News from June 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Jerrick Blake, 22, a member of the Mescalero Apache Nation who resides in Mescalero, N.M., pleaded guilty this morning in Las Cruces, N.M., to a voluntary manslaughter charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2015
News Release: St Louis, MO - Four former and current Postal employees of the Network Distribution Center in Hazelwood, and an associate, were indicted on charges of diverting mail believed to contain marijuana and other items to addresses that they controlled, for their personal gain.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 16, 2015
News Release: Effective immediately, open fires are prohibited in Katmai national park and preserve, Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve and the Alagnak Wild River until further notice. The use of gas grills and barbeques at campsites will be allowed.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2015
News Release: Omar Gonzalez Sentenced to 17 Months in Prison for Armed Intrusion on White House Grounds.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2015
News Release: BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - Acting U.S. Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr. today announced the indictment of former Warren County, Kentucky, physician Charles Fred Gott on charges of conspiracy to distribute and dispense controlled substances during the course of his professional practice that were not for a legitimate medical purpose, health care fraud, and money laundering.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2015
News Release: Former Council Member Harry L. Thomas Jr. and Five Others Earlier Pled Guilty to Charges.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 16, 2015
News Release: Patchogue, New York - On June 15 Fire Island National Seashore's Draft General Management Plan ("Draft GMP/EIS") was released for a 90-day public review and comment period. The National Park Service (NPS) will host two public open house workshops to share the document, which proposes alternatives for the long-term management of the Seashore.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 16, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) held a hearing Tuesday on the federal government’s mismanagement of property that it owns and leases. “It seems like there’s two basic problems," Johnson said: A lack of information and unnecessary hurdles making it difficult for agencies to dispose of properties. “Let’s agree on some pretty simple solutions," Johnson said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Christopher Jason Kidd, 38, of Clovis, N.M., was sentenced today in Albuquerque, N.M., to 78 months in prison for his methamphetamine trafficking conviction. Kidd will be supervised release for five years after completing his prison sentence.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 16, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - This morning, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) spoke with Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday about the upcoming Supreme Court decision in the King v. Burwell case and how Congressional Republicans are working to save Americans from Obamacare’s shortcomings while also developing patient-centered alternatives.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2015
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA - On June 12, 2015, Oscar Arriaga Martinez, a 25 year-old citizen of Mexico who resided in Council Bluffs, Iowa, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Stephanie M. Rose to 135 months in prison for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt. Arriaga Martinez was also ordered to serve five years of supervised release following imprisonment, and to pay $100 towards the Crime Victim Fund.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2015
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Diego Rodriguez, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), unsealed today charges against JAMES J. SHEA and EUGENE FALLON on wire fraud charges stemming...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 16, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The bipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today will welcome patients, the inspiration and motivation behind H.R. 6, to Capitol Hill to discuss H.R. 6, the 21st Century Cures Act. Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Health Subcommittee Chairman...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 16, 2015
News Release: “Pollutants in our air have real costs, like an increase in asthma attacks, more hospital visits, and premature deaths," said Ranking Member Frank Pallone. “EPA’s ozone standard is long overdue. We need to let EPA do its job in order to reach the ultimate goal of the Clean Air Act-clean air for all Americans."
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2015
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr. has sentenced Ismael Rivera (29, Orlando) to 25 years in federal prison for receiving child pornography. He was also found guilty of violating the conditions of his supervised release, for which he was sentenced to serve an additional two consecutive...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2015
News Release: DALLAS, Texas - Breanna Polk, 32, of Dallas, Texas, charged with one count of wire fraud plead guilty June 16, 2015, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Irma Ramirez, announced Acting U.S. Attorney John R. Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Clairton, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court in Pittsburgh to an additional one year and one day in prison for violating his supervision on his previous crack cocaine dealing conviction, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 16, 2015
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today questioned President Obama’s nominees for the Department of Energy (DOE) on the department’s plans to increase American energy exports and expand opportunities for energy production in the Arctic. The nominees, Mr. Jonathan Elkind for Assistant Secretary of International ...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 16, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today held a hearing to examine the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act, authored by Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA) and Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX).
By USDA Newswire | Jun 16, 2015
News Release: USDA Rural Housing Service Administrator Tony Hernandez today announced the selection of the National Multi-Family Housing Site Managers of the Year for 2015.
