News from July 2015
By DOE Newswire | Jul 27, 2015
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today reiterated her opposition to selling off 101 million barrels of oil from the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to pay for unrelated legislative proposals with a new report highlighting the stockpile’s importance to the United State’s energy security.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 27, 2015
News Release: Washington - Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, introduced the Department of Homeland Security Border Security Metrics Act of 2015 on Monday to require the Department of Homeland Security to provide regular, consistent, reliable, accessible metrics regarding the security of the U.S. borders. Chairman Johnson made these comments regarding the legislation...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2015
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - United States District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill sentenced Stephen Stinson, 45, of Fresno, today to 10 years in prison for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 27, 2015
News Release: Employer name: Shoreline Foundation Inc. Inspection site: 1 East, 11th Street, Riviera Beach, Florida 33404. Date citations issued: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued citations to the employer on July 23, 2015. Inspection findings: OSHA issued the employer...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2015
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Hutchinson woman was sentenced to three years on supervised release and ordered to pay more than $19,000 in restitution for filing false tax returns and violating a federal law prohibiting her from having a gun, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2015
News Release: Ashley Monique Leroy, 26, of Davie, pled guilty to one count of aggravated identity theft, in violation of Title l8, United States Codes Section 1028A(a)(1).
By Interior Newswire | Jul 27, 2015
News Release: Bring your family and friends to celebrate the National Park Service's 99th birthday at the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area and the Obed Wild and Scenic River on Tuesday, August 25. One night of free camping has been authorized at the Alum Ford Campground (Big South Fork) and Rock Creek Campground (Obed) as well as for all backcountry permits.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2015
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that STEVEN KYLE DUDLEY, age 21, of Calera, Oklahoma, pled guilty to THEFT BY OFFICERS OR EMPLOYEES OF GAMING ESTABLISHMENT ON INDIAN LANDS, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1168(b) and 2, punishable by not more than 20 years imprisonment, up to a $1,000,000.00 fine or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2015
News Release: Revisions the Result of Consultation with Officers and Community, and Puts Greater Emphasis on De-escalation.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 27, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today issued the following statement after Malaysia was upgraded from Tier 3 to the Tier 2 Watch List in the U.S. Department of State’s 2015 Trafficking in Persons Report...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2015
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Brooklyn, New York, man was sentenced today to 132 months in prison for participating in the armed robbery of an electronics store in Paramus, New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 27, 2015
News Release: Washita Battlefield National Historic Site is pleased to welcome Dr. Wayne Elisens from the University of Oklahoma, to the park's Summer Lecture Series on Sunday, August 2 at 2:00 p.m. in the park visitor center.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2015
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Leonardo Pesta, 47, of Mountain View, pleaded guilty today to one count of wire fraud stemming from a fraud scheme involving recruiting bonuses, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2015
News Release: Eight additional individuals were indicted for participating in a securities fraud scheme that targeted the elderly.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2015
News Release: Defendant Kicked at Deputies, Bit One in Incident at Courthouse.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2015
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Efrain Arroyo Melendez, aka Frank Feliz Baez, 49, of the Allston section of Boston, Mass., has been sentenced to 87 months in federal prison for trafficking heroin into Providence, R.I., announced United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha and Michael Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New England Field Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2015
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wellington man was sentenced Monday to 100 months in federal prison for distributing child pornography, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said. In addition, he will serve 10 years on supervised release after his sentence is completed.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - The United States has reached a civil settlement with CVS Health in connection with allegations that the CVS pharmacy in Carver violated federal regulations related to the sale of prescription drugs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2015
News Release: HOUSTON - The lead defendant in connection with a telemarketing fraud and money laundering scheme spanning nearly five years has been ordered to federal prison following his convictions of conspiracies to commit wire/mail/telemarketing fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. James Assi Jariv, 64, of Las Vegas, Nevada, pleaded guilty May 18, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2015
News Release: From August 2013 to October 2014, Jenifer Drug Trafficking Organization Trafficked at Least 750 Kilograms of Cocaine Intended for Distribution in the Baltimore-Washington Area.
