News from February 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that MALCOLM DEWAYNE ELLIS, age 38, of McAlester, Oklahoma pled guilty to FELON IN POSSESSION OF FIREARM, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2), punishable by not more than 10 years imprisonment, up to a $250,000.00 fine or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that SERJ GEUTSSOYAN, also known as “Anthony Kirk," 33, of Santa Ana, Calif., pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to conspiring to defraud homeowners across the United States who were seeking mortgage loan modifications.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: A Cedar Falls man who distributed pure methamphetamine was sentenced Feb. 22, 2016, to more than 17 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Adam C. Cobb, 47, of Portsmouth, RI, pleaded guilty in federal court in Providence on Feb. 24, 2015, to one count of child pornography. Cobb was arrested in April 2015, following an investigation by agents from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and members of the Rhode Island State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force (RI ICAC).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Michael Newman, 37, of Richmond, was sentenced today to 70 months in prison for conspiring to distribute marijuana and ethylone.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: PORTLAND, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Akylle Murchison -, 24, of Lewiston, Maine, was sentenced in U.S. District Court by Judge George Z. Singal to nine years...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Romelly Dastinot a/k/a “Marcus," 35, of Lewiston, Maine, was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court by Judge Jon D. Levy to 14 years in prison and three years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute cocaine base (also known as crack cocaine), heroin and oxycodone. He pleaded guilty on April 17, 2015.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: Thank you, Chairman Cole and Ranking Member DeLauro, for holding this hearing. Secretary Burwell, on what may be your last occasion to testify before the House Appropriations Committee, I thank you for your service, first as Director of OMB and now as Secretary of Health and Human Services.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A Topsfield man was sentenced today in connection with evading nearly $400,000 in federal income taxes and making false statements in bankruptcy filings.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: “Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for calling this hearing today. I appreciate your willingness to open a conversation about this issue that I know is a very critical one to Americans seeking access to potentially lifesaving treatments and new medical innovations for themselves or members of their family.
By State Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Yesterday, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) hosted a bipartisan meeting with His Excellency Wang Yi, Foreign Minister of the People’s Republic of China to discuss North Korea sanctions, tensions in the South China Sea and bilateral trade opportunities.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: Thank you very much, Chairman Frelinghuysen. I appreciate you holding this hearing and look forward to working with you to craft the Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 Defense Bill.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., couple were charged in federal court today for robbing the U.S. Bank inside the Price Chopper grocery store on 103rd Street in Kansas City, Mo., on Saturday afternoon.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), the top Democrat on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, delivered remarks on the Senate floor in anticipation of next week’s oral arguments in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, which is currently pending before...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: On Feb. 25, the National Park Service (NPS) will begin seeking the public's comments on a Draft Cultural Landscape Report and Environmental Assessment (CLR/EA) for Effigy Mounds National Monument. The public is encouraged to download and comment on the Draft CLR/EA during the public review period, which will run from February 25 through March 25.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - Following a three-day trial, a federal jury in U.S. District Court in Boston convicted a Brewster man for assaulting a Park Ranger on a federally-protected beach in Eastham, Mass.
By State Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - In an appearance on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe" today, U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said the outcome of Syria’s civil war “is totally in Russia’s hands now" after years of missed opportunities by the Obama administration to support the ...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON -Buffalo National River is one of 25 national parks selected to receive a 2016 Active Trails grant from the National Park Foundation, the official charity of America's national parks. The grant will be used to support a variety of activities ranging from scheduled hikes and river floats to "flexible opportunities" for groups that wish to visit the park to pursue health and fitness goals.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: This year marks the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the National Park Service (NPS). On Monday February 29 at 6 pm, the Bayfield Library will host a special presentation titled “The National Park Service…100 Years and Counting". Neil Howk, Assistant Chief of Interpretation and Education at Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, will explore some of the history of the NPS and explain efforts to celebrate this anniversary.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Jeffery S. Forsythe, 30, Janesville, Wis., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge James Peterson to six years in federal prison for the December 2014 robbery of Bad Brad’s Bar on Rockport Road in Janesville. Forsythe pleaded guilty to this charge on Sept. 23, 2015.
