News from September 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2015
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Three individuals were convicted in federal court this week for their involvement in a multi-state heroin trafficking operation, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 30, 2015
News Release: Join the Craters of the Natural History Association for a special geology hike in celebration of Earth Science Week on Saturday, October 17.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former Beaver County resident has been sentenced in federal court to 70 months imprisonment, followed by five years supervised release, on his conviction of travelling with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A Hingham woman was charged in U.S. District Court in Boston today with defrauding mortgage companies in connection with multiple mortgages she obtained on a single residence.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2015
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Acting United States Attorney Donald Feith announced that Mushed Salam, 47, of Lowell, Massachusetts, was sentenced on September 28th to one year probation in U.S. District Court after pleading guilty to Causing Misbranded Drugs to be Introduced into Interstate Commerce. Salam was also ordered to perform 50 hours of community service, pay a $1000 fine and a money forfeiture of $18,245.00.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2015
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Marshall County, West Virginia resident Dennis Ferretti, 37, originally of Gibbstown, New Jersey, was sentenced today to 46 months in prison for prescription painkiller trafficking, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2015
News Release: Moss Led Criminal Organization that Illegally Obtained and Distributed Over 95,000 Oxycodone Pills.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 30, 2015
News Release: Employer name: Maverick Arms Inc. Location: Eagle Pass, Texas. Date citations issued: Sept. 30, 2015. Investigation findings: Maverick Arms Inc. was cited for one willful and 23 serious violations by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration following a planned inspection...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2015
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe today commended the Virgin Islands Government for receiving several additional grants from the U.S. Justice Department’s Office of Justice Programs. Five grants totaling over $2 million were awarded on Sept. 23, 2015. Sharpe said the U.S.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2015
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Leo Grondin, 49, of Biddeford, Maine, pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court to transporting an individual in interstate commerce with the intent that she engage in prostitution.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 30, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 30, 2015 - Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources held an oversight hearing with four Western governors on “Respecting State Authority in Regards to Resource Management and Energy Development." Governors Matt Mead (R-WY), Steve Bullock (D-MT), Dennis Daugaard (R-SD), and Gary Herbert (R-UT) all expressed major concerns about a swath of federal policies that disenfranchise the states from managing land, water, and energy resources.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2015
News Release: LUFKIN, Texas - A 41-year-old man from Milwaukee, Wisconsin has been convicted on federal drug and money trafficking charges in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 30, 2015
News Release: Transportation and Infrastructure Committee leaders today introduced bipartisan legislation to extend the deadline for U.S. railroads to implement Positive Train Control technology.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 30, 2015
News Release: Berlin, MD -Assateague Island National Seashore will begin storm preparations and a systematic park closure in anticipation of Hurricane Joaquin to ensure the safety of park visitors, park employees and protection of park infrastructure. The following closures will go into effect in the Maryland district of Assateague Island National Seashore.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 30, 2015
News Release: As submitted for the record:. Good morning and welcome. Effectively educating our nation’s students, ensuring they have the tools and means to succeed, is one of the most important things we can do as a country to build a strong economy. And the federal Department of Education (ED) plays no small...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 30, 2015
News Release: The Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability has released the 2015 National Electric Transmission Congestion Study. Section 1221(a) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, codified at 16 U.S.C. 824p(a), directs the Secretary of Energy to conduct an electric transmission congestion study every...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 30, 2015
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY, Utah-The Bureau of Reclamation recently announced Brent Esplin as the new Deputy Regional Director for the Upper Colorado Region. As Deputy Regional Director, Esplin will oversee a variety of water and hydropower programs throughout Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, New Mexico, Texas, Utah and Wyoming. He begins his new assignment October 4, 2015.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 30, 2015
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA), introduced new legislation to address the challenges women face in accessing retirement security to ensure women can better prepare for retirement. The Women’s Pension Protection...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2015
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Paul G. Byron has sentenced Harley Robert Katzaman (29, Palm Bay) to eight years and six months in federal prison for receipt and possession of child pornography. The Court also ordered him to forfeit a laptop computer that had been used to commit the offenses. Katzaman pleaded guilty on April 29, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2015
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that ALFRED COBBINS, age 23, and SHAWN GRACIN, age 22, both residents of New Orleans, were sentenced today for their participation in a drug conspiracy and a conspiracy to possess and use firearms in connection with the drug trafficking activities of a local gang known as the “Young Melph Mafia" or “YMM."
