News from December 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, Acting U.S. Attorney Soo C. Song of the Western District of Pennsylvania and Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Pittsburgh Division Robert Johnson issued the following statement today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: Tampa, FL - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the unsealing of an indictment charging David Owen (39) and Andrew Corrigan (23), both of New Port Richey, with one count of money laundering conspiracy. If convicted, each faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. The indictment also notifies the defendants that the United States is seeking a money judgment in the amount of at least $547,149, the proceeds of the conspiracy.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today following the announcement that Congressman Greg Walden (R-OR) will be the new Chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: ATLANTA - After temporarily closing the childhood home of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in August for safety reasons, the National Park Service is optimistic that the first floor will be repaired and re-opened to the visiting public in time for the Martin Luther King, Jr., Day holiday weekend in January.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, December 8, at 10 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Mixed Martial Arts: Issues and Perspectives."
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Newark, New Jersey, man today admitted trying to rob a Paterson, New Jersey, residence while dressed in a Passaic County Sheriff’s uniform, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today released the following statement regarding the Committee’s vetting process for presidential nominees...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: PRICE, Utah-The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Price Field Office invites the public to a reception highlighting the artwork and contributions of artists in the Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry Artists-in-Residence Program. This free public event will be held on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016, from 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the Prehistoric Museum in Price, Utah. Light refreshments will be provided.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: Last night, the innovation game-changer 21st Century Cures Act overwhelmingly passed the House of Representatives 392-26. The wide bipartisan vote would not have been possible without the strong support of energized advocates in the patient and research communities across the nation. Massachusetts advocates support has been particularly unwavering, recognizing the importance of delivering #CuresNow to patients.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Daniel Albert Chavez, 53, of Acoma, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 33 months in prison for robbing a Wells Fargo Bank branch in Grants, N.M. Chavez will be on supervised release for two years following his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: G.F. “Pete" Peterman, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announced that Eddie Dewayne Whipple, age 38, of Toomsboro, Georgia was sentenced Nov. 30, 2016, to 151 months for possession with intent to distribute cocaine by the Honorable Marc T. Treadwell, United States District Court Judge, in Macon, Georgia. Mr. Whipple entered a plea of guilty to this charge on Sept. 22, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: COVINGTON, Ky. - A Cincinnati, Ohio man has been sentenced to 26 years in federal prison for providing drugs to someone who died of an overdose in the Kenton County jail.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Reynaldo Marquez, 26, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court to 120 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for discharging a firearm during a crime of violence.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today issued the following statement congratulating Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman-elect Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR). Rep. Walden will take over the committee in the 115th Congress.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: GREENSBORO, N.C. - Six members of a marijuana distribution and money laundering organization that operated in Alamance, Guilford, and Wake Counties were sentenced on drug trafficking and money laundering charges, announced Ripley Rand, United States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management Casper Field Office announced today that Muddy Mountain Road will be closed on Thursday, Dec. 1 for the winter.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: Crimes Took Place in Northeast Washington.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: Itawamba County Man Sentenced to 40 Years in Federal Prison for Child Sexual Exploitation and Child Pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that MICHAEL DAVID LINCOLN, age 40, of McAlester, Oklahoma, pled guilty to DRUG CONSPIRACY, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 846, 841(a)(1), and 841(b)(1)(A), punishable by not less than 10 years or more than life imprisonment, and up to a $10,000,000.00 fine or both.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, held a press conference with Senate and House Democrats to address the immediate need to implement the Department of Labor’s overtime rule. They were joined by worker advocates from the National Employment Law Project (NELP), the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), and MomsRising.
