News from May 2015
By Commerce Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., May 14, 2015 - Today, the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands held an oversight hearing on the impact of litigation on forest management, the U.S. Forest Service’s response to the growing challenge of litigation, and related impacts upon forest health.
By Interior Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: Today, the Bureau of Land Management Colorado State Office sold 73 parcels totaling 32,962 acres for $32,140,365 including rentals and fees at its quarterly oil and gas lease sale. The highest per-acre price was for a 1,919-acre parcel in Weld County, sold to Ironhorse Resources, LLC., in Denver for...
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: Project Safe Childhood. SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Hollister, Mo., man and a Republic, Mo., man have been indicted by a federal grand jury, in separate and unrelated cases, for producing child pornography. USA...
By Commerce Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: Dear Chairman Ryan: We renew our call to work on a bipartisan basis to provide a long-term funding solution for the Highway Trust Fund program. This program provides a federal source of funding for the nation’s infrastructure and supports millions of American jobs. Our transportation infrastructure...
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Matthew Krapf, 45, of Collegeville, PA, was sentenced today to life in prison for 10 counts, each, of using or inducing a child to pose for child pornography, use of an interstate commerce facility to entice a minor to engage in sexual contact, three counts of distribution of child pornography, and one count of possession of child pornography. He was also sentenced to 10 years supervised release. Krapf pleaded guilty on Oct. 28, 2014 to all 24 counts.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: DENVER - A federal judge today ordered a Colorado company to stop selling hazardous high-powered magnets that had been the subject of a product recall by their manufacturer as part of an agreement with the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), the Justice Department announced. U.S. District Court...
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part Of HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: GREENSBORO, N. C. - An Arizona man was sentenced to 30 months in prison for communicating interstate threats, announced United States Attorney Ripley Rand.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: Collegeville, Pennsylvania, Man Gets Life Sentence for Preying on Children.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: HOUSTON - William Williams, 29, Stephen Carter 29, and Bobby Gray, 28, all of Houston, have been ordered to federal prison for their involvement in the Oct. 7, 2013, attempted robbery of a Garda Cash Logistics armored truck, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. During the attempted robbery, a guard was shot eight times, but has since recovered.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Fifteen employees of the United States Attorney’s Office and three law enforcement officers were honored today with the Office’s most prestigious awards. At a ceremony held to announce the awards this morning at the U.S. Courthouse in Baltimore, the United States Attorney also welcomed 14 new Assistant U.S. Attorney and other employees who have joined the Office since last year.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: Today, Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah), Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.), and Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), issued the following statement urging the Senate to take up and pass the USA FREEDOM Act of 2015.
By State Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Representative Eliot L. Engel, the top Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today delivered the following remarks in support of three measures he offered as amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act...
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment today against Fresno residents Eduardo Fernandez, aka, Lalo, aka, Flavio Rios, 35; Miguel Medina, 62; and Alexis Antonio Alvarez Guzman, 19, charging them with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - An indictment was unsealed today, charging a Philadelphia-based group with conspiracy to commit violent robberies, including an attempted robbery of a Center City jewelry store in which the defendants impersonated police officers. Additionally, the indictment alleges that the robbers tracked ...
By State Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 2297, the Hezbollah International Financial Prevention Act of 2015, which would strengthen economic sanctions against Hezbollah, a terrorist organization that continues to pose a threat to the United States, our allies, and interests throughout the Middle East and beyond.].
By Interior Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: Wildland Fire News. For Release: May 14, 2015. Contact list (alphabetical by agency). Bureau of Land Management -Kirsten Cannon -(702) 515-5057. National Park Service -Christie Vanover -(702) 293-8691. Nevada Division of Forestry -Jorge Gonzales -(702) 486-5123. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service -Dan Balduini-(702)...
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment today against Fresno residents Armando Perez, 50, and Christian Sandoval, 22, charging them with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Plainfield, New Jersey, man today admitted arranging sexual encounters involving a 15-year-old girl in return for payment, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Marquist Piere Bradford, 29, of Chicago, was sentenced today to 10 and a half years in prison for sex trafficking of minors, U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
