News from March 2015
By Interior Newswire | Mar 3, 2015
News Release: Grand Teton National Park is one of four national parks to receive a 2015 Subaru Outback thanks to a partnership between the National Park Foundation, the official charity of America's national parks, and Subaru of America, Inc. These four donated vehicles will help facilitate the operational needs at each of the selected national parks by supporting educational and resource management projects, traffic management, travel to gateway communities, and more.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 3, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today held a hearing to examine changes in global energy markets. When it comes to energy markets, the transformation over the last decade has been dramatic and for the better. America is producing more while...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2015
News Release: COEUR D'ALENE - Adam Lee SiJohn, 26, of Worley, Idaho, was sentenced today to six months in prison for his part in the theft of more than $22,000 from the Benewah Market in Plummer, Idaho, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. U.S. District Court Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered SiJohn to pay $22,665.04...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2015
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging Nicholas S. Dubrowski, 27, of Moundsville, West Virginia, with distributing methamphetamine in Marshall County, West Virginia in January and February 2015, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2015
News Release: An illegal alien who assumed the identity of a U.S. citizen, obtained a U.S. passport, and voted in the 2012 presidential election was sentenced today to more than four years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2015
News Release: (NEW HAVEN, Conn. - 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 Ryan Russow, 29, of Milford, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 65 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing heroin connected to the overdose death of a Milford man.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced the unsealing of a 3 count Indictment charging Judas T. Crisman, age 39, of Schuyler, Nebraska, with distributing methamphetamine and being a felon in possession of a firearm. The maximum possible penalty for the offenses includes not less than 5 years and up to 40 years’ imprisonment, a fine of up to $5 million, a term of supervised release of at least 4 years, and a $100 special assessment.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2015
News Release: The United States Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama, Kenyen R.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2015
News Release: Jerry Sutherland, 28, of Miami-Dade County, Florida, a former officer with the City of Miami Police Department, pled guilty today to two counts of extortion.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 2, 2015
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 The 60 Minutes report Sunday about Hurricane Sandy insurance claims is a matter of great concern to me and FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate. We share the views expressed by FEMA Deputy Associate Administrator Brad Kieserman during the program. Any allegation of fraud is highly troubling, and especially so when it involves Americans who have lost their homes in a natural disaster.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 2, 2015
News Release: Grants provide $27 million to States, Tribal Nations to test innovative strategies for ensuring all American children have enough to eat WASHINGTON, March 2, 2015 – In a speech at the 2015 National Anti-Hunger Policy Conference today about the extent of childhood hunger in America and the impact of USDA ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2015
News Release: Mark Bryan, 59, of New Market, Maryland, and his Delaware-based seafood wholesale business, Harbor House Seafood, were sentenced on Friday in federal court in Camden, New Jersey, for trafficking in illegally possessed oysters, creating false health and safety records, and conspiracy charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2015
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it has awarded more than $2 billion in compassionate compensation to eligible claimants under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA). The RECA was enacted in 1990 as a non-adversarial alternative to litigation for individuals who contracted certain ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2015
News Release: The Department of Justice today announced an agreement with Rapid City, South Dakota, to remedy architectural accessibility issues that violate the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) at the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center (Civic Center). This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2015
News Release: Attorney General Eric Holder today announced that he has named Benjamin C. Mizer as Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General and Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division. Mizer replaces Joyce R. Branda, who will return to her permanent role as the Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Commercial Litigation Branch. Mizer and Branda assumed their positions today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2015
News Release: Attorney General Eric Holder released the following statement Monday after he and Acting Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates met with representatives from the Coalition for Public Safety, a bipartisan organization dedicated to pursuing reform of the nation’s criminal justice system: “In our ongoing effort ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2015
News Release: Dr. Charles Denham, of Laguna Beach, California, has agreed to pay the United States $1 million to settle allegations that he violated the False Claims Act by soliciting and accepting kickbacks, the Justice Department announced today. Denham is a patient safety consultant who operates the consulting ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2015
News Release: Sixteen people were resentenced today for crimes arising out of a series of assaults on practitioners of the Amish religion announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta of the Civil Rights Division, U.S. Attorney Steven M. Dettelbach of the Northern District of Ohio and Special Agent in Charge Stephen Anthony of the FBI Cleveland Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2015
News Release: Attorney General Eric Holder released the following statement Monday after Senator Barbara Mikulski, the longest serving woman in Congress, announced that she would not be seeking re-election in 2016: “For nearly four decades, Senator Mikulski has distinguished herself in the halls of Congress as a pioneering ...
By Commerce News Now | Mar 2, 2015
News Release: Summit Will Focus on Evolving Role of Urban Innovation in the American Economy
