News from February 2015
By Interior Newswire | Feb 27, 2015
News Release: Fritch, Texas - Lake Meredith National Recreation Area will conduct a summer youth work program under the authority of the Youth Conservation Corps through the National Park Service.
By State Newswire | Feb 27, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) introduced bipartisan legislation requiring congressional review of any comprehensive nuclear agreement with Iran. The Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015 would mandate the ...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 27, 2015
News Release: Fritch, Texas - Lake Meredith National Recreation Area will conduct a summer youth work program under the authority of the Youth Conservation Corps through the National Park Service.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2015
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. -United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced today the unsealing of an indictment, returned by the grand jury Feb. 19, 2015, charging Christina Antonia Martinez, 27; Lance Aaron Wilson, 30; and Mona Alicia Chavarin, 43, all of Modesto; and Lenele Maria Nunez, 31, of Hughson, with conspiring to distribute oxycodone and hydrocodone and possession of the same substances on two occasions.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2015
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted Under Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 27, 2015
News Release: Nestled in Northern California’s Mad River Valley between the coastal mountains and the Pacific Ocean, the Blue Lake Rancheria is bordered by great forests and the California Redwood trees. It’s a sacred and hard-won swath of land for the Tribe that calls it home, and preserving it for future generations is paramount.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2015
News Release: (NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that James Costanzo, 37, of Ansonia, pleaded guilty today in Bridgeport federal court to trafficking prescription narcotics.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2015
News Release: Fairfax Woman Allegedly Stole the Identities of Licensed Dentists, Defrauded Patients, and Submitted Fraudulent Billings.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2015
News Release: Jessie Hopper, Sr., and Polly Hopper Convicted of Kidnapping a Woman in Hot Springs, Arkansas, and Transporting Them to Deming, New Mexico.
By State Newswire | Feb 27, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Today U.S. Representatives Chris Smith (R-NJ), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), and Dan Lipinski (D-IL) announced introduction of the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, a bipartisan bill that would enhance U.S. monitoring of Hong Kong’s autonomy and human rights and ensure that these issues remain a cornerstone of U.S. policy.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2015
News Release: CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE - Daniel Petrin, 51, of Laconia, was sentenced in United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to 6 years in prison for possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney John P. Kacavas.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 27, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), ranking member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, voted for a clean funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for the rest of the fiscal year 2015. Following the vote on the bill, which passed the Senate by a vote...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2015
News Release: The United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today that Christopher Thomas, 50, of Las Vegas, Nevada, was sentenced on Feb. 27, 2015, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois in East Saint Louis for Conspiracy to Distribute Cocaine. Thomas had previously pled guilty to the charge on Oct. 15, 2014.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 27, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - In a Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee hearing today, Subcommittee Chairman Sam Johnson (R-TX) put forth a set of principles that form a commitment to addressing the Disability Insurance trust fund shortfall. Chairman Johnson will use these principles, supported by Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI), to guide policy solutions this Congress. As Chairman Johnson said during his opening remarks, “This is a commonsense commitment to all Americans.".
By State Newswire | Feb 27, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced the following upcoming Committee events...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2015
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Danny Zhao, 36, of Ashburn, Virginia, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit bank fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that on Feb. 27, 2015, Todd Shannon Bartusek, age 43 of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced for felony tax evasion. The Honorable Joseph F. Bataillon, Senior United States District Court Judge, sentenced Bartusek to a three year term of probation and a $10,000 fine.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 27, 2015
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) released the following statement on House Republican leaders canceling today’s vote on their partisan Elementary and Secondary Education Act Reauthorization bill.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 27, 2015
News Release: Change doesn’t happen on its own. It’s led by dedicated and passionate people who are committed to empowering Indian Country to energize future generations. Leading the Charge is a regular feature spotlighting the movers and shakers in energy development on tribal lands.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2015
News Release: Defendant Fled From Police, Tossing Gun, After Three Kilo Heroin Deal.
