News from September 2015
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 25, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives next week will consider H.R. 1624, the Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act, authored by Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Vice Chairman Brett Guthrie (R-KY). This bill would help protect employees from rising health care costs due to certain...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2015
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Richard Spivey, age 52, of Waldorf, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to distribution of child pornography. After Spivey’s guilty plea, U.S. District Judge George J. Hazel ordered that he be immediately detained and Spivey was taken into custody.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2015
News Release: Defendant Kicked at Deputies, Bit One in Incident at Courthouse.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Jorge Luis Garcia-Valenzuela, 22, a Mexican national illegally residing in Lakeside, Ariz., was sentenced this afternoon in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 97 months in prison for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine in Socorro and Catron Counties, N.M. Garcia-Valenzuela will be deported following his term of incarceration.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 25, 2015
News Release: Sedro Woolley, WA-Effective immediately, the burn ban on all lands within North Cascades National Park Service Complex is lifted. This includes all National Park Service lands and campgrounds in Stehekin, along State Route 20 and the Ross Lake area.
By Commerce 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: LOS ANGELES - A federal grand jury has named an Encino-based chiropractor in a 15-count indictment that accuses him defrauding health care programs by submitting more than $300,000 in fraudulent bills for office visits that never took place and for medical equipment that was never provided.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 25, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today reviewed two proposals to improve safety on American roads and keep families safe across the country.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 25, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, chaired by U.S. Rep. Bob Gibbs (R-OH), will hold a hearing next week on progress and challenges in restoring the Great Lakes through the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2015
News Release: Spokane - Today, Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Samuel Luis Gutierrez, age 33, was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment for brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2015
News Release: Columbia, SC- United States Attorney Bill Nettles today announced an agreement with Cook Out - Conway, Inc., which operates a Cook Out restaurant in Conway, South Carolina. The agreement resolves allegations that the restaurant violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by refusing service to...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2015
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that DENNIS GOGEL, a former member of the German Army and a trained sniper, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for his participation in a conspiracy to murder a Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA") agent and...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 25, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today reviewed two proposals to improve safety on American roads and keep families safe across the country.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 25, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Chairman Jason Chaffetz requesting that the Committee issue a subpoena for testimony at next Tuesday’s hearing from David Daleiden, who heads the organization that deceptively edited secretly-recorded videos in a failed attempt to entrap Planned Parenthood.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger today announced the conviction of WILLIAM ANDREW CLARK, 66, of Blackduck, Minn., for sexually abusing two women on the Red Lake Indian Reservation. On May 12, 2015, CLARK was indicted on one count of Aggravated Sexual Abuse and one count of Sexual Abuse involving these two women. On Sept. 24, 2015, following a two-day trial, United States District Court Judge Donovan W. Frank found CLARK guilty on all counts.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 25, 2015
News Release: The House Energy and Commerce Committee has scheduled a markup on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015, at 4:00 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building to resume consideration of H.R. 8, “The North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2015." The full committee also will consider reconciliation...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Butler County couple has pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of conspiracy, and aggravated identity theft, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
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: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Lawrence Wayne Reese, 56, and his son, Lance Terrell Reese, 28, both from Fort Belvoir, were sentenced today for their roles in burning down the Sub Shop, a business Lawrence Reese owned in Lorton.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2015
News Release: A man who conspired to distribute methamphetamine and illegally possessed a firearm was sentenced Sept. 15, 2015, to ten years in federal prison.
