News from November 2015
By EPA Newswire | Nov 16, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Building on the committee’s bipartisan #RecordOfSuccess, the U.S. House of Representatives today approved three more public health bills. The bills collectively seek to boost mental health care, combat the rise in prenatal opioid abuse, and bring consistency to pharmaceutical reviews while protecting manufacturing jobs.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 16, 2015
News Release: Cape Cod National Seashore Superintendent George Price announced that there will be a 30 day extension to the public comment period for the recently release comprehensive shorebird management plan with an associated environmental assessment (EA). The comment period is open for a period of approximately...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2015
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Rohit Jawa, 25, formerly of Cincinnati, Ohio, pleaded guilty today to an indictment charging him with eight counts of wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Fredric Dodd, 40, of McIntosh, N.M., pleaded guilty this morning in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 16, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today sent a letter to Health & Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell asking the agency to provide information on a notice meant to inform employers when an employee is eligible for advanced payment of premium tax credits...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Laura Wayne, 38, of Coatesville, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to 36 months in prison for seven counts of wire fraud in connection with her embezzlement from Comcast employee retirement accounts. Wayne was an administrator of the employee retirement accounts at the Comcast Corporation when she created dummy retirement accounts and used those accounts to defraud Comcast of approximately $124,876.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 16, 2015
News Release: Lookout Mountain, TN: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park invites the public to attend a Christmas Open House at the Cravens House located on Lookout Mountain.The Cravens House will be decorated in a manner very similar to the Civil War era.This special holiday event will take place from...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2015
News Release: Admits Buying and Selling “Music Wood" from Tree Cutters who had no Permits.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2015
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Stephen E. Crawford, 68, of Beaufort, North Carolina, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to stealing and embezzling funds from the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Pleasant Point.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - U.S. Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz, in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Labor, Veteran’s Employment and Training Service and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, sponsored a forum this afternoon on protecting the rights of service members in employment. The program was hosted by the Massachusetts Iraq & Afghanistan Fallen Heroes.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2015
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Convicted sex offender Ronald Kisner, II, 30, of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 24 months in prison for failing to properly update his registration status, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2015
News Release: FAIRMONT, WEST VIRGINIA - On Friday, Nov. 20, 2015, the United States Attorney’s Office will host the Northern West Virginia Cybersecurity Symposium, an educational forum designed to empower businesses and organizations to more effectively anticipate, mitigate, and respond to cyber threats to their technology infrastructures.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former Guardsmen officer at the 171st Air Refueling Wing in Coraopolis, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court to three years’ probation on his conviction of defrauding the United States Air Force and the Air National Guard of tens of thousands of dollars in military pay and benefits, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Maria Felix-Pichardo, age 25, of Baltimore, pleaded guilty today to use of an interstate commerce facility in the commission of a murder-for-hire.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 16, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration is seeking public comment on an updated version of its voluntary Safety and Health Program Management Guidelines. First published in 1989, the guidelines are being updated to reflect modern technology and practices.
By State Newswire | Nov 16, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Senate on Monday unanimously passed a resolution authored by Senators Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) and Ben Cardin (D-Md.), the chairman and ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, condemning the terrorist attacks in Paris on Friday and offering thoughts and prayers for ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2015
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Theodore M. Vann, aka Flatline, 33, of Portsmouth, who was the highest-ranking member of the Gorilla Mafia Piru, a Bloods gang set based in Portsmouth, was sentenced today to 192 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute heroin and being a felon in possession of a firearm. In connection with this conviction, Vann forfeited two.38 caliber handguns, a 9MM Ruger P95 pistol, and a Hi-Point.40 caliber handgun.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2015
News Release: Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2015. Full Committee. 10: 0 a.m. in 2141 Rayburn House Office Building. Hearing on: Oversight of the United States Department of Justice. Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law. 3: 0 p.m. in 2141 Rayburn House Office Building. Hearing on: The State of Competition ...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 16, 2015
News Release: Dear Mr. Pearson: Over the past year, serious questions have been raised about your company’s business model of purchasing older drugs that have little or no competition in the marketplace and raising their prices dramatically. Valeant has defended this model, stating that its duty is to its shareholders.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2015
News Release: Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that Sara Rose Davis, 34, of Centralia, Illinois, was sentenced on Nov. 13, 2015, to 4 years in federal prison, 4 years’ supervised release, a $200 fine, and a $100 special assessment following her guilty...
