News from March 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Anthony Biello II, 56, formerly of Ambler, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to one year and one day in prison for violating the Clean Air Act. Biello failed to notify the City of Philadelphia’s Air Management Services division of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency of the removal of asbestos-containing material from a former church located at 1133 Spring Garden Street in Philadelphia.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2015
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Cedar Pharmacy has agreed to pay $1 million to settle claims that it failed to properly record hundreds of transactions involving controlled substances, failed to maintain complete and accurate records, and failed to follow prescription issuance guidelines in violation of the Controlled Substances (CSA), United States Attorney Benjamin Wagner announced.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 9, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today announced that by voice vote the U.S. Senate confirmed the nominations of Jeffery Hall and Dallas Tonsager to serve on the Farm Credit Administration Board of the Farm Credit Administration.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Adrian Lopez, 25, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Fruitland, N.M., was sentenced this morning in federal court to 15 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release for assaulting a federal law enforcement officer.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2015
News Release: Charleston, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced that Jennifer McClure, 31, of Chelyan, West Virginia, was sentenced today in federal court in Charleston to time served from Nov. 25, 2014 to the present, followed by three years of supervised release. McClure previously pled guilty...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 9, 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 applauded Senate confirmation of Dallas Tonsager and Jeffrey Hall to the board of the Farm Credit Administration (FCA). The nominees were confirmed by voice vote.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2015
News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Andrew C. Judkins, age 42, of Bixby, Oklahoma, formerly of Fayetteville, was found guilty on two counts of Bank Fraud following a five day jury trial. During the trial, the jury was presented with over 300 exhibits and heard from 39 witnesses. The Honorable Timothy L. Brooks presided over the trial in United States District Court.
By State Newswire | Mar 9, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - In a letter to President Barack Obama today, U.S. Senators Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) and Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), the chairman and ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, asked the administration to submit a report to Congress on plans for providing defensive lethal assistance to Ukraine. The report, required by law under the Ukraine Freedom Support Act, was due on February 15.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2015
News Release: BOISE - Jennifer A. Gallagher, 32, of Margate, Florida, and Danielle M. Cook, 29, of Pembrooke Pines, Florida, were each sentenced to 12 months in federal prison for bank fraud and aggravated identity theft, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered Gallagher and Cook to serve three years of supervised release, and to jointly pay $26,500 in restitution. Both women pled guilty on Dec. 18, 2014.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 9, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA) and Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO) today sent letters to five top agency officials following up on the committee’s investigation of this season’s ineffective flu vaccine. The subcommittee held a hearing on Feb. 3, 2015, in the midst of this year’s harsh flu season and the poor vaccine match, to discuss the public health response to seasonal influenza.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 9, 2015
News Release: The Obed Wild and Scenic River will be having a ranger-led Owl Prowl program on Friday evening, March 20. The program will begin at 8 p.m. (ET) at the Lilly Bluff Overlook parking lot, which is located just off of Ridge Road in Morgan County, Tennessee. Participants will get a chance to learn about the...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 9, 2015
News Release: With top trade officials meeting in Hawaii this week to continue negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement - one of the most ambitious trade negotiations in the United States’ history - more Americans are recognizing the benefits of expanded trade.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 9, 2015
News Release: In celebration of the National Park Service's upcoming centennial in 2016, the Obed Wild and Scenic River presents an interpretive program on the wonders and importance of dark night skies on Saturday, March 14. The program will begin at the Lilly Overlook parking area at 7:00 p.m. (ET) and should conclude by 9:00 p.m. From there, the program will progress to the Overlook where a 10" Dobsonian/Newtonian telescope will be available for enhanced viewing of the night sky.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2015
News Release: CORRECTED AS OF AUGUST 6, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2015
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Four Elkins area men were arrested today after a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging them with marijuana and oxycodone trafficking, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 9, 2015
News Release: The inaugural Indiana Dunes Birding Festival, May 7-10, will not only feature some of the Midwest’s premier birding locations, but also offer an assortment of nature related workshops, programs, and hikes. The event is being organized by the Indiana Audubon Society and includes both the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore and Indiana Dunes State Park as site hosts.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 9, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA) and Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO) today sent letters to five top agency officials following up on the committee’s investigation of this season’s ineffective flu vaccine. The subcommittee held a hearing on Feb. 3, 2015, in the midst of this year’s harsh flu season and the poor vaccine match, to discuss the public health response to seasonal influenza.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 9, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.) joined House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) and Ranking Member Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) in highlighting a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on the Census Bureau’s preparations for and readiness to deliver an internet response option for the 2020 Decennial Census.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Carvis McCutcheon, 34, of Lackawanna NY, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute crack cocaine before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a mandatory minimum five years in prison and a maximum of 40 years.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 9, 2015
News Release: A team of researchers has successfully demonstrated a new design concept for a neutron detector that does not rely - as nearly all current models do - on a dwindling worldwide supply of a very rare gas.
