News from May 2015
By Commerce Newswire | May 19, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) delivered the following opening statement during a hearing on ideas to improve competition in the Medicare program.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2015
News Release: EUGENE, Ore. - Raymundo Felix-Rodriguez, 42, of Lane County, Oregon, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Ann Aiken to serve 97 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. Following his release from prison, Felix-Rodriguez will be on supervised...
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2015
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom will take part in a Youth and Law Enforcement Forum Wednesday in Kansas City.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2015
News Release: PHOENIX- On May 18, 2015, Darrell Lee Jenkins, Jr., 35, of Tucson, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow to 67 months’ imprisonment. Jenkins previously pleaded guilty to one count of robbery involving controlled substances and one count of interference with commerce by robbery (a Hobbs Act violation).
By Interior Newswire | May 19, 2015
News Release: SONORA, Calif. ? The Bureau of Reclamation announces summer interpretive programs and activities at New Melones Lake, located in Calaveras County. All activities are at. the Amphitheater at the Glory Hole Recreation Area, are free of charge, are suitable for all ages and do not require reservations. Please...
By Homeland Newswire | May 19, 2015
News Release: Washington - The Senate on Tuesday passed the House companion bill to S. 1356, a bipartisan bill to make sure that Border Patrol agents are paid their agreed-upon compensation. The Senate bill had been introduced and shepherded through the Senate process by Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.).
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2015
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Mohamed Alam, 62, of North Andover, Massachusetts, and Murshed Salam, 47, of Salem, New Hampshire, each plead guilty in United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to selling synthetic cannabinoids announced Acting United States Attorney Donald Feith. Alam and Salam...
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2015
News Release: Duncan Lewis, 54, of East St. Louis, IL, was sentenced today in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois to 18 months incarceration, followed by 5 years of supervised release on one count of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender, Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2015
News Release: Charleston, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced that Steven Adams, age 47, of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced today by United States District Court Judge Thomas E. Johnston to five months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release with the first five months of...
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2015
News Release: Superseding indictment expands upon February 2015 conspiracy indictment.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - A superseding indictment was filed May 14, 2015 charging Corderro Cody, 27, of Allentown, PA, four additional counts, three additional counts of sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion, or attempt, and one count of sex trafficking of a minor. Cody was originally indicted on October...
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - The regional controller of a multi-state corporation was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Worcester today in connection with a scheme to defraud over $1 million from his employer.
By Commerce Newswire | May 19, 2015
News Release: We are here today for a hearing about improving competition in Medicare. But I can’t help but wonder what this hearing is really trying to accomplish.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A former vice president at a South Plainfield, New Jersey, traffic safety equipment business was sentenced today to 33 months in prison for evading income taxes on more than $2 million in withdrawals he made from the business for his own use, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2015
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that Theodore “Ted" J. Nelson, Jr., age 67, and his son, Steven A. Nelson, age 45, both of Letcher, South Dakota, were found guilty of tax crimes as a result of a federal jury trial in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The trial commenced on May 5, 2015, and ended on May 12, 2015.
By DOE Newswire | May 19, 2015
News Release: “After far too many deaths and injuries, Takata has finally admitted what we have been saying for months-that these airbags must be taken off the roads. A supposed safety feature has become a safety hazard in nearly 34 million vehicles. We are pleased that Takata and NHTSA have taken steps toward a national...
By Commerce Newswire | May 19, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today continued its investigation into the handling of select agents at federal laboratories. Committee leaders are requesting further review from the nonpartisan watchdog Government Accountability Office regarding documents obtained from its ongoing...
By DOE Newswire | May 19, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade today held a hearing with commissioners of the Consumer Product Safety Commission to review the agency’s budget, priorities, and policies. Chairman Elliot Kaye, Commissioner Robert Adler, Commissioner Ann Marie Buerkle, and Commissioner John Mohorovic provided testimony.
By Commerce Newswire | May 19, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., May 19, 2015 - Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources held an oversight hearing titled, “Empowering State Management of Greater Sage Grouse." States have expressed frustration over the apparent reluctance of the Obama Administration to acknowledge the effectiveness of state-led...
By Commerce Newswire | May 19, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 2353, the Highway and Transportation Funding Act. Upon passage, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) released the following statement.
