News from March 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced that a Beckley man was sentenced today in federal court in Beckley for selling heroin. Robert Meade, 28, was sentenced to three years of probation. Meade previously pled guilty in November of 2014, admitting that he sold heroin to a person...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: I would like to thank Chairman Dent and Ranking Member Bishop for holding this important hearing. I would also like to welcome Secretary McDonald and all of our distinguished guests this afternoon.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will offer five parcels of land about six miles east of Payette, Idaho, in a competitive oil and gas lease sale on May 28. Five parcels totaling 6,474.62 acres will be offered. Minimum bid for the leasing rights is $2 per acre. The sale will begin at 9 a.m. at BLM...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that James Christopher Blyler, 38, of Hanover Pennsylvania, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge D. Brock Hornby to five years of probation for failing to pay child support. He was also ordered to pay $71,252.87 in restitution representing his total arrearage to date. Blyler was arrested on October 6, 2014 and has been detained since then. He pled guilty on Oct. 28, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: The United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today that Glenn P. Lowers, 25, of Alton, Illinois, was sentenced on Wednesday, March 4, 2015 to 144 months in federal prison for selling the heroin which killed Alton resident Joshua Shelton.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: The Energy Department today announced final rules for a prize competition to make it faster, cheaper, and easier for Americans to install solar energy systems and spur solar deployment nationwide. The SunShot Prize: Race to 7-Day Solar competition challenges innovators around the country to develop solutions...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: The Patient CARE Act is a bicameral legislative blueprint that repeals and replaces Obamacare with common-sense, patient-focused reforms that reduce health care costs and increase access to affordable, high-quality care. In contrast with Obamacare and its government-centered mandates and regulations, this proposal empowers the American people to make the best health care choices for themselves and their families.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: In celebration of World Storytelling Day, storytellers and artists will take to the stage at San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park on Friday, March 20, from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. United in the belief that stories matter, a diverse range of storytellers will share their distinctive narrative styles...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that George Noonan, 51, of Portland, Maine, was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court by Judge George Z. Singal to 176 months in prison and 8 years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute cocaine and distribution of cocaine. Noonan pleaded guilty on Nov. 19, 2014.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee unanimously passed two bipartisan bills that would help curb improper payments across the federal government and increase accountability and transparency in president library donations. Both bills, the Improper...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: (HARTFORD, Ct. - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Rashaud Jones, also known as “Buck," 32, of Hartford and Windsor, has been convicted...
By State Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Representative Eliot L. Engel, the leading Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today announced his intention to introduce new legislation to provide support to Ukraine. During a committee hearing, Ranking Member Engel underscored that American efforts to date have not been sufficient to deter Vladimir Putin's aggression or defend Ukraine's territorial integrity and sovereignty.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: Beckley, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that a Princeton man pled guilty to a drug charge before Senior United States District Judge David A. Faber in federal court in Bluefield. Lamar Baxter, 39, pled guilty to using a phone to arrange a drug deal. Baxter admitted that on Nov. 11, 2014, he used a telephone in Princeton to speak with an informant to arrange a drug deal. A short time later Baxter sold seven oxycodone pills to the informant.
By State Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today at 10 a.m., U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, will convene a hearing to examine the Obama Administration’s Ukraine policy amid relentless Russian aggression. The hearing is entitled “Ukraine Under Siege.".
By Interior Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: NASHVILLE, TN: Natchez Trace Parkway officials announce that the exit ramp from the Parkway to TN 100 East will be closed and traffic will be rerouted to McCrory Lane. Safety concerns have arisen due to motorists exiting via this ramp directly onto TN 100 East and then making unsafe left turns to access businesses.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - A former general manager of the Platinum Creek Mine in Platinum, Alaska, pled guilty today to three felony violations of the federal Clean Water Act, announced Karen L. Loeffler, United States Attorney for the District of Alaska, and John C. Cruden, Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the U.S. Department of Justice.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez, on March 4, 2015, sentenced Desi Henry, Jr., 21, to 40 months in prison for possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number, and Jibri Roberts, 22, to five months in prison for possession of a firearm within a school zone, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that STEVEN BOURG, 51, of LaRose, was sentenced today for misuse of a federal license.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: First, I would like to thank Chairmen Frelinghuysen and Ranking Member Visclosky for this hearing. Also, I want to welcome incoming Secretary Carter, General Dempsey, Undersecretary McCord, and the rest of our distinguished guests.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that former New York City Council Member DANIEL HALLORAN was sentenced today in White Plains federal court to 10 years in prison in connection with his role in arranging the bribery of New York City Republican...
