News published on Federal Newswire in August 2015

News from August 2015


News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced that the federal Grand Jury has indicted a North Pole man on a charge of theft of mail for embezzling prescription drugs from the United States Mail.


Tumlinson Delivers 2015 ARS Sterling B. Hendricks Memorial Lecture at ACS Annual Meeting

News Release: "Insect Herbivore Pest Management with Chemical Ecology" is the subject of James H. Tumlinson's 2015 ARS Sterling B. Hendricks Memorial Lecture, which he delivered today at the American Chemical Society (ACS) annual meeting in Boston.


Leader Of Little Haiti Based Crack Cocaine Trafficking And Identity Theft Tax Fraud Organization Pled Guilty

News Release: A leader of a Little Haiti based drug trafficking organization and identity theft tax fraud scheme pled guilty today before Senior United States District Judge Donald L. Graham.


Current And Former JFK Airport Cargo Handlers Arrested In Schemes To Steal From The Mail And Launder Foreign Currency Valued At More Than $250,000

News Release: Arrests Bring to 18 Defendants Charged in a Series of Recent Prosecutions of Cargo Handlers Stealing Mail at JFK and LaGuardia Airports.


Bishop: Methane Plan Flies in Face of Technological Reality

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its proposal for limiting methane from the oil and natural gas industry. Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) issued the following statement in response.


Sagle Man Pleads Guilty To Violating Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act

News Release: COEUR D'ALENE - Jeremy Arthur Bolish, 48, of Missoula, Montana, pleaded guilty today to failure to register as a convicted sex offender, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Bolish was indicted by a federal grand jury in Coeur d'Alene on May 19, 2015.


News Release: NEWS RELEASE. Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2015. Man Charged in District Court with Firearm Offenses. St. Thomas, USVI - Tashimo Scatliffe, 33, made his initial appearance in District Court Tuesday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Ruth Miller after being charged with two counts of Possession of a Firearm with an Obliterated...


Pallet rental company fined nearly $59K by OSHA for failing to protect employees from noise hazards at Hazelton depot

News Release: Employer name: Peco Pallet Inc., a pallet repair and rental company, located at 1104 North Park Drive in Hazelton, Pennsylvania


News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed new standards to cut dangerous methane pollution from the oil and gas sector. It is part of the Obama Administration's Climate Action Plan to cut methane emissions from the oil and gas industry by 40-45 percent by 2025 from 2012 levels.


Palm Bay Man Sentenced To 30 Years For Internet Solicitation Of A Minor

News Release: Orlando, Florida - Senior U.S. District Judge John Antoon, II has sentenced Jean Roussel Eloi (30, Palm Bay) to 30 years in federal prison for Internet solicitation of a minor. The court also ordered Eloi to forfeit a cell phone that he had used as part of the offense. A federal jury found him guilty on Feb. 3, 2015.


Whitfield Comments on EPA’s Proposed Methane Regulation

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY) issued the following statement in response to the EPA’s proposed regulations relating to cutting methane emissions associated with oil and natural gas production.


Reclamation Seeks Comments on Peer Review of Scientific Information and Assessments Policy

News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation is seeking public comment on a draft policy for Peer Review of Scientific Information. It establishes Reclamation's policy for review of scientific information. It is available for review at www.usbr.gov/recman.


Whitfield Comments on EPA’s Proposed Methane Regulation

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY) issued the following statement in response to the EPA’s proposed regulations relating to cutting methane emissions associated with oil and natural gas production.


News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Indian Energy is hosting an interactive workshop on developing commercial-scale renewable energy projects on tribal lands Sept. 1-3, 2015, at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden, Colorado.


Franklin County Man Pleads Guilty to Human Trafficking Charges

News Release: Tremayne Kirby Faces Minimum of 15 Years in Prison.


Media Advisory

News Release: WHO: U.S. Attorney George L. Beck, Jr.; Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange;. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) ASAC Clay Morris; Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) RAC William Bass; Chief Deputy U.S. Marshal. Thomas Hession; Montgomery County District Attorney Daryl Bailey;.


New Jersey Men Sentenced For Production Of Child Pornography

News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Burton Gersh, 69, and Les Sidweber, 73, both of Cherry Hill, NJ, were sentenced today for production of child pornography. U.S. District Court Judge Paul S. Diamond sentenced Gersh to 60 months in prison and Sidweber to 48 months in prison. The defendants pleaded guilty on May 19, 2015.


FAA Statement on Automation Problems at Washington Center

News Release: A recent software upgrade is identified as source of Saturday's automation problems.


News Release: BOSTON - The United States reached a settlement today with Northeastern University resolving allegations that, over a period of nine years, Northeastern failed to properly account for federal research funds that it received from the National Science Foundation (NSF). NSF awarded the funds to support...


News Release: Cape Cod National Seashore will exhibit works from dune shack visits and residencies as its Perspectives: Seeing Cape Cod National Seashore through Art continues in September. The exhibition is curated by the Peaked Hill Trust, which offers arts and sciences residencies at dune shacks it operates under its permit with Cape Cod National Seashore.