News from March 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a 10-count indictment today against Martin Carranza-Sanchez, 45, resident of Mexico, charging him with kidnapping Mexican citizens seeking assistance in entering the United States without documentation, and with a scheme to defraud the families of persons...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Anthony Tyrone Smith, Jr., age 31, of Capitol Heights, Maryland, pleaded guilty on March 2, 2016 to being a felon in possession of a firearm, in connection with a shoot-out at a Capitol Heights carryout.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: Greenville, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated that Timothy Howard, age 50, of Greer, South Carolina has entered a guilty plea in federal court in Anderson, to two counts of Violating Pretreatment Standards of the Clean Water Act, violations of 33 U.S.C. §§ 1317 and 1319...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - In recognition of Rare Disease Week on Capitol Hill, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) had a full schedule Wednesday morning talking 21st Century Cures. Upton first addressed approximately 150 advocates as part of Rare Disease Legislative Advocates’ Lobby Day Breakfast. Upton later made the case for 21st Century Cures while participating in a panel discussion hosted by the Milken Institute.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Jessie Hampton and Malcom Johnson, both of St. Louis City, were charged with multiple drug and weapons charges related to the July 15, 2012, murder of Scipio Vaughn, of Centralia, Illinois.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: Crater Lake National Park officials announced today the release of the Augment Annie Springs Water Supply Environmental Assessment (EA) for public review. The EA analyzes alternative sources of potable water to ensure an adequate, safe, long-term supply for the park’s developed areas. The National Park...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Adding to the Energy and Commerce Committee’s bipartisan #RecordOfSuccess, the House of Representatives today passed H.R. 4557, the Blocking Regulatory Interference from Closing Kilns (BRICK) Act, by a bipartisan vote of 238-163. The bill was authored by committee member Rep. Bill Johnson...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: The Capitol Reef National Park Visitor Center will be open 8:00 am to 5:00 pm daily starting Tuesday March 22, 2016. Winter visitor center hours of 8:00 am to 4:30 pm are generally from October to March each year. The park itself is open continuously.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: Defendant is One of 34 Individuals Charged as Part of Investigation into Methamphetamine Trafficking on the Mescalero Apache Reservation.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Derrick Knight, 41, of Linden, New Jersey, pleaded guilty today to one count of manufacturing counterfeit currency, three counts of possessing counterfeit currency, and three counts of dealing in counterfeit currency. U.S. District Judge C. Darnell Jones scheduled a sentencing hearing for June 13, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: St. Louis, MO -Fourteen people have been charged in a federal indictment alleging a large-scale conspiracy to traffic in contraband cigarettes. Twelve of the fourteen defendants were arrested earlier today, and the two remaining defendants are expected to surrender in the near future. The indictment had been returned on Feb. 18, 2016, but remained sealed until the arrests today. The defendants are primarily from New York and the Atlanta area.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that JOHNNY BAHAM, age 53, of Mandeville, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to stealing the United States mail.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Adding to the Energy and Commerce Committee’s bipartisan #RecordOfSuccess, the House of Representatives today passed H.R. 4557, the Blocking Regulatory Interference from Closing Kilns (BRICK) Act, by a bipartisan vote of 238-163. The bill was authored by committee member Rep. Bill Johnson...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a Leesville resident pleaded guilty to burglarizing homes and a truck on the Fort Polk military installation.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today delivered the following opening statement at a hearing examining implementation of existing free trade agreements with the United States’ trade partners.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: Washington, DC - United States Senators Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) today introduced the National Biomedical Research Act with all of their Democratic colleagues on the Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP) Committee. This bill would increase funding for targeted biomedical...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Adding to the Energy and Commerce Committee’s bipartisan #RecordOfSuccess, the House of Representatives today passed H.R. 4557, the Blocking Regulatory Interference from Closing Kilns (BRICK) Act, by a bipartisan vote of 238-163. The bill was authored by committee member Rep. Bill Johnson...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: A federal grand jury indicted Myron A. Francis, 63, of Painesville, for robbing a bank in Mentor, said Carole S. Rendon, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI's Cleveland Office.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation is preparing for flood operations to manage increased runoff into Folsom Reservoir as a series of storms are scheduled to move through the area over the next several days.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George J. Hazel sentenced Gary Warren Hancock, Jr., age 37, of Temple Hills, Maryland, today to 25 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for robbery, brandishing a firearm during the robbery and being a felon in possession of a gun and ammunition. A federal jury convicted Hancock of those charges on May 5, 2015, after a six day trial.
