News from September 2016
By DOE Newswire | Sep 16, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), and Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers (D-MI), today sent a letter to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler regarding the agency’s set-top box proposal.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Gilbert Nick Montes, 36, of Roswell, N.M., pled guilty this morning in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to federal methamphetamine trafficking charges under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A California resident has been sentenced in federal court to 46 months of imprisonment with credit for time served, on his conviction of conspiracy to distribute a quantity of cocaine and his conviction of possessing with the intent to distribute a quantity of cocaine, a Schedule II controlled substance, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOSEPH A. CASTELLANO, 59, of Wallingford, pleaded guilty today in Hartford federal court to fraud and money laundering offenses stemming from an investment scheme that defrauded individuals of nearly $1.5 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2016
News Release: Chem-Solv Inc. Agrees to Pay $1.5 Million in Penalties.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - Two men were charged in an indictment unsealed yesterday in connection with a large-scale marijuana distribution and money laundering ring operating between California and the East Coast.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2016
News Release: HONOLULU -- Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation today arrested Maulia LaBarre, 34, a resident of Honolulu, and a Honolulu Police Department (HPD) officer, after a federal grand jury returned an indictment on Sept. 14, charging him with five counts of honest services wire fraud. LaBarre will have an initial appearance and arraignment before U.S. Magistrate Judge Richard L. Puglisi on September 19.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 16, 2016
News Release: TUPELO, MS -A special program of dulcimer music will be provided by the North Mississippi Dulcimer Association from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm on Saturday, Oct. 1, 2016, at the Parkway Visitor Center located at milepost 266 near Tupelo, Mississippi.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2016
News Release: HONOLULU -- United States District Judge Derrick K. Watson yesterday sentenced George Lindell, 68, and Holly Hoaeae, 41, both formerly of Maui, to 210 months and 120 months imprisonment, respectively, for their involvement in operating an extensive Ponzi scheme in which 166 individuals were induced to...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 16, 2016
News Release: Help discover the species of bees that inhibit Homestead National Monument of America by joining rangers during the Bee Bioblitz on Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2016
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A Marina Del Rey man has been found guilty of federal fraud charges for participating in a “high-yield prime bank" scam by bringing in approximately $5 million from victims who were promised huge returns on investments, purportedly with little or no risk.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2016
News Release: Five South Florida Law Enforcement Officers Graduate FBI National Academy.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 16, 2016
News Release: Hagerstown, Md. - The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park is proud to announce the first meeting of the park's re-authorized Federal Advisory Commission. The meeting will take place on Thursday, October 6, 2016, at 9:00 AM at park headquarters. The meeting is open to the public. C&O Canal park headquarters are located at 1850 Dual Highway, Hagerstown, MD 21703.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2016
News Release: Tennessee Man Charged with Threatening to Murder Member of United States Congress.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 16, 2016
News Release: Thousand Oaks, CA - A study published today found that the amount of light pollution produced within Southern California’s three coastal National Park Service units has not significantly changed, and in one case has decreased, over the past two decades.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a McLaughlin, South Dakota, man convicted of Larceny was sentenced on Sept. 12, 2016, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 16, 2016
News Release: Saturday’s activities are free to attend from 12:00-4:00 pm and will include a kid’s bike rodeo, bike decorating activities, ranger guided bicycle tours of the Mill Creek restoration project, bicycle maintenance and repair workshops, pedal powered interactive exhibits, and live music!.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 16, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing schedule for the week of September 19.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2016
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Michael Edwin Goins, 62, of Columbus was sentenced to 57 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to steal identities by using altered military identification cards at many “big-box" chain stores throughout Southern Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2016
News Release: Increased Coordination among Law Enforcement Agencies, Improved Access to, and Onsite Delivery of Life-Saving Medication to be Announced-- First Event of National Heroin and Opioid Awareness Week to be held September 19.
