News from December 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2016
News Release: This criminal organization made an excess of $1 million dollars by smuggling people from various countries into the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2016
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - An inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution in Loretto, Pa., was indicted by a federal grand jury in Johnstown on a charge of attempt to obtain contraband in prison, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 13, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today upon news of former Governor of Texas Rick Perry’s expected nomination to head the Department of Energy (DOE):
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2016
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA - On Dec. 12, 2016, Manuel Espinozaheather Jean Reekr, a 33 year-old resident of Pico Rivera, California, was sentenced by Senior United States District Court Judge James E. Gritzner to 240 months of imprisonment for Conspiring to Distribute Methamphetamine, and to 120 months of...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2016
News Release: Spokane - Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Hugh Allen Russell, age 31, of Spokane, Washington, was sentenced today after having previously pled guilty on Sept. 15, 2016 to Receipt of Child Pornography. Senior United States District Court...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 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 illegally possessing two firearms.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 13, 2016
News Release: On Saturday, the Senate approved the Federal Assets Sale and Transfer Act (H.R. 4465), bipartisan legislation to shrink the federal footprint and streamline the disposal of excess or underutilized federal buildings to save taxpayers billions of dollars. The House approved H.R. 4465 in May, and with the Senate’s approval, the bill now goes to the president.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 13, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, President Barack Obama will be joined by Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and other Congressional leaders for the signing ceremony for the 21st Century Cures Act.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 13, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, President Barack Obama will be joined by Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and other Congressional leaders for the signing ceremony for the 21st Century Cures Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2016
News Release: Over 8 Kilos of Heroin and $500,000 in Cash, Cars and Jewelry Seized.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2016
News Release: FBI, Police Still Looking for Man Who Robbed Bank in Carlsbad in 2012.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 13, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today upon news of former Governor of Texas Rick Perry’s expected nomination to head the Department of Energy (DOE):
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2016
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Troy Baldridge, 48, of Richmond, pleaded guilty today to charges related to his role in an investment scheme that caused a loss of over $540,000.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 13, 2016
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - At 8 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 15, Yellowstone National Park roads will open to the public for motorized oversnow travel. Winter is here!.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: Tampa, FL - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Clark D. East (59, Sugarland, TX) with embezzlement from a bankruptcy estate. If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A former employee of a bank in Great Bend pleaded guilty Monday to stealing more than $73,600 from the bank, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: Dear Vice President-Elect Pence: Congratulations to President-Elect Trump and you on your election. Your shared commitment to regulatory reform is an important step in unwinding years of regulatory overreach that expanded the size, scope, and cost of government. On November 8, the American people voiced...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bicameral leaders sent a letter on Friday to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt asking questions about the misclassification of the EpiPen Auto-Injector and EpiPen Jr Auto-Injector by Mylan Pharmaceuticals for purposes of the Medicaid Drug...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: CANON CITY, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service, in cooperation with Colorado Parks and Wildlife invite you to participate in an online mapping exercise for Browns Canyon National Monument to increase understanding of how people interact with the monument, what is meaningful about it and the role it plays in the way people live, work and play.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: Portland Man Presented with FBI Director's Community Leadership Award.
