News from May 2015
By Interior Newswire | May 6, 2015
News Release: Todd Suess, a veteran of federal land management agencies in the western U.S., has begun service as Superintendent of Mojave National Preserve.
By DOE Newswire | May 6, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Power Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday, May 13, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing will continue the committee’s work on its Architecture of Abundance energy legislation with a review of “Discussion Drafts Addressing Hydropower Regulatory Modernization and FERC Process Coordination under the Natural Gas Act." Witnesses will be announced.
By Interior Newswire | May 6, 2015
News Release: Find Your Park with a visit to a historic Great Lakes village and U.S. Life-Saving Station (USLSS) during Glen Haven Days at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Join park rangers and volunteers on Saturday, May 23, 2015, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., at Glen Haven and the USLSS for hands-on activities...
By US DOT Newswire | May 6, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today demonstrated a new smartphone application called “B4UFLY," designed to help model aircraft and unmanned aircraft (UAS) users know if it is safe and legal to fly in their current or planned location.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2015
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a Pittston man was indicted on April 28, 2015, by a federal grand jury for receiving and distributing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2015
News Release: Former Army National Guard soldier Ryan Patrick Breiding, 29, of Akron, has pleaded guilty to theft of public money, said Steven M. Dettelbach, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By Commerce Newswire | May 6, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), has scheduled a legislative hearing for Wednesday, May 13, at 2:00 p.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Stakeholder Perspectives on the IANA Transition."
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2015
News Release: CHICAGO - Former Chicago police officer Francis Zoller was the final defendant to be sentenced today in the six year investigation Operation Tow Scam, led by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Zoller, 46, of Chicago, pled guilty on June 11, 2014 to one count of attempted extortion under color of official...
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2015
News Release: A three-count indictment was filed charging three Toledo men with crimes related to counterfeiting, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By Interior Newswire | May 6, 2015
News Release: Denali National Park and Preserve Superintendent Don Striker has determined that due to the deterioration of the snowpack, there is no longer adequate snow cover for the use of snowmobiles for traditional activities in the 1980 additions to Denali National Park and Preserve on both sides of the Alaska...
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2015
News Release: Peoria, Ill. - A Bourbonnais, Ill., man, Robert J. Deangelo, has been sentenced to two years in prison for filing false income tax returns. On May 4, Senior U.S. District Judge Michael M. Mihm ordered that Deangelo, 63, serve 24 months in federal prison, and one year of supervised release following his...
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2015
News Release: A Highlands County resident pled guilty yesterday to possessing firearms and ammunition while being an alien unlawfully present in the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2015
News Release: CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA - This week the U.S. Fire Administration, an entity within Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency, announced its theme highlighting the 2015 National Arson Awareness Week: Accelerant Detection Canines - Sniffing out Arson. In recognition of this week, the United States...
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2015
News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- Federal prosecutors today charged a Huntsville man with crossing the Alabama state line with the intent to engage in a sexual act with a child younger than 12, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and FBI Special Agent in Charge Roger C. Stanton.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2015
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal jury convicted Gary Warren Hancock, Jr., age 37, of Temple Hills, Maryland, today of robbery, brandishing a firearm during the robbery and being a felon in possession of a gun and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2015
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Kansas City, Kan., man who drove the getaway car was sentenced in federal court today for the armed robbery of an Excelsior Springs, Mo., bank, which was followed by a high-speed chase until the robbers’ vehicle crashed.
By DOE Newswire | May 5, 2015
News Release: The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee today released the third installment in its video series highlighting the priorities of its Republican members. In today’s video, U.S. Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, outlines his plans to increase local control and management of Utah’s natural resources.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2015
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that KIEJUAN HAUGABOOK, 35, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 84 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally possessing a sawed-off firearm and a bullet proof vest. HAUGABOOK also was ordered to perform 75 hours of community service during his term of supervised release.
By Homeland Newswire | May 5, 2015
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Science & Technology Press Office, John Verrico (202) 254-2385 NASA Headquarters Press Office: Joshua Buck, (202) 358-1130 NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Elizabeth Landau (818) 354-6425 WASHINGTON – Four men trapped under as much as 10 feet of bricks, mud and other debris have ...
By USDA Newswire | May 5, 2015
News Release: SNAP Recipients Can Now Purchase Fresh Fruit, Vegetables at More Than 6,200 Farmers Markets and Direct Marketing Farms WASHINGTON, May 5, 2015 – Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services Under Secretary Kevin Concannon today announced the availability of up to $3.3 million in competitive funding to support ...
