News from May 2015
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2015
News Release: Contact Person: Lance Crick (864) 282-2100.
By State Newswire | May 1, 2015
News Release: Dear Mr. President: We are writing to express our deep concern with Russia’s planned delivery of S-300 surface-to-air missile systems to Iran. If completed, the transfer of this sophisticated weapons system would significantly bolster Iran’s military capabilities and introduce new obstacles to our ability...
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2015
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom Friday urged Kansas law enforcement agencies to consider applying for a new federal program to help equip officers with body cameras.
By Interior Newswire | May 1, 2015
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park and Outdoor Chattanooga have extended their partnership to include free monthly guided bicycle rides/hikes at Moccasin Bend National Archeological District. The monthly bike rides/hikes for May and June will take place on Saturday, May 9 and Saturday, June 13 and will begin at 9 am.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2015
News Release: HOUSTON - Glenn Casey Portwood, 53, has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of possession of child pornography which included images of babies and toddlers, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Portwood pleaded guilty Nov. 18, 2014.
By Interior Newswire | May 1, 2015
News Release: Three years ago, Obed Wild and Scenic River launched its "National Park in Your Backyard" program for the sixth grade students of Morgan County. As in previous years, the opportunity to participate in this program will be extended to sixth grade students that are home-schooled or who attend schools other than public schools.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2015
News Release: LEXINGTON - The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced today that a federal jury found Dr. Phillip Robinson, a Somerset optometrist, liable, under the False Claims Act, for seeking payment from the Medicare program for more than 11,000 unnecessary eye examinations he provided to nursing home residents.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2015
News Release: A federal grand jury has indicted three Nashville, Tenn. men for separate crimes involving federal firearms offenses in the J.C. Napier and University Court public housing developments, announced David Rivera, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By Commerce Newswire | May 1, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today held a hearing to discuss the issue of microbeads in cosmetic products polluting American waters. Full committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) together have introduced H.R. 1321, the Microbead-Free Waters Act.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2015
News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a DeQuincy man pleaded guilty to making $100 counterfeit bills at a casino hotel.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2015
News Release: U.S. Also Elects To Intervene Against Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation In Claims That Novartis Gave Kickbacks To Accredo In Exchange For Increased Refills Of Exjade Drug, And Understated Exjade’s Serious And Potentially Life-Threatening Side Effects.
By USDA Newswire | May 1, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - One day after requesting emergency assistance for poultry and egg producers whose flocks were hit with Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N2 infections, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) yesterday granted Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack authority to issue emergency assistance for poultry and egg producers whose flocks were hit with the virus.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2015
News Release: Contact Person: Beth Drake (803) 929-3000.
By Commerce Newswire | May 1, 2015
News Release: In March, Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) introduced bipartisan legislation H.R. 1321, the Microbead-Free Waters Act of 2015, which would prohibit the sale or distribution of personal care products that contain synthetic plastic microbeads. The bipartisan bill would ban the sale or distribution of cosmetics products containing plastic microbeads effective Jan. 1, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2015
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - The former mayor of Manalapan, New Jersey, was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for defrauding an investment client of $250,000 and submitting a falsified loan application in order to purchase farmland in Monmouth County, New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2015
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal jury convicted Sam Rafic Ghanem, age 45, of Springfield, Virginia, today for attempting to illegally export defense articles, specifically firearms parts and accessories, to Lebanon, and for smuggling goods from the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2015
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that a federal jury has found Mitchell Holland (52, San Diego, CA), Warren Rosenfeld (60, Plano, TX), and Rondell Scott Hedrick (50, Lexington, NC) guilty of multiple counts of wire fraud. Holland was convicted on nine counts, Rosenfeld was convicted on four counts, and Hedrick was convicted on three counts. Each faces up to 20 years in prison on each count.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2015
News Release: TAMPA, Fla. - U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday sentenced Altwan L. (36, St. Petersburg) to 17 years and six months in federal prison for conspiring with others to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine. He pleaded guilty on December 9, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Merit Energy Company, a Texas-based oil and natural gas exploration and production company, has agreed to pay an $885,000 civil penalty and to improve leak detection and repair work practices to settle alleged violations of the Clean Air Act at its natural gas processing facility in Kalkaska...
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2015
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Three members and one associate of the Varrio South Park (VSP), a Norteño gang in Santa Rosa, Calif., were sentenced yesterday to federal prison for their participation in a racketeering conspiracy to commit violent crimes, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge David J. Johnson.
