News from April 2015
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 3, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Today Senator Boxer, Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, released a letter from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency that voices concerns with S. 697, the Udall-Vitter toxic chemicals bill.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2015
News Release: Defendant Burglarized Store and Sold 29 Firearms to Criminals and Drug Addicts.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2015
News Release: DENVER - Dominic Miller, age 26, of Aurora, Colorado, was sentenced this week by Senior U.S. District Court Judge John L. Kane to serve 106 months (nearly 9 years) in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm and for possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2015
News Release: HOUSTON - Ali Irsan, 58, has been convicted of conspiracy to defraud the United States, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Irsan’s wife - Shmou Ali Alrawabdeh, 38 - and daughter - Nadia Irsan, 31 - have also been convicted by previously entering guilty pleas to making false statements in association with the fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2015
News Release: (CONCORD, N.H. - Two men who were responsible for distributing large quantities of unlawful synthetic cannabinoid products have entered guilty pleas in federal court, announced NEFD Special Agent in Charge Michael J. Ferguson and United States Attorney John P. Kacavas.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 3, 2015
News Release: Dear Secretary Burwell: We are writing to obtain more information regarding efforts by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to address the potentially improper prescribing of antipsychotic medications to seniors with dementia, and the cost to taxpayers of paying for these prescriptions...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 3, 2015
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on two produce businesses for failure to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).The following businesses and individuals are currently restricted from operating in the produce industry.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2015
News Release: A 36-year-old Monroe, Washington man who burglarized a Fred Meyer store stealing 29 firearms and selling them to criminals was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to ten years in prison, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes. MATTHEW ELSHAUG pleaded guilty in October 2014 to Conspiracy ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2015
News Release: James L. Santelle, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced today that Jeffrey Feldman (age: 48), of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, pled guilty today to an indictment charging him with one count of receipt of child pornography.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 3, 2015
News Release: Craig, CO - The Bureau of Land Management Little Snake Field Office is planning to conduct two prescribed fires the week of April 6 in the Douglas Mountain area 30 miles west of Maybell to reduce the threat from large wildland fires and improve forest and range health.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 3, 2015
News Release: ATLANTA, GA- Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site, Ebenezer Baptist Church, and The King Center will commemorate the annual observance of King Remembrance Week honoring the life and legacy of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. April 4-9, 2015, with programs, Birth Home Tours, and a wreath laying ceremony. All events during the week are free of charge and open to the public.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2015
News Release: Members of Oxycodone Trafficking Ring Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2015
News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- The U.S. Attorney's Office today charged a former Hoover senior living center employee with using the identity of a resident with dementia, without authorization, to steal more than $300,000 from the resident's bank and credit accounts, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and U.S. Secret Service Special Agent in Charge Craig Caldwell.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 3, 2015
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz.-Starting Saturday, April 4, 2015, Grand Canyon National Park will host its second annual Desert View Cultural Demonstration Series. This series provides park visitors the opportunity to interact with members of Grand Canyon National Park's 11 traditionally associated tribes and for...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 3, 2015
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today criticized the Obama administration for unilaterally advancing a new wilderness designation in the coastal plain of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) despite overwhelming, bipartisan opposition from Alaska’s elected leaders. In a classic news dump ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2015
News Release: Three convicted of illegally purchasing and exporting handguns.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2015
News Release: Florence, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that Don Carlos Gibson, Jr., age 48, of Church Hill, Tennessee and formally of Florence, South Carolina, was sentenced in federal court in Florence for Theft of Government Funds, a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 641, and Identity...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2015
News Release: DES MOINES, IA - On April 2, 2015, Des Moines resident Julia Nguyen, age 48, also known as Loan Nguyen, was convicted on 22 federal felony counts by a jury in the Southern District of Iowa, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2015
News Release: In El Paso this week, 54-year-old Eduardo A. Herrera, owner of Best for Less Collision Center in El Paso, was sentenced to ten years in federal prison for his part in a money laundering scheme announced Acting United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Waldemar Rodriguez in El Paso.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2015
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Springfield, Mo., businessman pleaded guilty in federal court today to engaging in fraud schemes, even after he was under indictment and while incarcerated, that totaled more than $3 million in losses.
