News from May 2015
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2015
News Release: Four Tampa residents have been charged by indictment with conspiracy to import a synthetic cannabinoid, a/k/a “Spice," to the United States from China.
By DOE Newswire | May 28, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, June 4, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining H.R. 2017, the Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act of 2015."
By DOE Newswire | May 28, 2015
News Release: To further advance energy efficiency in buildings across the country, the Department of Energy is launching two new Better Buildings Accelerators that will help American families improve the efficiency of their homes. The two new accelerators announced today are aimed at making home energy information...
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2015
News Release: COLUMBIA, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Bill Nettles announced today that the United States Attorney's Office for the District of South Carolina, working alongside the United States Department of Labor, settled with Staples, Inc. and Staples Contract and Commercial, Inc. (collectively, “Staples")...
By Commerce Newswire | May 28, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today wrote to seventeen auto manufacturers and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration requesting information about the industry’s plans to address cybersecurity challenges as new technologies are developed and vehicles and transportation infrastructure are becoming increasingly connected.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2015
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A total of five Laredoans have been ordered to prison for their roles in a kidnaping ordered by Los Zetas and executed by members and associates of the gang Hermanos Pistoleros (HPL), announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2015
News Release: Memphis, TN - A Cordova man convicted of assault with intent to murder four soldiers at the Millington Army National Guard Recruiting Center has been sentenced to 50 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2015
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that eight St. Joseph, Mo., residents are among 11 defendants who have been indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in a $1 million conspiracy to distribute at least 25 kilograms of methamphetamine.
By State Newswire | May 28, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced that, during a Tuesday, June 2 hearing, the Committee will hear from the families of four Americans either detained or missing in Iran. The hearing, entitled “Americans Detained in Iran, " will begin at 10:00 a.m.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2015
News Release: Six men and a woman have been charged with firearm and ammunition offenses. The charges are contained in complaints unsealed late yesterday and this morning in United States District Court in Cedar Rapids.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2015
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today against Eric Worrell, 57, of Rancho Cordova, charging him with receipt of child pornography, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2015
News Release: POCATELLO - Randy Ted Jordan, 45, of Chubbuck, Idaho, and Montana, pleaded guilty today in United States District Court to bank robberies committed in Idaho and Utah, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2015
News Release: A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment charging Gregory Ingram, 29, of Ravenna, Ohio, with dispensing controlled substances, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2015
News Release: Fifteen Chinese Nationals Charged in Fraud Scheme.
By EPA Newswire | May 28, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today issued the following statement regarding Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler’s plans to include broadband in the Universal Service Fund’s Lifeline program...
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2015
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - U.S. District Judge John E. Steele has sentenced Rafael Angel Reyes Menjivar (23, Naples) to three years in prison for possessing 15 or more unauthorized access devices and for aggravated identity theft. Reyes Menjivar pleaded guilty on Feb. 25, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that FRED DOUGLAS BROOKS III, age 47, of Houston; DAVID HUMPHRIES, age 46, of Baltimore; and PAUL LEE, age 36, MARLON BARNES, age 38, and GARRY GENTRY, age 31, residents of New Orleans, pled guilty today to a Superseding Indictment charging conspiracy to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin. BROOKS also pled guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering.
By Commerce Newswire | May 28, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today requested briefings from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Department of Defense regarding the recent reports of live anthrax being shipped to nine states and South Korea.
By EPA Newswire | May 28, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, June 4, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining H.R. 2017, the Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act of 2015."
By Interior Newswire | May 28, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Prior to morning rush hour on Friday, May 29, 2015, the National Park Service, at the recommendation of Federal Highway Administration, will close both curbside lanes and 4 feet of the adjoining sidewalks across the bascule (drawbridge) span of Arlington Memorial Bridge and will post a 10-ton...
