News from July 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2015
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Bobbie Jo Austin, 35, of St. Johnsbury, Vermont, was sentenced on July 27, 2015, in United States District Court in Burlington, Vermont, to serve a two-year period of probation following her conviction on one count of converting...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2015
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that two Columbia, Mo., men have been sentenced in federal court for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine in Boone County, Mo., and elsewhere.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2015
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that an Excelsior Springs, Mo., man who called law enforcement officers to his home for assistance - where he was helping to manufacture methamphetamine - was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 29, 2015
News Release: National Park ServiceNews Release. -July 29, 2015. Caleb Kesler, Chief Ranger, MOCA/TUZI, 928-567-3322 x227. Montezuma Castle and Tuzigoot National Monuments to Host Two Volunteer Recruitment Fairs in August. The National Park Service welcomes and encourages local area residents to learn about its Volunteer...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 29, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, forty-six Members of Congress sent a letter to Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) Director Joseph Pizarchik requesting an extension of the public comment period and more time for public review of OSM documents related to the Stream Protection Rule (SPR)...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A Westmoreland County resident has been sentenced in federal court to 10 years imprisonment to be followed by a lifetime of supervised release on his conviction of possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 29, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the House passed H.R. 1831, The Evidence-Based Policymaking Commission Act. In response, House Ways and Means Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) issued the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George L. Russell III sentenced Bryan Turner, age 29, of Baltimore, to 15 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute crack cocaine and heroin. Turner is a member of the UDH organization, which operates in the Cherry Hill section of Baltimore.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 29, 2015
News Release: Wednesday, the Senate confirmed Carol Fortine Ochoa to be inspector general of the General Services Administration. The Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee favorably reported the nomination on June 24. Committee Chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.) made these remarks afterward...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 29, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI), Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), and the co-chairs of the Congressional Task Force on Seniors Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and Rep. Doris Matsui (D-CA) today issued the following statement ahead of the 50th anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2015
News Release: EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - The DEA today announced that two local residents, James C. Leming, 54, and Dawn E. Unterfer, 45, both of Carbondale, IL, were sentenced for their involvement in a methamphetamine conspiracy.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 29, 2015
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today convened the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee to continue consideration of the bipartisan Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015 with discussion on 20 additional amendments to the bill. In total, the committee has worked through 45 of the 94 amendments filed to the bipartisan legislation since the markup process began on Tuesday.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - As part of the Justice Department’s celebration marking the 25th anniversary of the American with Disabilities Act this year, the department announced today the signing of a settlement agreement with Robeson County, North Carolina, to improve access to all aspects of civic life for persons...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2015
News Release: Fort Smith - Conner Eldridge, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Elijah Buckhalter and Alberto Gonzalez were sentenced today to a combined total of over 13 years in federal prison for drug trafficking charges. Buckhalter, age 23, of Compton, California was sentenced...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2015
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 38-year-old Lake Charles, Louisiana, man has been convicted in a Nigerian mail fraud scheme in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that MARVIN SANTOS PERDOMO, age 33, DELSSY ADRIANA BANEGAS-ZOSA, age 31, and OLVIN SANTOS PERDOMO, age 26, all citizens of Honduras, were sentenced today for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and, in the case of BANEGAS-ZOSA and MARVIN SANTOS PERDOMO, reentry of an illegal alien.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 29, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Peter Roskam (R-IL) delivered the following opening statement during a hearing on the Internal Revenue Service’s audit selection process and internal controls within the Tax Exempt and Government Entities division. This hearing...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2015
News Release: The United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today that Ronald Terry, 32, of St. Louis, MO, was indicted last week by a federal grand jury for three counts of distribution of heroin. Each charge carries maximum penalties of 20 years in prison, a $1,000,000 fine, and three years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2015
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A Laredoan and a Mexican national have been ordered to federal prison following their pleas of guilty to possession with intent to distribute nearly 50 pounds of methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 29, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee Ranking Member Alan S. Lowenthal (D-Calif.), Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and 11 cosponsors introduced a bill today to reduce the waste of natural gas on federal oil and gas leases due to venting, flaring...
