News from June 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - Federal Authorities today arrested a mail carrier on charges that he took bribes to deliver packages containing marijuana, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance, Assistant Special Agent in Charge Christopher Nugent, U.S. Postal Service - Office of Inspector General, Inspector in Charge Adrian Gonzalez, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, and Alabama Law Enforcement Agency Secretary Spencer Collier.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: Montana Drug Operation Convicts 20 Defendants, Seizes 25 Guns and More Than Half a Million Dollars in Meth.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: “Climate change is a moral issue, and one that we cannot wait to address. Pope Francis’ unequivocal call to action is inspiring and should be taken to heart. We have a common responsibility to act to protect and more properly care for our unique and living planet."
By DOE Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today held a hearing to discuss the role biotechnology plays within our nation’s farms, food supply, and economy. Members heard from experts about food safety and the issues surrounding consistent national approaches for review and labeling.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today responded to the Federal Communications Commission’s vote that failed to include a funding cap as part of its expansion of the Universal Service Fund’s Lifeline program.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Douglas Scheels (43, Sanford) pleaded guilty today to producing and receiving child pornography. He faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years, up to 30 years, in federal prison for the production charge and a mandatory minimum of 5 years, up to 20 years, for the receipt charge. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, June 25 at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Vehicle to Vehicle Communications and Connected Roadways of the Future."
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: In Separate Case, another Charlotte Tax Return Preparer Pleads Guilty to Tax Fraud Conspiracy, Lying on a Loan Application.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Roger W. Titus sentenced Sophia Jones, age 40, a Jamaican citizen residing in Montgomery Village, Maryland, today to 10 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute heroin and marijuana, possession with intent to distribute heroin, and using a phone in furtherance of drug trafficking. Jones was convicted on Jan. 24, 2014, after a 12-day jury trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today against Sacramento residents Benjamin Macias, 37, and Sergio Ambriz, 26, charging them with conspiracy to distribute cocaine, distributing cocaine, and distributing methamphetamine, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. Macias is also charged with possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and being a felon in possession of firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: Daniel Nieberding, 25, of Lakewood, was charged with receiving, distributing and possessing visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct, said Steven M. Dettelbach, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Newark man who committed three armed carjackings in a three-day period was sentenced today to 235 months in prison, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, 251 patient organizations joined together in expressing their strong support for H.R. 6, the 21st Century Cures Act. In a letter sent to full committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Health Subcommittee Chairman Joe Pitts (R-PA), full committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), and Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Gene Green (D-TX), the groups write...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: BOISE - Helen Herold-Roden, 49, of Boise, Idaho, pleaded guilty today to embezzlement and theft of labor union assets, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Herold-Roden pleaded guilty pre-indictment to a one-count criminal information filed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON -Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today touted new data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that indicated significant first year results from the Independence at Home Demonstration, which provides primary care services to Medicare beneficiaries...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Thomas Jason Strickland, 33, of Wilmer, Alabama, was sentenced in federal court today to 10 years imprisonment for his involvement in a conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine ice. Strickland pled guilty to the charge in September of 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today against Sacramento residents Benjamin Macias, 37, and Sergio Ambriz, 26, charging them with conspiracy to distribute cocaine, distributing cocaine, and distributing methamphetamine. Macias is also charged with possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and being a felon in possession of firearm.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, June 25, 2015, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining Public Health Legislation: H.R. 2820, H.R. 1344, and H.R. 1462." Subcommittee members will discuss three bipartisan bills to improve health care for newborns, infants, and children.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement after Pope Francis issued an encyclical calling for international action to prevent the most devastating impacts of climate change.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang sentenced Justin Alonza Jefferson, age 22, of Temple Hills, Maryland, today to seven years in prison, followed by 15 years of supervised release, for distribution of child pornography. Judge Chuang ordered that upon his release from prison...
