News from June 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: MACON, GEORGIA - The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosive’s (ATF), the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the Athens Clarke County Police Department (ACCPD) are working jointly on an initiative aimed at the prevention and reduction of violent crime which has resulted in fifteen (15) indictments...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: LITTLE ROCK - Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, and Gregory Gant, Special Agent in Charge of the Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) Kansas City Field Division, announced today the conclusion of a three-year case involving the large-scale...
By EPA 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 EPA 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 Commerce 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: ARPA-E recently announced it is making funding available for a new program. The Generating Realistic Information for Development of Distribution And Transmission Algorithms (GRID DATA) program seeks to fund the development of large-scale, realistic, validated, and open-access electric power system network...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - Over 500 federal, state, and local law enforcement officers carried out arrests and executed more than 30 federal search warrants early this morning as a result of a two-year federal, state, and local wiretap investigation dubbed, “Operation Rising Tide." Six federal indictments charging 48 leaders, members, and associates of the Columbia Point Dawgs (CPD) with drug trafficking and firearm charges were unsealed today in connection with the sweep.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Federal, state and local authorities this morning arrested 15 defendants named in a federal racketeering indictment that describes the development and implementation of a coalition of three criminal street gangs in the Northeast Los Angeles area that were brought together under a truce ordered by a Mexican Mafia member for the purpose of controlling criminal activity in the neighborhoods where the trio of gangs operated.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: HARRISONBURG, Va. - Acting United States Attorney Anthony P. Giorno, along with officials from the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Northwest Virginia Regional Drug and Gang Task Force, announced today three significant case results in the ongoing effort to combat the rising use and abuse of heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Justin Edwards, 37, Ashland, Wis., was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb to 92 months in federal prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for possession of a sawed-off shotgun and possession of a firearm by a felon. Edwards pleaded guilty to these charges on Feb. 10, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States District Judge Ann C. Conway has sentenced Edward Adams (57, Sanford) to 11 years and 3 months in federal prison for receipt of child pornography. He was also ordered to serve a life term of supervision following his release from prison. Adams pleaded guilty on Jan. 28, 2015.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today delivered the following remarks on the House floor in opposition to TPA, the “fast-track" trade bill...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today released the following statement on Subcommittee passage of the House agriculture appropriations bill.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A Kentuckiana physician charged with prescribing pain medications that resulted in the deaths of five patients, unlawful distribution or dispensing of controlled substances and health care fraud, has been charged with conspiracy, money laundering and an additional count of health care fraud announced Acting United States Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr.
By Commerce 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 EPA 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 DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Vincent Edward Romero, 18, of Roswell, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to a felony information charging him with fleeing from a U.S. Border Patrol Checkpoint at a high rate of speed. The guilty plea was entered without the benefit of a plea agreement.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - Over 500 federal, state, and local law enforcement officers carried out arrests and executed more than 30 federal search warrants early this morning as a result of a two-year federal, state, and local wiretap investigation dubbed, “Operation Rising Tide." Six federal indictments charging 48 leaders, members, and associates of the Columbia Point (CPD) with drug trafficking and firearm charges were unsealed today in connection with the sweep.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: Investment Scam Solicited over 10,000 Victims before Collapsing in February 2015.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: Washington - Chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.) on Thursday introduced legislation to authorize the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency to develop and operate incentive programs to help improve outcomes for sentenced offenders who are being reintegrated into...
