News published on Federal Newswire in April 2015

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2015

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced Brian Keith Swope, Jr., age 33, of Brooklyn Park, Maryland late yesterday to 70 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for the arson of a pizza restaurant in Brooklyn Park. Judge Hollander also ordered Swope to pay restitution of more than $100,000.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2015

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Newark man today admitted inducing a girl to engage in sexually explicit conduct while he took pictures and video, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2015

News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Yesterday, Michael Henry Flores, 30, a member of the Tohono O’odham Indian Nation, was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge Raner C. Collins to 12 years in prison having pleaded guilty on Aug. 21, 2014, to the offense of voluntary manslaughter.

By EPA Newswire | Apr 7, 2015

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), will hold a legislative hearing on a discussion draft of the TSCA Modernization Act next Tuesday, April 14, 2015, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2015

News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - U.S. District Judge Michael H. Simon sentenced Isaiah Michael Simpson, 30, of Portland, Oregon, to 120 months in prison for sex trafficking of a minor. Simpson will be required to serve five years on supervision following his release from prison, and will be required to register as a...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2015

News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging Timothy J. Jackson, 56, of New Cumberland, West Virginia, with drug trafficking and firearms offenses, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.

By EPA Newswire | Apr 7, 2015

News Release: The five Democratic members of the Committee all announced their support today for Pallone’s legislation, which directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to update its rules that facilitate small business participation in spectrum auctions. The lawmakers also discussed the future of spectrum policy at a Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing two weeks ago.

By DOE Newswire | Apr 7, 2015

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), will hold a legislative hearing on a discussion draft of the TSCA Modernization Act next Tuesday, April 14, 2015, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2015

News Release: Charleston, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced that Nicolas Dale Pierce, 32, of Covington, Georgia, and Eric James Nelson, 27, of Conyers, Georgia, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute 50 or more grams of methamphetamine.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2015

News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that Larkin Thaddeus Viers, age 36, of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina has entered a guilty plea in federal court in Florence, to money laundering, a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1957. United States District Judge Brucie Howe Hendricks of Charleston accepted the guilty plea and will impose sentence after she has reviewed the presentence report which will be prepared by the U.S. Probation Office.

By Interior Newswire | Apr 7, 2015

News Release: National Park Service. U.S. Department of the Interior. Yellowstone National Park. P.O. Box 168. Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190. April 7, 2015 15-017. Traci Weaver. (307) 344-2015. YELL_Public_Affairs@nps.gov. YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK NEWS RELEASE. Yellowstone To Issue 2015 Firewood Collection Permits...

By Commerce Newswire | Apr 7, 2015

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), will hold a legislative hearing on a discussion draft of the TSCA Modernization Act next Tuesday, April 14, 2015, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building.

By Interior Newswire | Apr 7, 2015

News Release: The Bureau of Land Management's Billings Curation Center will host the fifth annual Artifact Road Show on Thursday, April 9, from 1 to 4 p.m., during the Montana Archaeological Society's Archaeology Month."We're thrilled to once again partner with the Montana Archaeological Society and bring a diverse...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2015

News Release: Kenneth James Stopkotte, 49, of Nashville, Tenn., was sentenced yesterday by Senior U.S. District Court Judge William J. Haynes to serve 45 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, announced David Rivera, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee. Stopkotte was also ordered to pay restitution to the victims in the amount of $169,978.86.

By Interior Newswire | Apr 6, 2015

News Release: WASHINGTON - National capital region parks join national parks, programs and partners across the country to encourage everyone to find their park and share their stories online at FindYourPark.com. To inspire area residents to find their park and to help engage a new generation of park stewards, area...

By Homeland Newswire | Apr 6, 2015

News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 On April 8-10, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson will visit Beijing, China to participate in homeland security Ministerial meetings. Secretary Johnson will meet with his Chinese counterparts to discuss a range of homeland security-related ...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2015

News Release: A former executive of an e-commerce seller of posters, prints and framed art has agreed to plead guilty for conspiring to fix the prices of posters sold online, the Department of Justice announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2015

News Release: Defendant Allegedly is Part of ISIL Foreign Fighter Local Support Network; Travelled to Kennedy Airport on Feb. 25 to Provide Cash to Co-Defendant Shortly Before Co-Defendant Was Arrested Attempting to Board Flight to Turkey to Join ISIL U.S. Attorney Loretta E. Lynch of the Eastern District of New York, ...

By Fed Newswire | Apr 6, 2015

News Release: The federal banking agencies will hold an outreach meeting on Monday, May 4, 2015, at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston as part of their regulatory review under the Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act of 1996 (EGRPRA). The meeting is the third in a series of outreach sessions that ...

By Labor Gazette | Apr 6, 2015

News Release: A.C. Castle/Daryl J. Provencher faces nearly $300K in OSHA fines ANDOVER, Mass. — Three roofing workers employed by Provencher Home Improvement of Beverly, Massachusetts were hospitalized after a two-story fall from a scaffold platform that broke beneath them, U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety ...