News from December 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Christy Goldsmith Romero, the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program, Patricia M. Ferrick, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Laura S. Wertheimer, the...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2016
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - On December 5, 2016, Jarvarus Antwon Smith, 31, of Montgomery, Alabama, was sentenced to 1 year in prison following his conviction on federal access device fraud charges, announced George L. Beck, Jr., United States Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2016
News Release: A former Detroit Public Schools principal of was convicted at a jury trial today in an illegal bribery and kickback scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 9, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), chairman of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee issued the following statement today after the Senate voted 78-21 to pass S. 612, The Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation (WIIN) Act. This legislation authorizes 30 Army ...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 9, 2016
News Release: DEC. 9 - To commemorate the 200th anniversary (Dec. 11, 1816) of “The Hoosier State," the U.S. Census Bureau presents population counts for the state of Indiana from every census since 1820 in this graphic, as well as the latest population estimates. Internet address: .
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2016
News Release: A 24-year old Dearborn man was sentenced yesterday to more than five years in prison for making false statements to federal agents in relation to a terrorist investigation, announced U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 9, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Rep. Richard Neal (D-MA), incoming Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Committee, today released the following statement after the top Social Security Republican introduced legislation to cut Social Security benefits...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2016
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Richard A. Lazarra today sentenced Altius Willix (48, Winter Haven) to life in federal prison for conspiracy, attempted possession of methamphetamine, and assaulting federal officers. A federal jury found him guilty on August 4, 2016.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 9, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.), chairman-elect of the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, today announced that Mike Bloomquist, Karen Christian, Peter Kielty, and Paul Edattel will continue to serve the committee. All are longtime veterans of Capitol Hill.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2016
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Frederick Forson-Peebles, Jr., 25, of Hampton, was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. This is the maximum sentence of imprisonment allowed under federal law.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 9, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -Today, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) announced that this week’s Republican address will be delivered by House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI). In the address, Chairman Upton will discuss the 21st Century Cures Act, groundbreaking medical innovation legislation signed by Speaker Ryan earlier this week.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 9, 2016
News Release: The National Park Service has canceled a workshop to discuss progress on the Denali Trails Strategy that was scheduled for December 13 at the Tri-Valley Community Library in Healy.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2016
News Release: Defendant One of 104 Individuals Federally Charged as a Result of ATF-Led Investigation Pursued in Support of Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2016
News Release: Falsely Claimed to Work for Immigration Service and Could Provide ‘Green Card’.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 9, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, President Obama issued Executive Order 13689 on the Northern Bering Sea Climate Resilience. The order withdraws 40,300 square miles from oil and natural gas leasing using the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) released the following statement.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2016
News Release: Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that on December 9, 2016, Antonio M. Green, 27, an inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution located in Greenville, Illinois (FCI-Greenville), was sentenced for possession of contraband by a federal inmate.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 9, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today on the release of a Senate companion discussion draft to the Viewer Protection Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - On Thursday, after a three-day trial, a federal jury found Antonio Nicholas Smith, 26, of Stockton, guilty of unlawfully possessing a firearm as a felon, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. The trial was held before U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - U.S. District Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr. sentenced Sherry Taggart, 57, of El Dorado Hills, today to two years in prison and ordered her to pay $757,412 in restitution for conspiring to file false claims and filing false claims, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. Taggart pleaded guilty to the charges on Sept. 23, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2016
News Release: HOUSTON - Two brothers have been convicted on charges of conspiracy to commit health care fraud, health care fraud and money laundering, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
