News from April 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: On April 18, 2016, Rolando Aguilar Conde, a resident of Miami, Florida, was sentenced to 36 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release for unlawfully possessing a credit card skimmer and account information belonging to another individual.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: Upcoming Webinars. April 20: Live Webinar on How Feedstock Types Affect Biofuels Conversion. Webinar Sponsor: Bioenergy Technology Office. The Energy Department will present a live a webinar titled "Field-to-Fleet Webinar: How Does Feedstock Type Affect Biofuels Conversion?" on Wednesday, April 20, at...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a Shreveport man pleaded guilty to possessing a loaded revolver after being convicted of a felony.

By Commerce Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: MARKUP: Ways and Means Announces Markup of Trade Legislation.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Curtessa Monet Franklin, 21, of Canton, Massachusetts, pled guilty in federal court in Martinsburg today to conspiring to provide false information while attempting to purchase a firearm, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.

By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today welcomed unanimous approval by the Committee of his legislation to prioritize the United States-Caribbean relationship. The United States-Caribbean Strategic Engagement Act of 2016, which Rep. Engel...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: Defendant Committed Crimes While Registered as a Sex Offender.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: PORTLAND, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Chad Conner, age 35, of Scarborough was sentenced by United States District Judge Nancy Torresen for the crime of conspiring...

By DOE Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) issued the following statement after Senate passage of S. 2012, the Energy Policy Modernization Act...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today commended the U.S. Senate for passing S. 2012, the Energy Policy Modernization Act, a bipartisan energy bill.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that ANTHONY RODRIGUEZ, 29, of Bridgeport, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to 37 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally possessing firearms.

By EPA Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today gave the following opening statement at a Health Subcommittee Markup of 12 bills to address our nation’s opioid abuse epidemic.

By DOL Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, issued the following statement on the second hearing of the House Republican Select Committee established to undermine Planned Parenthood and interfere with women’s access to health care.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: CHICAGO - A Glenview man who was hired by the Cook County Circuit Court Clerk’s Office after loaning $15,000 to a company controlled by the Clerk’s husband pleaded guilty to a perjury charge today for lying during testimony before a federal grand jury.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: ABINGDON, VIRGINIA - An inmate at the USP Lee in Jonesville, Virginia, who previously pled guilty to unlawfully possessing a weapon inside the prison, was sentenced yesterday in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Abingdon, United States Attorney John P. Fishwick Jr. announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: GREAT FALLS - Joseph Dean Lee, 27, of Scobey, was sentenced for assault with the intent to commit aggravated sexual abuse and assault with the intent to commit abusive sexual contact on April 19, 2016. Lee was convicted following a jury trial in January. U.S. District Court Judge Brian M. Morris sentenced Lee to 110 months of imprisonment, three years of supervised release, and a $200 special assessment.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: An indictment was unsealed today charging a doctor and three other individuals with conspiracy to illegally distribute prescription drugs, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: Washington, DC - During a hearing held today by the Select Investigative Panel on Infant Lives to examine The Pricing of Fetal Tissue, Fay Clayton, a lead Democrat witness, told the panel that StemExpress should be asked to turn over their banking records and documents to determine if they have or haven’t profited from the sale of baby body parts.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced today Chad Conner, age 35, of Scarborough was sentenced by United States District Judge Nancy Torresen for the crime of conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute oxycodone and cocaine. Conner received a sentence of 33 months in prison to be followed by 3 years of supervised release for these crimes.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: TWIN FALLS, ID - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Twin Falls District Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet April 21 at 8:30 a.m. at the Best Western Sawtooth Inn in Jerome. A formal comment period will be held from 9:45 to 10:15 a.m.