News from June 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney John J. Field, who handled the case, stated that between June 2012 and May 2014 Vasquez trafficked in, possessed, and used stolen credit card account numbers and codes belonging to more than 250 different victims. The defendant sold this information to others, who created bogus credit cards that were then used to purchase gift cards at local retailers. Vasquez obtained more than $210,000 as a result of his crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Kevin Anderson, 46, of Mullica Township, New Jersey, was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. to one year and one day in prison and three years of supervised release for unlawful possession of firearms. He pled guilty to the charge on Sept. 12, 2014.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: CUMMINGS, Kan. - Two workers endured several weeks of skin graft surgery and physical therapy after suffering second-degree burns when gas vapors exploded in a railcar in December 2014 at GBW Railcar Services LLC. The car was being prepared for cleaning when an electric heater ignited the flammable gas. Seven other workers were treated for injuries and released from the hospital.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Today, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the statement below following the release of a new analysis by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which has found that the rate of global warming over ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Jacquelyn C. Strong, Administrative Officer of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of California, was one of 160 members of the Department of Justice recognized by Attorney General Loretta Lynch, Deputy Attorney General Sally Quillian Yates, and Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys (EOUSA) Director Monty Wilkinson at the 31st Director’s Awards Ceremony today in Washington, D.C.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today held a hearing to discuss bipartisan legislation regarding the health law’s menu-labeling requirements. H.R. 2017, the Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act, authored by committee member and GOP Conference Chair Rep.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that USDA is seeking applications for grants to make housing repairs for low- and very-low-income rural residents. The grants are being provided through USDA Rural Development's Housing Preservation Grant program.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Caleb J. Petzoldt, who is handling the case, stated that according to the complaint, between December 2014 and April 2015, Coburn, a licensed nurse practitioner, provided fraudulent Fentanyl prescriptions to Courton and Elston. As a nurse practitioner, Coburn can legally prescribe...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: Firefighters began active suppression of the Thunder Creek Fire in North Cascades National Park Service Complex. North Cascades smokejumpers are expected to parachute into the area today to work beside the Whiskeytown Fire Module firefighters who hiked in yesterday.The crews plan on helicopter support, including slinging in sprinklers, pumps and hoses to help protect historic cabins in the area. Air support will be weather dependent.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: Glen Jean, West Virginia, June 2, 2015-Want to try your hand at painting in the great outdoors? Join park volunteer "Resident Artist" Cecil Glenn Runions this weekend for plein air (paintings created outside using natural light) experiences in New River Gorge National River, using watercolor and acrylic...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: “While the current draft indicates that the overall percentage of contamination cases may be small, it acknowledges there have been contamination events. When it comes to the water we drink, every instance of contamination must be considered serious.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: According to court documents, on about September 4, 2013, Hillaire, Gyadeen Ramdihall and a third person travelled from New York to Maine with 38 credit, debit and gift cards that were counterfeit or fraudulently altered. In Maine, the three individuals used cards to purchase gift cards and electronic...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: Washington - Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, made these remarks after learning of the data breach that could affect up to 4 million current and former federal employees...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: (Calumet, MI) Are you looking for a fun place to take visiting friends and family members? Are you curious to learn more about the area's local history? Then put Keweenaw National Historical Park and the twenty-one Keweenaw Heritage Sites on your list of summer activities. Each site represents a different aspect of the area's copper mining history and provides endless opportunities for exploration and discovery.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: HOUSTON - The United States has filed suit against Outreach Diagnostic Clinic and Outreach Eyecare, medical director Emelike Agomo M.D. and owner Mustapha Kibirige M.D., announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. The suit alleges the defendants knowingly charged for special eye pressure tests never performed on patients in order to receive reimbursement from Medicare.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) issued the following statement in response to the Environmental Protection Agency’s draft assessment that concluded “Hydraulic fracturing activities have not led to widespread, systemic impacts on drinking water resources."
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that an Opelousas woman pleaded guilty to stealing a woman’s identity so she could cash a tax refund check worth more than $6,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: A man whose November 2013 attempt at cooking methamphetamine resulted in a fire that damaged several mobile homes in Hiawatha was sentenced today to 20 years in federal prison.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: “I am deeply troubled by the contamination incident at NIH. We rely on NIH as our premiere medical research agency to conduct its work safely and effectively, and this episode raises concerns about whether proper protocols are in place to guarantee patient safety. Our number one priority should be the...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Ivan Espinoza Villafana, 25, a Mexican national, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Troy L. Nunley to five years in prison and restitution of $14,400 for possession of a firearm by an illegal alien, cultivation of marijuana, and depredation of public lands and resources, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
