News from September 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Luis Juan Contreras-Cano and Carlos Davenport were sentenced to prison today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., for violating the federal narcotics trafficking laws. Contreras-Cano, 20, a Mexican national residing in Albuquerque, was sentenced to 97 months in prison. He will be deported following his incarceration. Davenport, 41, of El Paso, Texas, was sentenced to 15 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 25, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing schedule for the week of September 28.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Forty-one individuals are facing drug trafficking charges as a result of an eight-month multi-agency investigation led by the FBI, the DEA, Chaves County Metro Narcotics Task Force, Roswell Police Department, Chaves County Sheriff’s Office, the New Mexico State Police. Twenty-one of the defendants charged are facing federal charges and the remaining 20 are facing state charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Nick Somphonphakdy, 19, of Bayou La Batre, was sentenced today in federal court for his role in a marijuana distribution conspiracy. Somphonphakdy pled guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking felony in June of 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2015
News Release: Spokane - Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that that the last of three individuals involved in a drug-related violent assault was sentenced on Sept. 22, 2015. Darryl Russell Flett (aka Darryl Carden), age 21, of Wellpinit, Washington, was...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2015
News Release: Two Associates Also Sentenced for their Roles in the Conspiracy.
By State Newswire | Sep 25, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced the following upcoming Committee events...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 25, 2015
News Release: OnTuesday, September 29 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN), will hold a legislative hearing on H.R. 3459, the Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act. The hearing will take place in room 2261 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 25, 2015
Release: Due to the Valley Fires, and effective immediately, retail food stores licensed by the Food and Nutrition Service to accept SNAP benefits in the following counties may accept SNAP benefits in exchange for HOT foods and foods intended to be consumed on retailer premises.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2015
News Release: In El Paso today, former William Beaumont Army Medical Center (WBAMC) physician and Army Lt. Col. Richard Craig Rooney of Medina, WA, age 46, was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for his role in an estimated $7.3 million Health Care fraud scheme announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 25, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing schedule for the week of September 28.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2015
News Release: DEA South Carolina District Office to Hold 10th Prescription Drug Take-Back Day This Saturday.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 25, 2015
News Release: Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have achieved a major milestone in simulating the dynamics of condensed-matter systems - such as the behavior of charged particles in semiconductors and other materials - through manipulation of carefully controlled quantum-mechanical models.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 25, 2015
News Release: NEW YORK -- Kahmia Moise wasted no time when she arrived in June at Gateway National Recreation Area as its first ever Centennial Volunteer Ambassador. Already brimming with ideas for reaching new audiences, she convinced National Park Service (NPS) staff to set up a booth at PrideFest, part of the annual...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger today announced a federal indictment charging three members of the Minneapolis-based Taliban gang and the Young N’ Thuggin’ (YNT) gang. All three defendants were charged with conspiracy to possess firearms and ammunition, ROBERT WINFIELD ANDERSON, a/k/a “Rob Moe,"...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2015
News Release: Fifty-five locations this Saturday where Kentuckiana residents can safely and anonymously rid their homes of unwanted and expired medications.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 25, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, Speaker John Boehner announced he would resign as Speaker and retire from Congress at the end of October. Following this announcement, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) released the following statement...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 25, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement on President Obama's announcement that the U.S. and China have jointly made new domestic policy commitments to address climate change and reduce dangerous carbon pollution. Under this agreement, China has committed to launching a domestic cap and trade system to curb carbon emissions.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 25, 2015
News Release: As the first hints of autumn -the orange red of the sumac leaves, the appearance of Orion in the night sky and sweet, cool morning breezes - take to the stage, Cumberland Gap National Historical Park Superintendent Sula Jacobs and the park team welcome new and returning visitors from near and far and...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2015
News Release: RUTLAND, Vt. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Thomas Keith, 42, of Bennington, Vermont, was sentenced on Sept. 24, 2015 in United States District...
