News from May 2016
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2016
News Release: Former North Charleston, South Carolina, Police Officer Michael Slager Charged with Federal Civil Rights Offense.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez, Special Agent Terry Wade of the FBI’s Albuquerque Division and Chief Herman Silva of the Laguna Pueblo Tribal Police Department announced today the sentencing of Trevor Hunt for his conviction on sexual assault and criminal civil rights charges. Hunt, 22...
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to a term of imprisonment of 72 months (6 years), to be followed by six years of supervised release, on his conviction of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin and crack cocaine, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2016
News Release: Possessed 26 firearms and 3,700 rounds of ammunition.
By Commerce Newswire | May 11, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) gave the following opening statement today at a Subcommittee on Health Hearing on “Health Care Solutions: Increasing Patient Choice and Plan Innovation."
By DOE Newswire | May 11, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) got a House call today from Dr. Phil McGraw, commonly known by the title of his television show, “Dr. Phil."
By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2016
News Release: On Thursday May 26, at 7 p.m.Homestead National Monument of America will host the monthly Beatrice Public Library Book discussion at the Homestead Education Center. In honor of the National Park Service Centennial, as well as the Monument's 80th Birthday, we will be discussing "Homestead National Monument...
By DOE Newswire | May 11, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) gave the following opening statement today at a Subcommittee on Energy and Power markup of H.R. 4979, the “Advanced Nuclear Technology Development Act of 2016," and H.R. 4775, the “Ozone Standards Implementation Act."
By Homeland Newswire | May 11, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, introduced the Trickett Wendler Right To Try Act of 2016 on Tuesday during a meeting with ALS patients and those affected by the slow federal drug approval process.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2016
News Release: NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Angel M. Melendez, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the U.S. Immigration and Customs...
By Commerce Newswire | May 11, 2016
News Release: “Nearly 47 million Americans are living in poverty - that includes one in five children. Poverty rates for individuals with a college degree have recently gone up. A family of four is living on less than $24,000 a year on average.
By Commerce Newswire | May 11, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Ways and Means Committee Member and Budget Committee Chairman Tom Price, M.D. (R-GA), House Energy and Commerce Committee Member John Shimkus (R-IL), and House Ways and Means Committee Member Charles Boustany Jr, M.D. (R-LA) spearheaded a letter sent today demanding Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt to withdraw the Administration’s proposed Part B Drug Payment Model.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2016
News Release: Contact Person: JD Rowell (803) 929-3000.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2016
News Release: RENO, Nev. - The federal grand jury in Reno today indicted Robert Rand M.D. and eight others on felony drug conspiracy and other charges, announced U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden for the District of Nevada. The indictment replaces the prior criminal complaint, and is required in order for the government to prosecute the defendants on the felony charges.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 12 years imprisonment, followed by 5 years supervised release, on a charge of Sex Trafficking of a Child, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By EPA Newswire | May 11, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) gave the following opening statement today at a Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade Hearing on “Daily Fantasy Sports: Issues and Perspectives."
By EPA Newswire | May 11, 2016
News Release: Washington, DC - The Select Investigative Panel has turned its attention to the allegations of practices by late-term abortionist LeRoy Carhart and a Germantown, Maryland, abortion clinic. Public reports indicate at least five women have been sent to the hospital since December while seeking an abortion in this clinic. The clinic is one of the few in the nation that performs abortions during the third trimester.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2016
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that AMANDA LEEANN TIGER, age 26, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 33 months imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised released for POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE METHAMPHETAMINE, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(C).
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - In a plea agreement filed this morning, a Glendale doctor has agreed to plead guilty to a federal drug trafficking charge for illegally distributing hydrocodone, a powerful painkiller best known by the brand names Vicodin and Norco.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2016
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that David Roger Nelson, age 60, of Piedmont, pled guilty yesterday in federal court in Greenville, to harboring a fugitive and conspiracy to steal mail, violations of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1071 and 371, respectively.
