News from June 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2015
News Release: HOUSTON - Larry Maurice Favorite, 33, and Juanita Eva Velasquez, 63, both of Houston, have been ordered to federal prison for possession with intent to distribute nearly nine kilograms of a mixture or substance containing methamphetamine and conspiracy to do the same, announced Special Agent in Charge...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 30, 2015
News Release: On Sunday, July 12, Washita Battlefield National Historic Site will welcome Dr. Michael P. Jordan, the sizth speaker in the park's popular Summer Lecture series. Dr. Jordan is an assistant professor of cultural anthropology at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. He received his Ph.D. in sociocultural anthropology from the University of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2015
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Lake County woman was indicted today in federal court and charged with two counts of bank robbery and one count of attempted bank robbery. TERESA M. KNOWLES, 39, of Volo, Ill., was charged with the robbery of Chase Bank, in Crystal Lake, Ill. on March 21, 2015, and Chase Bank, in Grayslake, Ill. on March 24, 2015, as well as the attempted robbery of Chase Bank in Johnsburg, Illinois, on March 24, 2015.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 30, 2015
News Release: For the great majority of human history, the earth's rotation-the apparent motion of the sun and stars across the sky-kept time far more precisely than any human-made clock. But the invention of super-accurate atomic clocks more than 60 years ago demonstrated that the earth's rotation rate is, in fact, changing by tiny amounts every day.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2015
News Release: PRESS RELEASE. New Albany - United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler announced today that Jonathon Alan Frantz, 23, of Jeffersonville, Indiana, was sentenced to 30 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Sarah Evans Barker following his guilty plea to six counts of possessing and passing counterfeit United...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2015
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore, - Sean Michael Davies, 22, a U.S. Citizen residing in Warrenton, Oregon, was arrested this morning after he surrendered to agents of the FBI in connection with charges involving the planting of a fake bomb on a Dutch airliner. Davies is charged in a two-count indictment with making a false...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 30, 2015
News Release: MILLS, Wyo. -- The Wyoming Area Office of the Bureau of Reclamation in Mills, Wyo., will be lowering the water level in Guernsey Reservoir in preparation for the annual silt run according to Lyle Myler, Wyoming Deputy Area Manager. "The silt run is an operation which provides silt-laden water to Goshen, Gering-Fort Laramie, and Pathfinder Irrigation Districts under contract with Reclamation," Myler said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Three people were charged by information, filed or unsealed today, in a conspiracy to import and sell counterfeit goods, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. Stephen Voudouris, Sr., 59, of Newtown Square, PA, Yung Chung, 31, of West Chester, PA, and Jaimmy Chun, 30, of...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 30, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee members today sent a letter to the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) requesting a review of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) budget development process and fee collection determination as part of the committee’s ongoing oversight...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown of the Southern District of Alabama announces that Wasi Ismail Syed, age 38, of McKinney, Texas, and his brother-in-law Shahab Uddin Mir, age 35, of Frisco, Texas, have each pled guilty to two conspiracy charges related to a scheme to buy and sell stolen polysilicon...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2015
News Release: Anchorage Woman Sentenced To 36 Months In Prison For Possessing A Silencer And Being A Drug User In Possession Of Firearms.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 30, 2015
News Release: In the tiny Native village of Oscarville, Alaska, state and federal agencies are joining forces to tackle tough challenges that are endemic to rural Alaska: high energy costs, unemployment, the changing climate, deteriorating and inefficient housing, and lack of infrastructure, to name just a few. For these isolated villages, the threats to their way of life-and indeed their very existence-are many. And Oscarville is dealing with them all.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 30, 2015
News Release: Numerous scientists will be presenting as part of the Centennial Science Behind The Scenery Programs at Rocky Mountain National Park. This series of programs highlights scientific activity and learning in the park. Each week a different scientist conducting research in the park will share their experiences and discoveries.The programs will be held on Thursday evenings at 7:30 p.m. at the Beaver Meadows Visitor Center and are free and open to the public.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Amber Alvord, 36, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced on June 29, 2015, to 15 years in prison by United States District Judge Laurie Smith Camp. Alvord had previously pled guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute more than 50 grams of Methamphetamine and...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 30, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee members today sent a letter to the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) requesting a review of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) budget development process and fee collection determination as part of the committee’s ongoing oversight...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2015
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - U.S. Attorney John M. Bales announced today that the current head of the Mexican drug trafficking organization, the Gulf Cartel, or Cartel del Golfo, has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 30, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday, July 8, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Internet Governance Progress After ICANN 53."
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2015
News Release: An Akron man was sentenced to two years in prison for operating a dog-fighting venture and related counts, law enforcement officials said.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 30, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday, July 8, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Internet Governance Progress After ICANN 53."
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced Justin Jose Snow, a/k/a “J.O.," age 22, of Baltimore today to 15 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for his role in a conspiracy to rob three cell phone stores in which Snow used a firearm.
