News from May 2016
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that two men were indicted by a federal grand jury on April 19, 2016, for multiple offenses on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and John P. Carlin, Assistant Attorney General for National Security, announced that ALI REZA PARSA, a Canadian-Iranian dual citizen and resident of Canada, was sentenced on Friday, May 20, 2016, to three years in prison...
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - John Cal Howe II, 42, of Lakehead, was sentenced today to 18 months in prison after being convicted of 23 misdemeanor counts in a scheme to obtain thousands of dollars in veterans’ benefits to which he was not entitled, Acting United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By Homeland Newswire | May 23, 2016
News Release: Dear Chairman Wheeler: The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) rules and regulations for the communications sector can have a significant effect on the security of individual Americans, our critical infrastructure, and our national and economic security. Given our committees’ past work on cybersecurity,...
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2016
News Release: Canadian-Iranian Citizen Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for Conspiring to Violate Iran Sanctions.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2016
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - Two local men have been ordered to federal prison for their roles in a conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Guadalupe Trevino Jr., 43, and Guadalupe Trevino III, 24, both of Edinburg, pleaded guilty Aug. 28, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2016
News Release: Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced today that Merwin J. Wynos, Jr., (age: 28) of Neopit, Wisconsin, was sentenced to three years in federal prison by Chief United States District Judge William C. Griesbach. The sentence also included three years of supervised release and restitution for damaged or destroyed property of a convenience store.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2016
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Tunisia Phillips-Lark, also known as "Kesha" and "Nish Nish," of Muskegon, Michigan was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for perjury, U.S. Attorney Patrick Miles announced today. In addition to the prison term, U.S. District Judge Robert Holmes Bell imposed a three-year term of supervised release that will commence once Phillips-Lark is released from imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Kansas City man who threatened employees with a gun and dragged a woman by her hair during a bank robbery was sentenced Monday to 17 years in federal prison, Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By Homeland Newswire | May 23, 2016
News Release: Dear Dr. Califf: On April 25, 2016, the Peripheral and Central Nervous System Drugs Advisory Committee held a public meeting to consider a new drug application for a treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. This is a disease that, as noted in a March 16 letter to your colleague Dr. Janet Woodcock,...
By US DOT Newswire | May 23, 2016
News Release: The House of Representatives unanimously approved two bipartisan bills today to shrink the federal footprint, improve the federal government’s management of its real estate portfolio, and to streamline the disposal of excess or underutilized federal buildings to save taxpayers billions of dollars.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2016
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Anthony Watson, 26, and Joshua Martin, 24, both from Jackson, pled guilty on Friday, May 20, 2016, before U.S. District Judge Carlton W. Reeves, to using a firearm during a drug trafficking offense, U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | May 22, 2016
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 Secretary Johnson observes the reception of a repatriation flight in El Salvador. DHS photo by Barry Bahler. (DHS Photo by Barry Bahler/Released) View Original Secretary Johnson observes the reception of a repatriation flight in El Salvador. DHS photo by Barry Bahler.
By State Newswire | May 22, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - This morning, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) discussed EgyptAir Flight 804 on ABC’s “This Week with George Stephanopoulous." Below are video and a few key excerpts.
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2016
News Release: Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, home of Theodore Roosevelt, 26th US President, will be opened Mondays and Tuesdays beginning May 30th. Our hours of operation during the summer will be 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sagamore Hill will remain open seven days a week until Labor Day on Monday, September 8th. Afterward we will return to our off-season schedule of Wednesday-Sunday.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2016
News Release: Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office Locates Remains of Mark Johnson, Jr.
By Interior Newswire | May 21, 2016
News Release: SEQUOIA AND KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARKS, CA -On Friday, May 20, 2016, at 6:07 p.m., a hiker stopped at the Lodgepole Visitor Center in Sequoia National Park to report that another member of his party, a 26-year-old male from Tustin, CA, needed medical assistance for abdominal pain along the High Sierra...
By State Newswire | May 21, 2016
News Release: CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement regarding the apparent death of Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour.
By State Newswire | May 21, 2016
News Release: it helps countries become stronger and more stable. That’s good for the people in those countries, as they lead healthier more secure lives. It’s good for governments, because economic prosperity contributes to growth and stability. It’s good for entire regions, as countries become stronger partners...
By State Newswire | May 21, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) will discuss EgyptAir flight 804 tomorrow morning on ABC’s….
