News from October 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2015
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that LONNIE DALE JOHNSON, age 58, of Durant, Oklahoma, pled guilty to an Information charging him with BANK THEFT, EMBEZZLEMENT & MISAPPLICATION, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 656.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An Allegheny County resident has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of malicious destruction of property by fire, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that JULI GUERRA, age 38, a citizen of Honduras, pled guilty today to transferring a false Social Security Card in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1028(a)(2).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2015
News Release: Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara issued the following statement today in connection with the approval of the settlement agreement among the parties in Nunez v. City of New York.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Attorney General Loretta Lynch recognized 279 Justice Department employees and 33 individuals, including 14 members of Maryland law enforcement, with Attorney General Awards at a ceremony today in Washington DC. These annual awards recognize department employees and other individuals for their dedication to carrying out the Department of Justice’s mission.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2015
News Release: ATLANTA - Nineteen defendants have been convicted in a large, stolen U.S. Treasury check and identity theft ring, with the final defendants convicted by a jury trial which concluded on Friday Oct. 16, 2015. The defendants ran an elaborate scheme in which they stole checks, manufactured fake state driver’s licenses to use for identity theft and check cashing, and opened credit card accounts in the names of unsuspecting victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2015
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Authorities this morning arrested four defendants charged with federal fraud and identity theft charges for allegedly participating in a scheme that installed credit card “skimmers" inside gas pumps at gas stations across Southern California and Southern Nevada.
By State Newswire | Oct 21, 2015
News Release: *Markup has been added*. **Witness has been added**. Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced the following upcoming Committee events: Thursday, October 22. Hearing: Words Have Consequences: Palestinian Authority Incitement to Violence. (See below...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2015
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska B U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that an Anchorage man has been sentenced by United States District Judge Timothy M. Burgess to serve 120 months in prison for selling crack cocaine while in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2015
News Release: Three defendants charged with perjury for lying before federal grand jury.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 21, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) today discussed draft legislation to improve vehicle safety on American roads. The staff draft addresses a number of areas of vehicle safety including improving recall awareness, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2015
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal drug laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2015
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that an Anchorage man was sentenced in federal court in Anchorage for selling cocaine and crack.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 21, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade held a legislative hearing to discuss a draft auto bill prepared by Committee Republicans. Unfortunately, even in wake of a spike in traffic fatalities and a record number of vehicle recalls, the draft fails make improvements to auto safety, and instead, weakens current environmental and consumer protections already in place.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2015
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Demarcus Donte Ivey, 34, of Charlotte, has been indicted on robbery and gun charges, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. A federal grand jury sitting in Charlotte returned the two-count indictment on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015, charging Ivey with Hobbs Act Robbery and use of a firearm during and in furtherance of a crime of violence resulting in death.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2015
News Release: This is the Sixth Defendant this Week to Plead Guilty in Connection with the Murders of Douglas and Deborah London.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 21, 2015
News Release: Chairman Bob Gibbs (R-OH). Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. Hearing on “Abandoned Mines in the United States and Opportunities for Good Samaritan Cleanups". Oct. 21, 2015. Opening Statement. (Remarks as Prepared). I would like to welcome everyone to our hearing today on abandoned mines...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 21, 2015
News Release: Continuing the examination of nuclear material management from last month’s hearing on the transportation of nuclear materials, the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Update on Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Issues."
By EPA Newswire | Oct 21, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today called the White House’s efforts to address prescription drug abuse and heroin use a “welcome step." The committee has held a number of hearings in the last year on the growing opioid epidemic and steps that should...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2015
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that JEREMY DAVID STARR, age 39, of McAlester, Oklahoma, pled guilty to MANUFACTURE OF METHAMPHETAMINE, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(B), punishable by up to 40 years, up to a $5,000,000.00 fine or both.
