News published on Federal Newswire in February 2015

By EPA Newswire | Feb 5, 2015

News Release: “During Dr. Hamburg’s tenure over the last six years, she has been a tireless public servant focused on protecting the public health and facilitating innovation. Because of her efforts, we have made significant progress towards modernizing the food safety system, implementing the Tobacco Control Act, ...

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2015

News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that ESWIN ESTUARDO MARTINEZ-REYES, age 42, a citizen of Guatemala, pled guilty yesterday to a one-count Indictment for illegal reentry of removed alien.

By Commerce Newswire | Feb 5, 2015

News Release: “During Dr. Hamburg’s tenure over the last six years, she has been a tireless public servant focused on protecting the public health and facilitating innovation. Because of her efforts, we have made significant progress towards modernizing the food safety system, implementing the Tobacco Control Act, ...

By EPA Newswire | Feb 5, 2015

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today released a stunning new report from the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office entitled, “Mental Health: HHS Leadership Needed to Coordinate Federal Efforts Related...

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2015

News Release: CINCINNATI - Vernon Warner II, 29, of Cincinnati, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 54 months in prison for dealing in firearms without a license.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2015

News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - Following a two-day trial in U.S. District Court, on Feb. 4, 2015, Robert Nelson Racanelli, 26, of Johnson City, Tenn., was convicted of conspiracy to distribute, and possess with the intent to distribute, 280 grams or more of crack cocaine. Sentencing is set for 9:00 a.m., June 8, 2014. Racanelli faces a mandatory minimum 10 years in prison up to life. There is no parole in the federal system.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2015

News Release: CINCINNATI - Kenneth Johnson, 32, of Cincinnati, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 84 months in prison for possessing a firearm as a felon.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2015

News Release: CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - Misty Angel, 36, of Dayton, Tenn., was sentenced to serve 138 months in prison by the Honorable Curtis L. Collier, U.S. District Judge. Angel pleaded guilty in April 2014 to a federal indictment charging her with manufacturing methamphetamine.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2015

News Release: Victim died as a result of acute heroin intoxication.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2015

News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, man admitted robbing five banks in New Jersey and Pennsylvania over four months, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced today.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2015

News Release: PITTSBURGH - A highway contract route driver has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of theft of mail, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.

By Commerce Newswire | Feb 4, 2015

News Release: While Lolita will now share the endangered listing status of the population she came from, the decision does not impact her residence at the Miami Seaquarium. Lolita is a killer whale that has resided at the Miami Seaquarium since 1970. She was caught in Puget Sound, and the Southern Resident killer whale population she originated from was later listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2015

News Release: A tax return preparer in Worcester and Hyde Park, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty today in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts to two counts of filing false claims with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the Department of Justice announced today. Yaw Aboagye-Marfo, 42, of Worcester ...

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2015

News Release: An Army National Guard recruiter and recruiting assistant were convicted today for their roles in a bribery and fraud scheme, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson of the Southern District of Texas.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2015

News Release: Two San Jose, California, brothers were sentenced to prison for committing tax fraud and bank fraud, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag of the Northern District of California announced. Fidencio Moreno, ...

By Fed Newswire | Feb 4, 2015

News Release: On February 5, 2015, the Federal Reserve will conduct a floating-rate offering of term deposits with an early withdrawal feature through its Term Deposit Facility (TDF). The Federal Reserve will offer 21-day term deposits with a rate set equal to the sum of the interest rate paid on excess reserves (currently ...

By Labor Gazette | Feb 4, 2015

News Release: FRANKLIN, Ohio — Mere months after two employees were injured by dangerous machines , Burrows Paper Corp. again put workers at risk. Acting on a complaint, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration found workers unjamming and servicing machines without proper safeguards during an Aug. 25, 2014, inspection. This is the fourth time in the past year that Burrows has been cited for hazards at its Franklin food box manufacturing facility.

By Labor Gazette | Feb 4, 2015

News Release: BLUE ISLAND, Ill. — Without proper protections, employees who work with lead can bring this toxic metal home on their clothes, shoes, skin, hair and hands with the potential to poison children and other family members. "Take-home lead" as it's called is particularly dangerous for pregnant women and preschoolers.

By Labor Gazette | Feb 4, 2015

News Release: ST. LOUIS — Garda Armored Car failed to train its employees to use portable fire extinguishers, despite being cited by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration for the same violation in March 2013. Responding to a complaint, OSHA inspected the armored car company on Oct. 20, 2014, and found that the business had not trained employees as instructed.

By Labor Gazette | Feb 4, 2015

News Release: MADISON, Ohio — Every year, thousands of people are electrocuted at work by current from live wires and energized parts. Electrical current often enters through the skin, muscles or hair and then spikes through the nervous system, burning tissue in patches. One of those who suffered this kind of injury was a 24-year-old temporary maintenance employee at International Paper Co. in Madison. Burns hospitalized him and left him unable to work for more than four months.