News from September 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2014
News Release: On Sept. 19, 2014, an Indictment was unsealed charging William Nathan Chandler, age 38 of Lincoln, with conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing methamphetamine between about Jan. 1, 2012, and April 4, 2014. The charge...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2014
News Release: CINCINNATI - Timothy Lawrence Andriot, 39, of Madeira, Ohio was sentenced to 25 years imprisonment in U.S. District Court for two counts of production of child pornography. Andriot was also sentenced to lifetime supervised release.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 19, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Senate on Thursday passed the “Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation Act of 2014 (IMPACT Act)," bipartisan legislation that will strengthen and improve post-acute care for Medicare beneficiaries while bringing about more accountable, quality-driven benefits to patients. The House passed the bill on Tuesday.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2014
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Robert Merritt, 34, of Philadelphia, was sentenced today to life in prison for his role in the October 2004 firebombing that killed members of a federal witness’s family on the orders of drug kingpin Kaboni Savage. On May 13, 2013, a federal jury found Merritt guilty of conspiracy to participate...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 19, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The Co-chairs of the Senate Climate Action Task Force, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), spearheaded a letter signed by 26 Senators offering support for the People's Climate March. The March, which is expected to be one of the largest demonstrations about climate change in history, is taking place in New York City this weekend.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2014
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge William D. Quarles, Jr. sentenced Marcus Smith, age 21, of Aberdeen, Maryland, on Sept. 18, 2014, to 12 years in prison followed by 25 years of supervised release for possessing child pornography and two counts of abusive sexual contact. Judge Quarles ordered...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2014
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - James Link, 57, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 35 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release for two counts of brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2014
News Release: Over Ten Years Stole Relative’s Tax Payments Totaling More Than $1 Million.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 19, 2014
News Release: Today marks six years since the application to build the job-creating Keystone XL pipeline was first submitted. For the past six years, the project has been extensively studied and debated, but President Obama has yet to make a decision on whether or not to approve the Presidential Permit needed to allow...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2014
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Tayron Tyree Weeks, 24, of Alexandria, pleaded guilty yesterday to engaging in the sex trafficking of a child.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 19, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Last night, the Senate unanimously approved a measure (S.1691) that would save taxpayers almost $80 million a year while enhancing the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) ability to secure our borders and respond to the growing threat posed by cyber attacks. Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.) released the following statements highlighting the legislation’s passage...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 19, 2014
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management will continue processing the application to locate the proposed Gateway West transmission line on public lands in southwestern Idaho with a supplemental environmental impact statement (EIS). The supplemental EIS will focus on new information contained in the revised right...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 19, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Today, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) released the following statement on legislation they introduced this week that would crack down on worthless degrees peddled by unscrupulous...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2014
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Kevin Robinson, age 53, of Washington, D.C., pleaded guilty today to transporting a minor to engage in sex.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2014
News Release: U.S. Attorney Christopher A. Crofts announced today that Nunn, Colorado resident David PUHL has been convicted in federal court. Puhl was charged in an Indictment on May 21, 2014, for violating 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 and 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(B), conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2014
News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and DEA Assistant Special Agent in Charge Clay A. Morris are encouraging residents of North Alabama to take advantage of DEA's next nationwide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Sept. 27 to properly dispose of unused prescription drugs.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 19, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today held a hearing to review the growing threat of antibiotic resistance and discuss ways to foster new drug development. Members heard from the Director of the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Drug Evaluation and...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 19, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Last night, the Senate approved legislation to curb millions of dollars in improper payments to deceased individuals. The Improper Payments Agency Cooperation Enhancements Act (IPACE), introduced by Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Ranking Member Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) is bipartisan legislation that builds upon Chairman Carper’s existing improper payment laws, enacted in 2010 and 2012.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 19, 2014
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. -Grand Canyon National Park invites the public to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Wilderness Act on September 25th and National Public Lands Day on the Sept. 27, 2014.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 19, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON -Members of the United States Senate Committee on Finance today outlined a path forward on the Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Ranking Member Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, Senator Bob Casey, D-Penn., and Senator Richard Burr, R-N.C., issued the following joint statement...
