News from March 2016
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 17, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. -At the conclusion of a lengthy hearing of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform to investigate the Flint water crisis, the Committee’s Ranking Member, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, called for Michigan Governor Rick Snyder to resign.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2016
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorneys Joseph Price (619) 546-7642 and Joseph Purcell (619) 546-7643.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2016
News Release: False Down-payments Claimed to Get Financing.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An Allegheny County resident has been sentenced in federal court for discharging a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime, as well as for possessing with the intent to distribute heroin, and possessing firearms after having been convicted of a felony, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2016
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - LaCharles Hodges, a/k/a “Boogie," 28, and Charles Battle, a/k/a “C.J.," 37, of Portsmouth, Virginia, pleaded guilty this week for their involvement in a Portsmouth-based crack cocaine trafficking operation. Norman Stephenson, 35, pleaded guilty Feb. 3, 2016. All were members of the...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 17, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Today, in response to the release of an email written just yesterday, claiming retaliation against employee Miguel Del Toral did not occur, the Committee released information more accurately depicting the circumstances within U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 as the...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 17, 2016
News Release: Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Director Neil Kornze today finalized the transfer of approximately 1,500 acres of land to the Olgoonik Corporation in Wainwright. The transfer fulfills requirements in congressional legislation directing the BLM to sell the lands to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Two Indian nationals were indicted by a federal grand jury today for allegedly smuggling foreign nationals into the United States via commercial airline flights, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 17, 2016
News Release: The Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer (FLC) has named Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Director Willie E. May as its Laboratory Director of the Year for 2016. Also recognized by the FLC with a 2016 Excellence in Technology Transfer Award is a NIST engineering team for its development of a computer simulation program that predicts air and contaminant movement within buildings.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2016
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - David H. DeMathews, 63, of Columbus, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to one count of wire fraud and one count of money laundering.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 17, 2016
News Release: On Saturday, March 12, over 350 visitors celebrated National Girl Scout Day at Manhattan Project National Historical Park, in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. This successful event was due to the collaborative efforts of the American Museum of Science and Energy (AMSE), National Park Service, Children’s Museum of Oak Ridge (CMOR), and the Southern Appalachian Girl Scout Council.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A former Johnson County restaurant owner was indicted Wednesday on charges of fraudulently obtaining $605,000 in loans, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2016
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a Shreveport resident was sentenced to 18 months in prison for failing to update his sex offender registration.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 17, 2016
News Release: Elephant Butte, N.M. - The irrigation season is set to begin on the Rio Grande Project in southern New Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2016
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana announced that DERRICK JOSEPH DURAN, age 28, a resident of Des Allemands, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to a three-count mail fraud Indictment.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 17, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - In a speech today on the Senate floor, Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) called on colleagues to put unworkable political proposals aside and work together to put forth fiscally responsible solutions to address Puerto Rico’s financial and economic crisis.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2016
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - March 17, 2016 - Justin Harris, 43, a/k/a “Cole," of Columbia, Tennessee, pleaded guilty today before Chief U.S. District Judge Kevin A. Sharp, to conspiracy to possess and distribute between 150 and 500 grams of methamphetamine, and to threatening to retaliate against a government witness, announced David Rivera, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2016
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - A jury voted yesterday to convict Wanxiang Chen, age 28, of transporting aliens in the United States for the purpose of financial gain.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Lower Brule, South Dakota, man was charged with Criminal Contempt on Feb. 24, 2016.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 17, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration today issued a final rule establishing procedures for handling whistleblower retaliation complaints under the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010.
