News from May 2016
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2016
News Release: In the history of the Republic, the House of Representatives has voted to impeach a federal official only 19 times. I served on this Committee to consider six of those 19 resolutions. I voted in favor of five of them. And I helped to draft articles of impeachment against President Richard Nixon-and joined with 20 Democrats and six Republicans-to send three of those articles to the House floor. The lessons I draw from these experiences are hard earned.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2016
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Chintamkumar Patel, 23, made his initial appearance on Friday, May 20, 2016, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Ruth Miller after being charged in a complaint with using a false document to defraud the United States, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced. Patel was released pending further proceedings after a detention and preliminary hearings on Monday.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2016
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that, on May 23, 2016, Samuel Spivack, 32, of Burlington, Vermont was sentenced to three years of supervised release after his guilty plea to charges that he distributed heroin. U.S. District Court Judge William K. Sessions III...
By Interior Newswire | May 24, 2016
News Release: Hanksville, Utah-The Bureau of Land Management-Utah (BLM-Utah) Henry Mountains Field Station is partnering with the Burpee Museum of Rockford, Illinois, to conduct free guided tours at the Hanksville-Burpee Dinosaur Quarry. Daily tours for the public begin May 27th and run through June 4th. No tours...
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2016
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Joel Zweig, an attorney who resides in New York, was charged with wire fraud, obstruction of justice, perjury, aggravated identity theft, and false statements to a government agency announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch, Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge...
By Interior Newswire | May 24, 2016
News Release: Just before 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, May 18, a 47-year-old Texas woman, Wendy Larrabee, was struck by traffic as she crossed the West Entrance Road on foot. Bystanders started CPR immediately and rangers arrived within minutes, but she was pronounced dead at the scene.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2016
News Release: A Sioux City man who threatened another man with a sawed-off shotgun was sentenced on March 30, 2016 to more than a year in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2016
News Release: Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, G. F. “Pete" Peterman, III, announced today that Hugh Stephen Worley, age 54, of Bethlehem, Georgia was sentenced to 31 months in federal prison on May 24, 2016, for one count of bribery by the Honorable C. Ashley Royal, U.S. District...
By Commerce Newswire | May 24, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today called for the U.S. to use every tool at its disposal - including the new Leveling the Playing Field Act provisions - to respond to unfair trade by China and other nations, in testimony today at the International Trade Commission.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2016
News Release: A former police officer with the Port St. Lucie Police Department was sentenced yesterday to life in prison by United States District Judge Robin L. Rosenberg in Fort Pierce, Florida. He had previously pled guilty to multiple federal child exploitation charges.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2016
News Release: DAYTON - Gary Swisher, Jr., 44, of West Carrollton, Ohio, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 40 months in prison for possessing a firearm after having been convicted of a felony.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2016
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, and Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent in Charge Raymond R. Parmer, Jr., announced today that Raymond Kinney, 54, of Jacksonville, has pleaded guilty to child pornography charges.
By Commerce Newswire | May 24, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) delivered the following opening statement this evening at the House Natural Resources Committee markup of the bipartisan bill that addresses the debt crisis in Puerto Rico, the PROMESA Act (H.R. 5278 )...
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2016
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that DONNIE EUGENE DREW, age 26, of Muskogee, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 37 months imprisonment, followed by 36 months of supervised release for FELON IN POSSESSION OF FIREARM, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 922 (g)(1).
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2016
News Release: Sajmir Alimehmeti, a/k/a “Abdul Qawii," purchased knives and other military-type equipment, provided advice and assistance to an individual he believed to be traveling to fight with ISIL, and took steps to facilitate his own travel to join ISIL.
By US DOT Newswire | May 24, 2016
News Release: Today, we are examining the consequences of a failing public transportation infrastructure system in our nation’s capital region. There are multiple reasons for this failure, but the single most important reason is our lack of commitment nationwide to rebuilding our infrastructure. We patch, we fill cracks, we paint, but we don’t rebuild in a timely manner.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2016
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Kedwin Vargas, 25, and Rene A. Laureano, 30, of Roxbury, Mass., have been ordered detained in federal custody on federal criminal complaints charging them with conspiracy to transport a minor interstate for prostitution and transporting a minor interstate for prostitution.
By Homeland Newswire | May 24, 2016
News Release: I want to thank Chairman Simpson for his bipartisan approach in preparing this bill. I also thank Chairman Hal Rogers and Ranking Member Nita Lowey for their efforts throughout.
By Interior Newswire | May 24, 2016
News Release: A wide range of recreational opportunities abounds for individuals of all ages and interests in Idaho. As Memorial Day approaches, BLM offers the following tips for safe enjoyment of the outdoors:Camping: Most BLM campgrounds throughout Idaho are open and ready for the weekend. Please keep these tips...
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that ALLAN WENDERLAY DOMINGUEZ, age 47, a citizen of Honduras, pled guilty today to a one-count Indictment for illegal reentry of removed alien previously convicted of an aggravated felony.
