News from October 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2015
News Release: A former employee of Crossroads Mobile Maintenance in Williamsburg, Iowa, who stole nearly $200,000 was sentenced today to more than two years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Mohammed Uddin, 51, of Philadelphia, PA, was charged by indictment, unsealed today, with defrauding a government assistance program, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. Uddin is charged with 15 counts of wire fraud and 13 counts of trafficking in SNAP benefits. SNAP is...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2015
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Today, Jaime Dávila-Reyes, aka “Peluche," was sentenced to 21 years in prison for drug trafficking and firearm violations, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico. On June 12, 2015, the defendant plead guilty to four counts...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2015
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A federal jury sitting in Corpus Christi has convicted a 40-year-old resident of Weslaco on one count of conspiracy to commit cocaine-trafficking and one count of possession with intent to distribute cocaine, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. The jury returned its verdicts against Marcos Garcia just a short time ago after less than two hours of deliberation following a three-day trial which included 18 government witnesses.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 1, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today held a hearing to review three bills that would strengthen the Medicare program for seniors. Subcommittee members discussed, H.R. 556, the Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act authored...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2015
News Release: Spokane - Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Michael Thomas Van Dyke, age 39, of Moses Lake, Washington was sentenced after having previously plead guilty on July 2, 2015, to Travel With Intent to Engage In Illicit Sexual Conduct. United States...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 1, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY) issued the following statement regarding the regulations announced today by the Environmental Protection Agency revising the current National Ambient Air Quality Standards for ground-level ozone.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - An Ecuadorian national residing in New York City was arrested and charged on Tuesday, Sept. 29th in connection with his role in a stolen identity tax refund fraud scheme.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 1, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Last night, during an appearance on CNN’s Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, admitted that he has no evidence that Planned Parenthood has violated any laws...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 1, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders this week sent a letter to National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins regarding a recent drug manufacturing facility closure and the impact that has had on patients in NIH clinical trials. The letter, signed by Chairman Fred...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 1, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Last night, during an appearance on CNN’s Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, admitted that he has no evidence that Planned Parenthood has violated any laws...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A Lynn tax preparer was charged yesterday in U.S. District Court in Boston for filing fraudulent personal federal tax returns and attempting to obstruct the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
By Interior Newswire | Oct 1, 2015
News Release: The Ridge/Beall Trailhead is now open at the Emerald Mountain Special Recreation Management Area located in Steamboat Springs.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2015
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Randy Platfoot (54, Clearwater) today pleaded guilty to making false statements in mortgage loan applications. He faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in federal prison. His sentencing is scheduled for Dec. 18, 2015.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 1, 2015
News Release: Today, Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement urging Committee Republicans to prioritize hearings that examine the safety of turf fields. Last year, Pallone requested that the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) evaluate the potential health risks that crumb rubber poses to those that come into regular contact with turf fields...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 1, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY) issued the following statement regarding the regulations announced today by the Environmental Protection Agency revising the current National Ambient Air Quality Standards for ground-level ozone.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 1, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders this week sent a letter to National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins regarding a recent drug manufacturing facility closure and the impact that has had on patients in NIH clinical trials. The letter, signed by Chairman Fred...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2015
News Release: Ronald Kenneth Stankus, 39, of Casper, Wyoming, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl on Sept. 29, 2015, for carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime. Stankus was arrested in Casper, Wyoming. He received 150 months imprisonment, to be followed...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 1, 2015
News Release: Two researchers will present related talks at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) highlighting large-scale environmental change and its relationship to human use patterns and dune formation in our region, including new findings from their collaborative research efforts in the National Lakeshore.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2015
News Release: FARGO - Acting U.S. Attorney Christopher C. Myers announced that on Sept. 30, 2015, Rachel Marie Chepulis, 27, Devils Lake, ND, was sentenced before U.S. District Judge Ralph R. Erickson to serve 40 months in prison for obstruction of justice and assisting an escape from custody. Judge Erickson also sentenced Chepulis to three years of supervised release and ordered her to pay a $100 special assessment to the Crime Victims Fund for each charge.
