News from July 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2015
News Release: HARTFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deidre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Travale Givens, also known as “Newport," 34, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 108 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2015
News Release: SIOUX CITY, IOWA - An Iowan and a Nebraskan will each serve prison time for violating provisions of the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 20, 2015
News Release: On Wednesday, July 22, the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), will mark up H.R. 511, the Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2015. The markup will take place at 10:45 a.m. in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 20, 2015
News Release: GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador - A Cuban national linked to a human trafficking ring allegedly responsible for trafficking Cuban women to Ecuador and forcing them into prostitution was removed July 17 by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations officers from New Orleans, Louisiana.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2015
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a St. Francis, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault with a Dangerous Weapon was sentenced on July 13, 2015, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By State Newswire | Jul 20, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY), the Committee’s Ranking Member, issued this joint statement on passage of a United Nations Security Council resolution endorsing the Iran nuclear agreement...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 20, 2015
News Release: July 20, 2015 BOS 2015-138. Employer name: Metallurgical Processing Inc. Investigation site: 50 - 58 Arthur St., New Britain, Conn. 06053. Investigation findings: The Hartford Area Office of the Labor Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration began inspections on Jan. 15, 2015, in...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 20, 2015
News Release: Tucson, AZ -With the recent increase in moisture brought on by monsoon rains, conditions are optimal for seasonal restoration work to resume in Saguaro National Park. The park will be using groundbased field crews to apply herbicide on buffelgrass and improve conditions for native plants.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2015
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Juan Valenzuela, 34, and Ernie Rodriguez, 39, both of Fresno, and Anthony Rodriguez, 32, of Modesto, appeared before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill today on federal firearms charges, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2015
News Release: COEUR D’ALENE - James Andrew Samuels, Jr., 27, of Plummer, Idaho, was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for strangulation, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. The Court also ordered that Samuels serve three years supervised release following his sentence and complete anger management counseling. He pleaded guilty to the charge in December 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2015
News Release: PLANO, Texas - A 27-year-old Morganton, NC man has been indicted in connection with an oil and gas scheme in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 20, 2015
News Release: July 22: Centennial Artist in Residence Program Presents: Through An Artist's Eyes - Discover the many ways that nature inspires art in these weekly presentations by one of the park's Artists in Residence. This week features the illustrations and visual arts of Lori Discoe. 7:30 p.m. Beaver Meadows Visitor Center.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 20, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama announced last month that the Department of Labor (DOL) intends to raise the salary threshold below which workers must receive overtime pay when they work more than 40 hours in a week. Today, nearly 150 Democrats across both chambers of Congress-led by Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and Representative Bobby Scott (VA-03)-sent a letter to the President in strong support of the rule.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 20, 2015
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park will host the 12th annual Waterton-Glacier Science and History Day on Tuesday, July 28, from 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. at the West Glacier Community Building in Glacier National Park. The event is free of charge and open to the public. Attendees...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2015
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced that Kevin Terrell, 29, of Beckley, West Virginia, plead guilty in federal court in Beckley today to being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. On Jan. 13, 2015, law enforcement officers seized an assault rifle from Terrell’s...
By State Newswire | Jul 20, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY), the Committee’s Ranking Member, issued this joint statement on passage of a United Nations Security Council resolution endorsing the Iran nuclear agreement...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2015
News Release: FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - Viktor Lisnyak, 29, of Staten Island, N.Y., was arrested by federal agents on July 17, 2015, and charged via complaint with five counts of transmitting threatening communications in interstate commerce.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 20, 2015
News Release: Ajo, Az -Thisyear, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, was one of twenty seven nationalparks in the Intermountain Region selected to receive funding for aTeacher-Ranger-Teacher (TRT) professional development opportunity.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Irfan Demirtas, aka Nasrullah, 56, a duel Dutch-Turkish national, made his first appearance today in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on a federal indictment charging him with terrorism offenses arising from his support of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU), a designated foreign terrorist organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2015
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Convicted sex offender Bruce Alfonso Robinson, II, 32, of Greensboro, North Carolina, was convicted and sentenced today to 24 months in prison for failing to update his sex offender registration status, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
