Attorney General, Illinois Poison Center Warn Illinoisans to Spike in ER visits & Death Due to Synthetic Drugs Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—April 30, 2015. Attorney General Lisa Madigan and the Illinois Poison Center issued an alert today to reports of new, deadly forms of synthetic drugs turning up across the country leading[Read More…]
Day: April 30, 2015
Leader of an Illegal International Gambling Enterprise Convicted of Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 30, 2015. A federal jury in Oklahoma City convicted a Texas man today of running an illegal international gambling enterprise and conspiring to commit money laundering, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Sanford C. Coats of the Western District of Oklahoma.[Read More…]
Kolon Industries Inc. Pleads Guilty for Conspiring to Steal DuPont Trade Secrets Involving Kevlar Technology
Kolon Sentenced To Pay $360 Million in Restitution And Fines Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 30, 2015. Kolon Industries Inc., a South Korean industrial company, pleaded guilty this morning in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, to conspiracy to steal trade secrets involving E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co.’s (DuPont) Kevlar technology. The company[Read More…]
Huntsville, Alabama, Police Officer Charges with Excessive Use of Force and Obstruction of Justice
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 30, 2015. The Justice Department announced that Huntsville, Alabama, Police Department Officer Brett Russell, 48, has been charged with deprivation of rights under color of law for allegedly assaulting and injuring G.H., a detainee, on Dec. 23, 2011. Russell also has been charged with obstruction of justice for[Read More…]
Thirteen Current and Former Law Enforcement Officers and Two Others Indicted for their Alleged Participation in a Drug Trafficking Conspiracy
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 30, 2015. Thirteen current and former law enforcement officers and two other individuals have been indicted and arrested for allegedly protecting narcotics shipments and cash proceeds during transit along the east coast for what they believed was a large-scale drug trafficking organization that was actually an undercover operation[Read More…]
Military Contractor in Afghanistan Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Offering Bribes to a US Army Official
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 30, 2015. An independent contractor for a trucking company in Afghanistan that was responsible for delivering fuel to U.S. Army installations was sentenced to four years in prison today for offering a U.S. Army serviceman $54,000 in bribes to falsify documents confirming the receipt of fuel shipments that[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama in Discovery Education Webinar with Middle School Students
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 30, 2015 – 11:11 A.M. EDT OSMAN: Good morning, everyone. My name is Osman Yaya, and I’m a 6th grade student at Bennett Middle School in Salisbury, Maryland. Welcome to the White House and Discovery Education’s Of The People Series. We are live from Anacostia Library in Washington,[Read More…]
Department of Defense Press Briefing by General Breedlove, April 30, 2015
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 30, 2015. Presenters: General Philip Breedlove, commander, U.S. European Command, and NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe GENERAL PHILIP BREEDLOVE: Alrighty. STAFF: Sir, we’re going to end right at 3:30, just so everybody knows that up front. Just gotta connect the engagement we’ve got to book up, so right[Read More…]
Statement by Secretary of Defense Ash Carter on the Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission Report
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 30, 2015 The Department of Defense commends the Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission for its 18-month independent review of the military retirement and compensation programs administered both inside and outside DoD. Their work confirmed many positive changes that we’re making to uphold our commitments to our people,[Read More…]
Senator Merkley Introduces Education-To-Jobs Package
Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–April 30, 2015. Today, Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley announced an education-to-jobs package to better connect students to careers. Merkley’s bills, introduced today in the U.S. Senate, would protect students from predatory for-profit colleges peddling degrees that do not actually lead to jobs, and improve access to middle and[Read More…]