News published on Federal Newswire in December 2016

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2016

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Tony Derrick Torrez, 33, of Albuquerque, N.M., was arraigned today in federal court on an indictment charging him with drug trafficking and firearms charges. Torrez waived a detention hearing and will remain in custody pending trial on the indictment, which has yet to be scheduled.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2016

News Release: Lifepoint Dental Group, LLC, and its owners, Aaron Blass, Angelina Blass, D.D.S., Mindy Richtsmeier, D.D.S., and Brad Richtsmeier, D.D.S., have agreed to pay more than $300,000 to settle allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by submitting claims for dental procedures, including scalings...

By Commerce Newswire | Dec 7, 2016

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Human Resources Subcommittee Chairman Vern Buchanan (R-FL) today praised the final legislation of the 21st Century Cures Act, commonly known as the “Cures Act," for including provisions from the Ways and Means Committee that will improve the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program and child welfare programs.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2016

News Release: Law enforcement intercepted package containing over 80 grams of methamphetamine.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2016

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A member of the DeCavalcante Family of La Cosa Nostra today admitted using a telephone to plan the murder of an organized crime rival, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2016

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A member of the DeCavalcante Family of La Cosa Nostra today admitted using a telephone to plan the murder of an organized crime rival, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2016

News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that two Detroit, Mich., men have been indicted by a federal grand jury for robbing a Springfield, Mo., jewelry store.

By Commerce Newswire | Dec 7, 2016

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and eight other key Democratic Members of Congress - including Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.), Ranking Member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, and Rep. Betty McCollum (D-Minn.), Ranking Member of the Appropriations Subcommittee...

By DOE Newswire | Dec 7, 2016

News Release: The Energy Department today recognized 30 winners across the federal government with the 2016 Federal Energy and Water Management Awards. These annual awards highlight federal agencies' commitments and accomplishments in leading the nation toward more sustainable energy, water and vehicle fleet use and saving taxpayer money and reducing pollution.

By DOE Newswire | Dec 7, 2016

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and committee member Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY) today introduced a bipartisan bill to repeal the newspaper broadcast cross-ownership ban.

By DOE Newswire | Dec 7, 2016

News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today upon news of Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt's expected nomination to head the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA):

By DOE Newswire | Dec 7, 2016

News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today issued the following statement praising the Senate for passing H.R. 34, the 21st Century Cures Act, by a vote of 94-5. Pallone was the lead House Democratic negotiator on this legislation, and worked closely with Energy and Commerce Chairman...

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2016

News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Columbia, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for child sex trafficking.

By Interior Newswire | Dec 7, 2016

News Release: FOLSOM, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released the final environmental documents for a program to issue Special Event Permits

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2016

News Release: OAKLAND - Michael Anthony Martin, 42, of Tracy, Calif., was sentenced today to 370 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to commit robbery affecting interstate commerce and robbery affecting interstate commerce announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Federal Bureau of Investigation...

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2016

News Release: CHICAGO - The CEO of a Florida-based financial firm has pleaded guilty to fraud charges in connection with the sale of $179 million in sham loans to a Milwaukee investment company.

By Commerce Newswire | Dec 7, 2016

News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) called for the elimination of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s catfish inspection program today at the Subcommittee on Health hearing titled “Waste and Duplication in the USDA Catfish Inspection Program:"

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2016

News Release: Baltimore, Maryland -William H. Steinhaus IV, age 34, of Brunswick, Maryland, pleaded guilty on December 6, 2016, to sexual exploitation of a child to produce child pornography.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2016

News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - David Perez Hernandez was sentenced today to six years in prison for possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine and using, carrying, or possessing a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Federal Bureau...

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2016

News Release: Joon Kim, Deputy United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michael McGarrity, Special Agent in Charge of the Criminal Division of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today that a Roman marble peplophoros statue (the “Torlonia Peplophoros")...