News from December 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A grand jury Wednesday returned federal charges against a Topeka man in two armed robberies, one of which ended in a police officer being shot, U.S. Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: Doctor Admits Submitting Claims for Procedures He Never Actually Performed.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: Cummings Convenes Forum with Top Ethics Experts on Trump Conflicts of Interest
By Interior Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: (BUTTE, Mont.) - The Bureau of Land Management’s Butte Field Office has released an assessment report completed during the 2013 field seasons for 12 livestock grazing allotments within the Missouri River Foothills Planning Area.The report is available online at.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: A Willoughby man was indicted on child pornography charges, said Carole S. Rendon, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to commit armed robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: Jury deliberated under five hours before finding David Givhan guilty of all charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: SOUTH BEND - United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, David Capp, announced that Ivan Brazier, 40, of South Bend, Indiana was sentenced before South Bend District Court Judge Robert Miller, Jr. for kidnapping and extortion.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: FBI San Diego Citizens Academy Alumni Association Holds Holiday Event for Monarch School.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Four years after the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, meaningful mental health reforms are now law. President Obama signed the 21st Century Cures Act into law yesterday, which included mental health reforms spearheaded by Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA).
By USDA Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., today released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) released its interim final rule. Two additional proposed rules address unfair preferences and the poultry tournament system.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Four years after the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, meaningful mental health reforms are now law. President Obama signed the 21st Century Cures Act into law yesterday, which included mental health reforms spearheaded by Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA).
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that GRAEGG L. HOLMES, age 43, of New Orleans, was sentenced yesterday after previously pleading guilty to committing wire fraud related to the 2010 British Petroleum Oil Spill.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man who photo-shopped images of child pornography to appear as if he was engaged in sexual activity with children pleaded guilty and was sentenced in federal court today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On Dec. 14, 2016, Antonio Deshawn Thomas, age 38, of Davenport, Iowa, was sentenced by Chief United States District Court Judge John A. Jarvey to 188 months in prison on the charge of Conspiracy to Distribute Crack Cocaine and to 120 months for the charge of Felon in Possession of...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD) today sent a letter to Vice President-elect Mike Pence, the head of the Trump transition team, seeking answers after the transition team sought to identify Department of Energy (DOE) employees and contractors who worked on or participated in international climate talks.
By State Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement regarding the need for accountability for human rights violations in Nigeria...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: CHICAGO - A federal grand jury has indicted City of Chicago Alderman WILLIE B. COCHRAN on charges he pocketed money from a charitable fund that was intended to help families and children in his South Side ward.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: Contact Person: Nancy Wicker (803) 929-3000.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will hold a wild horse and burro adoption event in Mercedes, Texas, January 6-7, 2017. The two-day event at the Rio Grande Valley Livestock Showgrounds will feature dozens of outstanding animals. The event will take place from noon - 6:00pm on Friday, January 6, and 8:00am - 10:00am on Saturday, January 7. The BLM will offer all animals on a first-come, first-served basis for the minimum adoption fee of $125 (set by law).
