News from March 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that TERENCE TAYLOR, age 36; ARTHUR MCKINNIS, age 24; NOEL JONES, age 27; TERRELL DYER, age 30; PERCY DEPRON, age 28; ERNEST DIAZ, age 25; MALCOLM BOLDEN, age 20; TERRELL DAVIS, age 24; and MELVIN SMITH, age 30, all pled guilty today to an Indictment for conspiring...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2015
News Release: Fargo - Acting U.S. Attorney Christopher C. Myers announced that on March 30, 2015, Robert Vangorden, Age 41, Omaha Nebraska, was sentenced before U.S. District Judge Daniel L. Hovland, to serve 17 years and 6 months in prison for distributing materials involving the sexual exploitation of a minor. Judge...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Joseph and Anna Rose Vitelli, of Conshohocken, PA, were sentenced today for their roles in a Racketeering conspiracy involving the Mastronardo Bookmaking Organization. Joseph Vitelli, 71, was sentenced to five months in prison and three years of supervised release, with the first five...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 31, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the statement below following the Obama Administration's commitment to reducing carbon pollution leading up to the Paris climate treaty negotiations. The U.S. submission states the country intends to reduce carbon pollution between 26 to 28 percent (from 2005 levels) by 2025.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 31, 2015
News Release: Haleakalā National Park joins parks, programs and partners across the country to encourage everyone to find their park and share their stories online at www.FindYourPark.com. Launched yesterday by the National Park Service and the National Park Foundation, Find Your Park is a public awareness and education campaign celebrating the milestone centennial anniversary of the National Park Service in 2016 and setting the stage for its second century of service.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 31, 2015
News Release: KREMMLING, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management in Kremmling will initiate several annual road closures this week due to extremely muddy conditions caused by low snowpack and early snowmelt.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 31, 2015
News Release: PAGO PAGO, American Samoa - Scott Burch has been selected as the new superintendent of the National Park of American Samoa located on the islands of Tutuila, Ofu, and Ta’ū in a remote part of the South Pacific. He replaces Jim Bacon who will be moving to the National Park Service’s Denver Service Center.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2015
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - Yesterday, a Federal grand jury returned an eight-count indictment charging two individuals for conspiracy, theft of government records, unlawful transfer of means of identification, aggravated identity theft, and wrongful disclosure of individually identifiable health information, announced...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 31, 2015
News Release: “I am pleased that President Obama and the United States continue to lead the world in the fight against man-made climate change. By transmitting its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution to the United Nations today, the United States solidifies its commitment to reducing emissions by 26-28 percent...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 31, 2015
News Release: Washington, DC - This evening, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following statement after the expiration of the current Continuing Resolution.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2015
News Release: ORLANDO, Fla. - United States District Judge Paul G. Byron today sentenced Richard (46, Viera) to 10 years in federal prison, followed by four years of supervised release, for attempting to aid and abet the distribution of cocaine. A federal jury found him guilty on January 9, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2015
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - Today, a Federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment charging Emily Negrón for conspiracy and illegally transferring firearms to out-of-state residents, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is in charge of the investigation.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 31, 2015
News Release: Tucson, AZ - Saguaro National Park joins parks, programs and partners across the country to encourage everyone to find their park and share their stories online at FindYourPark.com. Launched yesterday by the National Park Service and the National Park Foundation, Find Your Park is a public awareness and education campaign celebrating the milestone centennial anniversary of the National Park Service in 2016 and setting the stage for its second century of service.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 31, 2015
News Release: Hyde Park, NY -- The Roosevelt- Vanderbilt National Historic Sites -- which include the Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Home of Eleanor Roosevelt and the Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Sites -are joining parks, programs and partners across the country to encourage everyone to find their park and...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2015
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a former mail carrier who worked at the Rogersville, Mo., post office pleaded guilty in federal court today to stealing mail that contained cash and gift cards.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2015
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - William “B.J." Farmer, 39, of Wheeling, was sentenced today to 12 months in prison for distributing crack cocaine in Ohio County, West Virginia in June 2014, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 31, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Two New Jersey doctors were each sentenced today to prison for accepting bribes in exchange for test referrals as part of a long-running scheme operated by Biodiagnostic Laboratory Services LLC (BLS), of Parsippany, New Jersey, its president and numerous associates, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 31, 2015
News Release: “I am pleased that President Obama and the United States continue to lead the world in the fight against man-made climate change. By transmitting its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution to the United Nations today, the United States solidifies its commitment to reducing emissions by 26-28 percent...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 31, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, highlighted the Ready to Govern Initiative by the Partnership for Public Service, a program to help assist the 2016 presidential candidates in navigating the transition process.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 31, 2015
News Release: Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH), Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Rep. John Kline (R-MN), Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN), and Sen. Mike Enzi (R-WY) denounced President Obama’s veto today of their Congressional Review Act joint resolution to stop the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) from implementing its “ambush election" rule.
