News from July 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2015
News Release: Andrew Lambert Silicani, 23, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, was sentenced by Chief Federal District Court Judge Nancy D. Freudenthal on July 9, 2015, on four counts of use of interstate commerce facilities in the commission of murder-for-hire. Silicani was arrested in Rawlins, Wyoming. He received 420 months...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2015
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - Robert W. McCandless, 38, of Bristol, Florida, pled guilty today to interstate domestic violence and interstate violation of a protection order. The plea was announced by Pamela C. Marsh, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2015
News Release: Defendants Participated In A Drive-By Shooting In The Baldorioty De Castro Avenue Killing One Person.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 9, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -Bipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today requested information from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) regarding protections for consumers following data breaches. As more and more Americans are affected by...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2015
News Release: Willie Gerald Humphrey, age 27, from Chicago, Illinois, has been charged with one count of possession with intent to distribute heroin. The charge is contained in a Complaint filed on July 7, 2015, in United States District Court in Cedar Rapids.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 9, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - In advance of this week’s House vote on H.R. 6, the 21st Century Cures Act, Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) released the following statement underscoring his commitment, and that of the committee’s Republican members, to ensuring a fiscally responsible approach to finding better, faster, and safer treatments and cures...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that SYLVIA CHESTNUT, age 37, of New Orleans, was sentenced today after pleading guilty to a one-count Bill of Information charging her with stealing property from a Navy Exchange Store in Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2015
News Release: HOUSTON - A Houston federal grand Jury has added three defendants and additional conspiracy charges to a November 2014 Stolen Identity Refund Fraud (SIRF) indictment, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson along with Lucy Cruz, special agent in charge of Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2015
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a 22-count indictment Thursday against 13 defendants from Sacramento, Delano (Kern Co.) and Phoenix, Arizona, charging them with illegally trafficking large amounts of methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine, and marijuana, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 9, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today delivered the following remarks on the floor of the House of Representatives in strong support of H.R. 6, the 21st Century Cures Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2015
News Release: Springfield, Ill. - A Chicago woman has been ordered to serve two years in federal prison for her role in a state grant fraud scheme and for repeatedly making false statements to federal agents and the grand jury investigating the scheme. Jeri L. Wright, 49, of Hazel Crest, Ill., appeared today before...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 9, 2015
News Release: Upcoming Webinars. July 14: Live Webinar on Rethinking Building Design. Webinar Sponsor: Building Technologies Office. The Energy Department will present a live webinar titled "Additive Technology: Rethinking of Building Design, Construction, and Recycling" on Tuesday, July 14, from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez, Special Agent in Charge Thomas G. Atteberry of the Phoenix Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), and Chief Gorden Eden, Jr., of the Albuquerque Police Department (APD) announced today that Justin Brouillette, 21, of Albuquerque, N.M., has been charged with federal carjacking and firearms offenses. Brouillette’s initial appearance in federal court has not yet been scheduled.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 9, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Every member of the House Communications and Technology Subcommittee today wrote to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler regarding the ability for consumers to take their phone number with them if they choose to switch carriers. A recent white paper by the North American...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 9, 2015
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - Glacier National Park continues its boat inspection and permit program this summer as part of an ongoing aquatic invasive species (AIS) prevention program. Westward expansion of zebra and quagga mussels, and other aquatic invasive species transported mainly on recreational watercraft...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 9, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today held a legislative hearing examining H.R. 702, a bill introduced by full committee Chairman Emeritus Joe Barton (R-TX) that would eliminate the 40-year-old ban on crude oil exports.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2015
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A Laredo man has entered a guilty plea to possessing with the intent to deliver 58 kilograms of cocaine, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2015
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduces the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2015
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Rockford man was sentenced yesterday in federal court on drug-trafficking and firearm charges. JARVIS WASHINGTON, 28, of Rockford, Ill., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala to a total of 12 years in federal prison, and ordered to serve 4 years of supervised release following...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 9, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today announced the Committee will hold a legislative hearing to review pending Forest Service and forestry related bills.
