News from December 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2016
News Release: Matthew Ungashick, 39, of Canton, was charged with receiving, distributing and possessing visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct, said Carole S. Rendon, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Cleveland Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - DEA Acting Administrator Chuck Rosenberg today announced results from the 2016 National Drug Threat (NDTA), which details the extent to which illicit drugs are affecting the United States. Most notably, the 2016 NDTA continues to illuminate the nationwide opioid epidemic, which is fueling...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 6, 2016
News Release: In the midst of a critical two week stretch on the #Path2Cures, the battle to deliver cures and cutting-edge treatments is being fought on all fronts. On last Sunday’s edition of Full Measure with Sharyl Attkisson, Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, called attention to a growing public health threat - superbugs.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2016
News Release: FBI Agents Arrest Gulfport Man for Possession of Stolen Boat.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 6, 2016
News Release: CORTEZ, Colo. - Walk in ancient footsteps. Soak in the silence. Marvel at a night sky overflowing with stars. Hear a lone coyote’s howl. Experience the past at Hovenweep National Monument.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2016
News Release: Earlier today, an indictment was unsealed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, charging seven defendants for their involvement in narcotics trafficking and an attempted Hobbs Act robbery in the Queensbridge Houses located in Long Island City, NY. Three additional...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Seven members of the New Jersey branch of the international street gang “La Mara Salvatrucha," (MS-13) have been sentenced to prison for their roles in a violent criminal enterprise that included murder, extortion, and plots to kill witnesses, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman and Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2016
News Release: A South Florida resident was ordered to pay $607,566 for her involvement in the filing of false claims in connection with the Deepwater Horizon explosion and pollution incident in the Gulf of Mexico in April 2010.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 6, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today advanced seven Energy and Commerce Committee bills, building on the committee’s bipartisan #RecordOfSuccess. To date, over 130 bipartisan Energy and Commerce bills and provisions have cleared the House.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 6, 2016
News Release: Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) today announced a number of senior staff changes as preparations continue for the start of the 115th Congress.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2016
News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas -The last of three defendants convicted for their respective roles in the May 2013 murder of Juan Jesus Guerrero Chapa in Southlake, Texas, Jesus Gerardo Ledezma-Cepeda, a/k/a “Chuy" and “Juan Ramos," was sentenced this morning by Senior U.S. District Judge Terry R. Means to two life sentences to be run concurrently in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 6, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today advanced seven Energy and Commerce Committee bills, building on the committee’s bipartisan #RecordOfSuccess. To date, over 130 bipartisan Energy and Commerce bills and provisions have cleared the House.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 6, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today held a hearing examining the investment commitments attached to the recently approved Partial Consent Decree in the Volkswagen “Clean Diesel" settlement as well as the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) role in implementing the settlement’s terms.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Rideout Health will pay the United States $2,425,000 to settle the federal claims of alleged violations of the Controlled Substances Act by three of Rideout Health’s facilities in Yuba and Sutter Counties: Rideout Memorial Hospital, Fremont Medical Center, and Feather River Surgery Center, United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Darmetrius Braggs, 19, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking activity, was sentenced to 60 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 6, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today held a hearing examining the investment commitments attached to the recently approved Partial Consent Decree in the Volkswagen “Clean Diesel" settlement as well as the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) role in implementing the settlement’s terms.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 6, 2016
News Release: Operate model railroad trains, learn about a Homespun Christmas with active demonstrations, enjoy yummy treats at the Prairie Sweet Shop, view gingerbread houses, watch a blacksmith operate and so much more at the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center!
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2016
News Release: HOUSTON - A local tax return preparer has entered a guilty plea to preparing false tax returns and obstructing the IRS in the enforcement of federal income tax laws, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson along with D. Richard Goss, special agent in charge of Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation (CI).
By EPA Newswire | Dec 6, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today advanced seven Energy and Commerce Committee bills, building on the committee’s bipartisan #RecordOfSuccess. To date, over 130 bipartisan Energy and Commerce bills and provisions have cleared the House.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 6, 2016
News Release: Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY), Ranking Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, today issued the following statement regarding the FY2017 Continuing Resolution.
