News from May 2015
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2015
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - Two residents of Erie, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal drug laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Thomas Luther, 49 of Southampton, Pennsylvania was charged today by Information with wire fraud, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2015
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Law enforcement agencies today announces a reward up to $11,000.00 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for shooting Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Will Rogers.
By DOE Newswire | May 18, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - This week the House Energy and Commerce Committee will advance the nonpartisan 21st Century Cures Act, the product of more than a year of listening to patients and health care leaders through hearings, roundtables, white paper responses, and on social media. Full committee Chairman Fred...
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2015
News Release: Savannah, GA - Jerald Bowman, 40, of Savannah, Georgia, was indicted by a federal grand jury sitting in Savannah on charges related to five bank robberies in the Savannah area. Bowman was charged with five counts of armed bank robbery, five counts of using a firearm during a crime of violence and the unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
By USDA Newswire | May 18, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today released the following statement following the World Trade Organization ruling on country-of-origin labeling.
By USDA Newswire | May 18, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today released the following statement after the World Trade Organization (WTO) handed down its fourth and final ruling on country-of-origin labeling (COOL) against the United States.
By Commerce Newswire | May 18, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., May 18, 2015 - Addressing reports that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is considering merging the New Mexico and Arizona state offices, House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT), House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT)...
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2015
News Release: RENO, Nev. - A man who made false statements and used phony documents to solicit millions from victims who thought they were helping him purchase a golf course in Gardnerville, Nev., was sentenced today to 19½ years in prison, three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $1.4 million in restitution, announced U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden for the District of Nevada.
By Commerce Newswire | May 18, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - This week the House Energy and Commerce Committee will advance the nonpartisan 21st Century Cures Act, the product of more than a year of listening to patients and health care leaders through hearings, roundtables, white paper responses, and on social media. Full committee Chairman Fred...
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2015
News Release: Project Safe Childhood. KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a LaGrande, Ore., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to traveling across states lines to Missouri to engage in illicit sexual activity with two minors, whom he...
By Interior Newswire | May 18, 2015
News Release: Alamogordo, NM. Starting on Oct. 1, 2015, White Sands National Monument will increase entrance fees for visitors in order to fund important maintenance, visitor services, and interpretation projects within the monument. Current Fee Rate Proposed Fee Rate. 7- day Per Person Pass - $3.00 7- day Per...
By Commerce Newswire | May 18, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), has scheduled a markup on Wednesday, May 20, 2015, at 2:00 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building to consider a number of bills aimed at improving transparency and process at the Federal Communications Commission.
By DOE Newswire | May 18, 2015
News Release: DOE’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), on behalf of the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, has issued a research call for proposals for a “Design Support Tool for Remote Off-grid Microgrids" which facilitates the design of microgrids that encompass mixes of generation...
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2015
News Release: HOUSTON - The final defendant in connection with telemarketing fraud and money laundering scheme spanning nearly five years has been convicted of conspiracies to commit wire/mail/telemarketing fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. James Assi Jariv, 64, of Las Vegas, Nev., entered a guilty plea this afternoon before U.S. District Judge Lynn H. Hughes.
By Interior Newswire | May 18, 2015
News Release: On Sunday, May 24, 2015, at 2:00 p.m. Washita Battlefield National Historic Site invites the public to start the summer by attending the first ranger talk of the season. In honor of the traditional start of summer, Park Ranger Barbara Ford will examine the burial practices and traditions of the United States Military and the Southern Cheyenne in hopes of better understanding how a culture is reflected in the way they chose to memorialize their dead.
By EPA Newswire | May 18, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - This week the House Energy and Commerce Committee will advance the nonpartisan 21st Century Cures Act, the product of more than a year of listening to patients and health care leaders through hearings, roundtables, white paper responses, and on social media. Full committee Chairman Fred...
By DOE Newswire | May 18, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), has scheduled a markup on Wednesday, May 20, 2015, at 2:00 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building to consider a number of bills aimed at improving transparency and process at the Federal Communications Commission.
By Interior Newswire | May 18, 2015
News Release: Pipestone National Monument Will Increase Entrance Fees Beginning Jan. 1, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2015
News Release: ROME, Ga. - Taurus Centaur has been sentenced to six years in prison for engaging in a counterfeit check scheme through which he purchased thousands of dollars in jewelry and consumer goods with counterfeit checks.
