News from October 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: Twin Brothers Sentenced for Wire Fraud, Conspiring to Hack into U.S. Department of State and Private Company.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: Ohio Lobbyist Agrees to Plead Guilty to Extortion.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - With negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) ongoing, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today led a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman pointing to the importance of strong trade ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Alison L. Antekeier, 48, formerly of Columbus, Ohio, was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to five months in jail for criminal contempt, specifically disobedience or resistance of the court, stemming from a civil lawsuit.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing schedule for the week of October 5. Additionally, H.R. 702, sponsored by Chairman Emeritus Joe Barton (R-TX), is expected to be on the House Floor next week. The bill lifts the nearly 40-year-old ban on crude oil exports, enjoys broad bipartisan support, and would benefit American workers and lower the price at the pump.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas S. Duszkiewicz, who handled the case, stated that the defendant, along with four co-defendants, distributed multiple quantities of cocaine between 2009 and January 2010. In addition, Humphrey sold a quantity of cocaine to a confidential source on Jan. 13, 2010.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: Cedar Rapids, Iowa - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Iowa and the Iowa Department of Corrections will hold a press conference on October 6th to discuss recent charging decisions involving four former Anamosa State Penitentiary correctional officers and one other individual.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: After forty-two years of public service, Rocky Mountain National Park Superintendent Vaughn Baker quietly retired earlier this week and rode off into the proverbial sunset. Baker had been Rocky's Superintendent for thirteen years. He plans to retire in Estes Park.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Estevan López announced today that David Palumbo is the new Deputy Commissioner for Operations. He will oversee operations in Reclamation's five regions, the Native American and International Affairs Office, the Technical Service Center, Hydropower Office and Dam Safety Officer/Design, Estimating, Construction office.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: CHICAGO - The president of a southern California trucking company plotted with a Serbian man to extort $40,000 from a Chicago-area software company by hacking into the company’s computer system and threatening to disclose the data, federal authorities announced today.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: Dear Leader McConnell, Speaker Boehner, Majority Whip Cornyn, Majority Leader McCarthy, and Chairmen Grassley, Chaffetz, Goodlatte, and Upton...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in Utah is seeking public nominations for one open position on its Utah Resource Advisory Council (RAC). The nominee will fill a vacated position with the term expiring Jan. 7, 2016. The BLM will consider the nominations until Nov. 2, 2015.The RAC position open is...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: DETROIT - Thousands of Americans in communities across the country discarded more than 350 tons of unused, expired, or unwanted drugs as part of the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day (NTBI) on Saturday, September 26.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - An Ohio lobbyist has agreed to plead guilty to extortion in connection with conduit contributions, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Carter M. Stewart of the Southern District of Ohio and Special Agent in Charge Angela L. Byers of the FBI’s Cincinnati Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - Ten defendants have been charged in a federal indictment with felony offenses stemming from their role in a cocaine and crack cocaine distribution conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing schedule for the week of October 5. Additionally, H.R. 702, sponsored by Chairman Emeritus Joe Barton (R-TX), is expected to be on the House Floor next week. The bill lifts the nearly 40-year-old ban on crude oil exports, enjoys broad bipartisan support, and would benefit American workers and lower the price at the pump.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth Polite announced that JOSHUA JOHNSON, age 35, of New Orleans, was charged today in a one-count Indictment alleging violations of federal firearms laws.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - Joshua Marrero, 28, of Holyoke, Mass., pleaded guilty today to being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition and to possessing a firearm with an obliterated serial number. U.S. District Judge Timothy S. Hillman scheduled sentencing for Jan. 22, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that WILLIAM J. MURPHY, 75, of Gray, Maine, pled guilty today in U.S. District Court to making false entries in credit union records.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: The U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced today that the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, will lead a consortium to identify new and emerging areas of advanced manufacturing that would benefit from shared public-private investment in research and development, education and training.
