News from March 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Carlos Franco, 35, of Roswell, N.M., was sentenced this afternoon in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 27 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for violating the federal firearms laws.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 26, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee members today spoke in support of H.R. 2 to permanently repeal the flawed Sustainable Growth Rate, establish a fair and stable payment system for Medicare, protect seniors’ access to their doctors, begin to strengthen Medicare over the long term, and extend the Children’s Health Insurance Program. H.R. 2 was approved by a vote of 392-37. Read a summary of the legislation online here.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Calvin Fuson, 44, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Winslow, Ariz., was sentenced this morning in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 345 days or time served in federal prison for his misdemeanor assault conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland -Darrick Jerome Greer, age 25, of Owings Mills, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 26, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today held a hearing to discuss the growing problem of prescription drug and heroin abuse from state and local perspectives. Members heard from a number of experts who confront this growing crisis in communities all across the country. The subcommittee last year held a hearing to discuss this issue with witnesses from federal agencies.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Orlando J. Johnson, 23, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Shiprock, N.M., pled guilty this morning in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to a felony information charging him with theft occurring in Indian Country.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2015
News Release: Plea Agreement Requires Imposition of 25 Year Prison Sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2015
News Release: BOISE - William Bryon Chest, 41, of Boise, Idaho, was sentenced today to 60 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release for transfer and attempted transfer of obscene images to minors, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Chest pleaded guilty on Jan. 15, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2015
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that MARIA PINHEIRO, 57, of Trumbull, waived her right to indictment and pleaded guilty yesterday in Bridgeport federal court to filing false tax returns.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 26, 2015
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today introduced the American Mineral Security Act of 2015, to prevent future mineral supply shocks and boost the competitiveness of our energy, defense, electronics, medical, and manufacturing industries.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Gary Anthony Harris, 50, of Carle Place, N.Y., was sentenced this morning in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 12 months in federal prison followed by two years of supervised release for his conviction on marijuana trafficking charges.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 26, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Communications and Technology Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today discussed the future of U.S. spectrum policy. With ever increasing demand for this finite resource, members explored how the federal government can help meet America’s spectrum needs.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2015
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Raul Abidel Martinez, 34, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of bank robbery, was sentenced to 60 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Frank P. Geraci.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2015
News Release: CHICAGO ― U.S. Attorney Zachary T. Fardon of the Northern District of Illinois, Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin, and Special Agent in Charge Robert Holley of the FBI’s Chicago Division announced today that two Aurora, Illinois, men were arrested Wednesday night for allegedly conspiring to provide material support to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a foreign terrorist organization.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 26, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., March 26, 2015 - Rep. Doug Lamborn (CO-05), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources made the following opening statement at today's oversight hearing entitled "Effect of the President’s FY 2016 Budget and Legislative Proposals for the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service’s Energy and Minerals Programs on Private Sector Job Creation, Domestic Energy and Minerals Production and Deficit Reduction.".
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senior U.S. District Judge John G. Heyburn II of the Western District of Kentucky sentenced Cincinnati resident, Christopher Hisle, 45, to serve 180 months in prison and 10 years of supervised release, the Justice Department announced today. Restitution will be determined at a future date.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 26, 2015
News Release: “For more than a decade, Congress has had to temporarily fix the flawed Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) nearly twenty times since it was enacted," said Pallone. “Well, today is the last time that we will have to talk about the broken SGR. The House has finally come together to fix it once and for all and it is an historic achievement to say the least."
By Interior Newswire | Mar 26, 2015
News Release: DOLORES, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management’s Tres Rios Field Office plans to begin several prescribed burns as early as Monday, Mar. 30, or as conditions allow.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 26, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee members today spoke in support of H.R. 2 to permanently repeal the flawed Sustainable Growth Rate, establish a fair and stable payment system for Medicare, protect seniors’ access to their doctors, begin to strengthen Medicare over the long term, and extend the Children’s Health Insurance Program. H.R. 2 was approved by a vote of 392-37. Read a summary of the legislation online here.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 26, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON- The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Office of Inspector General (OIG) today released a report that examines how the DOJ’s four law enforcement components respond to sexual misconduct and harassment allegations made by their employees. The report found, among other things, that “the foreign...
