News from April 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Chief U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Robert John Wiseman, Jr., age 56, of Essex, Maryland, today to 17 years in prison, followed by lifetime supervised release, for distribution of child pornography. Chief Judge Blake also ordered that upon his release from prison...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Carl Switala, 34, was indicted yesterday for failing to register as a sex offender after he moved to Syracuse, New York from North Carolina, announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del), the top Democrat on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, sent letters to the leaders of four major health insurance companies seeking more information on their efforts to provide tobacco cessation services to eligible Delawareans.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of New Kensington, Pa., was sentenced today in federal court to 12 months imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, and a fine of $5,000, on his conviction of tax evasion, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs held the hearing, “The Federal Perspective on the State of Our Nation’s Biodefense." Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A Somerset County resident pleaded guilty in federal court in Johnstown to a charge of possession with the intent to distribute a quantity of methamphetamine, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: Texarkana, Arkansas - Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Jeffrey N. Bain, age 52 of Hope, Arkansas, was sentenced today to 63 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release on two counts of Possession with Intent to Distribute...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that CINDY DANDRIDGE, age 43, of Marrero, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to a one-count Bill of Information charging her with theft of government funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: BOISE - Indalecio Cuevas-Figueroa, 34, of Nampa, Idaho, was sentenced today in United States District Court to 78 months in prison for possession of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute and unlawful possession of a firearm by a person unlawfully in the United States, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today announced that after more than 40 years of service, Democratic Staff Director and Chief Counsel, Janice Mays, will be leaving at the end of May. Janice joined the Ways and Means Committee in 1975 as Tax Counsel after receiving...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: Employer name: Quick Roofing LLC. Inspection Site: 628 Maple Point Drive, Conroe, Texas. Citations issued: April 14, 2016. Investigation findings: On Nov. 23, 2015, after witnessing three roofers at work at a site in Conroe not using fall protection systems, U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Jamie Lynne Combs, 35, of McKinleyville, California, was charged today by Indictment with interference with flight crew members and attendants and possession of a controlled substance, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. According to the indictment, on March 18, 2016 while...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a Wilkes-Barre man was sentenced yesterday by United States District Judge Malachy E. Mannion, in Scranton, to serve 5 years in prison for possession of a firearm in furtherance of heroin trafficking.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MT. - Two prescribed fire projects are planned along the Inside North Fork Road area of Glacier National Park in the next month, depending on weather and fuel conditions.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: Chairman Lou Barletta (R-PA). Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. Hearing on “Blackout! Are We Prepared to Manage the Aftermath of a Cyber-Attack or Other Failure of the Electrical Grid?". April 14, 2016. Opening Statement. (Remarks as Prepared). Today we are...
By State Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today welcomed Senate passage of his legislation to crack down on the financing of terrorism through antiquities looting. The Protect and Preserve International Cultural Property Act (H.R.1493) would impose tough new import restrictions on looted Syrian artifacts and ramp up efforts to protect cultural property from conflicts around the world.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Hiasom Ali, age 39, originally of Cairo, Egypt, was sentenced on April 12, 2016, by Senior U.S. District Judge David Bramlette III, to serve 51 months in federal prison for rioting at the Adams County Correctional facility, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and FBI Special Agent in Charge Don Alway. He was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $1,382,313. Ali pled guilty to the rioting charge on May 11, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Daniel Albert Crowninshield, 45, of Sacramento, pleaded guilty today to unlawfully manufacturing and dealing in firearms and possession of an unregistered machinegun, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: Haleakalā National Park will hold two public meetings regarding summit sunrise operations. The purpose is to gather input involving visitors who come to the park in personal or rental vehicles, not on commercial tours. Meetings are scheduled on Wednesday, April 20, from 5pm-6:30 pm at the Kula Community Center; and on Thursday, April 21, from 4:30pm-6pm at the Kahului Community Center.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - A two-count indictment was unsealed today in the Eastern District of Tennessee charging Szuhsiung Ho, aka Allen Ho, a citizen of the United States; China General Nuclear Power Company (CGNPC), formerly known as the China Guangdong Nuclear Power Company and Energy Technology International...
