News from January 2015
By DOL Newswire | Jan 5, 2015
News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - Workers at Hagerty Brothers Co. were exposed to dangerous levels of lead and copper dust during brass finishing and grinding work at its Peoria facility, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has found. After an OSHA inspection on June 24, 2014, the...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Jimmie Fleming, 36, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 36 years in prison on charges stemming from a shooting in which two people were killed and another was wounded, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 5, 2015
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) invites photographers to submit entries for an exhibit at the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area. The NPS is looking for striking digital images highlighting the spectacular views, historic sites, recreational opportunities, and diversity of life in the...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2015
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas man who formerly operated a well-known local adult entertainment club and owned an escort service business, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Phillip M. Pro to 15 months in prison for his guilty plea to tax evasion, announced U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden for the District of Nevada.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 5, 2015
News Release: SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. - For the eighth time since 2011, Domestic Casting's iron foundry has been investigated, cited, and fined by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration for not protecting its employees from safety and health hazards. OSHA's three most recent inspections...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 5, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Yesterday, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, appeared on CBS’s Face the Nation to discuss the need for Congress to hold hearings on recent cases in which African Americans have been killed by police.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 5, 2015
News Release: Fort Stanwix National Monument has new winter hours.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2015
News Release: Produced images and videos of minor that was not even a year old.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2015
News Release: Images were exchanged via email from a friend’s computer.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 5, 2015
News Release: The third Monday in January has been a federal holiday since 1986, in observance of the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr., a Baptist minister, Nobel Peace Prize winner, and civil rights leader dedicated to nonviolence. This is a day to honor King's principles, perhaps best exemplified by his famous...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2015
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas man who earned over $7 million during 2007 and failed to file a 2008 federal tax return with the IRS, was sentenced today to 10 months in prison, one year of supervised release, and ordered to pay approximately $2.5 million in restitution to the IRS, announced U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2015
News Release: Admitted Accepting Bribes for Test Referrals to Clinical Laboratory.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 5, 2015
News Release: Fort Matanzas National Monument will be offering evening Torchlight Tours on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2015. The tours will include a nighttime ferry ride to Fort Matanzas and a step back in time. Upon arrival at Fort Matanzas, visitors will enter the year 1743 and meet Spanish soldados stationed to keep watch over and defend the southern approach to St. Augustine. Each tour will include an 18th century cannon firing demonstration.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2015
News Release: Defendant Arrested after High Speed Chase -- Used Car Dealership as a Front for Meth Distribution.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2015
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Edgardo Fournier, aka Edgardo Fournier-Nigaglioni, 46, of Perris, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to manufacture, distribute and possess with intent to distribute marijuana, and setting timber afire in the Sequoia National Forest, U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 5, 2015
News Release: Everyone agrees that the American tax system is broken and in need of reform. It stifles job creation, innovation, and competitiveness. It’s counterproductive, confusing, and a serious drag on the economy. Simply put: Tax reform is no longer an option but an obligation.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 5, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives will vote this Friday on legislation authored by incoming Energy and Commerce Committee member Rep. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) to authorize construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, marking the 10th House vote to advance the job-creating project. Cramer will officially introduce the bill when the 114th Congress convenes on Tuesday. The Senate is also expected to expedite consideration of Keystone.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2015
News Release: Dr. Abbas Zahedi Sentenced To 145 Months In Federal Prison And Ordered To Pay Approximately $2.4 Million In Restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Department of Justice announced today that Pedra Perez-Gumeta, 52, of Lexington, Kentucky, was sentenced to serve 18 months in federal prison by United States Senior District Court Judge Joseph M. Hood for harboring an undocumented Mexican migrant for labor at a tobacco farm, illegally...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2015
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Pedro Mercado, 32, of Providence, was sentenced today to 36 months in federal prison for possession of heroin with the intent to distribute. Mercado was arrested by Providence Police in February 2014, during an on-going investigation into heroin trafficking in the City of Providence.
