News from May 2016
By Interior Newswire | May 9, 2016
News Release: DURANGO, Colo. - The Bureau of Reclamation is contracting with Weeminuche Construction Authority, a Ute Mountain Ute Tribe construction company for surveying and construction of the Lake Nighthorse boat inspection and decontamination station. Survey work and construction will begin in May 2016.
By EPA Newswire | May 9, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - In comments filed with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today, the four original co-sponsors of the Food Labeling Modernization Act - U.S. Representative Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), U.S. Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and U.S. Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA) - urged the agency to finalize a new rule clarifying the use of “natural" on food labeling.
By Commerce Newswire | May 9, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - In comments filed with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today, the four original co-sponsors of the Food Labeling Modernization Act - U.S. Representative Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), U.S. Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and U.S. Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA) - urged the agency to finalize a new rule clarifying the use of “natural" on food labeling.
By DOL Newswire | May 9, 2016
News Release: Participants: U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration
By DOL Newswire | May 9, 2016
News Release: Employer names: Thomson Plastics Inc. Inspection site: 130 Quality Drive, Thomson, Georgia 30824. Citations issued: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued citations to Thomson Plastics on May 09 for one repeated and two serious safety violations. Investigation...
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A Lodi oncologist and his wife, who served as the doctor’s office administrator, have paid the United States $300,000 to settle allegations that they improperly billed Medicare for certain chemotherapy drugs purchased from an unlicensed foreign pharmaceutical distributor, Acting United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2016
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that Martin Alan Schnitzler, 43, was sentenced to one year and a day in prison for calling two mosques in Pinellas County, Florida, and threatening to firebomb them and shoot their worshippers.
By DOE Newswire | May 9, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - In comments filed with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today, the four original co-sponsors of the Food Labeling Modernization Act - U.S. Representative Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), U.S. Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and U.S. Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA) - urged the agency to finalize a new rule clarifying the use of “natural" on food labeling.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2016
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - A variety of local, state, and federal law enforcement officers were recognized for outstanding contributions to regional law enforcement objectives and prosecutions during an awards ceremony today hosted by United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2016
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A longtime member of the Mexican Mafia prison gang who controlled Latino street gangs in Orange County for at least three decades was sentenced today to 15 years in federal prison after being found guilty earlier this year of federal racketeering offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2016
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Convicted sex offender Christopher Barker, 27, of Follansbee, West Virginia, pled guilty today to moving across state lines without updating his sex offender registration status, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOE Newswire | May 9, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), has scheduled a markup for Wednesday, May 11, 2016, at 5 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building to consider two bills. H.R. 4775 would facilitate implementation of ozone and other national air...
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2016
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A longtime member of the Mexican Mafia prison gang who controlled Latino street gangs in Orange County for at least three decades was sentenced today to 15 years in federal prison after being found guilty earlier this year of federal racketeering offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2016
News Release: COLUMBIA, SC - South Carolinians participating in the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA’s) eleventh National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Initiative (NTBI) held on Saturday, April 30, 2016, turned in 6,688 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. This amount highest total collected statewide during the ten previous Take-Back events.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2016
News Release: (GREENBELT -, Md. - U.S. District Judge Roger W. Titus sentenced Matthew Nicka, 43, of Baltimore today to 188 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute at least 1,000 kilograms of marijuana and conspiracy to commit money laundering. Judge Titus also entered a forfeiture order requiring Nicka to pay a money judgment of $15 million, which represents the proceeds of the offense.
By EPA Newswire | May 9, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), has scheduled a markup for Wednesday, May 11, 2016, at 5 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building to consider two bills. H.R. 4775 would facilitate implementation of ozone and other national air...
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2016
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced Anthony Niles, age 37, of Bowie, Maryland today to 10 years in prison followed by eight years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute and possession with intent to distribute heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2016
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced Anthony Niles, age 37, of Bowie, Maryland today to 10 years in prison followed by eight years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute and possession with intent to distribute heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2016
News Release: Defendant also sentenced to intermittent confinement and 150 hours community service.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2016
News Release: FARGO - U. S. Attorney Christopher C. Myers announced that on May 9, 2016, Ronnel Johnson, 31, Minneapolis, Minn., was sentenced before U. S. District Judge Ralph R. Erickson to serve three (3) years and four (4) months years in prison for Transportation for the Purposes of Prostitution. Judge Erickson also ordered that Johnson serve five (5) years supervised release and he must pay a $100 special assessment to the Crime Victims’ Fund.
