News from May 2015
By Commerce Newswire | May 12, 2015
News Release: Trade Promotion Authority Sets High Objectives for the New Economy.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2015
News Release: GAINESVILLE, Ga. - David M. Treadwell and Austin Herring have pleaded guilty in separate cases to criminal charges arising from corrupt actions they took when they were employed by the Hall County Sheriff's Office. Treadwell pleaded guilty to accepting a bribe to tip off a person he believed was a drug dealer, if the person came under investigation by Hall County law enforcement. Herring pleaded guilty to attempting to possess cocaine with intent to distribute.
By USDA Newswire | May 12, 2015
News Release: Two new begonia germplasm lines developed by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists and their collaborators are now available for use in breeding elite varieties of the ornamental crop that can tolerate the heat and humidity of a Gulf Coast summer.
By Interior Newswire | May 12, 2015
News Release: Boulder City, Nev. -- The Bureau of Reclamation and stakeholders throughout the Colorado River Basin (Basin) released a report today that documents opportunities and potential actions to address the future water supply and demand imbalances projected in the 2012 Colorado River Basin Water Supply and Demand Study.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2015
News Release: GREENVILLE - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that CEDRIC SHARROD WILLIAMS, 32, of Scotland Neck, ALONZO KEITH CARTER, 36, of Rocky Mount, DERRICK LAMONT HANNON, 24, of Scotland Neck, HERMAN LEE COLEY, III, 40, of Rocky Mount, JERRY KEITH PITTMAN, JR., 26, of Sharpsburg, and JOSEPH LAMAR...
By DOL Newswire | May 12, 2015
News Release: Participants: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration today entered into an alliance with the Associated Builders and Contractors of Greater Houston, American Subcontractors Associations-Houston Chapter, Gulf Coast Safety Institute of the College of the Mainland and the Scaffold and Access...
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2015
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of Federal Initiative to Address the Epidemic Incidence of Violence Against Native Women.
By Commerce Newswire | May 12, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today unveiled a new draft of the TSCA Modernization Act and announced a subcommittee markup on the legislation for this week. The Environment and the Economy Subcommittee will hold a markup on Thursday, May 14, 2015, beginning at 12:00 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2015
News Release: This case is one of many brought as a result of the United States Attorney.
By Interior Newswire | May 12, 2015
News Release: As part of a National Trails Day celebration, the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area will host a day of trail clean-up on Saturday, June 6. Participants should meet at the Bandy Creek Visitor Center by 8:30 a.m. (EDT).
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that on May 11, 2015, Richard Allen Knight, 44, of Shenandoah, Iowa, was sentenced for his failure to register as a sex offender. Senior United States District Judge Lyle E. Strom sentenced Knight to a 7-month term of imprisonment. After his release from prison, Knight will begin a 7-year term of supervised release.
By Commerce Newswire | May 12, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) issued the following statement today following the Senate procedural vote to block consideration of “fast-track" legislation...
By Homeland Newswire | May 12, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.) will hold a bipartisan roundtable titled “The Challenges and Opportunities for the Postal Service in a Digital Age" on Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at 2:45 p.m. in room 342 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2015
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that MATTHEW EUGENE TRIPLETT, age 44, of Muskogee, Oklahoma, pled guilty to CONSPIRACY TO INTERFERE WITH COMMERCE BY ROBBERY, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1951.
By DOL Newswire | May 12, 2015
News Release: NEW ALBANY, Ohio - When a 23-year-old diver descended to the bottom of a New Albany pond in November 2014, he thought his air supply would last during underwater work. He drowned when his air supply depleted while SCUBA diving.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2015
News Release: Maryland Man Sentenced to 13 Years in Prison for Operating Ponzi Scheme That Cost Investors Over $28 Million in Losses.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2015
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced Traci Lynette Cure, age 46, of Silver Spring, Maryland today to 18 months in prison followed by a year of supervised release for conspiracy in connection with issuing fraudulent driver’s licenses and duplicate vehicle titles.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2015
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. -Arnoldo Delgado Garcia (Delgado), aka Fabricio Rene Delgado-Perea, 35, a Mexican national, pleaded guilty on Monday to conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and heroin, and in the same case Erik Gesus Rivera, 28, of Bakersfield, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2015
News Release: 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 Explosives (ATF), Miami Field Office, A.D. Wright, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Miami Field Office, Scott ...
By DOL Newswire | May 12, 2015
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Inspectors from the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration were headed back to their Providence office on Jan. 22, 2015, after completing one site inspection when they saw a dangerous situation in clear view at another site in North Smithfield.
