News from June 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - The second of a pair of Cape Cod brothers was sentenced today for his role in a three-year, multi-million dollar oxycodone distribution conspiracy that flooded Cape Cod with highly addictive opiates.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2015
News Release: HOUSTON - Guang Fa Lin, 47, has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of using counterfeit access devices, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Lin pleaded guilty Jan. 26, 2015.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 12, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today commented on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia’s decision in NAB v FCC.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - The second of a pair of Cape Cod brothers was sentenced today for his role in a three-year, multi-million dollar oxycodone distribution conspiracy that flooded Cape Cod with highly addictive opiates.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 12, 2015
News Release: San Francisco, CA - Starting on October 1st, 2015, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park will increase entrance fees for visitors in order to fund important maintenance and improvement projects within the park.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2015
News Release: Ali Afif Al Herz, age 50, Bassem Afif Herz, age 30, Sarah Majid Zeaiter, age 24, and Adam Al Herz, age 22, all from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, have been charged in a 46 Count indictment filed yesterday in United States District Court in Cedar Rapids.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 12, 2015
News Release: Friday, June 12, 2015, 7:00 pm - Climbers Derek Gavelis and Mathew Wiech descended to Camp Schurman of their own accord late this afternoon. The search for the third climber, Kyle Bufis, has been suspended for the evening and will resume tomorrow morning. Bufis went missing during extreme weather at approximately 9:00 pm on Thursday, June 11th. Search efforts are focused in the vicinity of the confluence of the Winthrop and Emmons glaciers.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2015
News Release: Payment is Civil Settlement of Allegations of Improper Dispensing at Schnucks Pharmacies.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2015
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - A federal grand jury has returned a three-count indictment charging Det Stavangerske Dampskibsselskab AS (DSD Shipping) and four employees with violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS) and obstruction of justice in connection with the illegal discharge of contaminated...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 12, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced its hearing and vote schedule for the week of June 15.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2015
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Tony Chandler, 68, of Severn, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and a conflict of interest related to his conduct as a U.S. Department of State contracting officer’s representative. In a related case, Curtis L. Wrenn, Jr., 60, of Triangle...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 12, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today held a hearing on “EPA’s Proposed Ozone Rule." The EPA has proposed lowering the 2008 National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for ground-level ozone from 75 parts per billion (ppb) to a level between...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 12, 2015
News Release: PAGO PAGO, American Samoa-This week Scott Burch arrived to serve as the superintendent of the National Park of American Samoa. He will lead a multi-disciplinary staff of about 50 employees that specialize in administration; education; inventory and monitoring; cultural, marine, and terrestrial resources;...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2015
News Release: Case Is One of Many Prosecuted By United States Attorney Wigginton In Effort to Curb Tax Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2015
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted Pursuant to Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative and the HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2015
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - Larry Richie Fields, 45, of Wingate, Texas, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings to 20 years in federal prison, following his guilty plea in February 2015 to one count of transportation of child pornography. Acting U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas made the announcement today.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 12, 2015
News Release: Today, National Mall and Memorial Parks Acting Superintendent Karen Cucurullo, District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser, and District Department of Transportation Director Leif Dormsjo announced that the DC Circulator will begin passenger service along the National Mall this Sunday, June 14, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2015
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - William J. McBride, Jr., 49, of Columbus, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 216 months in prison for armed bank robberies in Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky and Indiana.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 12, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today held a hearing on “Oversight Failures Behind the Radiological Incident at DOE’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant." The hearing is part of the committee’s longstanding efforts to improve safety at some of the nation’s most critical nuclear sites.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2015
News Release: DENVER - Sean Jovan Swanson, age 29, of Denver, was arrested and charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney John Walsh and ATF Denver Division Special Agent in Charge Luke Franey announced. Swanson, a Tre Seven Crip, was first arrested by the Denver Police Department’s Fugitive...
