News from December 2016
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Early Saturday, the United States Senate advanced numerous pieces of legislation championed by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. These bills now head to President Obama for his signature to become law.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that an O’Kreek, South Dakota, woman convicted of Possession of Methamphetamine was sentenced on Nov. 28, 2016, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On Dec. 12, 2016, Aaron Lamonte Miles, age 47, of West Burlington, Iowa, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Stephanie M. Rose to 48 months in prison for failure to register under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, announced United States Attorney Kevin E. VanderSchel. Miles also will be required to serve a ten-year term of supervised release following his release from imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - A federal jury sitting in Santa Fe, N.M., returned a verdict this afternoon finding Cornelia Tom Tapaha, 40, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Shiprock, N.M., guilty on assault charges after a six-day trial. The verdict was announced by U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez, Special Agent in Charge Terry Wade of the FBI’s Albuquerque Division, and Director Jesse Delmar of the Navajo Nation Division of Public Safety.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. -On Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, will convene a forum for Members of Congress and the public to hear from top ethics experts across the political spectrum about the unprecedented conflicts of interest currently facing President-Elect Donald Trump and his incoming Administration.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Charleston man was sentenced today to two years and eight months in federal prison for a drug crime, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Antonio Tarvares Johnson, 39, previously pleaded guilty to distribution of heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that NAAMAN JOE MCCOY, age 27, of Pocasset, Oklahoma, pled guilty to THEFT IN INDIAN COUNTRY, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 661 and 1152, punishable by not more than 5 years imprisonment, and up to a $250,000.00 fine or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: Graduate student arrested in southern California after being accused of unleashing harmful software on a local provider of chatroom software.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: CINCINNATI - Brenda Ashcraft, 46, of Milford, Ohio was sentenced to 97 months in prison and ordered to pay restitution to 34 victims of a fraudulent investment scheme she operated between 2009 and 2013. The victims lost more than $4.2 million according to government calculations.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JAMILA WILLIAMS-STEVENSON, 36, of West Haven, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to one count of bank fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: Employer name: Mountaire Farms Inc. Inspection site: 55 Hosier Street, Selbyville, Delaware. Corporate address: P.O. Box 1320, Millsboro, Delaware. Citations issued: On Dec. 2, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued citations to the company's Selbyville...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: The U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate last week approved and sent to the president the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation (WIIN) Act, a comprehensive water resources infrastructure bill. Several Energy and Commerce Committee provisions were part of the WIIN Act including...
By DOE 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 DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: Justice Department Opens Investigation into Hampton Roads Regional Jail in Portsmouth, Virginia.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today issued the following statement on the Senate’s failure to reconfirm Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC):
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: Defendant Stabbed Victim in the Face.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that on Dec. 12, 2016, Billy Evans, 26, pled guilty to an indictment charging him with Assault with a Dangerous Weapon with Intent to do Bodily Harm. Both Evans and the victim were inmates at the Federal...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Kan., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to enticing a child victim, whom he met online, into engaging is illegal sexual activity.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2016
News Release: A Toledo man was sentenced to 30 years in prison for his involvement in conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a kilogram of heroin, said U.S. Attorney Carole S. Rendon.
