News from October 2015
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, gave these remarks Friday following the administration’s nomination of Michael J. Missal to be inspector general of the Department of Veterans Affairs...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Robert G. Wray, 76, of Torrey, Utah, was sentenced today to 48 months in prison for conspiring with a Lehigh County doctor of osteopathy to defraud the Department of Health and Human Service and the Internal Revenue Service. Wray conspired with Dr. Dennis Erik Fluck Von Kiel, of Macungie...
By State Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Representative Eliot L. Engel, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement welcoming the adoption of the UN Human Rights Council resolution on reconciliation, accountability, and human rights in Sri Lanka...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - On Thursday, the Senate unanimously approved the Border Jobs for Veterans Act. This bipartisan legislation, introduced by U.S. Sens. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), John McCain (R-Ariz.), and Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) in the Senate and Rep. Martha McSally (R-Ariz.) in the House...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: NEW YORK - 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: 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: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a California man was charged in federal court today with possessing heroin with the intent to distribute, after state troopers found approximately seven pounds of heroin hidden in his vehicle during a traffic stop.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - This week both the U.S. House and Senate approved H.R. 1624, the Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act, authored by Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Vice Chairman Brett Guthrie (R-KY). President Obama has signaled his intent to sign this bill into law, helping to protect...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - On the tenth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day held on Sept. 26, 2015, the New Orleans Field (NOFD) and its community law enforcement partners collected 49,581* - pounds of unwanted, unused and expired prescription drugs at 343 collection sites throughout the division. Nationally, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: Indianapolis-United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler invites members of the Indianapolis media to join he and Marion County Juvenile Magistrate Judge Geoffrey Gaither at a rally at the Tindley Preparatory Academy. Recently, several young children in our city have lost their lives to senseless gun violence. Violence that seems to have a ripple effect in our communities, schools and families. The violence must stop!.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: DENVER - Hemal Ramesh Jhaveri, the owner and former CEO of SofTec Solutions Inc. of Englewood, Colorado, was sentenced in federal court in Denver earlier this week to six months in prison. Jhaveri pleaded guilty earlier this year to conspiring to commit the crimes of making false statements to influence the Small Business Administration (SBA) and of filing false federal income tax returns. The conspiracy began in 2006 and continued to 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: HARRISBURG- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced the indictment of Kristy Scott Jewett, age 35, of Carlisle, on charges of theft of public funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal jury has convicted Carla Carter, former deputy director of the Prince George’s County Housing Authority, and her husband, Raymond Carter, both age 54, of Mitchellville, Maryland, on charges related to a scheme to fraudulently receive approximately $112,000 in rental subsidy payments from the Housing Authority.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Jose Eduardo Avalos, 30, of Charlotte, North Carolina, was sentenced today to 30 months in prison, followed by two years of supervised release for illegal re-entry into the United States after conviction of an aggravated felony.
By Commerce 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: HOUSTON - The final person in a 14-defendant cocaine conspiracy has been ordered to federal prison for more than 24 years, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Jeramy Jerome Gage, 34, of Huntsville, pleaded guilty March 28, 2014, to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine and marijuana.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: The former Operations Manager of Midamar Corporation (Midamar) of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, a worldwide distributor of Halal food products, was sentenced yesterday to serve a three year term of probation.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: On Friday, Sept. 25, at approximately 5:30 p.m. an ultralight aircraft flew low in the area of Moraine Park in Rocky Mountain National Park. Park rangers are reaching out to the public for any information pertaining to this incident. They are interested in speaking with witnesses or anyone who might have photographs or videos of the aircraft.
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: Spokane - Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that that Francisco Sanchez-Hinojosa, age 45, of Michoacán, Mexico, was sentenced for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. United States District Court Judge Salvador Mendoza, Jr. imposed a ten-year term of imprisonment, to be followed by a five-year term of court supervision after Sanchez-Hinojosa is released from Federal prison.
