News from March 2015
By Interior Newswire | Mar 20, 2015
News Release: Following a robust and transparent public process that included more than 1.5 million public comments, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today released final standards that will support safe and responsible hydraulic fracturing on public and American Indian lands. The commonsense standards will...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 20, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today bipartisan leaders from the House Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce committees released a working summary outlining the broader framework of an agreement being negotiated to permanently replace the broken Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula with a system that rewards...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2015
News Release: Defendant Fired Nine Shots at Victim, Who Tried to Run Away.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2015
News Release: DALLAS - A former employee of the Social Security Administration (SSA) was sentenced this morning for his role in a conspiracy to defraud the SSA, announced John Parker, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2015
News Release: CHICAGO - Three Chicago-area defendants, and a fourth defendant from Decatur, Ga., were convicted of federal bank fraud charges for engaging in a scheme to fraudulently obtain 51 luxury automobile loans totaling approximately $1.6 million without ever intending that the borrowers would purchase the high-end...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 20, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced its hearing and markup schedule for the week of March 23. Members will discuss the 340B drug pricing program, Internet-connected products and technology, prescription drug and opioid abuse, and U.S. spectrum policy. The committee will also advance drafts of its coal ash legislation and data security legislation.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2015
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Walt Green announced today that ANDRE A. CHUSTZ JR., age 50, of Port Allen, Louisiana pled guilty and was sentenced for his violation of the Federal wildlife laws.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2015
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Kansas City, Kan., woman has been indicted on charges of preparing false federal income tax returns, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2015
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, announced that, on March 18, a federal grand jury in Harrisburg indicted Scott J. Robinson, of Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, charging him with theft of government property.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2015
News Release: (BRIDGEPORT, 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 Paul Whitehurst, also known as “Juice," 25, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 48 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for kidnapping.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2015
News Release: CHICAGO - Members of the community including religious, civic, and business leaders, youth leaders, and top law enforcement met yesterday to continue discussions around building community trust in the neighborhoods of Chicago. This is the second of such meetings, hosted by U.S. Attorney Zachary T. Fardon...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2015
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Albert Torres Morales, 30, of Richford, Vermont was sentenced today to 84 months imprisonment on charges that he carried a firearm in relation to a drug trafficking crime, and conspired to distribute heroin, cocaine base, and cocaine. Chief Judge Christina Reiss also ordered that Torres Morales serve a three-year period of supervised release following his term of imprisonment.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 20, 2015
News Release: Eminence, MO:See live eagles up close and personal. Touch a snake! Learn about birds, water quality, search and rescue and lots of other exciting topics at the National Park Service's annual Junior Ranger Day. Each year area students and youth organizations come together with educators from statewide...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2015
News Release: Buffalo, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that 10th Street Gang member Desmond Ford, 33, of Buffalo, who was convicted of RICO conspiracy, was sentenced to 200 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Willie Singletary, 33, of Philadelphia, was sentenced today to 20 months in prison for lying to the FBI when questioned about ticket fixing at the former Philadelphia Traffic Court. A federal jury found Singletary guilty of the charge in July 2014 following a trial. Three of Singletary’s...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 19, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., released the following statement after the Senate Budget Committee reported the Republican budget resolution...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 19, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., March 19, 2015 - Rep. John Fleming (R-LA), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Water, Power, and Oceans made the following opening statement at today's oversight hearing entitled "Examining the Spending Priorities and Missions of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the President's FY 2016 Budget Proposal.".
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge William D. Quarles, Jr. sentenced Rodney Sylvester Wiggins, age 28, of Baltimore, today to 292 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for robbery, brandishing a gun during the robbery and being a felon in possession of a gun and ammunition.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 19, 2015
News Release: Investment Continues Administration's Commitment to Address Hunger and Poverty in Rural America LEXINGTON, Kentucky, March 19, 2015 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack joined Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear and University of Kentucky-Lexington officials today to announce the establishment of the USDA ...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 19, 2015
News Release: Oklahoma and Puerto Rico Join Twenty States Receiving Targeted Assistance Addressing Rural Poverty Lexington, KY, March 19, 2015 - USDA Secretary Vilsack today announced an expansion of the USDA StrikeForce Initiative for Rural Growth and Opportunity to address chronic rural poverty in 32 identified ...
