News from April 2015
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 28, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Aviation, chaired by U.S. Rep. Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), will conduct a roundtable policy discussion Thursday on aviation safety issues as the Subcommittee and the full Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure continue to work toward a bill to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2015
News Release: COEUR D'ALENE - Pennie Sue Moffett, 41, of Kamiah, Idaho, pleaded guilty today to assaulting, resisting, and impeding an officer of the United States, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Moffett was indicted by a federal grand jury in Coeur d'Alene on May 20, 2014.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 28, 2015
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) sent a letter to eight health insurance companies offering coverage on Washington Healthplanfinder in Washington state expressing her concern that the insurers were failing to...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 28, 2015
News Release: Lowell National Historical Park and the Lowell Community Health Center Partner to Bring Linda Sopheap Sou to the Park as Chief of Interpretation and Education.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Robert Eloff Jr., 40, of Buffalo, NY, was charged by criminal complaint with two counts of deprivation of rights under color of law and one count of conspiracy to deprive an individual of rights under color of law. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 28, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY), Rep. Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-VA), and Rep. Collin Peterson (D-MN) today introduced H.R. 2042, the Ratepayer Protection Act. The bipartisan legislation would empower states to protect families and businesses...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2015
News Release: HARRISBURG- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a 36-year-old Reading man was sentenced to 75 months in prison today by U.S. District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani in Scranton, for his role in a large-scale drug trafficking conspiracy that operated in Monroe and Berks Counties.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 28, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY), Rep. Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-VA), and Rep. Collin Peterson (D-MN) today introduced H.R. 2042, the Ratepayer Protection Act. The bipartisan legislation would empower states to protect families and businesses...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 28, 2015
News Release: Washington, DC - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the statement below after the Republicans' stunning action to block all of the amendments offered to strengthen the new Vitter toxic chemical bill.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2015
News Release: COEUR D'ALENE - Gaylen K. Broncheau, 62, of Lapwai, Idaho, pleaded guilty today to abusive sexual contact with a child under twelve, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Broncheau was indicted by a federal grand jury in Coeur d'Alene on Nov. 18, 2014.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 28, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today made the following statement at a Senate Finance Committee hearing examining the Medicare’s appeals process...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2015
News Release: BOISE - Brandt Stewart, 29, from Southfield, Michigan, was sentenced today to 32 months in prison for aggravated identity theft and credit card fraud, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordered Stewart to serve three years of supervised release following his release from prison.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 28, 2015
News Release: Commercial Services Office. Pacific West Region. National Park Service. 333 Bush Street, Suite 500. San Francisco, CA94104-2828. There is a printing cost recovery charge of $50 per copy for delivery via Federal Express or $40 if picked up in person.The prospectus is also available online at.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2015
News Release: U.S. ATTORNEY TO PRESENT EQUITABLE SHARING FUNDS.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Ferlin Platero, 49, of Crownpoint, N.M., pleaded guilty this morning in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., for failing to comply with the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA). The guilty plea was announced by U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez and U.S. Marshal Conrad E. Candelaria.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2015
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that KISHA PERKINS, 43, of Waterbury, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to participating in a bribe scheme at the Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury (FCI Danbury) where she was employed.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE -Sabah Al-Washah, 48, of Albuquerque, N.M., entered a guilty plea in federal court this morning to a “spice" trafficking charge. His plea agreement requires the imposition of a prison sentence in the range of 48 to 60 months. Sabah Al-Washah is one of three men arrested in the District of...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2015
News Release: Airplane and Firearms Seized. SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Marble Hill, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court to his role in a marijuana trafficking conspiracy in which the government seized his aircraft and...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2015
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Deirdre Hey, 48, of Winooski, Vermont was sentenced today for conspiracy to distribute heroin and crack cocaine, and maintenance of a residence for the distribution of controlled substances. Chief U.S. District Judge Christina Reiss sentenced Hey to 33 months’ imprisonment to be followed by a three year term of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2015
News Release: LEXINGTON - A Mt. Sterling, Ky., man, who previously admitted to being responsible for the distribution of 20,000 prescription pills in Montgomery County, has been sentenced to 150 months in federal prison.
