News from March 2015
By State Newswire | Mar 19, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) and Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), the chairman and ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today announced the committee will vote on the bipartisan Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015 on April 14.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2015
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Jose Manuel Saldivar-Farias aka “Z-31" or “El Borrado" has been charged with conspiracy to possess marijuana allegations after illegally entering the U.S., announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2015
News Release: The Bank Of New York Mellon Admits To Conduct Alleged In Federal And State Lawsuits, Including That Bank Offered “Best" Rates To Clients, But Actually Gave “Worst" Rates.
By State Newswire | Mar 19, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today at 8:30 a.m., U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, will convene a hearing with top Obama Administration officials to examine the ongoing nuclear negotiations with Iran as an end of March deadline looms. The hearing, entitled “Negotiations with Iran: Blocking or Paving Tehran’s Path to Nuclear Weapons? " will take place TODAY, Thursday, March 19 at 8:30 a.m. in 2172 Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2015
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a 32-year-old Kingston man pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion in Scranton, to distributing Oxycontin (oxycodone) and unlawfully possessing a firearm as an illegal drug user.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 19, 2015
News Release: On March 26, IEEE will offer a webinar on Energy Storage featuring Dr. Imre Gyuk, OE’s Program Manager for Energy Storage Research. The webinar entitled “Energy Storage for a Greener and More Resilient Grid " will be offered as part of IEEE’s Smart Grid webinar series. The presentation will provide an...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2015
News Release: Eugenia A.P. Cowles, the Acting United States Attorney for the District of Vermont, stated that Tammy Nguyen, 35, of Naples, Florida (formerly of Essex Junction, Vermont), was sentenced today by Chief United States District Court Judge Christina Reiss, to one year of probation, restitution of approximately $41,000.00, and a fine of $10,000.00.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2015
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a Bossier City woman pleaded guilty to making and filing a false tax return.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 19, 2015
News Release: HARKERS ISLAND, NC -Cape Lookout National Seashore Superintendent Pat Kenney has announced that the Cape Lookout Lighthouse will be open for an additional day during the 2015 season. This extra day will allow the lighthouse to be open five days a week for visitors to enjoy the view from the top. Opening on Tuesday, May 12, the lighthouse will be open weekly through Saturday, September 19.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2015
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A federal jury has found Derrick Hargrove, 34, guilty on all four counts as charged related to the trafficking of 4.99 kilograms of methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. The verdict was returned today following three days of trial.
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 DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2015
News Release: Jackson, Miss -Ruben Cruz, 24, from Philadelphia, Mississippi, pled guilty today before Senior U.S. District Judge David C. Bramlette III to assault with the intent to commit murder and use of a firearm during a crime of violence, U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis announced.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 19, 2015
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration today issued an experimental airworthiness certificate to an Amazon Logistics, Inc. unmanned aircraft (UAS) design that the company will use for research and development and crew training. The FAA typically issues experimental certificates to manufacturers and technology developers to operate a UAS that does not have a type certificate.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2015
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Robert J. Gongloff, 25, of Weirton, West Virginia, was arrested on March 13, 2015 pursuant to a criminal complaint charging him with “Production of Child Pornography," United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, and Homeland Security Investigations Philadelphia Special Agent in Charge John Kelleghan announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2015
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 19, 2015
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senators Patty Murray (D-WA) and Mazie Hirono (D-HI) and Representatives Jared Polis (D-CO) and Joaquin Castro (D-TX) introduced legislation to expand access to higher education for low-income students, regardless of their immigration status. The Investing in States to Achieve...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that CAROLYN TREAUDO, age 54, of Marrero, pled guilty yesterday to theft of government funds. TREAUDO admitted to stealing approximately $94,840 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency during 2009 and 2010. The funds were administered by the Louisiana Governor’s...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2015
News Release: Following a hearing before United States Magistrate Judge Timothy R. Rice, the Honorable Juan R. Sanchez today held attorneys J. Michael Farrell and Stephen P. Patrizio in civil contempt of court for providing discovery disks to their clients, contrary to a protective order entered by Judge Sanchez in...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2015
News Release: Antwon Jenkins, 27, of Cahokia, Illinois, was convicted of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute following a two day trial held in federal district court, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 19, 2015
News Release: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Director, Sarah R. Saldaña, testified March 19 before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform at a hearing entitled, “A Review of the Department of Homeland Security’s Policies and Procedures for the Apprehension, Detention, and Release of Non-Citizens Unlawfully Present in the United States - Part II."
