News from December 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Chief U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Daniel Alexander, age 53, of Pikesville, Maryland today to 18 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiring to distribute oxycodone and alprazolam. Chief Judge Blake also ordered Alexander to forfeit $30,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2016
News Release: CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA - A second defendant in a local drug conspiracy which was responsible for dealing significant quantities of extremely pure methamphetamine, was sentenced today in the United States District Court for the Western District Court in Charlottesville, United States Attorney John P. Fishwick Jr. announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2016
News Release: PHOENIX - This week, Nicholas Cooper, 32, of Hotevilla, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge John J. Tuchi to 37 months’ imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release. Cooper, an enrolled member of the Hopi Tribe, had previously pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2016
News Release: DALLAS - A Dallas man, Kevin Howard, who admitted that he and his accomplice, Jerry Ware, committed the armed robberies of five 7-Eleven/RaceTrac stores in Dallas in October 2014, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Ed Kinkeade to serve 300 months in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2016
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Mexican citizen was sentenced Tuesday to 10 months in prison for manufacturing fake identification, immigration and Social Security documents.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that LaTanya McCain, 21, of Niagara Falls, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the Government, before U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 8, 2016
News Release: Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee, today delivered the following remarks on the House floor regarding the second FY2017 Continuing Resolution.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Rupesh Bhakta, 38, of Farmington, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to a methamphetamine trafficking charge. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Bhakta will be sentenced within the range of 24 to 60 months in prison.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 8, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ecosphere, a premier journal of peer-reviewed papers on the science of ecology, includes a special feature on the National Park Service’s Natural Resources Inventory and Monitoring efforts, "Science for our National Parks’ Second Century" in its current issue.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 8, 2016
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, and U.S. Rep. Don Young, all R-Alaska, today sent a letter to President Obama reiterating their strong objections to the use of Section 12(a) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) to withdraw acreage in the Arctic planning areas of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) from future leasing.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2016
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A United States District Court jury convicted the final defendant in the current federal Short North Posse racketeering and murder case today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today against Silas Duane Boston, 75, charging him with two counts of first degree maritime murder, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 8, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), chairman of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today released a statement following the House passage of S. 612, the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation (WIIN) Act. The WIIN Act authorizes port, waterway, and flood protection ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2016
News Release: CHICAGO - A former sergeant in the Chicago Police Department was sentenced today to six months in federal prison for taking cash payments from a liquor store clerk in exchange for disclosing government information.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 8, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Following the Senate’s passage of the 21st Century Cures Act on Wednesday by a vote of 94 to 5, the bill was sent today to Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) before moving to the White House for the president’s signature. The House passed the game-changing medical innovation bill on Nov. 30, by a vote of 392 to 26. Both Speaker Ryan and Senate Pro Tempore Orrin Hatch (R-UT) officially signed the bill at this morning’s Enrollment Ceremony.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2016
News Release: Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that on December 8, 2016, Jeremy T. Blair, 41, of Collinsville, Illinois, pled guilty to an indictment charging him with Access with Intent to View Prepubescent Child Pornography. Because Blair has a prior...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 8, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today held a hearing to examine the economic potential and issues at play within the Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) industry. The hearing provided an opportunity to learn more about this...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2016
News Release: A Warrensville Heights man was convicted of engaging in the straw purchase of a firearm, said Carole Rendon, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 8, 2016
News Release: Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today delivered the following opening statement at a Subcommittee hearing on “Mixed Martial Arts: Issues and Perspectives:"
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 8, 2016
News Release: NOAA Fisheries will administer the Seafood Import Monitoring Program to further curb Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing practices and to identify misrepresented seafood imports before they enter the U.S. market.
