News from September 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - A former specialist with the U.S. Army stationed at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Gardez, Afghanistan, was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for accepting a $20,000 bribe from a truck driver in exchange for allowing him to take thousands of gallons of fuel from the base.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: $300,000 For Continued Law Enforcement and Community Based Programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: HONOLULU - Chief United States District Judge Susan Oki Mollway sentenced Malia Arciero, age 34, a Honolulu resident, yesterday to 172 months (14 years, four months) imprisonment for four counts of knowing and intentional distribution of 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. A federal jury found Arciero guilty of those charges on January 8, 2015.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR), House Ways and Means Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI), and Ranking Member Sandy Levin (D-MI) sent a letter yesterday to President Obama outlining concerns over the direction of the U.S.-China economic relationship and how China conducts its economic and trade policies. The letter was sent in anticipation of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s upcoming visit to the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Hudson County, New Jersey, man today admitted to failing to file federally required currency transaction reports in connection with his check-cashing business, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut announced that Andrew Duron, also known as “Chavo," 35, of El Paso, Texas, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Alker Meyer in New Haven to 84 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for brokering a 25 kilogram cocaine transaction.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: In October, the National Park Service (NPS) will continue its program of deer management at Gettysburg National Military Park and Eisenhower National Historic Site.Gettysburg and Eisenhower national parks are reducing the number of deer in the parks directly by shooting.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: Tampa, FL - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Raymond Rodriguez (52, Tampa) yesterday pleaded guilty to money laundering conspiracy. He faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), has rescheduled a hearing for Tuesday, Sept. 29, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “ACA Overdue Checkup: Examining the ACA’s State Insurance Marketplaces." ...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today commented on Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler’s announcement that the Universal Service Fund’s Connect America Fund will focus its resources for broadband deployment on areas where private investment is not occurring.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: LAWRENCE, Mass. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Attorney General Maura Healey announced that a Lawrence man has been indicted in connection with a major drug trafficking operation in which authorities seized approximately a kilogram each of heroin and fentanyl.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), has scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, Sept. 29, at 10:15 AM in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled “The Disrupter Series: How the Sharing Economy Creates Jobs, Benefits Consumers, and Raises Policy Questions."
By Interior Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: MEDORA, ND: Theodore Roosevelt National Park will offer free admission on Saturday, September 26. The National Park Service and other federal public land management agencies will waive entrance fees for National Public Lands Day. Regular camping fees will be charged.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced Cecil Scott Wiggins, age 49, of Annapolis, Maryland, today to four years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: PHOENIX - Today, U.S. Attorney John S. Leonardo announced that $483,334 in federal grant funds have been awarded to the Pima Prevention Partnership to support Latino youth who are re-entering their communities. The grant funds were awarded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (“OJJDP"), which is a component of the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs (“OJP").
By DOE Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), has rescheduled a hearing for Tuesday, Sept. 29, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “ACA Overdue Checkup: Examining the ACA’s State Insurance Marketplaces." ...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today announced Senate passage of three bipartisan reauthorizations: Mandatory Price Reporting, the National Forest Foundation Act, and the U.S. Grain Standards Act. The package, which passed Committee by voice vote, was approved by unanimous consent.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Brian Smith, 42, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to bank fraud before U.S. Magistrate Judge H. Kenneth Schroeder.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Richelle D. Blair, 37, of Glen Dale, West Virginia, was sentenced today for embezzling money from a local non-profit organization, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today commented on Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler’s announcement that the Universal Service Fund’s Connect America Fund will focus its resources for broadband deployment on areas where private investment is not occurring.
