News from December 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: DEC 20 - BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, New England Division and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Victor Rivera, 44, of New Haven, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport, to 83 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for his role in a heroin distribution ring.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - Mike Lozano, 29, of Lubbock, Texas, was sentenced this morning by Senior U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings to 135 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in September 2016 to one count of attempted enticement of a minor, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY) issued the following statements on the release of a year-end report by members of the bipartisan encryption working group...
By EPA Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY) issued the following statements on the release of a year-end report by members of the bipartisan encryption working group...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: ROCKFORD - Three Rockford-area men have been sentenced for their roles in an arson conspiracy to use an explosive to damage a pickup truck.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: ST. GEORGE, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has signed records of decision (RODs) completing the planning process for the Beaver Dam Wash and Red Cliffs national conservation areas’ resource management plans (RMPs) and the St. George Field Office RMP amendment. The RODs identify management...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: Correctional Officer Provided Contraband Items To Prison Inmates.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss - Kenneth Fairley, 62, of Hattiesburg, and Artie Fletcher, 55, of Picayune, were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett on Monday, Dec. 19, 2016 for their roles in a scheme to defraud the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), announced U.S. Attorney Gregory...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A doctor practicing in Staten Island, New York, was charged today with accepting bribes in exchange for test referrals as part of a long-running and elaborate scheme operated by Biodiagnostic Laboratory Services LLC (BLS), of Parsippany, New Jersey, its president and numerous associates, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: Pipestone, MN: Superintendent Glen H. Livermont announced that the Pipestone National Monument and other National Park Service (NPS) sites, around the country, proudly join the nation in observing Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (MLK) Day by offering fee-free entry into the parks on Jan. 16, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss - Brad Douglas Gatlin, age 50, of Laurel, pled guilty on Dec. 19, 2016 in U.S. District Court to theft of federal funds, U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston Cab dispatcher and his wife were sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with arranging a sham marriage for an Ethiopian relative so he could obtain legal status in the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: Terrance Williams Pleads Guilty To The Murder Of An Innocent Bystander; Wendell Belle Pleads Guilty To The Brutal Stomping Death Of Moises “Noah" Lora.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Charles J. Senke, age 59, of Syracuse, New York, was indicted by a federal grand jury for traveling in interstate commerce to meet a minor for illicit sexual conduct, as well as online enticement.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY) issued the following statements on the release of a year-end report by members of the bipartisan encryption working group...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - The Winter Use Adaptive Management Plan is available to read online. This plan is the culmination of collaborative efforts by members of the public and park officials to use the best available science and public input to continually improve winter use management in Yellowstone National Park.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Although the 114th Congress is winding down, the Energy and Commerce Committee continues to build on its bipartisan #RecordOfSuccess as President Obama recently signed three #SubCMT bills into law. The bipartisan bills signed into law were S. 3183, the Better Online Ticket Sales (BOTS) Act, H.R. 5111, the Consumer Review Fairness Act, and H.R. 4665, the Outdoor REC Act of 2016.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Members of the bipartisan encryption working group - established in March 2016 by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), Ranking Member John Conyers (D-MI), House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), and Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) - today released a year-end report laying out key observations and next steps.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Members of the bipartisan encryption working group - established in March 2016 by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), and Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) - today released a year-end report laying out key observations and next steps.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: ATLANTA - Thomas O. Beaurem, 25, of McDonough, Ga., a former postal service employee, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on a charge of unlawfully delaying and destroying mail. He was arraigned today and pleaded not guilty before federal Magistrate Judge Justin Anand.
