News from June 2015

By Commerce Newswire | Jun 8, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Communications and Technology Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today announced that it will vote Wednesday this week on H.R. 805, the Domain Openness Through Continued Oversight Matters Act. The legislation authored by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL) will protect...

By DOE Newswire | Jun 8, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Communications and Technology Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today announced that it will vote Wednesday this week on H.R. 805, the Domain Openness Through Continued Oversight Matters Act. The legislation authored by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL) will protect...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 8, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Communications and Technology Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today announced that it will vote Wednesday this week on H.R. 805, the Domain Openness Through Continued Oversight Matters Act. The legislation authored by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL) will protect...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2015
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Jessie Marie Fox, 22, of Mill Creek, West Virginia, was convicted of oxycodone trafficking today in federal court, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.

By Commerce Newswire | Jun 8, 2015
News Release: An international group of experts from industry, academia and government gathered today at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to discuss challenges and potential approaches to automated tattoo recognition, which could assist law enforcement in the identification of criminals and victims.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2015
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that five men have been charged with Attempted Commercial Sex Trafficking after responding to on-line advertisements. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Investigations, along with the South Dakota Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, conducted an on-line undercover operation to identify persons who attempt to purchase sex acts with children.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2015
News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- The owner of a Southside Birmingham grocery store pleaded guilty today in federal court to food stamp and tax fraud totaling more than $1.6 million, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance, U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of Inspector General, Investigations, Special Agent in Charge Karen Citizen-Wilcox, and Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Veronica Hyman-Pillot.

By Interior Newswire | Jun 8, 2015
News Release: SILT, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comments on an oil and gas development proposal west of DeBeque, Colo.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2015
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Bronx, New York, man convicted of Using or Trafficking in an Unauthorized Access Device and Aiding and Abetting was sentenced on June 2, 2015, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2015
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Steven Henry Kemper, 56, of Saint Louis County, was sentenced to 70 months in prison in connection with the Nov. 16, 2001, arson of his family’s home at 6682 Champana Lane in Florissant, Missouri. Kemper’s 15-year old son, Zachariah Andrew Kemper, was trapped in the basement and killed ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2015
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Juan C. Maldonado, 31, of Providence, was sentenced on Friday, June 5, 2015, to 36 months in federal prison for participating in a conspiracy to trafficking cocaine, announced United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha and Bruce M. Foucart, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations for New England.

By USDA Newswire | Jun 8, 2015
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture is seeking nominations for individuals to serve on the American Egg Board for the 2016-17 term.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 8, 2015
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced it is issuing a supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking for the Hardwood Lumber and Hardwood Plywood Promotion, Research and Information Order. After receiving extensive comments on the original proposed rule to establish an industry-funded...

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2015
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Timber Lake, South Dakota, man charged with Larceny, pled guilty to and was sentenced on June 3, 2015, by U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark A. Moreno.

By DOL Newswire | Jun 8, 2015
News Release: Employer name: Tip Top Roofing & Construction/Tip Top Exteriors Inc.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2015
News Release: SAN JOSE - Jorge Alejandro Sanchez Jimenez, and Francisco Ortiz, were each sentenced today to ten years in prison, for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine, and Macario Jimenez-Corona was sentenced to seven years in prison for attempting to possess methamphetamine with the intent to distribute it...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 8, 2015
News Release: Contacts Name: ERIC CAMPBELL (540) 868-0937.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2015
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Denver, Colorado, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on June 3, 2015, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2015
News Release: Defendant Pursued Victim After She Completed Jog.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2015
News Release: A man who distributed heroin to a user who nearly died from an overdose pled guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids.