News from December 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that a one-count Bill of Information was filed yesterday against a local ophthalmologist charging him with paying approximately $231,034 in illegal kickbacks.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Belvidere man was sentenced on firearms charges today by U.S. District Judge Philip G. Reinhard. MICHAEL TAPIA, 26, of Belvidere, Ill., was sentenced to a total of 20 years in federal prison and to 3 years of supervised release following imprisonment. Tapia did not appear at the sentencing and was sentenced in absentia after Judge Reinhard found that Tapia was knowingly and voluntarily absent.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JONATHAN FISHER, 35, of Norwich, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 30 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: Brandon Hoskins, 32, of Centralia, Illinois, was sentenced to sixty months in federal prison on Dec. 13, 2016, for possession of a firearm in connection with a drug offense, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Donald S. Boyce, announced today. Hoskins was also ordered to pay a $100 special assessment and to serve three years of supervised release after he is released from prison.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: The National Weather Service has issued a coastal flood watch and a high wind watch which is in effect for Thursday for most Bay Area hills and beaches.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - Yesterday, a federal grand jury returned a 23-count indictment against JOHN ARNOLD SHELLEY, 66, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, in connection with the failure of the Bank of Union, announced Mark A. Yancey, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma. The counts...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: CUSSETA, Ala. - When she wasn't employed as a temporary worker at a Cusseta manufacturer that stamps metal parts for Hyundai and Kia vehicles, Regina Allen Elsea was making final plans for her wedding and looking forward to a new life with her future husband.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released a report today showing the significant improvements in women’s access to healthcare as a result of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). This progress is under threat as President-elect Donald J. Trump and Congressional Republicans remain determined to repeal the ACA and all its protections.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: A Mexican national living in Canton was indicted on cocaine trafficking and immigration charges, said Carole S. Rendon, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: TUPELO, MS: Weather depending, the Natchez Trace Parkway will conduct two prescribed fires (controlled burns) on Thursday, December 15 and Friday, December 16.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: In Del Rio today, a federal grand jury indicted a 20-year-old Guatemalan national for assaulting a U.S. Border Patrol agent last month announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr. and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management Eastern States (BLM-ES) generated $1,717,312 for leasing rights on parcels offered at the second online oil and gas lease sale under new authority provided by Congress.
By EPA 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 DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: Brandon Hoskins, 32, of Centralia, Illinois, was sentenced to sixty months in federal prison on Dec. 13, 2016, for possession of a firearm in connection with a drug offense, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Donald S. Boyce, announced today. Hoskins was also ordered to pay a $100 special assessment and to serve three years of supervised release after he is released from prison.
By Commerce 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: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that MAURICE SHARPE, 44, of Waterbury, waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to one count of health care fraud.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: Many communities in rural Alaska are taking steps to lower energy costs and reduce reliance on imported fuel. To advance these efforts, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Indian Energy is offering a series of regional energy workshops in January 2017. Designed to provide Alaska Native villages and corporations and their partners with the knowledge and tools needed to navigate the complexities of developing clean energy projects, the workshops will cover.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: Anchorage - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today generated $18.8 million at an oil and gas lease sale from the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A). The State of Alaska will receive 50 percent of the bid receipts, or $9.4 million. A total of 92 bids were submitted, the most since the BLM started offering annual lease sales in the NPR-A in 2011.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released a report today showing the significant improvements in women’s access to healthcare as a result of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). This progress is under threat as President-elect Donald J. Trump and Congressional Republicans remain determined to repeal the ACA and all its protections.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2016
News Release: A Kent man convicted of domestic violence was charged with illegally having a firearm, said Carole S. Rendon, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
