News from December 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2015
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner joined community leaders at two events this weekend designed to promote unity and peace in the wake of the mass shooting in San Bernardino.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A Randolph man was indicted on wire fraud and perjury charges in connection with his scheme to defraud DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc., by falsely claiming that the company stole the characters and story for its animated movie, Kung Fu Panda.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 21, 2015
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement commending the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its decision to create the new Office of Dietary Supplement Programs (ODSP). This new office will elevate the program from its previous status as a division under the Office of Nutrition Labeling and Dietary Supplements...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 21, 2015
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement commending the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its decision to create the new Office of Dietary Supplement Programs (ODSP). This new office will elevate the program from its previous status as a division under the Office of Nutrition Labeling and Dietary Supplements...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2015
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Michael P. Johnson, 49, of Stafford County, was sentenced today to 360 months in prison for production of child pornography. The court also ordered that Johnson remain on supervised release for life, following his release from incarceration.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 21, 2015
News Release: Inhofe Questions CEQ Official's Inadequate Response
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2015
News Release: An Oregon man, convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute Marijuana and Money Laundering, was sentenced to federal prison on Dec. 17, 2015, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, James L. Porter, announced today. Walter Wayne Moser, 51, of Eugene, Oregon, received a 1...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2015
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Hermenegildo Campa (34, Orlando) today pleaded guilty to child sex trafficking. He faces a maximum penalty of life in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Bob Odrzywolski, 72, of Lockport, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with being a felon in possession of ammunition. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2015
News Release: HOUSTON - A former teacher who was employed with the Alvin School District has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of receipt of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Scott Burns, of Alvin, 46, pleaded guilty May 18, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2015
News Release: “This morning, my Office issued a letter to the New York City Department of Education setting forth the findings of our investigation into the physical accessibility of New York City public elementary schools. Our investigation revealed that, 25 years after the passage of the Americans with Disabilities...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 21, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today announced that he appointed Eugene Magnuson to serve as a member of the U.S. Department of Treasury Tribal Advisory Committee (TTAC). TTAC, established under the Tribal General Welfare Exclusion Act of 2014, will advise...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite, announced that ALEXANDER CASTRO, age 41, of Cape Coral, Florida, was indicted on Friday, Dec. 18, 2015 by a federal grand jury for charges of conspiracy to distribute cocaine and other drug offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2015
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced Nicholas Edward Seskar, Sr., age 41, of Lusby, Maryland, today to 15 years in prison, followed by lifetime supervised release, for attempting to induce a minor to engage in sex. Judge Grimm also ordered that upon his release from prison...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 21, 2015
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released for public review a Draft Environmental Assessment for the San Joaquin River Restoration Program’s (SJRRP) plan to recapture a portion of its Restoration Flows at Patterson and/or Banta-Carbona irrigation districts in 2016. Restoration Flows are intended to maintain fish populations in good condition from below Friant Dam to the confluence of the Merced River.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 21, 2015
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) delivered the following statement on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives on the “Protecting Americans From Tax Hikes Act of 2015.".
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 21, 2015
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement commending the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its decision to create the new Office of Dietary Supplement Programs (ODSP). This new office will elevate the program from its previous status as a division under the Office of Nutrition Labeling and Dietary Supplements...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 21, 2015
News Release: BATAVIA, Ill. - Twice in a month, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited a Batavia builder after an OSHA inspector saw employees working on a residential framing project without fall protection. The agency issued two willful and five serious safety citations to Don Bosco LLC on Dec. 17. Proposed penalties total $162,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2015
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Larry Carl Homan, 71, of Norfolk, pleaded guilty today to charges of production of child pornography.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 21, 2015
News Release: During my first year as the Deputy Secretary of Energy, I had the privilege of visiting Alaska at the invitation of Senator Lisa Murkowski. Together we flew over the state, above the magnificent Denali National Park, and met with Alaskans to hear about the energy challenges they face.
