News from May 2015
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2015
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington man who sold heroin to a confidential informant on multiple occasions in 2014 pleaded guilty today to a federal drug charge, announced U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin. Tayvon Mykal Gaulds, 21, entered a guilty plea in federal court in Huntington admitting that he distributed heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2015
News Release: Defendant aided his brother after he fled the country.
By EPA Newswire | May 26, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, June 2, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Medicaid Program Integrity: Screening Out Errors, Fraud, and Abuse."
By Interior Newswire | May 26, 2015
News Release: Glacier National Park is hosting two community meetings to share information about park activities and provide an opportunity for personal dialogue between park leadership and local community members and neighbors. The first meeting will take place Tuesday, June 2 at 4-5:30 p.m. at the St. Mary Visitor Center Auditorium in St. Mary, and a second meeting will be Wednesday, June 3, 5:30-7 p.m. at the Teakettle Community Hall in Columbia Falls.
By Interior Newswire | May 26, 2015
News Release: Thurmont,MD -Catoctin Mountain Park will begin charging increased campground fees on June 1, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2015
News Release: WHO:. A. Lee Bentley, III. United States Attorney. Middle District of Florida. David Gee. Sheriff. Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office. Micah McCombs. Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge. ICE/Homeland Security Investigations. Rick Ramirez. Special Agent in Charge. Florida Department of Law Enforcement. Daniel...
By EPA Newswire | May 26, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, June 2, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Medicaid Program Integrity: Screening Out Errors, Fraud, and Abuse."
By EPA Newswire | May 26, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), has scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, June 2, at 2:00 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “An Update on the Takata Airbag Ruptures and Recalls."
By Commerce Newswire | May 26, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) issued the following statement today after the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced a data breach that has put private taxpayer information at risk...
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2015
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Trevor Cortez Vossen, 23, of New Martinsville, West Virginia, and Katie Ora Ingold, 29, of Proctor, West Virginia, were convicted of oxycodone trafficking today in federal court, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2015
News Release: St. Croix, USVI - Chief District Court Judge Wilma A. Lewis, on May 22, 2015, sentenced Gregoire George, 37, to 34 months in prison for Possession of Prison Contraband, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced. Judge Lewis ordered George to serve the sentence consecutively to the sentence he was serving at the time he committed the offense.
By Commerce Newswire | May 26, 2015
News Release: As part of a national collaborative effort to strengthen the scientific basis for forensic evidence used in the criminal justice system, the U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded Iowa State University (Ames, Iowa) up to $20 million over five years to establish a Forensic Science Center of Excellence focused on pattern and digital evidence.
By DOE Newswire | May 26, 2015
News Release: Today, the Energy Department is announcing $32 million in funding to help train American workers for the solar energy workforce and to further drive down the cost of solar by developing innovative low-cost concentrating solar power collectors and increasing access to critical solar data. The Department...
By Commerce Newswire | May 26, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), has scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, June 2, at 2:00 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “An Update on the Takata Airbag Ruptures and Recalls."
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2015
News Release: Montgomery, Ala. - Stephen K. Howard, a 64-year old Auburn resident who is employed as a lab technician at Auburn University, was arrested Friday, May 22, 2015 for selling large quantities of a “date rape" drug, announced George L. Beck Jr., U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama.
By Interior Newswire | May 26, 2015
News Release: The management of Big Bend National Park is initiating temporary closures of the following park areas: Cottonwood Campground car and group campsites;all but the first loop of the Rio Grande Village Campground;all Rio Grande Village group campsites;and the Old Maverick Road backcountry car camping sites.
By Interior Newswire | May 26, 2015
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz.-On Sunday, May 24th, at approximately 12:10 pm, the Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center received a 911 call reporting an unconscious man in the vicinity of Grand Canyon Visitor Center.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2015
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that five Mexican nationals were sentenced in federal court today for their roles in a Mexico-based drug-trafficking organization that smuggled large amounts of cocaine and methamphetamine from Mexico to distribute in the Kansas City, Mo., area.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Bevis Vanterpool, 37, of Philadelphia, was sentenced today to 63 months in prison for conspiring to distribute oxycodone, a Schedule II narcotic controlled substance, and money laundering. Between May 2010 and Dec. 19, 2011, Vanterpool owned and operated TraceMark Pharmacy at 4839...
By Interior Newswire | May 24, 2015
News Release: Two firefighters rappelled from a helicopter on Saturday afternoon to begin work on the lighting-caused Pierce Mountain Fire, which remains under one acre in size; low clouds prevented an earlier start.The fire has burned trees, downed logs, and vegetation at about 3,400’ elevation in rock cliffs.
