News from April 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2015
News Release: DALLAS - A man who was found with a large amount of methamphetamine in his house in Mesquite, Texas, last year, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater to a lengthy federal prison term, announced John Parker, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 17, 2015
News Release: Senate, House Leaders Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Support American Manufacturers, Strengthen Trade Ties with Developing Countries.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2015
News Release: St. Croix, USVI - Gregory Williams, Jr., 24, of St. Croix, pleaded guilty today in District Court on St. Croix to one count of Illegal Receipt of a Firearm, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2015
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - John David Castleberry, 64, and Teresa Haggerty, 61, both formerly of Pensacola Beach, Florida, Mark Douglas Stokes, 61, and Melinda K. Stokes, 60, of Colleyville, Texas, and Christopher Stephen Baum, 57, of Arlington, Texas, were sentenced to federal prison yesterday by Senior United...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2015
News Release: Use of Highly Explosive Solvents put Children at Risk.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2015
News Release: Springfield, Ill. - A repeat child sex offender, Joseph Cain Harrison, 38, of Nashville, Tenn., was sentenced to 25 years (300 months) in prison today for enticement of a minor and two counts of travel with the intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct, announced U.S. Attorney Jim Lewis, Central District of Illinois. U.S. District Judge Sue E. Myerscough sentenced Harrison in federal court in Springfield, Ill.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2015
News Release: Agrees to Pay $1.75 million. St. Louis, MO - LAWRENCE B. IKEN, DPM, was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison and ordered to pay restitution of $999,170 on charges involving the submission of false documents and reimbursement claims related to podiatric services purportedly provided by Dr. Iken...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 17, 2015
News Release: Ryan Discusses #TPA4USJobs on CNBC. April 16, 2015 - Press Releases. WASHINGTON This afternoon on CNBCs Closing Bell, House Ways and Means Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) discussed the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015. During the interview, Ryan reiterated the importance...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 17, 2015
News Release: REDDICK, Fla. - Electrician's apprentice and lifelong Oxford resident Christopher Lee Dasher was testing and repairing electrical transformers at a substation in Reddick when he was electrocuted by more than 10,000 volts. Dasher, a 36-year-old husband and Duke Energy Florida Inc. worker, was a person who lived to make others happy.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 17, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced its hearing schedule for the week of April 20. Members will discuss legislative language to create a 21st century energy and manufacturing workforce. The committee will also continue its review of the ongoing problem of prescription drug and opioid abuse.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2015
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for the robbery of a Raytown, Mo., restaurant in a series of incidents that began with a carjacking and ended with him pulling a gun and being shot by a police officer.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 17, 2015
News Release: The acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology today called on corporate CEOs and board members to take active roles in managing how their institutions deal with cybersecurity risks.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 17, 2015
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, on Friday congratulated Bureau of Land Management (BLM) officials in Alaska for completing the cleanup of six legacy wells in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A).
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 17, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., April 17, 2015 - The Bureau of Land Management announced the first step in a plan to increase royalty rates on federal lands, the latest regulatory action on oil and natural gas development on federal lands. House Natural Resources Committee Spokeswoman Julia Bell released the following statement.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 17, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -The United States Army Band "Pershing's Own" will kick off the 2015 Summer Concert Series sponsored by the Friends of the National World War II Memorial (Friends) and the National Park Service, next week at the World War II Memorial.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - The United States Attorney’s Office, in partnership with Worcester Public Schools, the Worcester County District Attorney’s Office and the Worcester Police Department, conducted a youth violence prevention event on Wednesday, April 15, 2015 for 110 fifth and sixth-grade students at Woodland Academy in Worcester.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 17, 2015
News Release: Philadelphia -On April 24, 2015, students from Stanton Elementary School in Washington, D.C., will join students from Philadelphia's Stanton Elementary School in Independence National Historical Park. The event will be the culmination of a celebration in honor of Marian Anderson, with a noon performance of My Country Tis of Thee in Independence National Historical Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2015
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Fernando Hernandez-Rodas, 24, has been arrested on charges of coercion or enticement of a minor, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Hernandez-Rodas is a Honduran National who resided in Laredo legally under the deferred action for childhood arrivals (Dream Act).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - In a third superseding indictment unsealed today, two men were charged with witness tampering by attempting to kill him and for conspiring with each other to do so. These charges were brought in addition to charges previously filed against one of the men involving a multi-state sex trafficking ring that victimized minor and adult women.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2015
News Release: (BOSTON - An Acton woman pleaded guilty today to distributing 25B-NBOMe, a synthetic hallucinogen, also known as “N-Bomb" that is gaining popularity among young people.
