News from February 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: Kenneth J. Canero, 39, of Buffalo, Wyoming, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl on February 9, 2016, for conspiracy to distribute 500 grams of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine. Canero was arrested in Gillette, Wyoming. He received 60...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: SALINA, Kan. - A leading supplier of frozen specialty foods is facing more than $172,000 in fines after two workers at its Salina facility suffered amputations* in separate incidents and a third suffered lacerations and burns.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. -Anthony Castaneda, 45, of Oakdale in Stanislaus County, was sentenced today by Judge Morrison C. England Jr. to serve five months of house arrest and two years of probation for receipt of a gratuity by a public official, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: MIAMI - Following a four-day trial, a federal jury in West Palm Beach, Florida, convicted Kevin Raphael Bully of narcotics trafficking and unlawful possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that CHANDORELL MILES, age 33, of New Orleans, pled guilty today to conspiracy to commit wire fraud relating to fraudulent applications she made to the Gulf Coast Claims Facility (GCCF) for financial assistance in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - Four defendants were sentenced today in federal court for drug charges, announced Acting United States Attorney Carol Casto.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: Former Member of Croatian Defense Council in Bosnia and Herzegovina Sentenced for Fraudulently Obtaining Green Card and Consents to Removal from United States.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The bipartisan effort to deliver #CuresNow continues to gain momentum and bring people together. Last night in the nation’s capital, the Tracy’s Kids organization honored Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), and NBC News Special Correspondent Tom Brokaw. Tracy’s Kids has helped countless young cancer patients and their families cope with the stress and trauma that comes with diagnosis and treatment.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, three Democratic members of Congress wrote to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), urging a balanced discussion of the requirements and implementation of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA) at an upcoming technical conference just announced.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will hold a town hall meeting in Taft to discuss management of public lands in the Temblor Mountain Range west of Taft.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Rubén Hinojosa (D-TX) introduced H.R. 4533, the Net Price Calculator Improvement Act of 2016, which would improve existing calculators used by students and their families to estimate the costs of attending college.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: BOISE - Charmaine Danelle Montgomery, 23, of Fort Worth, Texas, was sentenced today in United States District Court to 30 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release for perpetrating a credit card fraud scheme that targeted local retailers in June 2015, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordered Montgomery to pay $15,904.08 in restitution. Montgomery pleaded guilty on Dec. 1, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the return of an indictment charging David Anthony Moody (26, Fernandina Beach) with six counts of making hoax bomb threats. If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison on each count.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: Fourth Minnesota Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Provide Material Support to ISIL.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: CHICAGO - A Milwaukee man was convicted in federal court today of transporting an underage girl to the Chicago area from Wisconsin to engage in prostitution.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Continuing its work to protect consumers and small businesses, the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today approved three commonsense bills to ease burdensome regulations.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Kenneth Dewayne Sherlin, a/k/a Richard Dale Lawrence, Jr., 32, of Arden, N.C. was sentenced in federal court today to 77 months in prison for a federal firearms violation, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger also sentenced Sherlin to three years of supervised release.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Continuing its work to protect consumers and small businesses, the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today approved three commonsense bills to ease burdensome regulations.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The bipartisan effort to deliver #CuresNow continues to gain momentum and bring people together. Last night in the nation’s capital, the Tracy’s Kids organization honored Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), and NBC News Special Correspondent Tom Brokaw. Tracy’s Kids has helped countless young cancer patients and their families cope with the stress and trauma that comes with diagnosis and treatment.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: Washington DC - Chairman Marsha Blackburn announced today that the Select Investigative Panel on Infant Lives would begin issuing subpoenas next week to organizations that have failed to fully cooperate with document requests.
