News from September 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Marcelino Chalan, 27, of Cochiti Pueblo, N.M., appeared in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., this morning on a criminal complaint charging him with bank robbery. During the hearing, the court found probable cause to support the charge in the criminal complaint.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2015
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Maulana Rashada Harrison, aka Bah, 32, of Richmond, was sentenced today to 240 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release for distributing heroin and being in possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 17, 2015
News Release: The Honorable Gina McCarthy, Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
By USDA Newswire | Sep 17, 2015
News Release: A U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientist is investigating the potential health benefits of specialty flours-particularly those made from wine grape seeds.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2015
News Release: Victim Had Relocated to Northern Idaho.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2015
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A federal grand jury in Providence on Wednesday returned a five-count indictment charging Dujuan Harris, 35, of Providence, R.I., with sex trafficking a 17-year-old girl, witness tampering and production of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha, Providence Police Chief Colonel Hugh T. Clements, Jr., and Matthew J. Etre, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations for New England.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 17, 2015
News Release: Mr. Roderick Allison, Director, Office of Law Enforcement/Federal Air Marshal Service, Transportation Security Administration, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
By Interior Newswire | Sep 17, 2015
News Release: MOOSE, WY - The public boat dock at Colter Bay will be temporarily closed on Monday, September 21 due to paving activities in the area. The public boat docks at Leeks Marina and Signal Mountain will be accessible for launching or removing boats from Jackson Lake. Paving activities will take place throughout the Colter Bay area, and access to all other facilities and services will be available.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2015
News Release: Philadelphia - David Thomas, a/k/a David Thompson, 22, of Philadelphia, PA, Alvin Johnson, 29, of Philadelphia, PA, and Sharae Johnson Coleman, 28, of Philadelphia, PA, were charged today by indictment[i] in a series of robberies with charges of conspiracy and bank robbery. Defendant David Thomas is...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - A former chief deputy auditor for LaPorte County, Indiana, was convicted today by a federal jury in the Northern District of Indiana of embezzling over $150,000 from the LaPorte County government, tax fraud and defrauding her elderly father-in-law out of at least $400,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney for the District of Wyoming Christopher A. Crofts announced today that on Sept. 16, 2015, John William Spoonhunter, 31, was charged with aggravated sexual abuse of a child in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2241(c) and 1153 in connection with allegations occurring on the Wind River Indian...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2015
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney John J. Field and Trial Attorneys Jeffrey A. McLellan and Thomas F. Koelbl, from U.S. Department of Justice Tax Division, who handled the prosecution of the case, stated that Cyster was a ringleader of a group of Canadian citizens who forged Internal Revenue Service (IRS) forms...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2015
News Release: In El Paso, a federal grand jury has charged an Ecuadorian couple for their alleged roles in an undocumented alien smuggling conspiracy announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Waldemar Rodriguez, El Paso Division.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 17, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Rep Fred Upton (R-MI) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA) today released a new report from the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO). The government watchdog’s report examines the Environmental...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2015
News Release: PHOENIX - Today, U.S. Attorney John S. Leonardo announced that $550,000 in grant funds have been awarded to Northern Arizona University to encourage and build innovative and collaborative safety and accountability networks among stakeholders in Santa Cruz County. The grant funds were awarded by the Office on Violence Against Women (“OVW"), which is a component of the Department of Justice (“DOJ").
By EPA Newswire | Sep 17, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Health today held a hearing to discuss two draft bills authored by full committee Vice Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-NC) to bolster the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act of 2002 and the Partial-Birth...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2015
News Release: CLARKSBIRG, WEST VIRGINIA - Jeny Fury, 31, of Clarksburg, was convicted of heroin trafficking in federal court, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 17, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today approved legislation to lift the nearly 40-year-old ban on crude oil exports. H.R. 702, to adapt to crude oil market conditions, passed the committee by a vote of 31-19. Chairman Emeritus Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) and Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) introduced the bipartisan legislation which is expected to be considered by the full house later this month.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2015
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the arrest and charge against RAHEEM JONES for possession of a gun after a shooting in New Rochelle, New York that resulted in a victim being shot three times. JONES was arrested Tuesday by the Westchester County Department of Public Safety and was presented before United States Magistrate Judge Paul E. Davison yesterday and detained.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 17, 2015
News Release: This morning, Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy Chris Smith, along with Zhang Yuqing, Deputy Administrator of China’s National Energy Administration (NEA), opened the 15th US-China Oil and Gas Industry Forum (OGIF) in Chongqing, China.
