News from July 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2015
News Release: Lawmakers Hear Directly From Whistleblower, Former Detainees on Terrible Conditions Faced by Women & Children Held in These Facilities
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2015
News Release: Aldo Villarreal, 46, of McAllen, Texas, was found guilty today by a federal jury of conspiracy to possess and distribute cocaine and marijuana, and conspiracy to commit money laundering, announced David Rivera, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee. Villarreal’s wife, Juana Edith Vela-Salinas, 41, also of McAllen, Texas was found guilty of conspiracy to commit money laundering,.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 28, 2015
News Release: SEA MUSIC FESTIVAL BRINGS SEAFARING HISTORY TO LIFE.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 28, 2015
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, top Democrats in the House introduced three bills that would make it illegal for public and private sector employers to discriminate, sexually harass and retaliate against interns.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2015
News Release: ATLANTA - Herschell Harvell, Jr., a former Special Agent in Charge with the Office of Inspector General for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, has been convicted of two counts of making false statements to First Tennessee National Bank, N.A., to obtain a loan, after a one week jury trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - DEA Acting Administrator Chuck Rosenberg today announced that the 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 am-2 pm local time. As with the previous nine Take-Back events, sites will be set up throughout communities nationwide so local residents can return their unwanted, unneeded, or expired prescription drugs for safe disposal.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Leon Nathan Davis, 37, of Augusta, Georgia, was sentenced today to 15 years in federal prison by U.S. District Judge J. Randal Hall of the Southern District of Georgia for attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, namely, the Islamic State of...
By State Newswire | Jul 28, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Representative Eliot L. Engel, the top Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today delivered the following statement at the Committee hearing with Secretary of State John Kerry, Secretary of the Treasury Jacob Lew, and Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz on the Iran nuclear...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2015
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JEFFREY KRANTZ, 50, of New York, N.Y., waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty today in Hartford federal court to supplying customers with falsely remarked microprocessor chips, many of which were used in U.S. Military and commercial helicopters.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2015
News Release: Tampa, FL - United States District Judge James D. Whittemore has sentenced Dariel Sardinas Lopez (22, Tampa) to four years in federal prison for credit card fraud and identity theft. He pleaded guilty on April 22, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2015
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced a homeless man was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing a firearm and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2015
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - The Drug Enforcement Administration announced that the 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 am-2 pm local time. As with the previous nine Take-Back events, sites will be set up throughout communities nationwide so local residents can return their unwanted, unneeded, or expired prescription drugs for safe disposal.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 28, 2015
News Release: Tucson, Ariz. - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) released the following statement on the newly announced Interior Department rules for Arctic drilling.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2015
News Release: DENVER - Donnie Waldo, Jr., age 48, of Dover, Arkansas, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge Raymond P. Moore to serve 180 months (15 years) in federal prison for traveling with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct with children, U.S. Attorney John Walsh and U.S. Immigration and Customs...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 28, 2015
News Release: Employer name: Wayne Ansley, doing business as Ansley Metal Fabrication and Repair, Cairo, Georgia
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - DEA Acting Administrator Chuck Rosenberg today announced that the 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 am-2 pm local time. As with the previous nine Take-Back events, sites will be set up throughout communities nationwide so local residents can return their unwanted, unneeded, or expired prescription drugs for safe disposal.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2015
News Release: MIAMI - A.D. Wright, Special Agent in (SAC), Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, announces that the 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 am-2 pm local time. As with the previous nine Take-Back events, sites will be set up throughout communities nationwide so local residents can return their unwanted, unneeded, or expired prescription drugs for safe disposal.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2015
News Release: LOS ANGELES - DEA Acting Administrator Chuck Rosenberg today announced that the 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 am-2 pm local time. As with the previous nine Take-Back events, sites will be set up throughout communities nationwide so local residents can return their unwanted, unneeded, or expired prescription drugs for safe disposal.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2015
News Release: DALLAS - DEA Acting Administrator Chuck Rosenberg today announced that the 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 am-2 pm local time. As with the previous nine Take-Back events, sites will be set up throughout communities nationwide so local residents can return their unwanted, unneeded, or expired prescription drugs for safe disposal.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 28, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee heard testimony Tuesday on the U.S. Department of State’s problematic proposal to construct a new diplomatic security training facility. “We would like to learn why this half-billion-dollar project was greenlighted even though a more cost-effective alternative was available," Johnson said in his opening remarks.
