News from September 2015
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 21, 2015
News Release: The prospect of a "hydrogen economy" - in which vehicles powered by fuel cells would travel the nation's roadways emitting nothing from their tailpipes but wisps of water vapor - was making headlines 12 years ago.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2015
News Release: Ridding Home of Unused Drugs Discourages Abuse and Addiction.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 21, 2015
News Release: FOLSOM, Calif. - Effective immediately, due to the current drought and high fire danger, the Bureau of Reclamation is banning campfires in all campgrounds and day use areas at Lake Berryessa and New Melones Lake. Cooking fires contained in designated site-provided barbecue grills are exempt from this ban.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2015
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a New York City man was sentenced today to 18 months imprisonment for possessing 62 counterfeit credit cards. In addition to the 18 months imprisonment, Dawill Almonte was also ordered by U.S. District Court Judge William J. Caldwell to serve two years on supervised release following his release from prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2015
News Release: Springfield, Ill. - A Springfield, Ill., man, arrested in Decatur in late July, made his initial appearance in federal court in Urbana late Friday, Sept. 18, indicted on a charge of enticement of a minor. Jeffrey Parkhurst, 58, of the 1100 block of Reynolds St., entered his plea of not guilty before...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2015
News Release: $1,585,858 Awarded to Kentucky Law Enforcement Agencies.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 21, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today is pleased to announce Senate passage of H.R. 2051 , the Agriculture Reauthorizations Act of 2015.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 21, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. -As a part of their ongoing investigation into recent drug price increases, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Senator Bernie Sanders, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging, Senate Committee...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to a 57-month term of imprisonment on each of his convictions of possession with intent to distribute less than 28 grams of crack cocaine and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, followed by...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 21, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA) today announced that the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold a hearing in the coming weeks on recently discovered issues with Volkswagen diesel engines (sold from 2008-2015) that resulted in emissions levels exceeding state and federal limits throughout the United States.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 21, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA) today announced that the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold a hearing in the coming weeks on recently discovered issues with Volkswagen diesel engines (sold from 2008-2015) that resulted in emissions levels exceeding state and federal limits throughout the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2015
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA - Oris Blair III, 38, a previously convicted sex offender from Savannah, Georgia, was sentenced today by Chief United States District Judge Lisa Godbey Wood to 15 years in federal prison, this time for possessing thousands of images of child pornography. Blair pled guilty to the federal offense in early 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced the 2015 Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) Hiring Program Awards, including a $1,875,000 grant to the Tallahassee Police Department in the Northern District of Florida to fund 15 law enforcement positions.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2015
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Manuel Riviera-Felix, aka Felipe Garcia, 27, of Mexico, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill to 10 years and 11 months in prison for distribution of methamphetamine, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 21, 2015
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is reminding anyone who will be in Washington, DC, New York, and Philadelphia during the Papal visit that these cities and the surrounding communities are No Drone Zones from September 22 through Sept. 27, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2015
News Release: St. Louis, MO - ANGEL BAILEY-DYSON, a tax preparer who worked for Tax King, a local tax preparation business, was sentenced to one year and one day in prison and ordered to pay $28,694 restitution to the IRS. Bailey-Dyson previously pled guilty to preparing false tax returns for customers for tax years 2011 and 2012. The false returns minimized the customers’ liability and thereby maximized the customers’ tax refunds.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2015
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that Richard Z. Johnson Jr. pleaded guilty to filing a false federal income tax return.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2015
News Release: The former Mayor and Councilman for Islamorada Village was sentenced today, by United States District Court Judge Jose E. Martinez, after previously pleading guilty to conspiring to commit tax evasion, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 371.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC. - The Department of Justice today announced 206 awards, totaling more than $97 million, to American Indian tribes, Alaska Native villages, tribal consortia and tribal designees. The announcement was made last week at the 2015 Tribal Leader Briefing, sponsored by the National Congress of American Indians, and included Tribal leaders, Members of Congress and Administration officials.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2015
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Two Bakersfield residents pleaded guilty today to drug trafficking offenses, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
