News from April 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2015
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a 32-year-old Effort resident pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani to participating in a drug conspiracy that was responsible for distributing large quantities of heroin, cocaine and other drugs during a four-year time period in Monroe, Montgomery, and Berks Counties.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 9, 2015
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) announces the availability of the Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the Gorge Creek Environmental Assessment. The NPS chose the action alternative to improve and reroute sections or the Gorge Creek Trail, which is located south of the Eielson Visitor Center...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2015
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA -United States Attorney Walt Green announced the filing of criminal charges against another individual accused of committing theft of government property and aggravated identity theft in the Baton Rouge area, as part of an ongoing effort by the United States Attorney’s Office, the Internal...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 9, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, April 16, 2015, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Medicare Post Acute Care Delivery and Options to Improve It." Subcommittee members will discuss...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 9, 2015
News Release: The “summary grant" process the Federal Aviation Administration used last week to issue 30 Section 333 unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) is another example of how the agency is using a flexible regulatory approach to accommodate this rapidly evolving technology.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2015
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - Billy J. Williams, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon, today announced the unsealing of a criminal Information charging George R. Levey, 58, of Tarpon Springs, Florida, with honest services wire fraud in connection with Levey allegedly bribing Ellis McCoy, the former City of Portland Bureau of Transportation Manager in charge of Portland’s smart parking meter program.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2015
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - A 58-year-old Lubbock, Texas, man, who admitted possessing child pornography, was sentenced this morning, announced John Parker, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2015
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that EDGARDO CENTENO, 43, of New London, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 30 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2015
News Release: Defendant produced child pornography in addition to trading images.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 9, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, April 16, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building to review H.R. ___, the Targeting Rogue and Opaque Letters Act (TROL Act).
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 9, 2015
News Release: In a joint effort with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) recently hosted a 10-day Cross Border Financial Investigations Training (CBFIT) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 9, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, April 16, 2015, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Medicare Post Acute Care Delivery and Options to Improve It." Subcommittee members will discuss...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2015
News Release: A Detroit Police lieutenant and an officer were indicted yesterday on charges of robbing drug dealers and stealing drugs and money obtained in police searches, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today.The indictment was sealed until this morning.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 9, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, April 16, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building to review H.R. ___, the Targeting Rogue and Opaque Letters Act (TROL Act).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2015
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Winfred Eric Clanton, 68, of Corpus Christi, has pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 9, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, April 16, 2015, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Medicare Post Acute Care Delivery and Options to Improve It." Subcommittee members will discuss...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 9, 2015
News Release: Carroll Thomas has been appointed director of the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). In partnership with local nonprofits, the MEP provides support to small and medium-size U.S. manufacturers through a network of centers in every state and Puerto Rico.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2015
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - A federal grand jury indicted Marina Zuk with three counts of filing false tax returns, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, Special Agent in Charge José M. Martinez.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of production of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2015
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Kelly R. Jackson, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, Paula Reid, Special...
