News from July 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Seven Los Angeles men were charged in a 10-count indictment unsealed today with participating in the 2014 firebombing of residences of African Americans living in the Boyle Heights section of Los Angeles. The defendants were also charged for their roles in a racketeering enterprise that used violence and intimidation to control the perceived territory of the Big Hazard street gang.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 7, 2016
News Release: The House Committee on Education and the Workforce today approved H.R. 5587, the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act. Introduced by Reps. Glenn “GT" Thompson (R-PA) and Katherine Clark (D-MA), the legislation reauthorizes and reforms the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical ...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 7, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-This morning, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 4361, the Government Reform and Improvement Act (GRIA) sponsored by Congressman Gary Palmer (R-AL). GRIA includes important good government reforms offered by Reps. Mark Meadows (R-NC), Ken Buck (R-CO), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Mark Walker (R-NC), and Dennis Ross (R-FL).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2016
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment today against five individuals for conspiring to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, Acting United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 7, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) and Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today responded to House Republicans’ release of an ‘investigative report’ on the cost-sharing reduction (CSR) subsidy program in the Affordable Care Act...
By State Newswire | Jul 7, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) announced the Committee will convene a hearing on Wednesday, July 13 entitled, “Countering the Virtual Caliphate: The State Department’s Performance." The hearing will begin at 10 a.m.
By State Newswire | Jul 7, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today at 10 a.m., House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) will convene a hearing entitled “Demanding Accountability: The Administration’s Reckless Release of Terrorists from Guantanamo." Live webcast and witness testimony will be available HERE.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 7, 2016
News Release: Washington, DC -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Senator Jeff Merkley introduced the Wage and Garnishment Equity Act of 2016 (WAGE Act) to protect workers from losing their entire paychecks to wage and bank garnishments.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2016
News Release: ATLANTA - Former Cumming, Georgia, Police Officer Nathan VanBuren has been arraigned after being charged with wire fraud and computer fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice announced today that it has reached a settlement with Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA) relating to losses of more than 96,000 pills of oxycodone between 2011 and 2013. SCCA self-reported the diversions after discovering that a nurse employed at the cancer care...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that RENE MARTINEZ-QUIJANO, age 34, a citizen of El Salvador, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to a one-count Indictment for illegal entry of a removed alien.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2016
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted Under Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2016
News Release: Knowingly presented false claims and altered records to get false claims paid.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2016
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Derrick Bernard Farmer (40, Tampa) has pleaded guilty to possessing with the intent to distribute crack cocaine and possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. He faces a minimum mandatory term of 15 years, up to life, in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2016
News Release: SOUTH BEND - United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, David Capp, announced that Orlandor Branch, 43, of South Bend, Indiana was sentenced before Judge Robert L. Miller, Jr., for felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2016
News Release: Defendant was Directed to Launch Attacks by Deceased ISIL Recruiter Junaid Hussain.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CARLINS CALIXTE, 32, of Norwich, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to one count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud stemming from his involvement in an insurance fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 151 months imprisonment, followed by a lifetime supervised release, on a charge of distribution of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2016
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that, Phillip Wilson, age 36, of Burlington, Vermont, was arrested on July 6, 2016 and charged via federal criminal complaint with distributing heroin on June 23, 2016. Wilson made his initial appearance in federal court on July 6, 2016 before U.S. Magistrate Judge John M. Conroy. At a detention hearing on July 7, 2016, the Court ordered Wilson detained pending trial.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 7, 2016
News Release: Glacier National Park News Release. July 7, 2016. Margie Steigerwald 406-888-5838. Tim Rains 406-888-7895. MEDIA16-38. Public Invited To Invasive Plant BioBlitz Event. Event Is Part Of The 2016 NPS Centennial National BioBlitz Series. WEST GLACIER, MONT. -The Crown of the Continent Research Learning...
