News from September 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2015
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Former security company owner Michael Downey, 45, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, was sentenced today to 27 years in federal prison for child pornography and illegal firearm charges, announced U.S. Attorney Patrick A. Miles, Jr. Downey received 18 years for the child pornography count...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2015
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On Sept. 23, 2015, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned a six-count indictment against 15 defendants charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and distribution of, controlled substances, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2015
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Chris Michaud, 23, of Limerick, Maine, and Cole Meserve, 21, of Standish, Maine, pled guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court to conspiracy to possess stolen firearms and possession of stolen firearms.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 29, 2015
News Release: On Saturday and Sunday October 10th and 11th, Harpers Ferry Park’s Living History staff and volunteers of the 1st Pennsylvania Volunteer Artillery Battery D will present federal artillery demonstrations on the battle which led to General Stonewall Jackson’s capture of 12,500 Federal soldiers. Visitors...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Orange, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 53 months in prison for illegally possessing a firearm and conspiring with others to smuggle contraband, including marijuana and tobacco, into a federal pretrial detention facility, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2015
News Release: ATLANTA - Dimitry Belorossov, a/k/a Rainerfox, has been sentenced to four years, six months in prison following his guilty plea for conspiring to commit computer fraud. Belorossov distributed and installed Citadel, a sophisticated malware that infected over 11 million computers worldwide, onto victim computers using a variety of infection methods.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2015
News Release: Two Tennessee Men Each Sentenced to 28 Years in Prison for Killing During Home Invasion Robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2015
News Release: Project Safe Childhood. SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Springfield, Mo., man has been sentenced in federal court for possessing child obscenity. Rusty Mann, 35, of Springfield, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 29, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan House Energy and Commerce Committee Leaders today requested information from Volkswagen and the Environmental Protection Agency regarding Volkswagen’s alleged efforts to circumvent emissions requirement for certain models of diesel engine passenger vehicles. Today’s requests...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2015
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Elizabeth R. Moellering, who is handling the case, stated that the defendant applied for a passport in Buffalo, NY in November 2013. On the application, Johnson indicated that she had never applied for a U.S. passport before. However, in August 2000, the defendant applied for a passport in Texas and that application had been rejected due to indications of fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2015
News Release: A Miami Lakes resident was sentenced to 24 months in prison, followed by two years of supervised release, and was ordered to forfeit $595,500 and to pay a fine of $6,000 for structuring and causing the filing of false currency transaction reports.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 29, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today released a manager’s amendment ahead of today’s opening statements for the markup of H.R. 8, the North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2015. The bill up for consideration before the committee has taken...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 29, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - As part of its ongoing Disrupter Series, the House Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today reviewed the sharing economy and how its growth is transforming the U.S. economy. Members today examined issues impacting the sharing...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 29, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today approved H.R. 3495, the Women’s Public Health and Safety Act, authored by Rep. Sean Duffy (R-WI), another bill that would help to protect innocent infant lives. This bill would provide states with more flexibility so that a state is able to choose to...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 29, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today approved H.R. 3495, the Women’s Public Health and Safety Act, authored by Rep. Sean Duffy (R-WI), another bill that would help to protect innocent infant lives. This bill would provide states with more flexibility so that a state is able to choose to...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2015
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - The Norfolk Police Department has successfully identified and charged a man suspected in the 2008 murder of Angela Lechlitner.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 29, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations today convened to hear from various states about their experiences implementing state based marketplaces under the president’s health law. Subcommittee members sought answers on how billions of taxpayer dollars were spent on state exchanges, what oversight was conducted, and what challenges the states face moving forward.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 29, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan House Energy and Commerce Committee Leaders today requested information from Volkswagen and the Environmental Protection Agency regarding Volkswagen’s alleged efforts to circumvent emissions requirement for certain models of diesel engine passenger vehicles. Today’s requests...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2015
News Release: Shane G. Eaton Falsely Accused Ex-Girlfriend of Making a Threat.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 29, 2015
News Release: Point Reyes Station, CA - The National Park Service, in coordination with the National Park Foundation and Humana Inc., has established October 8, 2015, as Senior Skip Day™ to encourage older adults to skip what they are doing and get out into their national parks for healthy activities.
