News from December 2016
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 6, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today highlighted some of the key environmental accomplishments of the Obama administration over the last eight years in his statement submitted for the record for a Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on “Volkswagen’s Emissions Cheating Settlement: Questions Concerning ZEV Program Implementation:"
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2016
News Release: I want to thank the Members and panelists for participating in today’s forum on the Electoral College. We are holding this panel because recent elections and public sentiment have made it clear that there are serious problems with the present system for electing our President and Vice President.
By State Newswire | Dec 6, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement regarding the White House report on the legal framework that guides America’s national-security activities...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 6, 2016
News Release: A powerful Senate committee wants all hospitals to explicitly ban surgeons from overseeing two simultaneous operations, weighing in on a controversy that has roiled Massachusetts General Hospital and spurred a national debate on patient safety.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2016
News Release: A federal grand jury indicted Jesse M. Smith, 38, of Quaker City, Ohio, today for obstructing the proceedings of a federal grand jury and threatening two federal agents, said Carole S. Rendon, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Pine Ridge, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for three counts of Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Minor.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 6, 2016
News Release: SPRINGDALE, UT - Four artists have been selected to serve as the Park’s Artists-in-Residence throughout the 2017 season. The artists were selected from a large pool of applicants in partnership with Southern Utah University. The artists and residency dates are as follows.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2016
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Pineville man pleaded guilty Monday to possession of child pornography.
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: Defendant used Skype to contact underage victim.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2016
News Release: DENVER - Jerome Andre Kimble, age 32, of Ouray, Colorado, was arrested late last week on charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, Acting U.S. Attorney Bob Troyer and ATF Denver Division Acting Special Agent in Charge Ron Humphries announced. The defendant, who is considered a serious threat to law enforcement, was arrested at a Montrose fast food restaurant during the middle of the day.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2016
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Kenneth William Kirkland, 48, of California City, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd to four years and nine months in prison for being a felon in possession of firearms, being a felon in possession of a destructive device, being a felon in possession of explosives, and possession of a destructive device not registered in the National Firearms Registry, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A Lynn man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with stealing nearly $80,000 in veteran benefits.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 5, 2016
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 On December 5, 2016, the U.S.-EU Ministerial Meeting on Justice and Home Affairs occurred in Washington, D.C. The meeting reaffirmed the strong and historical bonds between the United States and the European Union, and the commitment to continue working closely together in the areas of Justice and Home Affairs.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 5, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, Dec. 5, 2016 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the appointment of six new members and the re-appointment of five members to the Council for Native American Farming and Ranching. As a discretionary advisory committee, the Council provides recommendations to the Secretary ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2016
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that the developers of six multi-family housing complexes in southern Mississippi have agreed to pay $350,000 to settle claims that they violated the Fair Housing Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act by building apartment complexes that were inaccessible ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2016
News Release: The Justice Department today announced a multinational operation involving arrests and searches in four countries to dismantle a complex and sophisticated network of computer servers known as “Avalanche.” The Avalanche network allegedly hosted more than two dozen of the world’s most pernicious types ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2016
News Release: Christopher Lee Cornell, 22, of Green Township, Ohio, was sentenced today to 30 years in prison for plotting, planning and attempting an attack on government officials during the State of the Union Address in 2015 in the name of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2016
News Release: A federal jury convicted a Newport News, Virginia, man on numerous charges related to the racketeering enterprise activity of a gang known as the Black P-Stones.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2016
News Release: The Justice Department reached an agreement with the Watson Chapel, Arkansas, School District to ensure that the district does not discriminate on the basis of race in its administration of school discipline. The consent order, approved today by the District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, ...
