News from February 2016
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 24, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today welcomed the National Cable & Telecommunications Association’s announcement that a deal has been reached with the Association of Public Television Stations and PBS to ensure carriage of public television stations on the nation’s cable systems.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2016
News Release: WICHITA FALLS, Texas - Ten defendants who pleaded guilty in October 2015 to their respective roles in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy that operated in Wichita Falls, Texas, from approximately March 2014 to August 2015, were sentenced on Monday by U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Connor, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 24, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), has announced additional information regarding its hearing Wednesday, March 2, 2016, on the Zika virus. The hearing will take place at 10:15 a.m. in Room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining the U.S. Public Health Response to the Zika Virus."
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 24, 2016
News Release: Chairman Bob Gibbs (R-OH). Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. Hearing on “A Review of United States Army Corps of Engineers Reports to Congress on Future Water Resources Development and Chief’s Reports". Feb. 24, 2016. Opening Statement. (Remarks as Prepared). Almost two years ago, a strong...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - A Colorado man was sentenced in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., yesterday to six years in prison followed by ten years of supervised release for his sex trafficking conviction. The sentence was announced U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez, 2nd Judicial District Attorney Kari E. Brandenburg, Special Agent in Charge Terry Wade of the FBI’s Albuquerque Division, and Chief Gorden Eden, Jr., of the Albuquerque Police Department (APD).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2016
News Release: Claimed she lived alone in Water Valley, Kentucky to receive benefits.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 24, 2016
News Release: The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday, March 2, 2016, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “The Fiscal Year 2017 DOE Budget." Department of Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz will be the sole witness and provide testimony on the proposed budget.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 23, 2016
News Release: SEATTLE - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has ordered an Alaska aviation company to pay years of back wages, $100,000 in compensatory damages, and to reinstate a pilot who had been suspended, then fired and ostracized among the close-knit industry for reporting safety concerns at work.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A West New York, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 19 months in prison for paying cash bribes to a West New York fire official to eliminate millions of dollars in outstanding fines and penalties on buildings with fire code violations, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2016
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Mario Velasquez, 36, pleaded guilty before U-S District Judge Charles J. Siragusa to possession with intent to distribute heroin and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking activities. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of life, a fine of $1,000,000, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2016
News Release: HARRISBURG- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announces that a York man was sentenced to 10 years in prison today by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner in Harrisburg, for drug trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LORENZO CARTER, 21, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 21 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2016
News Release: Two defendants played role in August 2014 shooting at Hennepin Co. Medical Center 10z and 20z gangs engaged in multi-year war with Bloods and Bogus Boys.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Dannelly Labogin, 68, of Amarillo, Texas, pleaded guilty today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to defrauding the Social Security Administration (SSA) of Social Security Child’s Insurance Benefits. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Labogin will be required to pay $82,483.00 in restitution to the SSA.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 23, 2016
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 EL PASO — Leadership from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Mexico’s Secretariat of Foreign Affairs, and Mexico’s Secretariat of Government today announced the finalization of negotiations for the nine Local Repatriation Arrangements along the U.S.-Mexico border.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 23, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, Feb. 23, 2016 – As part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) ongoing efforts to boost opportunity in rural communities, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today awarded six low-interest loans to local governments and community organizations that will spur rural economic development ...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 23, 2016
News Release: Since 2009, USDA's partnership with America's rural communities has supported the emergence of a more vibrant, diverse rural economy led by makers, creators and innovators. Under the leadership of President Obama and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, USDA has made significant and transformative investments ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2016
News Release: Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch announced today that Alfredo Beltran Leyva, also known as Mochomo, one of the leaders of the Beltran Leyva Organization, a Mexican drug-trafficking cartel responsible for importing multi-ton quantities of cocaine and methamphetamine into the United States, pleaded guilty ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2016
News Release: A Wendell, North Carolina, man was sentenced to 20 months in prison today following his plea of guilty to commit theft of government funds, Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Department of the Justice’s Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney John Stuart Bruce of the Eastern District ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2016
News Release: The owner of a St. Louis, Missouri, tax return preparation business was arrested today after a federal grand jury sitting in St. Louis returned an indictment on February 18 charging two counts of tax evasion, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
