News from June 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Higinio Castillo, 25, residing in Philadelphia, was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for running a large-scale drug smuggling operation, known as the Castillo Drug Smuggling Organization (CDSO). Castillo and the members of the CDSO recruited couriers who secreted packets of heroin...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 15, 2015
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - An East Greenwich company that conducts wellness clinics throughout the U.S. inadequately protected its employees against exposure from contaminated needlesticks and bloodborne pathogen hazards*, an inspection by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has found.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2015
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Wenceslao Cruz Ochoa, 35, of Sacramento, pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2015
News Release: Defendant Attempted to Pass Navy Supercarrier Schematics to Egypt.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2015
News Release: Montgomery, Ala. - Shamyer Suddith, 34, of Troy, Alabama was arrested on Thursday, June 11, 2015 after being indicted for armed bank robbery and using a firearm while committing a crime of violence, announced George L. Beck, Jr., U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2015
News Release: (610.15 KB)U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that ERIN PITRE, age 36, of Cut Off, Louisiana, was charged in a one-count Bill of Information with possession of images and videos depicting the sexual exploitation of children under the age of twelve years old.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 15, 2015
News Release: Employer name: Cycle Tex Inc. Inspection site: 906 East Hermitage Road, Rome, Georgia 30161. Date inspection initiated: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration initiated the Jan. 20, 2015, inspection after the agency received a complaint. Inspection findings: OSHA issued the employer two...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 15, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce and House Ways and Means Committees today sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) requesting a review of the Fraud Prevention System (FPS) at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The FPS was implemented in July 2011 in an effort to more proactively prevent fraud in the Medicare program, as opposed to the “pay and chase" approach.
By State Newswire | Jun 15, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, joined his colleagues in sending a message to Tehran - allow the four Americans currently detained or missing in Iran to come home, now. The House unanimously passed H. Res. 233, a bipartisan measure...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2015
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Tyronne Seams, 29, of Woonsocket, was sentenced on Friday to 161 months in federal prison for his role in a September 2013 armed robbery and drug-rip at a Woonsocket residence, during which time he and an accomplice opened fire at the occupants of the residence, announced Michael J. Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha and Woonsocket Police Chief Thomas S. Carey.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney James L. Santelle of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced today that Scott Watry of New Berlin, Wisconsin, has agreed to plead guilty to conspiring to defraud the United States. Mr. Watry is the president and owner of Watry Homes, LLC, a contractor alleged to have underpaid...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 14, 2015
News Release: Tok, Alaska -Fire activity on the 8,447-acre Chisana River 2 Fire burning in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve and the Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge near the Alaska/Canada border was moderate on Saturday after two days of wetting rains. Numerous smokes were observed along the western and...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 14, 2015
News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nevada -An adult male has presumably drowned after swimming near Boulder Beach at Lake Mead National Recreation Area June 14.
By Commerce News Now | Jun 13, 2015
News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker issued the following statement today on the House Judiciary Committee’s actions on H.R. 9, the Innovation Act: "This week, the House Judiciary Committee took a significant step to build on recent congressional efforts to curtail abusive patent litigation and level the playing field for American innovators by reporting out the Innovation Act by a 24-8 vote.
By Commerce News Now | Jun 13, 2015
News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker issued a statement today on the House vote on Trade Promotion Authority: “Yesterday's bipartisan House vote on Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) is an important first step in helping American businesses and workers better compete in the 21st century economy. Passage ...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 13, 2015
News Release: Saturday, June 13, 2015, 2:30 pm - The search for Kyle Bufis is being suspended today after a deceased male climber was spotted by the search helicopter near the summit of Mount Rainier. The body is currently being retrieved by climbing rangers. Although the subject matches the description of the missing climber, confirmation rests with the Pierce County Medical Examiner.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 13, 2015
News Release: 21st Century Cures Renews Commitment to Biomedical Research in America
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 13, 2015
News Release: 21st Century Cures Renews Commitment to Biomedical Research in America
By EPA Newswire | Jun 13, 2015
News Release: 21st Century Cures Renews Commitment to Biomedical Research in America
By Interior Newswire | Jun 13, 2015
News Release: KING OF PRUSSIA, PA -Valley Forge National Historical Park announces summer hours and programming. Beginning June 14, park operating hours will be extended to 6:00 p.m. for the Valley Forge Visitor Center, The Museum Gallery, Washington's Headquarters, Muhlenberg Brigade Huts, and The Encampment Store. The park movie will be screened every half hour between 9:30 a.m. and 5:00p.m.
