News from June 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Eric G. Acosta, 29, a resident of Las Cruces, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court to 120 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for his conviction on methamphetamine trafficking and firearms charges. Acosta’s conviction was based on his May 14, 2015, guilty plea.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman Sam Johnson (R-TX) and Subcommittee Member Rep. Jim Renacci (R-OH) introduced the Social Security MAIL Act, commonsense legislation to protect Americans from identity loss. This legislation will require the Social Security...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) and Human Resources Subcommittee Ranking Member Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) today released the following statement after House Republicans unveiled their “Better Way" messaging proposal on poverty and welfare...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today sent a letter to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Director Dan Ashe cautioning against a rush to lift Endangered Species Act (ESA) protections for grizzly bears in an area known as the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. The grizzly bear is currently listed as threatened under the ESA throughout the lower 48 states. Grijalva’s letter is available at.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: Bank Robber on Supervised Release after Serving Time for 2002 Bank Robbery Conviction.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Chairman Dave Reichert (R-WA) today announced that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing entitled “Expanding U.S. Agriculture Trade and Eliminating Barriers to U.S. Exports" on Tuesday, June 14th at 10:00 AM in room 1100 of the Longworth House Office Building. The hearing will focus on the benefits of U.S. agriculture trade and how foreign barriers negatively impact the American economy.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - A group of good-government and whistleblower groups have written to Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) to express support for his bill, S. 3011, the Bolster Accountability to Drive Government Efficiency and Reform Washington Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that the former Solicitor for Hazle Township, Luzerne County, has been charged with the theft of $105,586.80 from the Township, a local government agency which receives federal funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that an Independence, Mo., man was indicted by a federal grand jury today for illegally possessing a firearm after a woman reported that he shot at her and her children.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Jersey City, New Jersey, man today admitted stealing more than $250,000 from the Jersey City Child Development Centers Inc. (“JCCDC"), an organization that provided early childhood development services and education to under-privileged children, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: Case Highlights Law Enforcement Efforts to Investigate and Prosecute “Pain Clinics" that are Fronts for Criminals Who Divert Pharmaceutical Drugs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: Organ Prosecuted Under Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative and HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Larry Dwayne Diggs, age 24, also known as "Montana" and "Montie," of Muskegon, Michigan was sentenced to 96 months in federal prison for drug, firearm, and witness tampering offenses, U.S. Attorney Patrick A. Miles, Jr. announced today. In addition to the prison term, U.S. District Judge Robert Holmes Bell imposed a 3-year term of supervised release that will commence once Diggs is released from imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Nicholas Michael Teausant, 22, of Acampo, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez to 12 years in prison, to be followed by 25 years of supervised release, for attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization, announced Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin and Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: MOOSE, WY -A brief travel closure will be in place on a segment of the Moose-Wilson Road in Grand Teton National Park for about 72 hours beginning at 6:00 a.m. Monday, June 13. The temporary closure will be in effect for the segment of road between Sawmill Ponds Overlook and the Death Canyon Road Junction. The road will reopen by 8:00 a.m. Thursday, June 16.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. -National Park Service fire managers anticipate initiating a prescribed fire near Shoshone Point Thursday, June 9 as weather and fuel moisture conditions allow.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: ATLANTA - Veronical Joyner has been sentenced to two years in prison following her guilty plea for stealing her disabled son's Supplemental Security Income (“SSI").
By Interior Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: Due to necessary repairs and upgrades to the fuel and electrical systems, fuel is currently unavailable for purchase at Seven Bays Marina. All repairs as scheduled to be completed by June 30, 2016. When the work has been completed, fuel sales will resume.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: Employer name: Dent Wizard International Corp.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An Allegheny County resident has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
