News from January 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2015
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - An Atlantic City, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for engaging in a conspiracy to distribute heroin with Mykal Derry, a leader of the “Dirty Block" criminal street gang that allegedly used threats, intimidation and violence to maintain control of the illegal drug trade in Atlantic City, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Representatives from the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the DEA participated in the New Mexico Pharmacists Association’s Mid-Winter Meeting held this weekend in Albuquerque, N.M., for the purpose of educating the Association’s membership about how prescription drug trafficking and abuse contributes to New Mexico’s heroin and opioid epidemic and enlisting their support in combatting the epidemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2015
News Release: Representatives from U.S. Attorney’s Office and DEA Discuss Initiative to Address Heroin and Opioid Epidemic in New Mexico.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 25, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 25, 2015 - Chairman Rob Bishop (UT-01) issued the following statement on President Obama’s announcement to immediately begin managing 1.5 million acres of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) as wilderness, in addition to the 18 million acres of ANWR that have already been designated wilderness. This will prohibit any motorized access to the area.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 25, 2015
News Release: U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, and Rep. Don Young will hold a press conference on Monday, Jan. 26, at 2 p.m. in the Senate Radio and TV gallery to respond to the Obama administration’s efforts to lock up millions of acres of the nation’s richest oil and natural gas prospects on the Arctic coastal plain and move to block development of Alaska’s offshore resources.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 25, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today denounced President Obama and Interior Secretary Sally Jewell for launching an unprecedented assault on Alaska that will have long-lasting effects on the state’s economy and the nation’s energy security.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 25, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the statement below following the Obama Administration's recommendation that Congress designate core areas of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) as wilderness.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 24, 2015
News Release: The Acadia National Park Advisory Commission will meet at the Acadia National Park Headquarters, McFarland Hill Drive, located three miles west of Bar Harbor on Route 233, from 1 to 3 pm on Monday, Feb. 2, 2015. The meeting is open to the public and will include an opportunity for public comment.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 24, 2015
News Release: Berlin, MD -2015 marks the 50th anniversary of Assateague Island National Seashore and we invite everyone to the party! Stay tuned for activities each month of 2015. Please check our website www.nps.gov/asis for highlights and "like" us on Facebook at AssateagueNPS. We look forward to a golden anniversary celebrating with our friends and neighbors all year long!.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 24, 2015
News Release: On the heels of the President's State of the Union speech where he underscored his Administration's Climate Action Plan to create American jobs, develop domestic clean energy sources and cut carbon pollution, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will join Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations...
By State Newswire | Jan 24, 2015
News Release: Washington D.C. - Rep. Eliot L. Engel, the senior Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today published the following op-ed on BuzzFeed regarding President Barack Obama's upcoming trip to India.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 23, 2015
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON—DHS today released its 2014 year-end comprehensive travel and trade-related statistics from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
By USDA Newswire | Jan 23, 2015
News Release: WINONA, Miss., Jan. 23, 2015 – Agriculture Under Secretary Lisa Mensah today announced five awards to expand access to credit for rural businesses, particularly small businesses in poor and underserved areas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2015
News Release: Patrik Arsenault, 28, was sentenced in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock Jr. to 65 years in prison, to be followed by a lifetime of supervised release for sexual exploitation of a minor and transportation, receipt and possession of child pornography U.S. Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced. Arsenault pleaded guilty on July 8, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2015
News Release: Joseph Arigo, 47, a former sergeant with the Fulton Police Department in Fulton, New York, was sentenced today in federal court to 15 months in prison and three years probation for beating a handcuffed man inside the Fulton police station. In September 2014, Arigo pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of deprivation of rights under color of law.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2015
News Release: A Northville, Michigan, resident was sentenced today in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan to serve 15 months in prison, five years of supervised released and was ordered to pay $394,000 in restitution to five defrauded banks for committing bank fraud, the Department of Justice ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2015
News Release: Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin, U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer for the Southern District of Florida, Special Agent in Charge George Piro for the FBI’s Miami Field Office and the members of the South Florida Joint Terrorism Task Force announced that a West Palm Beach ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2015
News Release: A historic settlement reached with Anadarko Petroleum Corp. and Kerr McGee has gone into effect, allowing funds to be disbursed for cleanups across the country, announced Assistant Attorney General John C. Cruden for the Department of Justice’s Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Attorney ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2015
News Release: The Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will host a joint public workshop, Examining Health Care Competition, on Feb. 24 and 25, 2015, in the Constitution Center Auditorium located at 400 7th Street, S.W., Washington, D.C., 20024.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2015
News Release: Defendant Admits To Targeting Parents Of Hospitalized Children, Among Others A Maryland woman pleaded guilty today in connection with her involvement in a sophisticated identity theft ring that stole the identities of over 600 individuals in Washington, D.C., and surrounding areas with an estimated loss ...
