News from April 2015
By Fed News Journal | Apr 24, 2015
The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on April 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Apr 24, 2015
News Release: BTS’ National Transportation Statistics Updated. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today updated National Transportation Statistics (NTS) – a web-only reference guide to national-level transportation data. NTS, updated quarterly, includes a wide range ...
By State Newswire | Apr 24, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Representative Eliot L. Engel, the leading Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today released the following statement regarding the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2015
News Release: Defendants Made And Distributed “Spice" To Various “Smoke Shops" And Convenience Stores.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 24, 2015
News Release: Tourism to Casa Grande Ruins National Monument creates $3.6 Million in Economic Benefits.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2015
News Release: ATLANTA - Ernest E. Abbott has been arraigned on federal misdemeanor charge of unlawfully entering Hartsfield Jackson International Airport and an airplane without submitting to the security requirements for all passengers as administered by Transportation Security Administration (TSA).
By Interior Newswire | Apr 24, 2015
News Release: KEYSTONE, SD: South Dakota dubbed the month of May "Wildfire Awareness Month." A very special exhibit will arrive to help us celebrate awareness and promote safety through beautiful artwork. The National Smokey Bear Collection is traveling throughout the region and will arrive at Mount Rushmore National Memorial to be on display through the month of May.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2015
News Release: HOUSTON - Hortencia Medeles-Arguello aka Raquel Medeles Garcia, Raquel Medeles Garcia or “Tencha," 71, has been found guilty on all counts for her leadership role in a 16-defendant sex trafficking conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. The verdict was returned today following a 10-day trial and approximately four hours of deliberations.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 24, 2015
News Release: Through a Clean Cities National Parks Initiative, Yellowstone-Teton Clean Energy Coalition (YTCEC) recently partnered with both Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks to secure over $200K in funding to add a plug-in hybrid electric car to their vehicle fleets and install six public electric vehicle...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2015
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Delano A. Reid, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (“ATF"), and William J. Bratton, the Police Commissioner of the City of New York (“NYPD"), ...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 24, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today made the following statement regarding the negotiating objectives within the Trade Promotion Authority legislation that passed the House Ways and Means Committee on Thursday...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2015
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Paul Henry, 25, of Brooklyn, New York, was sentenced today in United States District Court to 15 years in prison followed by 5 years of supervised release for production of child pornography.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 24, 2015
News Release: Full Summer Operations begin May 23.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2015
News Release: WEST NEW YORK, N.J. - - New Jersey leaders want families across the state to get cleaning this Saturday, and participate in the first ever Prescription Drug Spring Cleaning: Spring Clean Your Medicine Cabinet event. This public health initiative is designed to raise awareness about the dangers of prescription...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2015
News Release: Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that Christopher Garten, 24, of Orlando, FL, was sentenced in federal court this morning on one count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud in connection with telemarketing. Garten was sentenced to 1 year and 1 day in prison, to be followed by two years of supervised release. Garten was also ordered to pay $32,508 in restitution and a $100 special assessment.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2015
News Release: BOISE - Charles Moore, 25, of Stone Mountain, Georgia, Jonathan Penn, 20, of Suwanee, Georgia, and Terrance Barimah, 26, of Floranceville, Georgia, each pleaded guilty yesterday in United States District Court for their roles in a credit card fraud scheme that targeted local retailers in October of 2014, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. The defendants were indicted on Nov. 13, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2015
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Michelle A. Morin has been ordered to prison for aiding and assisting in the preparation of false and fraudulent income tax returns, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson along with Lucy Cruz, special agent in charge of IRS-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI). Morin owned and operated Discount Tax Service, a Laredo-based tax preparation business, and admitted to causing more than $228,000 in tax loss to the government. She pleaded guilty June 10, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Dontay Purnell, age 27, of Baltimore, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise, related to his drug dealing and violence in the Cherry Hill section of Baltimore.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 24, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI), Education and Workforce Committee Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA), and Representative Jackie Speier (D-CA) issued statements on the two year anniversary of the Rana Plaza tragedy in Bangladesh. The collapse of the Rana Plaza garment factory on April 24, 2013 killed 1,138 workers and injured an additional 2,500 in the deadliest garment factory disaster in history.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2015
News Release: Indictment Alleges Moore Used Internet to Sell the Girl’s Sexual Services in Tidewater.
