News from April 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Mauritius man today admitted sexually abusing a sleeping woman aboard a cruise ship, U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman announced.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 23, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Power Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, April 30, 2015, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing will continue the committee’s work on its Architecture of Abundance energy legislation with a review of “Strategic Petroleum Reserve Discussion Draft and Title IV Energy Efficiency."
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA- Edward Sweeney, 56, of Philadelphia, was sentenced today to 96 months in prison for his role in the RICO conspiracy involving members of Ironworkers Local 401. Sweeney pleaded guilty on Sept. 30, 2014 to RICO conspiracy, maliciously damaging property by means of fire, use of fire to...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 23, 2015
News Release: Learn more about your national parks! The Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, and Wright Brothers National Memorial spring program schedule runs from Monday, April 27 through Thursday, May 21, 2015. A variety of free programs are offered.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 23, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today held a hearing to discuss the growing problem of prescription drug and opioid abuse from professional and academic perspectives. Members heard from a number of experts about treatment options currently available and best practices for those suffering from addiction and abuse as part of the committee’s ongoing effort to confront this problem.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 23, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today wrote to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler requesting information about his proposal to close 16 of the commission’s 24 field offices across the country. During testimony before the Communications and Technology Subcommittee, ...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 23, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today held a hearing to discuss the growing problem of prescription drug and opioid abuse from professional and academic perspectives. Members heard from a number of experts about treatment options currently available and best practices for those suffering from addiction and abuse as part of the committee’s ongoing effort to confront this problem.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2015
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Robert Anthony Guerena, 21, of Stockton, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Morrison C. England Jr. to 11 years and three months in prison for conspiring to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Chief U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Steven Andrew Young, age 39, of Baltimore, today to 12 years in prison followed by four years of supervised release, after Young pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - A federal jury today convicted Mark Sanders, 23, of Philadelphia, PA, in a motorcycle robbery that rendered the defendant blind. On June 26, 2011, Sanders and two other men responded to a Craigslist ad for a dirt bike for sale. Sanders and a co-conspirator met the seller at an agreed-upon...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama has approved a consent order filed by the U.S. Department of Justice and the Huntsville City Schools to reconfigure school attendance zones, improve access to quality course offerings and address racial discrimination in student discipline, among other areas.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that LUIS FERNANDO MARTINEZ, age 40, a citizen of Honduras, pled guilty today to a one-count Bill of Information for illegal reentry of removed alien.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2015
News Release: Project Safe Childhood. SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Joplin, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for receiving and distributing child pornography over the Internet. David Michel McCowan, 26, of Joplin, was...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 22, 2015
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON — Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas today participated in the Homeland Security Academic Advisory Council (HSAAC) meeting in Washington, D.C. to highlight the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) commitment ...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 22, 2015
News Release: Events Nationwide Also Celebrate How Renewable Energy Systems Help Protect the Environment and Grow the Economy WASHINGTON, April 22, 2015 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today celebrated Earth Day by announcing support for projects to improve rural water and wastewater services, promote renewable energy, and promote the efficient use of energy resources.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 22, 2015
News Release: Both locally and nationally, USDA is helping pave the way for our Nation's clean energy future WASHINGTON, April 22, 2015 – At a ribbon cutting ceremony today, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the activation of USDA's first solar array project in the National Capital Region. The 1.6 Megawatt ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2015
News Release: ExxonMobil Pipeline Company and Mobil Pipe Line Company (ExxonMobil) have agreed to pay civil penalties, fund an environmental project and implement corrective measures to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Water Act and state environmental laws stemming from a 2013 crude oil spill from the Pegasus ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2015
News Release: Today, a settlement with Houston-based Noble Energy, Inc. resolving alleged Clean Air Act violations stemming from the company’s oil and gas exploration and production activities in the Denver-Julesburg Basin, north of Denver, Colorado. The settlement resolves claims that Noble failed to adequately design, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2015
News Release: The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama has approved a consent order filed by the U.S. Department of Justice and the Huntsville City Schools to reconfigure school attendance zones, improve access to quality course offerings and address racial discrimination in student discipline, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2015
News Release: The Department of Justice today announced an agreement with Madison County, New York, to remedy accessibility issues that violate the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). This year marks the 25th anniversary of the ADA, which the Civil Rights Division plays a critical role in enforcing. Madison County ...
