News from June 2015
By DOL Newswire | Jun 19, 2015
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) sent letters to seven Washington state health insurers offering qualified health plans in the Washington Health Benefit Exchange, Washington Healthplanfinder, expressing concern over a lack of transparency and clarity in the availability of treatments that can help tobacco users quit.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2015
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - On June 16, 2015, a federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment against Tennessee State Representative Joe Armstrong charging him with conspiracy to defraud the United States, tax evasion and filing a false federal income tax return.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2015
News Release: LONDON - A former state employee in London, Ky., who previously admitted to downloading images of child pornography from the internet while at work, has been sentenced to 13 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2015
News Release: Dear Clergy: I am writing to offer my deepest condolences in the wake of the tragic shooting that occurred yesterday evening at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina. My thoughts and prayers are with the victims who lost their lives, the A.M.E. church family, and all...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2015
News Release: Amir Said Abdul Rahman Al-Ghazi, 38, a U.S. Citizen, was arrested this morning in North Olmsted, Ohio, on charges that he attempted to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), possessed a firearm as a convicted felon, and trafficked marijuana.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 19, 2015
News Release: A Congressional subcommittee roundtable in New York City next week will examine opportunities for saving taxpayers money by reducing federal lease costs in the Northeastern United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2015
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore, - Reaz Qadir Khan, 51, a naturalized U.S. Citizen residing in Portland, Oregon, was sentenced today to 87 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Michael Mosman in connection with the May 27, 2009 suicide bomb attack at Pakistan’s intelligence service headquarters in Lahore, Pakistan. The attack killed approximately 30 people and injured some 300 more.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2015
News Release: Dennis Fraser, 44, of Howell, Michigan, was arrested on charges alleging he distributed, possessed and received child pornography, announced United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2015
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A federal bank robbery charge was filed Friday against a Kansas City man, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2015
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Andriana Vamvakas, the New York District Director of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Labor‑Management Standards (“DOL-OLMS"), announced today that JOHN EARVIN, the former president of the United Federation of...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 19, 2015
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published the final version of its guidance for federal agencies to ensure that sensitive federal information remains confidential when stored in nonfederal information systems and organizations.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2015
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Lawrence M. Sullivan, 36, of Pawcatuck, Conn., was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Providence on Thursday to 70 months in federal prison for robbing a branch office of the Washington Trust Company in Westerly, R.I., on Sept. 15, 2014, announced United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha and Westerly Police Chief Edward W. St. Clair.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 19, 2015
News Release: An updated climbing closure is in effect after Peregrine Falcons were observed in nesting behavior on the Southeast face of the Tower.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2015
News Release: On June 12, 2015, the United States District Court approved an agreement between the United States Department of Justice and the City of Cleveland to reform the way police services are delivered by the Cleveland Division of Police. One of the important goals of the agreement is to increase community input into the policies and practices of the police department.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 19, 2015
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz.- At approximately 3:45 pm on Thursday, June 18, hikers reported to a park ranger near Indian Garden that a member of their party needed help. The park ranger responded down the Bright Angel Trail to a location known as the Devil's Corkscrew.When the ranger arrived, more members of the party said they had attempted resuscitation efforts, but the victim had not had a pulse for about two hours.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2015
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - Ryan Lynn Cook, age 35, of Highland, Utah, pleaded guilty Thursday morning in federal court to one count of securities fraud in connection with an investment scheme involving his company, HelpMed, Inc.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2015
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas S. Duszkiewicz, who handled the case, stated that the defendants were arrested along with Charles M. Humphrey, Jr. and James Humphrey, Jr. in February 2010 on charges involving the possession and sale of cocaine and crack cocaine in the Buffalo area.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2015
News Release: ST. LOUIS - DEA St. Louis Special Agent in Charge James P. Shroba announced today the results of a successful DEA investigation that yielded over 50 federal indictments for a nationwide drug trafficking organization. The enforcement operation yielded over $2 million in cash, 82 pounds of methamphetamine, 5 kilograms of heroin, 12 kilograms of cocaine, and over 1,000 pounds of marijuana. In addition, several murders were connected to members of this violent criminal network.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2015
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By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2015
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - An indictment has been officially unsealed charging Eugenio Hernandez Flores, the former governor of Tamaulipas, Mexico, with conspiring to launder monetary instruments and aiding and abetting the operation of an unlicensed money transmitting business, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
