News from April 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Special Agent in (SAC) Karl C. Colder of the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) Washington Division announced today that the DEA will be hosting a Prescription Drug Awareness (PDAC) in Towson, Maryland. The PDAC is a part of DEA’s 360 Strategy, an overall approach to combating opioid and heroin abuse.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz sentenced Alex Raymond Valerio, age 36, of Glen Burnie, Maryland, today to 51 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute crack cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2016
News Release: In El Paso today, 46-year-old former U.S. Army Sergeant 1st Class Michael Hall, Jr., was sentenced to four years in federal prison for possession of child pornography announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and Special Agent in Charge Waldemar Rodriguez of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in El Paso.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced Trevin Montrez Sampson, a/k/a “Bucket," age 30, of Frederick, Maryland, today to eight years in prison, followed by four years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine. Sampson was the third member of the conspiracy to be sentenced for distributing cocaine in and around Frederick.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A businessman who prosecutors believe defrauded more than 300 investors in a precious metal investment scam has pleaded guilty to federal fraud and money laundering offenses in a case that caused victims to lose nearly $11 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2016
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - The owners of a tax preparation business that filed fraudulent tax returns on behalf of inmates at various New Jersey prisons were sentenced today to multi-year prison sentences, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman and Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2016
News Release: Strangled Partner, Threw Objects, and made Death Threats.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 15, 2016
News Release: In partnership with The Outer Banks Hospital, the Outer Banks Group is celebrating the first ever National Park Rx Day with Yoga on the Beach, at Coquina Beach, on Sunday, April 24th at 10am. There are a limited number of spots available, so please register by emailing denise.depedro@theobh.com. Attendees to this free hour-long class should bring a yoga mat or towel, sunscreen, and water.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 15, 2016
News Release: Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) is recruiting 10 middle/high school students, grades 8-11, to spend a week camping in the park while playing, learning, and providing service. There is no participation fee. The National Lakeshore will provide all group gear and food during the trip.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Daofu Zhang, 40, of Shenzen, China, pleaded guilty today in New Haven federal court to conspiring to sell counterfeits of sophisticated integrated circuits to a purchaser in the United States.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 15, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Chairman Ron Johnson and Sen. Tammy Baldwin of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held a hearing Friday titled: “Border Security and America’s Heroin Epidemic: The Impact of the Trafficking and Abuse of Heroin and Prescription Opioids in Wisconsin." Below is Chairman Johnson’s opening statement as submitted for the record...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2016
News Release: NEWARK N.J. - Two New York men who allegedly defrauded credit card companies of hundreds of thousands of dollars are expected to appear in court later today, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A Lawrence man pleaded guilty today in connection with receiving stolen U.S. Treasury checks.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2016
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Donavan Antwan Daniels (36, Lakeland) has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 28 grams or more of crack cocaine. He faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 5 years, up to 40 years, in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2016
News Release: George H. Bell, a former Georgia Department of Transportation maintenance foreman, entered a guilty plea in federal court to accepting bribe payments in exchange for allowing more than 38,000 cubic yards of unsuitable dirt to be dumped at DOT sites in metro-Atlanta.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 15, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing schedule for the week of April 18.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2016
News Release: Alfonso Lopez-Rios and John Mark Fisher Both Played a Role inTrafficking Methamphetamine to Charlottesville.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 15, 2016
News Release: Earlier this week, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY), and committee member Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC) pressed EPA administrator Gina McCarthy to provide legal justification for the agency’s proposed regulation outlawing the modification of vehicles to be used for racing. Today, EPA announced that they have dropped their proposed regulations on racing vehicle modifications.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 15, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Building upon the Energy and Commerce Committee’s #RecordOfSuccess, the House of Representatives today passed committee member Rep. Adam Kinzinger’s (R-IL) H.R. 2666, the No Rate Regulation of Broadband Internet Access Act by a vote of 241-173. The legislation would prohibit the FCC...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 15, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote on H.R. 2666, the No Rate Regulation of Broadband Internet Access Act. The bill authored by committee member Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) would prohibit the FCC from regulating the retail rates charged by Internet service providers (ISPs) ...
