News from January 2015
By State Newswire | Jan 21, 2015
News Release: I'm going to call the meeting to order. And I would say to people in the audience that we would appreciate you refraining [from interjecting]. We understand people have strong emotions about much of what happens in this committee and others, and we hope you'll respect the work of the committee.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2015
News Release: A California man was sentenced to more than 22 years in federal prison for trafficking cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Michael Acoff, 24, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of perjury for lying to the grand jury in the connection with the Baily Boys investigation, was sentenced to 18 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2015
News Release: Defendant Admits Role in “Advance Fee Fraud" Scheme that Targeted Elderly Victims.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 21, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Ranking Member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) announced the Democratic Subcommittee Ranking Members of the Committee for the 114th Congress. Full subcommittee rosters will be announced next week.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A twice convicted sex offender who was residing in Ohio was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court in Boston for failing to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2015
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that Kevin Edmonds, 34, of Raleigh, West Virginia, pleaded guilty in federal court to possession with intent to distribute oxycodone.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced today that KIRK JENKINS, age 41, a resident of New Sarpy in St. Charles Parish, was sentenced after having previously pled guilty to three counts of distribution of heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2015
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that JACOBI BOYD, a/k/a "Co", age 23, from New Orleans, pled guilty to today to federal drug and gun charges.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 21, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Ranking Member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Aviation Subcommittee Rick Larsen (D-WA), and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation John Garamendi (D-CA), applauded efforts by the Obama Administration to coordinate a government wide approach to addressing U.S. interests in the Arctic.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 21, 2015
News Release: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) released the following statement in response to the President’s State of the Union address...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2015
News Release: A Livonia woman was sentenced to 12 months in federal prison for embezzlement of labor organization assets, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2015
News Release: PIKEVILLE, KY - Kerry B. Harvey, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky; Joseph P. Reagan, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration; Jack Conway, Attorney General of Kentucky; Rodney Brewer, Kentucky State Police Commissioner; and Phillip Reed, Pikeville Police Chief, jointly announced today that a Floyd County man has been sentenced to 320 months in prison, for his role in a drug conspiracy involving heroin, prescription drugs, and cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2015
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Galena, Mo., woman has been sentenced in federal court for embezzling more than $300,000 from her employer.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 21, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry today announced the Committee will hold a Business Meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015 at 4:00pm to welcome new members and to approve the Committee Funding Resolution, Committee Rules, and Subcommittee Assignments.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2015
News Release: Project Safe Childhood. SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Jasper County, Mo., man who contacted a child victim on Facebook was sentenced in federal court today for producing child pornography. Ian Holman, 33, of Jasper County...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 21, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives today approved H.R. 161, the Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act, by a bipartisan vote of 253 to 169. The legislation, authored by Energy and Commerce Committee member Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-KS), would expedite the construction of natural gas pipelines...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2015
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The president of a Calabasas firm that was used to run a Ponzi scheme that caused investors to loss more than $100 million pleaded guilty this morning to federal fraud charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2015
News Release: A Broward County resident was sentenced to 102 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay $876,215.00 in restitution in an identity theft tax refund fraud scheme.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 21, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis today named Jeff Reinbold as the bureau's assistant director for partnerships and civic engagement.
