News from June 2015
By DOE Newswire | Jun 2, 2015
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today convened a hearing of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee to examine drought conditions affecting the West, review creative ways states and local communities are working to address the issue, as well as examine potential solutions for the future.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Boonton, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for using his home computer to download hundreds of images of child sexual abuse, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2015
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, announced that a felony Criminal Indictment was returned by a federal grand jury sitting in Scranton charging federal prison inmate Dwayne Parker, age 30, today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2015
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - Federal prosecutors today charged a civilian contract officer working with the U.S. Army Contracting Command at Redstone Arsenal with obstructing an audit by the Department of Defense, Office of Inspector General (DODIG), announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 2, 2015
News Release: On Wednesday, June 3 at 10:00 a.m., Governor Pete Ricketts (R-NE) will testify at a hearing chaired by House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN). The hearing, entitled “Compulsory Unionization through Grievance Fees: The NLRB’s Assault on Right to Work," will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 2, 2015
News Release: "Yosemite Viewed: Landscape Paintings of the 19th and 20th Centuries" to Feature Extensive Museum Collection.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2015
News Release: St. Louis, MO - This morning in federal district court, defendants OLAJUWON DAVIS and BRANDON ORLANDO BALDWIN pled guilty to planning and conspiring to blow up public buildings and police vehicles during the Ferguson protests, specifically mentioning the St. Louis County Prosecutor and the Ferguson Chief...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2015
News Release: CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE -Ruberky Antonio Romero-Mejia, 37, of the Dominican Republic, pled guilty on May 29, 2015 to a one-count indictment charging him with illegally reentering the United States after having been previously deported, announced Acting United States Attorney Donald Feith. As part of the...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 2, 2015
News Release: SCRANTON, Pa. - Steamtown National Historic Site is planning a train excursion to East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania on Saturday, June 6.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 2, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs held the hearing, "The IRS Data Breach: Steps to Protect Americans’ Personal Information." Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del), as prepared for delivery...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 2, 2015
News Release: Date Investigation Initiated: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration initiated a safety inspection on Dec. 1, 2014, in response to a formal complaint against Customized Distribution Services Inc. During the inspection, high noise levels were observed, prompting an additional health inspection initiated on Dec. 22, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2015
News Release: ROCKFORD - A former Machesney Park, Ill. man was sentenced today in federal court by U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala for concealing assets from a Bankruptcy Trustee. The defendant, ROBERT J. YONKEE, JR., 56, now of Lake Geneva, Wis., was sentenced to 8 months in federal prison, to be followed by 1 year of supervised release, and was ordered to a fine of $1,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2015
News Release: V & V Construction, Inc., d/b/a Vincentini Plumbing, was sentenced in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska, for false statements relating to violations of the Davis-Bacon Act. The Honorable Laurie Smith Camp sentenced the company to a three-year term of probation. The Court imposed a $25,000 fine and ordered...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 2, 2015
News Release: The DOE Office of Indian Energy hosted a second round of tribal consultations and outreach meetings throughout Alaska in February and March to gather input on the National Strategy for the Arctic Region (NSAR). The meetings gave state agencies, local governments, rural utilities, intertribal organizations, nonprofits, and industry an opportunity to provide feedback on various elements of the draft 10-Year Renewable Energy Plan for the Arctic.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2015
News Release: House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.) issued the following statement on the resignation of Middle District of Alabama Judge Mark Fuller, who was arrested in August 2014 for physically assaulting his wife in a hotel room in Atlanta, Georgia, a violation of state criminal law.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2015
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A brother and sister and one other person were sentenced today for their respective roles in conspiring to defraud financial institutions as part of a $15 million mortgage fraud scam that used phony documents and “straw buyers" to make illegal profits on overbuilt condos, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 2, 2015
News Release: A strong wind storm blew through Grand Teton National Park and surrounding areas shortly before 6:00 p.m. on Monday, June 1. The event temporarily stranded visitors on the Teton Park, Moose-Wilson, and Signal Mountain Summit roads and blocked traffic in many other areas. Park rangers, road crews, and...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2015
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - Federal agents this morning arrested KIMBERLY H. BRANCH, controller for Serra Nissan, based on a 16-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury last week, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance, Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Roger C. Stanton and Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Veronica Hyman-Pillot.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2015
News Release: Davoris Carter and Rodney Williams were charged today by indictment with robbery which interferes with interstate commerce, and using and carrying a firearm during a crime of violence, announced U.S. Attorney Zane David Memeger. The indictment charges that Carter and Williams committed a gun-point robbery...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2015
News Release: The Humane Society of the United States presented 2014 Humane Law Enforcement Awards to the federal, state, and local agencies responsible for a successful dogfighting case that resulted in the rescue of more than 140 dogs in Georgia. After a four-year long investigation, seven individuals have been prosecuted in connection to the “229 Boys Kennel Club, Inc." who bred, purchased, sold, and trained American Pit Bull Terriers for the purpose of dogfight gambling.
