News from December 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2015
News Release: For Further Information, Contact: Assistant U.S. Attorney Joshua Mellor (619) 546-9733.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 9, 2015
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today spoke on the Senate floor to highlight important legislation she has sponsored to provide millions of sportsmen and sportswomen with greater access to opportunities on public lands.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2015
News Release: ATLANTA - Michael C. Ford, a former U.S. State Department employee, has pleaded guilty to perpetrating a widespread, international e-mail phishing, computer hacking, and cyberstalking scheme against hundreds of women in the United States and abroad. Using e-mail passwords obtained by phishing, he hacked...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2015
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - Angel Ortiz, 31, of Lawrence, pleaded guilty to one count of dealing in firearms without a license and five counts of being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition. U.S. District Court Judge F. Dennis Saylor, IV, scheduled sentencing for Feb. 29, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2015
News Release: TULSA, Okla.-The results of the December 2015 Federal Grand Jury were announced today by Danny C. Williams Sr., United States Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 9, 2015
Release: A new Report released today from the White House Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) finds that the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as Food Stamps, is highly effective at reducing food insecurity-the government’s measure for whether households lack the resources for consistent...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 9, 2015
News Release: Employer name: Ray Clearing Inc. is a logging company located at 86 Landmark Drive in Bickmore, West Virginia. The inspection was conducted at Imperial Coal Tract in Cabin Creek, West Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced the federal Grand Jury for the District of Nebraska has returned 5 indictments charging 5 defendants. Indictments are charging documents that contain one or more individual counts that are merely accusations, and every defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 9, 2015
News Release: Employer name: Vallencourt Inc. Inspection site: Pennsylvania Avenue, Jacksonville, Florida 32207. Citations issued: On Dec. 8, 2015, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued citations to Vallencourt for one willful and one serious safety violation. Vallencourt...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge for the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced a Newark, New Jersey, man with at least six felony convictions in New Jersey courts was arrested today after federal law enforcement officers found four handguns, a 12-guage shotgun and more than 500 grams of cocaine at his residence.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 9, 2015
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Two workers suffered partial amputation * of their left middle fingers in separate incidents at Columbus-based ITC Manufacturing because the company failed to protect them from machinery operating parts. The injuries occurred just months after the electrocution of another worker when he touched live wires at the company's facility.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2015
News Release: ABILENE, Texas - David Scott Fikani, 62, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Jorge A. Solis to 108 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in July 2015 to an indictment charging one count of possession of prepubescent child pornography, announced John Parker, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2015
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Frank T. Pimentel, who is handling the case, stated that according to the complaint, on December 7, 2015, at approximately 11:40 a.m., Brandon Loyd walked into the Key Bank located at 4248 Delaware Avenue in Tonawanda, NY. The defendant put a respirator mask over his face, approached the tellers, and demanded money. As he was demanding money, Loyd displayed a firearm and ordered customers in the bank to raise their hands in the air.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 9, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee held a markup to consider the bipartisan U.S. Secret Service report, along with two pieces of legislation and four postal naming bills. The following actions were taken by the Committee...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 9, 2015
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, the United States Senate overwhelmingly passed the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), bipartisan legislation from U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) to rewrite No Child Left Behind. The legislation, which now moves to the President’s desk for approval, includes important protections to help students who are learning English succeed.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 9, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) introduced S. 2368, the Audit & Appeal Fairness, Integrity, and Reforms in Medicare (AFIRM) Act of 2015, legislation to improve the Medicare audit and appeals process. The bipartisan bill was reported out of the Committee earlier this year by a voice vote.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2015
News Release: Aurora, Illinois, Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Provide Material Support to ISIL.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2015
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles E. Moynihan, who is handling the prosecution of the case, stated that on May 22, 2015, Broadnax’s co-defendant, Tiffany Hogan, entered the Chase Bank just after it opened and passed the bank teller a note drafted by Broadnax. The note demanded money and stated that nobody...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 9, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) issued the following statement on the November jobs report.
