News from December 2016
By DOT News Wire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today announced that its negotiated rulemaking committee, the ACCESS Advisory Committee, has reached an important agreement to improve the accessibility of lavatories on single-aisle aircraft and of in-flight entertainment. The ACCESS Advisory ...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: The National Park Service is announcing the start of a contaminated mine drainage remediation project scheduled to begin January 6, 2017. Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area contains over 100 abandoned mine openings which are part of historic coal operations. Abandoned mines produced waste...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOSEPH McANDREW, 75, of Pawcatuck, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 30 days of imprisonment, followed by six months of home confinement and three years of supervised release, for misusing client funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Marilyn Whatley, 38, of Columbus, Ohio, pled guilty in federal court today to transporting stolen goods across state lines, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on Nov. 21, 2016, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: He Defrauded Victims of Over $30M Through Multiple Schemes and Obstructed Justice.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY - Dec. 12, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A Chelsea man, dubbed the “Spelling Bee Bandit," was arrested and charged today in connection with four bank robberies in the Greater Boston area.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man convicted of Second Degree Murder was sentenced on December 5, 2016, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: Back to Work for the American People.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: Former Congressman Chaka Fattah Sr., 60, of Philadelphia, was sentenced to 120 months in prison for participating in a racketeering conspiracy involving several schemes intended to further his political and financial interests by misappropriating federal, charitable and campaign funds, among other things.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cancelled the Dec. 13, 2016, meeting of the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health (NACOSH) Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Professionals Pipeline Work Group, in Washington, D.C. Cancellation of the work group meeting has no effect on the NACOSH meeting, which is still scheduled for Dec. 14.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOSEPH McANDREW, 75, of Pawcatuck, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 30 days of imprisonment, followed by six months of home confinement and three years of supervised release, for misusing client funds.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: MOSINEE, Wis. - A federal investigation, prompted by the death of a 51-year-old chemical technician at a coatings company's facility in Mosinee, has resulted in multiple safety violations.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Aaron C. Robinson, 51, of Steuben, Maine was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. to a year and a day in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Robinson pleaded guilty to the charge on June 22, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: Bassem Afif Herz, age 31, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was sentenced today following his pleas of guilty to various charges related to a scheme to illegally export hundreds of firearms to Lebanon.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation released the Finding of No Significant Impact for the Firebaugh Canal Water District Second Lift Canal Lining Project Phase 5 - Washoe Avenue to Ashlan Avenue. The Environmental Assessment details Reclamation’s proposed grant of $564,000 to FCWD through...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the following statement in response to reports that the Russian government directed operatives to launch cyber attacks against U.S. political entities in order to influence the outcome of our presidential elections in November.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Bulgarian man has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh in connection with a sophisticated malware package known as GozNym, designed to steal banking credentials and other confidential personal information from infected computers, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: Mexican National Sentenced to 135 Months in Prison for Conspiring to Launder $20 Million in Drug Trafficking Proceeds.
