News from February 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 29, 2016
News Release: Promised to Pay Back Loans from Individual Investors With Substantial Returns in a Short Amount of Time, But Instead Used the Money for Personal Gain.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 29, 2016
News Release: In an effort to help U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) achieve one of its primary outreach objectives, Senior Advisor for Latin America Barbara Gonzalez visited El Salvador recently, where she spoke with several of the country’s largest and most influential radio, television, print and online media outlets to discuss some of the dangers and misconceptions about attempting to make the long and difficult journey north from El Salvador to the United States.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 29, 2016
News Release: Grizzly bears are emerging from hibernation in the Greater Yellowstone Area, so hikers, skiers and snowshoers should stay in groups of three of more, make noise on the trail, and carry bear spray. Bear spray is a good last line of defense, if kept handy and used according to directions, when a bear is approaching within 30 to 60 feet.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 29, 2016
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney Patrick A. Miles, Jr., announced that Fletcher Lee Salazar, 31, of Muskegon, was sentenced to 180 months’ imprisonment by U.S. District Judge Janet T. Neff. In April, Salazar pled guilty to being a felon in possession of ammunition. As part of a plea agreement...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 29, 2016
News Release: Employer name: FPL Food LLC. Investigation site: 1301 New Savannah Road, Augusta, Georgia 30901. Citations issued: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued citations to the employer on Feb. 26 for 15 serious safety violations. Investigation findings: OSHA initiated...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 29, 2016
News Release: Honorees Represent 20 Agencies, Worked on Dozens of Cases.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 29, 2016
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - The owner and CEO of a now-defunct Southern California real estate investment firm was sentenced today to 168 months in prison for perpetrating a scheme that ended with the bankruptcy of the company and hundreds of investors collectively losing as much as $169 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 29, 2016
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that on Feb. 26, United States District Judge Nancy Torresen sentenced Clyde M. Hall Jr., to 24 months incarceration followed by 10 years of supervised release.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 29, 2016
News Release: Cape Cod National Seashore is offering a special program called "To the Race!" on March 14 at 10 AM. During this three-hour program, a ranger will lead a walk through the Hatches Harbor area to visit Race Point Light. Learn about salt marsh restoration and how climate change is affecting the area, and...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 29, 2016
News Release: HARTFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Amanda Gambardella, 26, formerly of Hartford and Cheshire, pleaded guilty before U.S. District...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 29, 2016
News Release: CLARKSBIRG, WEST VIRGINIA - Nathaniel Walker, 34, of Miami, Florida, was sentenced today to 36 months in prison for oxycodone trafficking, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 29, 2016
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Wichita man who said in a phone call he never goes to a club unarmed was sentenced Monday to four years in prison on a federal firearms charge, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said. After he serves his sentenced he will serve three years on supervised release.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 29, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Building upon the Energy and Commerce Committee’s #RecordOfSuccess, the House of Representatives today approved three bipartisan energy bills spearheaded by the committee. The bills advance the committee’s ongoing efforts to modernize the nation’s energy laws.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 29, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Building upon the Energy and Commerce Committee’s #RecordOfSuccess, the U.S. House of Representatives this week will consider commonsense, bipartisan legislation making reforms to strengthen Medicaid. H.R. 3716, the Ensuring Access to Quality Medicaid Providers Act, is composed of two...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 29, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Building upon the Energy and Commerce Committee’s #RecordOfSuccess, the House of Representatives today approved three bipartisan energy bills spearheaded by the committee. The bills advance the committee’s ongoing efforts to modernize the nation’s energy laws.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 29, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Building upon the Energy and Commerce Committee’s #RecordOfSuccess, the U.S. House of Representatives this week will consider commonsense, bipartisan legislation making reforms to strengthen Medicaid. H.R. 3716, the Ensuring Access to Quality Medicaid Providers Act, is composed of two...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 29, 2016
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Representatives Paul D. Tonko (NY-20) and Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-6) introduced the AQUA Act, which updates the Safe Drinking Water Act to significantly increase funding authorization levels for local communities with water infrastructure deficiencies. A complete section-by-section summary and full language of the bill are below.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 29, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Building upon the Energy and Commerce Committee’s #RecordOfSuccess, the House of Representatives today approved three bipartisan energy bills spearheaded by the committee. The bills advance the committee’s ongoing efforts to modernize the nation’s energy laws.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 29, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Environment and the Economy Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL) today sent a letter to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) asking the nonpartisan watchdog to assess the Department of Energy’s (DOE) ability to complete the Yucca Mountain License Application (LA).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 29, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Lockheed Martin Corporation and subsidiaries Lockheed Martin Energy Systems and Lockheed Martin Utility Services (collectively, Lockheed Martin) have agreed to pay the United States $5 million to resolve allegations that they violated the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and...
