News from October 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2015
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn.- On Oct. 7, 2015, Brian Michael Burton, 40, of Fayetteville, pleaded guilty before the Honorable Thomas A. Varlan, Chief U.S. District Judge, to attempting to entice a minor via the Internet to engage in unlawful sexual activity. Sentencing was set for Feb. 25, 2016, in U.S. District Court.
By State Newswire | Oct 7, 2015
News Release: *Hearing time, location, and witness list changed for today’s 12:15 subcommittee hearing.*.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 7, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - On Thursday at 10 a.m., the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold a hearing on “Volkswagen’s Emissions Cheating Allegations: Initial Questions." Michael Horn, President and CEO of Volkswagen Group of America, and two witnesses from the Environmental Protection Agency will testify as the committee continues its investigation of the facts and circumstances surrounding Volkswagen’s emissions issues.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2015
News Release: David Gotterup also Charged with Defrauding Banks, Committing Identity Theft and Filing False Claims to Obtain Disaster Relief Money After Hurricane Sandy.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2015
News Release: BILLINGS - A 42-year-old Lockwood man was sentenced today to 120 months in federal prison followed by 15 years supervised release, for two counts of coercion and enticement of a minor, two counts of attempted coercion and enticement of a minor, and one count of distribution of child pornography. Scott...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 7, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - On Thursday at 10 a.m., the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold a hearing on “Volkswagen’s Emissions Cheating Allegations: Initial Questions." Michael Horn, President and CEO of Volkswagen Group of America, and two witnesses from the Environmental Protection Agency will testify as the committee continues its investigation of the facts and circumstances surrounding Volkswagen’s emissions issues.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 7, 2015
News Release: On October 10 the Burnside Bridge will be closed for major repairs to the historic structure. The bridge was built in 1836 and was made famous during the Battle of Antietam. In January of 2014 a section of the stone facing on the upstream side of the bridge collapsed into Antietam Creek. Temporary repairs...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 7, 2015
News Release: Bowie, AZ - Starting October 8, 2015, Fort Bowie National Historic Site Visitor Center will be open Thursday through Monday from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm. Fort Bowie National Historic Site including the ruins areas and hiking trails are open daily from sunrise to sunset. Access to the visitor center and fort ruins is a self-guided easy to moderate three mile round trip interpretive trail from the trailhead on Apache Pass Road.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2015
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Filipino national today admitted his role in a conspiracy to smuggle more than $200,000 worth of firearms parts out of the United States, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2015
News Release: HARTFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Michael D. Mase, 32, of Sherman, pleaded guilty yesterday in Hartford federal court to one count of conspiracy to distribute anabolic steroids.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 7, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, spoke on the House floo r in opposition to the Republican resolution to establish a new “select panel" to investigate Planned Parenthood, despite the fact that the Chairman of the chief investigative committee that has been investigating Planned Parenthood for months admitted on national television that there is no evidence that they violated any laws.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2015
News Release: OXFORD, Miss. - United States Attorney Felicia C. Adams, Special Agent in Charge, FDIC - Office of Inspector General, Dallas Regional Office, Laurie L. Younger, and Special Agent in Charge, USDA - Office of Inspector General, Southwestern Region, Patrick Munday announced today that William J. Pullen...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2015
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO- Paul Sloane Davis was sentenced to 36 months in prison today for a Ponzi scheme he perpetrated along with co-defendant Diane Cobb, announced acting United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Federal Bureau of Investigation, Special Agent in Charge David J. Johnson. The sentencing follows a guilty plea in which Davis admitted to running a fraudulent scheme. Court documents establish that Davis and Cobb profited by more than a million dollars.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 6, 2015
News Release: Washington, DC -Today, Democratic Members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform sent a letter to Chairman Jason Chaffetz insisting that he compel David Daleiden, whose organization unsuccessfully tried to entrap Planned Parenthood, to begin producing documents to the Committee, including those subpoenaed on Sept. 15, 2015. To date, Daleiden has not produced a single page, while Planned Parenthood has produced more than 20,000 pages.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2015
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - The former city attorney of Manhattan, Kan., is scheduled to appear in U.S. District Court in Kansas City, Kan., today on charges of distributing child pornography, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - On Wednesday, October 7th, students in the Frontier Regional School District will be participating in an assembly titled: Project Safe Childhood, presented by the Department of Justice.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2015
News Release: DALLAS - An inmate who admitted possessing obscene visual representations of the sexual abuse of children while he was incarcerated at Seagoville Federal Correctional Institute (FCI) was sentenced yesterday, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By State Newswire | Oct 6, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the House unanimously passed the Adoptive Family Relief Act (S. 1300 ), which allows U.S. visa renewal fees to be waived for American families who have faced extraordinary circumstances while adopting children overseas. The legislation helps hundreds of families impacted by...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 6, 2015
News Release: Channel Islands National Park Superintendent Russell Galipeau announces the release of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) to replace the pier at Scorpion Anchorage on East Santa Cruz Island.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 6, 2015
News Release: The Energy Department announced today the results of a major national evaluation during a typical year in the State Energy Program (SEP) operations, as well as during the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) period. The results reaffirm the Energy Department's long-standing commitment to drive economic development and reduce carbon emissions at the state level.
