News from May 2015
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge William D. Quarles, Jr. sentenced Robert Collins, age 49, of Baltimore, Maryland, today to 125 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for robbery, attempted robbery, and carrying and brandishing a firearm during a robbery.
By Interior Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: Rocky Mountain National Park staff recently assembled with partners from the Northern Colorado Clean Cities Coalition and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory for a ribbon cutting ceremony marking the substantial completion of a grant funded through the U.S. Department of Energy's Clean Cities National Parks Initiative. This grant was awarded to Rocky Mountain National Park in 2013, for $167,500.
By State Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY), the Committee’s Ranking Member, introduced the bipartisan H.R. 2323, the United States International Communications Reform Act of 2015. The legislation improves the missions,...
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: Attempted Jewelry Store Heist In Police Costumes Among The Charges.
By DOE Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Energy Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) today announced $60 million in funding for 23 groundbreaking new projects aimed at creating highly efficient and scalable dry-cooling technologies for thermoelectric power plants and developing prototype technologies...
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: A Miami-Dade County resident was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison, followed by two years of supervised release for selling personal identifying information (PII), including stolen names, dates of birth, and social security numbers belonging to real individuals (most of whom were from the State of Rhode Island), to be used in a tax refund fraud scheme.
By Commerce Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 606, the Don’t Tax Our Fallen Public Safety Heroes Act, introduced by Rep. Erik Paulsen (R-MN), and H.R. 2146, the Defending Public Safety Employees’ Retirement Act, introduced by Rep. Dave Reichert (R-WA). Upon passage, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) released the following statement.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announced today that Timothy Edward McDermott (61, Palm Coast) has pleaded guilty to receiving child pornography over the Internet. He faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 5, up to 20 years, in federal prison, and a potential life term of supervision. A sentencing hearing has not yet been scheduled.
By DOE Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today advanced the process to compile broad and bipartisan energy legislation by holding a legislative hearing to receive testimony on 22 proposals to promote the modernization of America’s energy infrastructure. The proposals included measures to ensure the continued operation of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, promote hybrid micro-grid technologies for isolated communities, and create a single inventory of federal property.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Titus Kellam, 20, and Kimberly Monfort, 24, both of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, were charged today by indictment in a scheme involving six armed robberies of pizza delivery employees in Philadelphia, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. Kellam is charged with committing...
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Tony Chandler, 68, of Severn, Maryland, and Marvin Hulsey, 52, of Stafford, Virginia, were indicted by a federal grand jury today on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud. Chandler also faces charges for conflicts of interest in the same indictment.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: On Tuesday, May 19, 2015, at 10: 0 a.m. the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing titled “Policing Strategies for the 21st Century." This hearing will examine police accountability, aggression towards law enforcement, public safety concerns related to these issues, and solutions to address these problems.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: SOUTH BEND - United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, David Capp, announced that James Dean Garcia, Jr, 33, of South Bend, Indiana, was sentenced today, for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Garcia was sentenced to 63 months imprisonment and two years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - The former Executive Director of the Virgin Islands Legislature was sentenced to five years in prison today, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe of the District of the Virgin Islands.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: ATLANTA - Ardonus “Donna" Perkins, the former Assistant Vice President of Risk Management of the Credit Union of Georgia, has pleaded guilty to a charge of mail fraud for causing the credit union to disburse over $300,000 in fraudulent loans.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: DENVER - Aide Spade, age 49, of Evergreen, was recently sentenced by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Marcia S. Krieger to 3 years’ probation and ordered to pay restitution of $14,234.18 plus an additional $5,000 fine for making and using a false document knowing it contained fraudulent statements and...
By Commerce Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) and Ranking Member Elijah Cummings (D-MD) released the following statement in reaction to the Department of Homeland Security Inspector General report on the investigation into the March 4, 2015 incident at the White House Complex.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: James L. Santelle, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced today that PharMerica Corporation has agreed to pay the United States $31.5 million to resolve a lawsuit alleging that they violated the Controlled Substances Act by dispensing Schedule II controlled drugs without a valid prescription and violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims to Medicare for these improperly dispensed drugs, the Justice Department announced today.
By State Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Representative Eliot L. Engel, the leading Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today delivered the following remarks on the floor of the House of Representatives in support of the Hezbollah International Financing Prevention Act of 2015 (HR 2297)...
By Commerce Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: I would first like to thank Chairman Hatch for his leadership on this critical issue. Ten months ago, the Finance Committee came together to discuss one of the premier challenges of our time - addressing the chronic illnesses that dominate America’s flagship health program, Medicare. Chronic illnesses - heart disease, diabetes, and cancer, among others, now account for almost 93% of Medicare spending.
