News from June 2015
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Representative Eliot L. Engel, the top Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today delivered the following remarks in the House of Representatives urging Congress not to use the Intelligence Authorization Act to make changes to American policy toward Syria...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2015
News Release: CINCINNATI - Joshua Walker, 24, of Cincinnati, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 96 months in prison for possessing with intent to distribute a measurable amount of heroin and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2015
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, and Shimon R. Richmond, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Pittsburgh resident was sentenced in federal court to 10 years of incarceration on his conviction of federal heroin trafficking charges, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2015
News Release: Huntington, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that Steven Dale McCallister, age 41, of Huntington, West Virginia was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Huntington to 44 months in federal prison. McCallister previously pled guilty in March of 2015, admitting that in November...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2015
News Release: Anita L. Argento, a/k/a Anita L. Warren, 43, and Travis L. Boley, 26, both of Marion, Illinois, were indicted on June 2, 2015, on heroin related charges in a four count Indictment returned by a Federal Grand Jury sitting in Benton, Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 16, 2015
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has updated its technical specifications and guidance for the next generation of "smart" identity cards used by the federal government's workforce. The new specifications add enhanced security features to verify employees' and contractors' identities, as well as new capabilities that work with mobile devices and media such as smart phones.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 16, 2015
News Release: Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee Chairman Lou Barletta (R-PA) will lead a Subcommittee roundtable tomorrow to examine and discuss federal disaster assistance programs, the requirements and effectiveness of those programs, and coordination among various agencies and stakeholders.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 16, 2015
News Release: For the week of June 15 -21, Washita Battlefield National Historic Park, working jointly with the Black Kettle National Grasslands (USFS), and park volunteers, will be at work on a variety of projects.Seed packets, provided by Burpee Garden Products, will be handed out to all visitors to plant in their gardens.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 16, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) pressed Treasury Secretary Jack Lew to provide their Committees with complete and un-redacted documentations regarding the administration’s efforts to change decade-old rules governing 501c(4) tax-exempt organizations. Today’s letter follows a letter Chairman Ryan sent to Secretary Lew on March 9, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that on June 15, 2015, United States District Judge Laurie Smith Camp sentenced Charles V. Garcia of Othello, Washington, age 43, to a 12 month and 1 day term of imprisonment, following his conviction for conspiracy to commit wire fraud. After his release from prison, Garcia will begin a term of supervised release of 3 years. Garcia was also ordered to make restitution in the amount of $605,592.53.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2015
News Release: Defendant was a convicted felon with ties to white supremacists.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2015
News Release: HAMMOND - United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, David Capp, announced that Shannon Meegan, 34, of Hammond, Indiana was sentenced to 2 years of probation by Judge James Moody after pleading guilty to the felony offense of conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2015
News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- A Hayden man pleaded guilty today in Federal Court to charges of Distribution of Grenade Fuses to an Unlicensed Person, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Special Agent in Charge David Hyche.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2015
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Michael J. Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement for New England and Acting New Hampshire United States Attorney Donald Feith announced that Tiffany Ramos, 26, of Manchester, was arrested on a complaint charging her with possession with intent to distribute a controlled...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 16, 2015
News Release: Oyster Bay, N.Y. - For the first time in more than three years the public will be able to tour the Theodore Roosevelt House at Sagamore Hill. Following an extensive rehabilitation project on the structure as well as restorative attention to objects in the house, Sagamore Hill National Historic Site will celebrate the long awaited reopening with a free family festival on Sunday, July 12, 2015 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2015
News Release: RIVERSIDE, California - A brother and sister from the Inland Empire have pleaded guilty to federal charges of conspiring to steal identities of hundreds of would-be homeowners from North American Title Company and using those stolen identities to obtain credit cards from major national retailers.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2015
News Release: A Hudson woman was sentenced to two years in prison for making false statements related to the purchase of three firearms, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 16, 2015
News Release: Thank you Mr. Chairman. I want to begin by commending our Chairman for the sincere and collaborative manner in which he has carried out his duties while laboring under an inadequate allocation. Chairman Calvert chaired 14 budget hearings where we received testimony from nearly 150 witnesses. I greatly...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 16, 2015
News Release: Chairman Duncan Hunter (R-CA). Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. Hearing on “Western Hemisphere Drug Interdiction Efforts". June 16, 2015. Opening Statement. (Remarks as Prepared). The Subcommittee is meeting today to review the federal government’s efforts to confront transnational...
