News from December 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2015
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - U.S. District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller sentenced Breneth L. Chase, 44, of Stockton, today to four years and 10 months in prison for bank fraud, aggravated I.D. theft, and possession of counterfeit I.D. documents, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2015
News Release: FARGO - U. S. Attorney Christopher C. Myers announced that on Nov. 30, 2015, Billy Wynn Jr., 32, was sentenced before U. S. District Judge Ralph R. Erickson to serve 14 years in prison for receipt of child pornography. Judge Erickson also sentenced Wynn to serve 20 years supervised release and to pay a $200 special assessment to the Crime Victims’ Fund.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 2, 2015
News Release: U.S. Department of Labor | Dec. 2, 2015
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 2, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Subcommittee on Federal Lands today held a legislative hearing on a discussion draft of the National Park Service Centennial Act, which provides new funding and management authority to prepare the National Park Service (NPS) for the commemoration of its centennial in 2016. Chairman Bishop commented following the hearing.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 2, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Communications and Technology Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today approved two bipartisan proposals aimed at improving access to wired and wireless broadband for all Americans. The subcommittee today advanced a legislative package to improve broadband infrastructure deployment and H.R. 1641, the Federal Spectrum Incentive Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2015
News Release: DALLAS - Brian J. Polito of Allen, Texas, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Jorge A. Solis to 84 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $8,768,351 in restitution following his guilty plea in May 2015 to an information charging one count of mail fraud stemming from his operation of an oil and gas investment fraud scheme. U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas made today’s announcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Two associates of the DeCavalcante organized crime family of La Cosa Nostra today admitted their roles in distributing more than 500 grams of cocaine, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 2, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Communications and Technology Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today approved two bipartisan proposals aimed at improving access to wired and wireless broadband for all Americans. The subcommittee today advanced a legislative package to improve broadband infrastructure deployment and H.R. 1641, the Federal Spectrum Incentive Act.
By State Newswire | Dec 2, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today at 10 a.m., Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Ed Royce (R-CA) will convene a hearing to examine the brutal and destabilizing role of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The hearing is entitled “Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps: Fueling Conflict in the Middle East." Live webcast and witness testimony will be available HERE.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2015
News Release: BOISE - Ronald Eugene Bohm, 50, from California, pleaded guilty today in United States District Court to possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute and possession of a machinegun, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Bohm was indicted by a federal grand jury on Aug. 11, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2015
News Release: A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment charging Ryan L. Peltan, 30, of Doylestown, and Derik W. Snell, 39, of Wooster, with possession with intent to distribute controlled substances, said Steven M. Dettelbach, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 1, 2015
News Release: Salt Lake City-On Dec. 15, 2015, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Utah Salt Lake Field Office will implement a fee increase at the Simpson Springs Campground. The new single- site occupancy charge per night will be $15. The new fees are commensurate with camping fees charged at similar facilities...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 1, 2015
News Release: NEW YORK - A receptionist fired illegally at a Bronx hair salon in June 2012 for telling her colleagues about the hazards of a formaldehyde-containing straightener the salon used will be compensated for unlawful retaliation, and her former employer will take corrective action, according to a federal consent judgment obtained by the U.S. Department of Labor.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 1, 2015
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has appointed three producers and three industry representatives to serve on the Peanut Standards Board. All six members will serve on the board through June 30, 2018. Their appointments are effective immediately.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 1, 2015
News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE: Celebrate the upcoming holiday season with a French Christmas Concert at the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Visitor Center on Friday, December 4, at 7:00 p.m.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 1, 2015
News Release: Employer name: Midvale Paper Box Co. Inc. located at 19 Bailey Street in Plains, Pennsylvania.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 1, 2015
News Release: December 2015 Marks 30th Anniversary for the Nation's Most Successful Voluntary Conservation Program WASHINGTON, Dec. 1, 2015 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today reminded farmers and ranchers that the next general enrollment period for the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) begins today, Dec. 1, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2015
News Release: Nicholas Michael Teausant, 22, of Acampo, California, pleaded guilty today to attempting to provide material support or resources to a foreign terrorist organization, announced Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin and U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner of the Eastern District of California.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2015
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that a Livingston, Montana resident pleaded guilty to selling dietary supplements in violation of two court orders. Toby McAdam, 57, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Susan P. Watters in the District of Montana to one count of criminal contempt of court. McAdam was immediately sentenced to four months in prison. He was ordered to pay $80,000 in liquidated damages and $4,936.48 in attorney's fees.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2015
News Release: The former president of a defense contractor providing services to the U.S. military in Iraq was sentenced today to 12 months and one day in prison for his role in a scheme to pay more than $1.2 million in bribes to U.S. Army contracting personnel in exchange for being awarded lucrative defense contracts, ...
