News from July 2015
By DOL Newswire | Jul 24, 2015
News Release: ALBANY, N.Y. - The death of an employee at International Paper Co.'s Ticonderoga plant could have been prevented if his employer provided proper safeguards and training, an inspection by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has determined.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2015
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma -DELANE HENDERSON, 52, of Oklahoma City, was sentenced by United States District Judge Robin Cauthron to serve five years of probation for making a materially false and fraudulent representation to the Social Security Administration (“SSA"), announced Sanford C. Coats, United...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 24, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its schedule for the week of July 27.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 24, 2015
News Release: Reynolds Creek Fire in Glacier National Park may be human-caused.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 24, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-On Monday, July 27, Senator Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, will hold a forum with former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, as well as researchers and experts from business and academia. The panelists will speak about the importance of strengthening federal investments in scientific research to grow our economy and create jobs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2015
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles E. Moynihan, who is handling the case, stated in January of 2012, members of the Drug Enforcement Administration commenced an investigation into the narcotics trafficking activities of Diaz, Alberto Alfaro, Edwin Rosado, and others. On Jan. 27, 2012, as part of this...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 24, 2015
News Release: The Elwha Valley's Olympic Hot Springs Road will close at the Olympic National Park boundary for approximately one month beginning on Tuesday, September 8. The temporary closure will allow the park's maintenance crew to make necessary improvements to protect the road before the fall and winter rains arrive.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 24, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - All 15 Ways and Means Committee Democratic Members today sent a letter to U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Michael Froman pressing him to ensure the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations clearly protect legitimate public health measures related to tobacco. (Read the full letter here.).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2015
News Release: Haroutyoun Margossian to Pay Over $8 Million Under the False Claims Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2015
News Release: Fugitives identified as kilogram-quantity drug suppliers in Block Burner gang investigation.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 24, 2015
News Release: Summer Teacher Professional Development Workshop Offered at Chamizal National Memorial.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 24, 2015
News Release: A dead muskrat was recently found at the Lily Lake area in Rocky Mountain National Park and tested positive for tularemia. This year, tularemia has been widely reported in Colorado and neighboring states.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2015
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul J. Campana, who is handling the case, stated that according to the indictment and a previously filed complaint, in November 2014, the defendant was arrested and detained on a local charge of endangering the welfare of a child. In February 2015, two individuals began cleaning...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2015
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Lafayette business owner pleaded guilty Thursday to selling counterfeit clothes, phone cases and other items.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 24, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Continuing its work to protect jobs and the economy from the EPA’s looming ozone rule, the Energy and Power Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), will host a roundtable discussion on Tuesday, July 28, 2015 from 2pm - 3pm in 2123 Rayburn House Office Building. The public roundtable will feature leading stakeholders including local officials.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2015
News Release: A Miami-Dade County resident was sentenced to 41 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for his participation in an identity theft tax fraud scheme involving $418,679.66 in fraudulent refunds.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2015
News Release: Earlier today, following four weeks of trial, a federal jury in Brooklyn, New York, returned guilty verdicts against New York State Senator John Sampson, for one count of obstruction of justice and two counts of making false statements to federal agents. Since 1997, Sampson has served in the New York...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2015
News Release: Lawrence Merrick, Jr., 23, of Winnebago, Nebraska, was sentenced on July 24, 2015, in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska, for Abusive Sexual Contact with a Child. The Honorable Joseph F. Bataillon, Senior United States District Court Judge, sentenced Merrick to 37 months imprisonment. After his release from prison, Merrick will begin a five-year term of supervised release. As a result of his conviction, Merrick will be required to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2015
News Release: Newport Beach Litigator Gets 30 Months in Prison for Separate Scams.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2015
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Daniel Todd Manning (43, Jacksonville) has pleaded guilty to possessing several firearms after having been convicted of felony child sex offenses in the State of Kansas. He faces up to 10 years in federal prison. Manning has been in custody since his arrest on April 30, 2014, in Jacksonville. A sentencing hearing has not yet been set.
