News published on Federal Newswire in March 2015

News from March 2015


Temporary Closures Implemented To Protect Nesting Raptors

News Release: Each year to protect raptor nesting sites, Rocky Mountain National Park officials initiate temporary closures in the Lumpy Ridge and Sheep Mountain areas of the park. To ensure that these birds of prey can nest undisturbed, specific areas within the park are closed temporarily to public use during nesting...


Union County, New Jersey, Salesman Admits to Bribing a Doctor in Test-Referral Scheme with New Jersey Clinical Lab

News Release: Thirty-seven Defendants - Including 24 Doctors - Have Pleaded Guilty to Roles in Massive Healthcare Bribery Scheme.


OSHA cites Toledo Refining Company following September fire

News Release: Employer name: Toledo Refining Company LLC


Former Kirkland Residents Sentenced to Prison for Hash Oil Explosion

News Release: Explosion Moved Walls, Threw Debris Some 25 Feet.


El Paso Man Sentenced to 46 Months for Methamphetamine Trafficking Conviction in New Mexico

News Release: ALBQUERQUE - Alejandro Carrillo, 38, of El Paso, Texas, was sentenced today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 46 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release for his methamphetamine trafficking conviction.


News Release: McALLEN, Texas - Mission resident Jesus Javier Garza Jr., 30, has entered a plea of guilty to one count of receipt of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. During the hearing today, Garza admitted he was mariachi director at a La Joya High School.


News Release: In Del Rio today, 21-year-old Simon Robert Barron, a former reserve U.S. Airman temporarily assigned to Laughlin Air Force Base, was sentenced to two concurrent 21-month imprisonment terms for stealing Government property and burglary of a pharmacy announced Acting United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr.


News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Efrain Arturo Jovel was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for filing false tax returns and failing to report his financial interest in foreign bank accounts, U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge José M. Martinez, announced.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued this statement following the Prime Minister of Israel’s address to a Joint Meeting of Congress...


News Release: TYLER, Texas - U.S. Attorney John M. Bales announced today that a Flint man has been sentenced to federal prison for his involvement in a drug conspiracy in the Eastern District of Texas.


Jesup Man Pleads Guilty To Distribution Of Child Pornography

News Release: A man who distributed child pornography pled guilty on March 2, 2015, in federal court in Cedar Rapids.


Albuquerque Man Sentenced to Prison for Robbing New Mexico Educators Federal Credit Union in April 2014

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - James Patrick Verdream, 48, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced this morning to 46 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for his bank robbery conviction. He was also ordered to pay restitution to the New Mexico Educators Federal Credit Union, the victim of his crime.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Two former civilian employees at the Marine Corps Logistics Base (MCLB) in Albany, Georgia, and one military contractor were convicted by a federal jury today of bribery and fraud charges related to military trucking contracts, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Michael J. Moore of the Middle District of Georgia.


News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Robert Richard, 26, of Gardiner, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge D. Brock Hornby to 3 years in prison followed by 3 years of supervised release and ordered to pay full restitution for pharmacy robbery. Richard pleaded guilty on Oct. 21, 2014.


JC Stucco and Stone Inc. again puts workers' lives at risk, exposing them to dangerous falls, unsafe scaffolding

News Release: LANSDOWNE, Pa. - Imagine working three-and-a-half stories off the ground with no fall protection and on unsafe scaffolding that could easily topple with one strong wind gust. This reality was frighteningly familiar for employees of JC Stucco and Stone Inc., a Lansdowne masonry contractor, until U.S.


New Imaging Technique Finds Formation of Aluminum Alloys to Blame for Next-Gen Battery Failures

News Release: Researchers working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the University of Maryland, and Sandia National Laboratories, have for the first time imaged the inner workings of experimental solid-state batteries as they charged and discharged while making detailed measurements of their electrochemical health. Their work has helped explain why the batteries rapidly lose performance and suggests a way for improving them.


News Release: Two Dubuque men who were responsible for an apartment fire caused by a failed methamphetamine cook were each sentenced today to lengthy stays in federal prison.


Auburn, Alabama contractor exposes workers to cave-in hazards; fails to use safety measures to prevent excavation collapse

News Release: Employer name: D&J Enterprises, Inc. Inspection site: 2151 Interstate Drive Opelika, Alabama 36801. Date inspection initiated: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration initiated the Jan. 14, 2015 inspection as part of the agency's National Emphasis Program on Trenching and Excavation. Inspection...


News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Matthew Peña, 29, of Deming, N.M., was sentenced this morning in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to ten years in prison followed by four years of supervised release for his methamphetamine trafficking conviction.


Shuster & LoBiondo Statements from Hearing on FAA Reauthorization

News Release: Shuster and LoBiondo Opening Statements. Hearing on “Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization: Enabling a 21st Century Aviation System". March 3, 2015. (Remarks as Prepared). Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA). Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. I’d like to thank Mr. LoBiondo for holding today’s...