News from July 2015
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 10, 2015
News Release: Washington - Thursday, the Senate passed the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) Modernization Act of 2015, a bipartisan bill introduced by Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) in May. This bill would modernize the nation’s public alert and warning system to ensure that federal, state and local officials can effectively warn citizens during times of disasters, acts of terrorism, and other threats to public safety.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury indicted three defendants on charges arising from the fraudulent purchase of seven properties in Baltimore, using fraudulent loan documentation and straw purchasers, resulting in losses of over $1.7 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2015
News Release: Defendants Accused of Filing $1.2 Million in Reimbursement Claims From Federal Employee Health Insurance Plan.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2015
News Release: The United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced that Frederick D. Purnell, Sr. was sentenced on Tuesday, July 7, 2015, to 27 months in federal prison for Possession of Heroin (With Intent to Distribute).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson today announced the beginning steps of a grass roots effort to form a community and law enforcement coalition to build stronger, safer communities.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2015
News Release: Man Charged With Armed Robbery Of Shop ‘N Save Pleads Guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2015
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A Gaston County woman appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge David S. Cayer today and pleaded guilty to stealing more than $500,000 from her employer, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Jennifer Ann Champagne, 39, of Gastonia, N.C. pleaded guilty making and possessing forged and counterfeit securities, wire fraud and access device fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2015
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - On July 8, 2015, Scott William Acorn, 43, of Nogales, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Cindy K. Jorgenson to a total of 78 months imprisonment and ordered to pay $415,000 in restitution. Acorn pleaded guilty on March 31, 2015, to conspiracy, filing false claim for refund, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 10, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva today applauded President Obama for establishing three new national monuments under the 1906 Antiquities Act. Obama announced the establishment of Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument in California, Waco Mammoth National Monument in Texas and the Basin and Range National Monument in Nevada.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 10, 2015
News Release: Wellfleet, MA- Cape Cod National Seashore Superintendent George Price has announced that National Park Service Northeast Regional Director Michael Caldwell has selected Far Land on the Beach, LLC., to operate the food concession at Herring Cove Beach in Provincetown, MA. Herring Cove Beach is one of the most popular beaches of the six beaches managed by Cape Cod National Seashore.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2015
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a Lafayette man was sentenced to 240 months in prison for distributing child pornography to a 16-year-old.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2015
News Release: HONOLULU - A federal jury found a California man guilty last week of smuggling methamphetamine into Hawaii. After a three day trial, Roman Gabriel Contreras, 44, of Ontario, California, was convicted of attempting to distribute more than 500 grams of a substance containing methamphetamine in Kauai on March 24, 2015.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 10, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Interior Secretary Sally Jewell joined members of Congress, California State and local elected officials, and community members across Northern California today in praising the President’s designation of the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 10, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON-House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) released the following statement in response to today’s announcement that U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director Archuleta is resigning.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a three count indictment charging Taire Chaney, 23, of Buffalo, NY, with narcotics conspiracy, discharge of firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, and discharge of firearm causing death in furtherance of drug trafficking. The charges carry a minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life, and a $1,500,000 fine.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 10, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives is set to vote today on H.R. 6, the 21st Century Cures Act. H.R. 6 is a nonpartisan bill originating from the Energy and Commerce Committee’s 21st Century Cures initiative, launched over a year ago by Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO).
By DOE Newswire | Jul 10, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives today approved H.R. 6, the 21st Century Cures Act, by a vote of 344-77. The nonpartisan legislation will help to bring our health care system into the 21st Century, investing in science and medical innovation, incorporating the patient perspective, and modernizing clinical trials, to deliver better, faster cures to more patients and loved ones in need.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 10, 2015
News Release: Assistant Secretary for Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability Patricia Hoffman submitted a memo to the Electricity Advisory Committee providing the Department of Energy's response to the EAC's analyses and recommendations made in 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2015
News Release: A Detroit area hematologist-oncologist was sentenced today to serve 45 years in prison for his role in a health care fraud scheme that included administering medically unnecessary infusions or injections to 553 individual patients and submitting to Medicare and private insurance companies approximately $34 million in fraudulent claims.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 10, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee will host a media availability TODAY following the House vote on H.R. 6, the 21st Century Cures Act.
