of firearms. His wife, Ashley Sekator-Graham, 31, was sentenced on Aug. 14, 2014, to 48 months in federal prison for her role in the trafficking of cocaine and crack cocaine in South Kingstown and Narragansett.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2014
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that STACEY JACKSON, age 47, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced today for her role in a conspiracy to steal federal funds and demand kickbacks from a program receiving federal funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2014
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Philip R. Bartlett, Inspector in Charge, United States Postal Inspection Service (“USPIS"), and James J. Hunt, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA"), New York Division, announced today that...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger today announced the guilty plea of DONTRE D’SEAN MCHENRY, a/k/a “Dontre Sean McHenry," a/k/a “Avon," a/k/a “Rico," 25, for recruiting and sex trafficking teenage girls throughout Minnesota. MCHENRY pleaded guilty today to sex trafficking of a minor before Judge David S. Doty in United States District Court in Minneapolis. The defendant is expected to be sentenced at a future court appearance.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 17, 2014
News Release: When studying extremely fast reactions in ultrathin materials, two measurements are better than one. A new research tool invented by researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Johns Hopkins University and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) captures information about both temperature and crystal structure during extremely fast reactions in thin-film materials.*
By EPA Newswire | Oct 17, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today released documents obtained in its investigation of the ongoing Ebola outbreak. The documents were submitted to the committee by Texas Health Resources. One outlines the preparedness timeline from Aug. 1, 2014, through Sept. 24, 2014, and the other document details the sequence of events at Thomas Duncan’s first visit to the Emergency Department on Sept. 25, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Utah. Friday, Oct. 17, 2014. Ordered To Pay Restitution Of $2,739,501.17 To Victims. SALT LAKE CITY - James Ronald Donahoo, II, age 36, of Pleasant Grove, who pled guilty to wire fraud, money laundering, and failure to file a tax return in June...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 17, 2014
News Release: Roughly one-half mile of the Endovalley Road has reopened to vehicles in Rocky Mountain National Park. This area, along with Old Fall River Road, suffered extensive damages during last year's flood. Currently, there is no trail access in the Alluvial Fan area from either the east or west parking areas...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2014
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La.- United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley advises the public today of the U.S. Attorney’s Office’s role during the upcoming November 4, 2014 and December 6, 2014 primary and general elections.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 17, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA) issued the following statements regarding the president’s naming of Ron Klain as the Ebola Response Coordinator, commonly referred to as “Ebola czar."
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2014
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Jeffrey Roger Richter, a former resident of Grandville, Michigan, was sentenced to 30 months imprisonment followed by one year of supervised release for filing a false and fraudulent U.S. income tax return with the IRS, U.S. Attorney Patrick Miles announced today. In addition to the prison term, U.S. District Judge Robert Holmes Bell ordered Richter to pay $882,655.00 in restitution to the IRS. Richter pleaded guilty before Judge Bell on May 29, 2014.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 17, 2014
News Release: House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and Economic Growth, Job Creation and Regulatory Affairs Subcommittee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio yesterday requested information from Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen and Comptroller of the Currency Thomas Curry on the...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney James L. Santelle announced that United States Marshals have arrested Randy Mark Yager, aka “Mad" (age: 58), in Mexico. In 1997, Yager fled after he was indicted in the Eastern District of Wisconsin. Yager was the ATF's Most Wanted Fugitive in 1997, and was placed on the United States Marshals 15 Most Wanted list in 2004.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Friday, Oct. 17, 2014. Follow @SDILNews. An East St. Louis man, convicted of possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver, was sentenced to 130 months in federal prison on Oct. 17, 2014, the United States...
