News from May 2016
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announces that the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the federal conviction and sentence of a Belle Fourche, South Dakota, man.
By Commerce Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA), has announced a hearing for Wednesday, May 11, 2016, at 10 a.m. in Room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building, entitled “Health Care Solutions: Increasing Patient Choice and Plan Innovation."
By DOE Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - As part of the committee’s broad review of concussions, the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), announced today it will hold a hearing on concussions in youth sports next Friday. The hearing will build upon the committee’s first roundtable...
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: Memphis, TN - Sixteen alleged members of the Gangster Disciples, a nationwide violent criminal organization, have been indicted for allegedly conspiring to participate in a racketeering enterprise. Dozens of alleged Gangster Disciples members have also been arrested in Atlanta, Georgia, on a separate...
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: Yakima - Today, Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Charles Pete Eyle, age 52, of the Yakama Nation Indian Reservation, was sentenced after having previously been being convicted of two counts of Attempted Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Minor...
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former Allegheny County resident has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of distribution and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, resulting in serious bodily injury and/or death; and distribution and possession with intent to distribute heroin and fentanyl, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - As youth Spring football games begin around the nation, Democratic leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today sent letters to collegiate and youth football leaders asking how they plan to prevent and mitigate the risks of degenerative brain disorders for student-athletes.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violation federal narcotics and firearms laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: HOUSTON - A federal jury sitting in Houston has convicted a 48-year-old Houston man for the robbery of two local banks and the attempted robbery of another as well as another charge of escape, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. The jury deliberated for approximately five hours before convicting Henry Lee London Jr. on all counts as charged following a three-day-trial.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: While Overseeing Inmates at the Metropolitan Correctional Center, the Defendant Forcibly Sexually Abused a Female Inmate.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - The former “Inca" of the Springfield Latin Kings gang pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Springfield to distributing heroin.
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: FLAGSTAFF, AZ-The National Park Service (NPS) and International Dark-Sky Association (IDA) are pleased to announce Flagstaff Area National Monuments -Sunset Crater Volcano, Walnut Canyon and Wupatki - have been designated as an International Dark Sky Park by the IDA. The monuments and their immediate...
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park and Outdoor Chattanooga will join forces once again this year to offer a series of free, monthly historical bike tours through Chickamauga Battlefield, beginning Saturday, May 21 at 9:30 am.
By EPA Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA), has announced a hearing for Wednesday, May 11, 2016, at 10 a.m. in Room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building, entitled “Health Care Solutions: Increasing Patient Choice and Plan Innovation."
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - On May 2, 2016, Kyle Wesley Street, 29, of Sells, Ariz., a member of the Tohono O’odham Indian Nation, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Jennifer G. Zipps to 27 months of imprisonment, consecutive to a tribal sentence of 12 months’ incarceration. Street had previously pleaded guilty to assault of an intimate partner by attempted strangulation.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal jury convicted Evans Appiah, a/k/a Sean Carter, age 27, of Silver Spring, Maryland today for conspiracy, mail and wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft arising from an internet romance scheme in which the victims were defrauded of more than $600,000. Following the...
By EPA Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) today responded to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) announcement that it was expanding the Takata airbag recall.
By USDA Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on two produce businesses for failure to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By EPA Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), has announced a hearing for Wednesday, May 11, 2016, at 10:15 a.m. in 2123 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled “Daily Fantasy Sports: Issues and Perspectives."
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Noel Barrera Silva, 27, a Mexican national living in Moorefield, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 78 months in prison for methamphetamine trafficking, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
