News from March 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - A federal jury sitting in Las Cruces, N.M., returned a verdict today finding Mia Coy Campbell guilty of being a felon in possession of a firearm. The guilty verdict was announced by U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez, Special Agent in Charge Terry Wade of the FBI’s Albuquerque Division and Commander James McCormick of the Pecos Valley Drug Task Force (PVDTF).
By EPA Newswire | Mar 24, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), and Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) held a panel discussion Wednesday entitled, “Conversation on Child Cures." The discussion, headlined by Roger Daltrey of The Who and co-founder of Teen Cancer America, featured patients and advocates.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 24, 2016
News Release: On Thursday, March 24 NIST Boulder Labs in Boulder, CO is closed due to a continuing snow storm. All conferences and meetings are cancelled or postponed. The snow accumulation continued through Wednesday resulting in 2 feet of accumulation.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2016
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Dupree Myers, 27, previously employed at Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility (“CFCF"), pleaded guilty today to attempted extortion which interfered with interstate commerce and attempted distribution of controlled substances. Myers agreed to deliver OxyContin pills and a cellphone to...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 24, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration today announced a final rule to improve protections for workers exposed to respirable silica dust. The rule will curb lung cancer, silicosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and kidney disease in America's workers by limiting their exposure to respirable crystalline silica.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 24, 2016
News Release: The FAA has released its annual Aerospace Forecast Report Fiscal Years 2016 to 2036 that finds a sustained increase in overall air travel and the use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems
By DOE Newswire | Mar 24, 2016
News Release: Alaska’s extreme winter climate makes heating homes expensive. Residential electricity costs are 60 percent more than the United States on average, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. These high costs have a crippling impact on the state’s low-income community.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2016
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - Diego Alejandro Alcantar-Armenta, 29, of Elko, Nevada, was sentenced on March 21, 2016, in United States District Court to 42 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordered Alcantar-Armenta to forfeit $8,200 in drug proceeds. He pleaded guilty to the charge on Jan. 11, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2016
News Release: HAMMOND- United States Attorney David Capp announced today that an Indictment was filed charging James Hunley, 50, with four counts of Hobbs Act Robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2016
News Release: EUGENE, Ore. - Nikita Rose Garcia, 28, a former resident of Douglas County, Oregon, was sentenced on March 22, 2016, to five years in prison and four years of supervised release by U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken for aiding in the distribution of more than 50 grams of methamphetamine. Garcia previously...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2016
News Release: ROANOKE, VIRGINIA - A Roanoke man, who came to be in possession of firearms stolen from a local home last summer, pled guilty today in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Roanoke, United States Attorney John P. Fishwick Jr. announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced Mahmood Hussain, age 31, of Laurel, Maryland today to 10 years in prison, followed by four years of supervised release, for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, and for conspiracy to commit money laundering.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2016
News Release: Pasco County, Florida, Man Sentenced to Prison for Cross Burning.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2016
News Release: A Martin County man was convicted yesterday, following a federal jury trial, on charges stemming from his harassment of police officers and the obstruction of civil lawsuits, during the course of extensive bank and mail fraud schemes.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2016
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Sherri Walker Hobson (619) 961-0287.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 23, 2016
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Chairman Phil Roe (R-TN) today issued the following statement in response to the Department of Labor’s final “persuader" rule...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2016
News Release: In El Paso today, a federal jury convicted Elizabeth “Betty" Garcia de Nieto of Delicias, Chihuahua, Mexico, of her role in an income tax return scheme that resulted in more than $2.9 million in fraudulent refunds being issued by the IRS announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) Special Agent in Charge William Cotter.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 23, 2016
News Release: Dear Chairman Rogers: We are all shaken and heartbroken by the tragic attacks that took place today in Belgium, and our thoughts and prayers are with the victims, their families, and all those affected. As leaders of the Appropriations Committee, we have the unique responsibility to ensure the federal...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 23, 2016
News Release: The day of the dinosaurs had a dawn, the Late Triassic was it, and this time on Earth has captured the imaginations of people worldwide. Explore this extraordinary slice of Earth’s history - a time when great reptiles roamed and the first dinosaurs appeared on our planet. Discover what the Chinle Formation reveals about this part of the world more than 200 million years ago and learn about vital, ongoing research at Petrified Forest National Park.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 23, 2016
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON— Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Deputy Administrator Joe Nimmich, Coast Guard Rear Admiral Mark Butt, and DHS Assistant Secretary for International Affairs and Chief ...
