News from May 2015
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: On May 15, 2015, Adam M. Calvert, 31, Herrin, Ill., was sentenced for his involvement in a heroin violation, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that two Lake Charles retail store owners pleaded guilty to selling more than 800 counterfeit items.
By Interior Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: Revealing a silver lining of this winter's record low snowpack, high elevation roads in Olympic National Park will open in time for the Memorial Day weekend, a full month earlier than typical.
By Homeland Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON- Today, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), ranking member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, welcomed President Obama’s announcement that he intends to nominate Denise Turner Roth to be Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA).
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia announced that Frederick Worrills, 47, of Columbus, Georgia was sentenced today by the Honorable Judge Clay D. Land, United States District Judge in Columbus. Mr. Worrills was sentenced to 78 months for bank robbery.
By Commerce Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today unanimously approved the nonpartisan 21st Century Cures Act 51-0. The nonpartisan legislation will help to modernize and personalize health care, encourage greater innovation, support research, and streamline the system to deliver better, ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - As part of the Drug Enforcement Agency's Operation Pilluted, federal authorities today arrested a Midfield doctor and charged a Birmingham doctor for illegally supplying controlled substances, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance, DEA Assistant Special Agent in Charge Clay A. Morris and Alabama Law Enforcement Agency Secretary Spencer Collier.
By Interior Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: In 2014, the National Park Service issued the call for parks nationwide to conduct stakeholder outreach through civic engagement to gauge support for possible fee changes to entrance, expanded amenity, and special recreation permit fees authorized by the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (FLREA) of 2004. Entrance fees had not been raised since 2007.
By Interior Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: An upcoming art exhibition will highlight the unique landscape of Idaho Owyhee Canyonlands Wilderness from the perspective of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Artists in Residence. Join BLM and three Idaho artists on First Thursday, June 4 at the 44th Street Wineries (Cinder, Coiled and Telaya) located...
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: In El Paso, ten individuals have been sentenced to federal prison in connection with a “crystal" methamphetamine distribution scheme announced Acting United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, El Paso Division.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Stuart T. Seugasala, 40, of Anchorage, was sentenced on May 18, 2015, to three terms of life imprisonment following his January 2015 convictions on drug trafficking conspiracy and two kidnapping charges. The court imposed a consecutive seven year sentence on firearms violations, as...
By USDA Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today held a business meeting and passed the “U.S. Grains Standards Act Reauthorization Act of 2015," which authorizes USDA’s Federal Grain Inspection Service to establish marketing standards and conduct inspection and weighing for a variety of grains and oilseeds. The Act was last reauthorized in 2005.
By USDA Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today held a business meeting and passed the “U.S. Grains Standards Act Reauthorization Act of 2015," which authorizes USDA’s Federal Grain Inspection Service to establish marketing standards and conduct inspection and weighing for a variety of grains and oilseeds. The Act was last reauthorized in 2005.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Shreveport man was sentenced Wednesday to 210 months in prison as an Armed Career Offender for possessing a firearm after being convicted of multiple felonies.
By Commerce Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: “Commissioner Rosenworcel has been a tireless and passionate public servant throughout her career. Her deep understanding of the issues that Commission confronts has made her a valuable resource for the agency and for those of us in Congress. I commend the President on an excellent nomination."
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - An Essex County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 84 months in prison for conspiring to defraud financial institutions and launder stolen funds as part of a $15 million mortgage fraud scam that used phony documents and “straw buyers" to make illegal profits on overbuilt condos, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Commerce Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today continued its review of the ongoing prescription drug and opioid abuse epidemic with a look at what is being done at the state level to combat these crises.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today against Nathan Alexander Drury, 36, of Chico, charging him with nine counts of production of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By USDA Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, applauded Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack’s announcement that USDA will begin implementing a new Farm Bill policy making it easier for small towns and rural communities to come together to compete for federal grant funding. The new Regional Development Priority (RDP) policy was included in Stabenow’s 2014 Farm Bill.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2015
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that a federal grand jury has indicted another individual in connection with the seizure of large quantities of cocaine, methamphetamine, and cash late last fall. Loeffler indicated that this most recent indictment is related to several other drug trafficking cases announced late last year and that this new charge involves the laundering of nearly three quarters of a million dollars in drug proceeds.
