News from February 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2015
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that a federal jury has found Jean Roussel Eloi (30, Palm Bay) guilty of using the Internet to attempt to persuade a minor to engage in sexual conduct. He faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years, up to life, in federal prison. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for April 17, 2015.
By State Newswire | Feb 4, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today at 10 a.m., U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, will convene a hearing to examine the Obama Administration’s recent policy shift on Cuba. The hearing is entitled “Cuba: Assessing the Administration’s Sudden Shift.".
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2015
News Release: PENSACOLA, Fla. - A.D. Wright, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Pamela C. Marsh, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced that Javier E. (35, San Francisco, CA), was sentenced today for conspiracy to traffic methamphetamine.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 4, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015, at 2:00 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “The Fiscal Year 2016 Department of Energy Budget." Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz will be the sole witness.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 4, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015, at 2:00 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “The Fiscal Year 2016 Department of Energy Budget." Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz will be the sole witness.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 4, 2015
News Release: Washington - Chairman Ron Johnson held his second Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) hearing on Wednesday, Feb. 4, titled “Deferred Action on Immigration: Implications and Unanswered Questions.".
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2015
News Release: MOBILE, Ala. - Daniel Williams, 36, of Marion, Alabama, was sentenced in federal court on gun charges. Federal law prohibits possession of a firearm by a person who had been committed to a mental institution, and court documents showed that Williams had been committed by an Alabama state judicial officer...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 4, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -- The House Committee on Agriculture Chairman Mike Conaway (R-TX) and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Chairman Pat Roberts (R-KS) today issued the following statements after meeting to discuss ways they can work together to strengthen the agriculture economy and rural America in the 114th Congress.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 4, 2015
News Release: Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today released the following statement on the Department of Energy Office of Inspector General’s (IG) report on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) actions to release sensitive information concerning the security of the U.S. electric grid.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 4, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday, Feb. 11, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining ICD-10 Implementation."
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul. Jr. announced today that Ivan Rosario, 20, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Richard J. Arcara to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin. The charge carries a mandatory minimum sentence of five years in prison, a maximum of 40 years, a fine of $5,000,000 or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2015
News Release: New Scam Promised Restitution for Those Already Victimized in Earlier Theft.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 4, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday, Feb. 11, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining ICD-10 Implementation."
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2015
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States District Judge Paul G. Byron has sentenced Cruz Vicente, Jr. (57, Kissimmee) to 12 years and 7 months in federal prison for receiving child pornography. The Court also ordered him to serve a 20-year term of supervision following his release from prison and to forfeit the electronic devices that he had used to commit the crime. Vicente pleaded guilty on October 8, 2014.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 4, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Democrats today unanimously opposed moving forward on seven permanent, unpaid-for extensions of tax provisions that cost taxpayers $93 billion and take the Congress in the opposite direction of comprehensive tax reform through a pick-and-choose approach. Here’s a snapshot of some statements from Committee Democrats...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Carrie Robinson of Pittsburgh has pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute heroin, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2015
News Release: DALLAS - A Dallas man who met a 17-year-old female on the Internet, convinced her to leave her foster home and go to Texas with him where he facilitated her engagement in commercial sex acts, pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court, announced John Parker, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Stolen Firearm was sentenced on Feb. 2, 2015, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 4, 2015
News Release: “I want to commend FCC Chairman Wheeler for acting today to protect the free and open Internet. The FCC must move forward with this initiative; however, I remain open to working with my colleagues in Congress to find a truly bipartisan legislative solution. Whether through legislation or FCC action, I will not stop fighting to make sure the American people have the strong Internet protections they deserve."
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2015
News Release: FARGO - U. S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on Feb. 3, 2015, Devon Cole Reed, 27, Fargo, N.D., pleaded guilty before U. S. District Judge Ralph R. Erickson to two counts of receiving and distributing child pornography and three counts of possession of child pornography.
