News from October 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2016
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced Steven Edward Baker, age 41, of Kensington, Maryland, today to 17 years in federal prison, followed by lifetime supervised release, for producing child pornography. Judge Grimm also ordered that upon his release from prison, Baker must register as a sex offender in the place where he resides, where he is an employee, and where he is a student, under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA).
By DOE Newswire | Oct 14, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX), and Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today applauded the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) announcement regarding...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2016
News Release: RIVERSIDE, California - A federal grand jury has indicted a Moreno Valley woman on charges related to assistance she provided to her husband, who fled to Mexico while pending sentencing in a federal immigration case.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2016
News Release: Victims Paid the Attorney Well Over $1 Million, Which He Allegedly Used for Personal Expenses and Never Reported as Income to IRS.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 14, 2016
News Release: BILLINGS, Mont. -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) and Bureau of Reclamation released the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) today for the Lower Yellowstone Intake Diversion Dam Fish Passage Project located 70-miles upstream from the confluence of the Yellowstone and Missouri Rivers near Glendive, Montana.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2016
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal judge today sentenced the former chief executive of two non-profit health clinics for the poor and homeless to 18 years in prison for funneling millions in federal grant money to private companies he formed to contract with the clinics. U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance, FBI Special...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Jose Cisneros, 31, of Blasdell, NY, pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a fine of $250,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2016
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Keith Hillard, age 49, a resident of Harrisburg, was sentenced on Oct. 12, 2016 by United States District Court Judge Sylvia H. Rambo, to 33 months’ imprisonment for charges involving the unlawful distribution of prescription drugs.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 14, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX), Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI), Trade Subcommittee Chairman Dave Reichert (R-WA), and Subcommittee Ranking Member Charles B. Rangel (D-NY) invited American businesses to apply for temporary duty suspensions and reductions at the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC).
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 14, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX), and Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today applauded the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) announcement regarding...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 14, 2016
News Release: SHASTA LAKE, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has made available for public review and comment the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Long-Term Plan to Protect Adult Salmon in the Lower Klamath River (LTP). The Draft EIS describes the environmental effects of the No-Action and Action...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown of the Southern District of Alabama announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Suntrease Williams-Maynard will lead the efforts of his Office in connection with the Justice’s Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 13, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - This week, the House of Representatives passed eight pieces of Ways and Means Committee legislation to solve a range of challenges facing the American people. These bills will improve the lives of workers and job creators, support our Olympians and Paralympians, expand access to quality health care, and strengthen trade rules to stop a source of terrorist funding.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2016
News Release: ROANOKE, VIRGINIA - United States Attorney John P. Fishwick Jr. announced today the sentencings of a pair of individuals charged with conspiring to distribute methamphetamine.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 13, 2016
News Release: NOAA Fisheries today announced final revisions to the guidelines that federal managers will use as they routinely update the nation's marine fisheries plans. The revised federal fishery management guidelines, known as the National Standard 1 guidelines of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, are intended to provide more flexibility and be more effective in ending and preventing overfishing.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 13, 2016
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2016
News Release: On Oct. 12, 2016, Marcus DeWayne Thompson, 29, of Park Hills, Missouri, was sentenced for sex trafficking of a minor, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Donald S. Boyce, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Two residents of New York have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2016
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Jamaica, New York pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 13, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, Oct. 13, 2016 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the launch of a new private investment fund with the potential to inject $100 million into growth-oriented, small businesses across rural America. The McLarty Capital Partners (MCP) Rural Business Investment Company ...
