News from May 2016
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2016
News Release: ATLANTA - Former Clayton County Police Department Officer Grant Kidd, Jr., has been arraigned after being charged for soliciting a bribe to dismiss pending criminal charges against two Clayton County defendants.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Andre Wise, 37, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to distribute marijuana, was sentenced to time served (six months) by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. In addition, Eric Sears, 49, also of Buffalo, who was convicted of conspiracy to distribute cocaine, was sentenced to 15 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2016
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Ryan Bobby Schnettler, 25, of Weirton, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 87 months in prison for possession of child pornography, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2016
News Release: PLANO, Texas - A 39-year-old Waxahachie, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for crimes committed in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2016
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Francis J. Bass, 61, of Montgomery County, PA, a former employee of Lundy Law in Philadelphia, pleaded guilty today to four counts of subscribing a false federal income tax return. As the Intake Coordinator for the law firm, he referred personal injury clients to medical providers and...
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2016
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Kathleen Fields, 43, of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania was charged by Information, filed on May 16, 2016, with one count of possession with intent to distribute anabolic steroids, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Kenneth White, 39, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of sex trafficking of a minor, was sentenced to 156 months in prison by U.S. Senior District Judge William M. Skretny.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2016
News Release: ATLANTA - Deanna M. Roberts has been arrested on charges that while falsely claiming to be a licensed medical practitioner, she illegally transported liquid silicone from Florida to Atlanta and that she caused the death of another person by injecting the liquid silicone directly into the victim's buttocks.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2016
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A federal jury returned a guilty verdict today convicting Lateef Fisher, 38, of Hagerstown, Maryland, of selling heroin that resulted in the death of another, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By Commerce Newswire | May 18, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Human Resources Subcommittee Chairman Vern Buchanan (R-FL) announced today that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing entitled “The Heroin Epidemic and Parental Substance Abuse: Using Evidence and Data to Protect Kids from Harm" on Wednesday, May 18, at 2:00 PM in room 1100 of...
By Commerce Newswire | May 18, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today Health Subcommittee Chairman Pat Tiberi (R-OH) and Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Jim McDermott (D-WA), introduced the Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act, bipartisan legislation to advance needed reforms for hospitals and other Medicare providers. This legislation will support current efforts to develop outpatient facilities and allow hospitals to treat more low-income and cancer patients.
By Commerce Newswire | May 18, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) issued the following statement after the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) released its economic impact report on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement, a 12-nation trade pact that, if fully implemented and enforced, would benefit U.S. producers and consumers...
By Commerce Newswire | May 18, 2016
News Release: Republicans “Misfire" on Ben Rhodes Hearing
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2016
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS -United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler announced today that an Indianapolis man has been indicted on 22 counts related to recent robberies in the Indianapolis area. Donnell E. Gilder, 22, was indicted on 11 counts of robbery, nine counts of brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence, and two counts of discharging a firearm during a crime of violence.
By Commerce Newswire | May 18, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today released the following statement after Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) introduced a resolution “condemning and censuring" Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner John Koskinen...
By Commerce Newswire | May 18, 2016
News Release: In a Hanoi, Vietnam, hotel conference room, Mike Coble led a group of scientists through a series of calculations. Coble's presentation was heavy on the statistics, and this created a lot of work for the translators. It took two of them, working tag-team, to keep up.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2016
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Syriane Baldwin, a/k/a “Del," 29, of Bangor, Maine, pled guilty in U.S. District Court in Bangor, Maine to distribution of cocaine base, commonly referred to as “crack." The charge carries a maximum potential penalty of 20 years imprisonment, a minimum of three years supervised release, and a maximum $1,000,000 fine.
By USDA Newswire | May 18, 2016
News Release: “Thank you Mr. Chairman. I’m really pleased that we’re having this hearing today. Welcome, today’s witnesses, to the Committee. Thank you for your service.
By DOL Newswire | May 18, 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, along with Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Barbara...
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Andre Wise, 37, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to distribute marijuana, was sentenced to time served (six months) by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. In addition, Eric Sears, 49, also of Buffalo, who was convicted of conspiracy to distribute cocaine, was sentenced to 15 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
