News from June 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2015
News Release: Defendant possessed loaded gun and demanded $40,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Watchung, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 408 months in prison for producing and transporting sexually explicit videos of children, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 1, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the first day of the Atlantic hurricane season, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), ranking member of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, wrote to Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate requesting information on FEMA’s efforts to help...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2015
News Release: In San Antonio, a military official from Qatar and his wife, a citizen of the United Arab Emirates, are charged with engaging in forced labor by obtaining the labor and services of two persons by means of force, threats of force, physical restraint, and threats of physical restraint, announced Acting United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and Special Agent in Charge James Spero, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in San Antonio.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2015
News Release: As summer camps prepare to open, U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz reminded camps across Massachusetts of their obligation to make their facilities and programs accessible to all children, including those with disabilities. Summer camps, like other places of public accommodation, are required under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), to make reasonable accommodations for children with disabilities.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 1, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, June 11, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining H.R. 1786, James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act." Subcommittee members will discuss H.R. 1786, the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 1, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, June 11, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining H.R. 1786, James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act." Subcommittee members will discuss H.R. 1786, the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 1, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) released the following statement after the Senate voted to pass the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act (TPA), legislation authored in the House by Chairman Ryan.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2015
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a former postal worker in Warrensburg, Mo., pleaded guilty in federal court today to stealing thousands of pieces of mail that were not delivered.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2015
News Release: HOUSTON - Federal charges have been filed against Tom Ineze Emasealu, 30, of Houston, alleging he committed wire fraud and aggravated identity theft in conjunction with a fraudulent tax refund scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2015
News Release: HOUSTON - Diane Caldwell Larry has been ordered to prison following her conviction of falsifying client tax returns, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson along with Lucy Cruz, special agent in charge of Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI). Larry pleaded guilty July 7, 2014.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 1, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, members on both sides of the aisle of the House Ways and Means Committee and the House Energy and Commerce Committee introduced four bills to improve the Medicare Advantage (MA) program for seniors. The four bipartisan bills are...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 1, 2015
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park and Outdoor Chattanooga will join forces once again this year to offer a series of free, monthly historical bike tours through Chickamauga Battlefield, beginning Saturday, June 20 at 9:30 am.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2015
News Release: Project Safe Childhood. KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., pleaded guilty in federal court today to producing child pornography after recording videos of two minor victims, including a teenager who responded...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2015
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Amanda Elaine Wright, 29, of East Liverpool, Ohio, was convicted of heroin trafficking today in federal court, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2015
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that John Casey, 47, formerly of Greece, NY, who was convicted of possession of child pornography, was sentenced to 48 months in prison and 10 years supervised release by U.S. District Court Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford. The defendant will have to register as a sexual offender.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 1, 2015
News Release: Fire Season Officially Began on Sunday, May 24.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 1, 2015
News Release: During my eight months as the Deputy Secretary of Energy, I’ve made a point to get out into the field to learn firsthand about the communities our work touches, and hear from the people working in and affected by the dynamic American energy sector.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 1, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, June 11, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining H.R. 1786, James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act." Subcommittee members will discuss H.R. 1786, the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2015
News Release: RIVERSIDE, California - In a case stemming from what is believed to be the largest bribe ever accepted by a public official in an undercover operation, a former member of the Moreno Valley City Council was sentenced this afternoon to 60 months in federal prison for taking a $2.36 million cash bribe from an undercover operative posing as a real estate broker.
