News from May 2015
By DOL Newswire | May 12, 2015
News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - Workers stamping metal automotive parts at a Peoria manufacturer were at risk of lacerations and amputations and in danger of being struck-by robotic welding equipment because their employer ignored machine safety rules.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2015
News Release: SAN JOSE - The United States has joined a whistleblower action pending in the Northern District of California against the owners and operators of Bay Sleep Clinic and their related businesses, Qualium Corporation and Amerimed Corporation, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Special Agent in Charge, Ivan Negroni.
By Interior Newswire | May 12, 2015
News Release: For the past 40 years, artisans from diverse American Indian tribes have demonstrated their traditional and contemporary art forms in Grand Teton National Park. This annual program provides visitors a chance to gain greater appreciation and understanding of American Indian cultures that are still alive and active today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2015
News Release: MIAMI - A.D. Wright, Special Agent in (SAC), Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division; Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; Hugo J. Barrera, Special Agent in Charge, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and (ATF), Miami Field Office; Scott Israel, Sheriff, ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2015
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that BRANDON SAPP, 28, of Waterbury, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for possessing a firearm and heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2015
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Federal charges have been filed against James J. Doran, 54, of Laredo, alleging he committed larceny of U.S. government property by wrongfully collecting more than $108,000 in Social Security Administration (SSA) benefits, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2015
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - A federal grand jury indicted Krisinda Messer on charges of bank fraud, aggravated identity theft, and filing false tax returns, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, Special Agent in Charge José M. Martinez.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein sent the following message to police officers serving in Baltimore City today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2015
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Todd Glenn Dean, 50, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty to enticing a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity before U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer. The charge carries a minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life, and a $250,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | May 12, 2015
News Release: HAGERSTOWN, Md. -Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park (C&O Canal) will charge increased entrance, amenity and camping fees beginning June 1, 2015, only in locations where fees currently are collected.
By Commerce Newswire | May 12, 2015
News Release: I want to be clear that I am very interested in working with the Majority Leader and all of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle to find a bipartisan path to get back to the trade legislation at the earliest possible time. Just briefly, I want to describe why it was so important to senators to tackle these issues on a bipartisan basis in the Finance Committee.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2015
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Detroit man who participated in a conspiracy that funneled multiple kilos of heroin into the Huntington area between 2012 and 2014 was sentenced yesterday to more than eight years in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Booth Goodwin. Kenneth D. Bowden, 29, previously pleaded guilty in February 2015 to possession with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin before Chief United States District Judge Robert C. Chambers.
By Interior Newswire | May 12, 2015
News Release: Why monitor climate in Glacier Bay?
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican man, who currently lives in Lawrence, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Boston to receiving $62,243 in disability benefits under a false identity.
By Interior Newswire | May 12, 2015
News Release: Everglades National Park has reopened areas closed to protect the Frank Key and Sandy Key Roseate spoonbill colonies during nesting season. The channel running along the west end of Frank Key and Carl Ross Key have been reopened to public access. Visitors to Carl Ross Key are reminded that while Carl Ross Key is open, Sandy Key is permanently closed to public entry year-round to protect sensitive wildlife, and people should not walk from Carl Ross Key to Sandy Key.
By DOE Newswire | May 12, 2015
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, took an aggressive step today to ensure that Alaska receives its fair share of revenue from oil and natural gas production on Alaska’s outer continental shelf (OCS) by introducing the Alaska Outer Continental Shelf Lease Sale Act (S. 1278).
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Terry Lynn Little Jr., 33, of Hagerman, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to ten years in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2015
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Indiana, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court to 15 months in prison and four years supervised release on her conviction of conspiracy to distribute heroin, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | May 12, 2015
News Release: Washington, DC -Today, Reps. Elijah E. Cummings and Jason Chaffetz, the Ranking Member and Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) requesting additional information and a briefing regarding recent revelations that the FBI provided inaccurate testimony and erroneous laboratory reports on microscopic hair analyses in numerous prosecutions-including death penalty cases.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A Connecticut man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Boston for traveling to Watertown in response to an advertisement on Craigslist in which a woman sought an adult man who might be interested in a sexual relationship with her child. The Craigslist ad was placed by undercover federal agents seeking to detect online predators.
