News from April 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - Yesterday, THOMAS BIERD, 35 from Shawnee, Oklahoma, was sentenced by United States District Judge Vicki Miles-LaGrange to serve probation for five years and pay $181,763 in restitution to the Citizen Potawatomi Nation for embezzlement from the tribe, announced Mark A. Yancey, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) sent a memo to Republican Committee members detailing new documents related to Operation Fast and Furious. These documents reveal efforts by senior officials at the Department of Justice to withhold key materials related to the botched gunwalking operation.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: FORT SMITH, Ark. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Matthew Barden and Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Miguel Angel Carbajal, 27, of Dallas, Texas, was sentenced today to 240 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release on one count of Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - Five men were arrested and charged today in the U.S. District Court in Boston with conducting an illegal gambling business, making extortionate loans and collecting loans by extortionate means.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -The Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), has announced the witnesses for the Tuesday, April 19, 2016, hearing entitled, “Deciphering the Debate Over Encryption: Industry and Law Enforcement Perspectives."
By EPA Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), has announced a hearing for Wednesday, April 20, 2016, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building, entitled “How Secure are U.S. Bioresearch Labs? Preventing the Next Safety Lapse." The hearing will focus on the need for stronger oversight of high-containment laboratories.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today continued its oversight of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Members pressed NHTSA Administrator Mark Rosekind on the implementation of the committee’s...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: Fort Smith, Arkansas - Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Lonnie Symonds, age 39, of Alma, Arkansas, was sentenced today to 60 months imprisonment followed by five years of supervised release for Receipt of Child Pornography. The sentencing hearing took place before the Honorable P. K. Holmes, III in the United States District Court in Fort Smith.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today gave the following opening statement at an Energy and Power Subcommittee Hearing on H.R. 4775, the deceptively named “Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 2016."
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: St. Croix, USVI - Carl Hansen, 55, pleaded guilty today in federal court before the Honorable George W. Cannon to one count of using a communications facility in causing or facilitating the commission of felonies under the Controlled Substances Act, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -The Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), has announced the witnesses for the Tuesday, April 19, 2016, hearing entitled, “Deciphering the Debate Over Encryption: Industry and Law Enforcement Perspectives."
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: TULSA, Oklahoma - United States Attorney Danny C. Williams Sr. and Special Agent in Charge R. Damon Rowe of the IRS-Criminal Investigation Dallas field office announced today that Nelson Wade Cagle, an Owasso accountant, has been charged in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma with filing a false 2013 income tax return that failed to report money he allegedly stole from his former employer.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Luis Hernandez, age 26, of Buffalo, New York, who was convicted of discharging a firearm during a crime of violence, was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: FOREST GROVE, Ore. - On April 20 the Bureau of Reclamation will start a drilling program to collect soil samples at Scoggins Dam. Reclamation drill crews will be working on the dam's downstream face. Soil samples will be collected from the embankment and foundation at 12 drill sites to refine existing Scoggins Dam studies for seismic stability.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today continued its oversight of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Members pressed NHTSA Administrator Mark Rosekind on the implementation of the committee’s...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: Plea agreement includes stipulated 96-month sentence.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), is currently holding a hearing on H.R. 4775, the Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 2016. The hearing continues the subcommittee’s efforts to protect jobs, economic growth, and the public health. The bipartisan bill seeks to...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - Tom Beall will serve as Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Kansas.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), is currently holding a hearing on H.R. 4775, the Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 2016. The hearing continues the subcommittee’s efforts to protect jobs, economic growth, and the public health. The bipartisan bill seeks to...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Power Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today held a hearing entitled, “H.R. 4775, Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 2016." Members examined the EPA’s revisions to the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for ground-level ozone, the practical...
