News from July 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2016
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - Federal prosecutors today charged a former employee in the Hospital Food and Nutrition Services Department at the University of Alabama at Birmingham with stealing more than $1 million over about six years from a cash room she oversaw, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and FBI Special Agent in Charge Roger C. Stanton.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2016
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Acting United States Attorney Carol Casto announced today that two men pleaded guilty to charges in federal court in Charleston before United States District Judge Irene C. Berger. Austin Flint, 24, of Mount Hope, pleaded guilty to making a false statement in acquisition of a firearm...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Daofu Zhang, 40, of Shenzen, China, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to 15 months of imprisonment for conspiring to sell counterfeits of sophisticated integrated circuits to a purchaser in the United States.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 8, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing and vote schedule for the week of July 11.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 8, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks during House Floor consideration of the Conference Report to Accompany S. 524 - Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2016
News Release: Montgomery, Ala. - Ruben Hernandez, 39, of southern Florida, pleaded guilty on Thursday, July 7, 2016 in federal court to charges stemming from his role in the operation of a “pill mill" that existed in Opelika, Alabama between 2012 and 2013, announced George L. Beck, Jr., United States Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama. A “pill mill" is a medical clinic created to sell prescription drugs unlawfully, illegally, and for no medical reason.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 8, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation announces the availability of a draft agreement between the United States and the Pacheco Water District, Panoche Water District, and San Luis Water District (collectively referred to as the Northerly Districts) concerning the collection and management of subsurface agricultural drainage water.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2016
News Release: MEDFORD, Ore. - Sean Jeffrey Haga, 31 of Bandon, Oregon, was indicted by a federal grand jury and charged with two counts of sexual exploitation of children, one count of transportation of child pornography, and a forfeiture allegation. If convicted of sexual exploitation of children, the maximum penalty...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Daniel J. Bakowski, 35, of Springville, NY, who was convicted of possession of a firearm in interstate commerce after a felony conviction, was sentenced to 24 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2016
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A federal grand jury has charged Kevin R. Foster, 40, of Montclair, N.J. with wire fraud, money laundering and conspiracy to commit money laundering in an indictment returned in Columbus.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 8, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing and vote schedule for the week of July 11.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2016
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Christopher Craft, 41, of Woodbridge, a former warrant officer in the U.S. Coast Guard, was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for receipt of child pornography. Craft was also sentenced to 10 years of supervised release and ordered to register as a sex offender upon release from prison.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 8, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman today kicked off debate on the conference report to S. 524, the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act, the product of bicameral negotiations to advance a unified package of legislation to combat the opioid epidemic.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 8, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed the conference report to S. 524, the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act by a vote of 407-5. House and Senate opioid conferees met on Wednesday of this week to finalize legislative text and vote on amendments. With the support of well over...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 8, 2016
News Release: MINERAL, CA -Lassen Volcanic National Park has numerous events planned to celebrate Lassen's and the National Park Service centennials during the months of July and August. "Visitors will want to plan their Lassen visit accordingly and in sync with centennial activities in order to participate in a variety...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2016
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Obayedul Hoque, 49, of Alexandria, was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for aiding and assisting in the filing of false tax returns. Hoque was also sentenced to two years of supervised release and oreder to pay $2,022,106 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2016
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. B Brandon Daniel Enright, 29, of Charlotte, was sentenced today to 97 months in prison for possession of child pornography, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. U.S. District Judge Robert J. Conrad, Jr. presided over today’s hearing, and ordered Enright also to serve ten years of supervised release and to register as a sex offender.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 8, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed the conference report to S. 524, the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act by a vote of 407-5. House and Senate opioid conferees met on Wednesday of this week to finalize legislative text and vote on amendments. With the support of well over...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 8, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today held a hearing examining the implications of the Obama administration’s decision to unlawfully fund Obamacare’s cost sharing reduction (CSR) program. The program was the focus of a joint report issued by the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee yesterday.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2016
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Jewel D. Woods, 19, of McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania with a heroin and a firearm charge, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
