News from September 2016
By DOE Newswire | Sep 9, 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), issued the following statement after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2016
News Release: SEP 09 - BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut announced that Jevaughn Watson, 23, of Bridgeport, was arrested yesterday on a criminal complaint...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Dewayne Gray, 32, aka Whip, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of RICO conspiracy, was sentenced to 188 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 9, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today released emergency wildfire legislation in advance of a Committee markup scheduled for Tuesday, September 13th.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 9, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA), today held a hearing examining federal mental health parity laws and regulations.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Attempted Transfer of Obscene Material to a Minor and Attempted Enticement of a Minor Using the Internet.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2016
News Release: Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced today that James G. Wheeler (age 30) of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was sentenced by the Honorable Judge Pamela Pepper to 228 months’ imprisonment for his involvement in the Nov. 18, 2014 attempted armed robbery of Bouchards in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The attempted armed robbery was committed by two masked men, both of whom were armed with handguns.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 9, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today highlighted a new report from the non-partisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) detailing policy considerations regarding per capita Medicaid caps...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2016
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - Stanley Jawan Hinton, age 24, Jacinto Taron Robinson, age 26, and Tawanda Aeiah Sears, age 40, all residents of Columbus, Georgia, were convicted of carjacking, announced George L. Beck Jr., U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama. Hinton and Robinson were also convicted of brandishing a firearm during the crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2016
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - Stanley Jawan Hinton, age 24, Jacinto Taron Robinson, age 26, and Tawanda Aeiah Sears, age 40, all residents of Columbus, Georgia, were convicted of carjacking, announced George L. Beck Jr., U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama. Hinton and Robinson were also convicted of brandishing a firearm during the crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2016
News Release: Cook Prosecuted as Part of “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2016
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Former Reynoldsburg Police Officer Shane M. Mauger, 42, of Columbus, was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 33 months in prison for using his position as a police officer to deprive people of their civil rights by falsifying search warrant affidavits and unlawfully seizing money and property during drug trafficking investigations.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 9, 2016
News Release: TUPELO, MS: Summer is over, the kids are back in school, but the Natchez Trace Parkway is still a great place to have a little weekend fun. The Parkway is pleased to announce that the summer Read with a Ranger program will continue throughout the year. Read with a Ranger is a 45-minute program that is...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Thomas Koszuta, 53, pleaded guilty to RICO conspiracy and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of life and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2016
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Demetrius Arnold Washington, Jr., 51, of Louisa, was sentenced today to 45 months in prison for a mail fraud and money laundering scheme in which he stole more than $1.3 million from his former employer, a charitable foundation in Virginia. Washington was also sentenced to three years of supervised release and ordered to pay full restitution in the amount of $1,341,755.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 9, 2016
News Release: CONCORD, LINCOLN, LEXINGTON, MA.On Saturday, Sept. 17, Minute Man National Historical Park offers a rare opportunity to see inside most of the restored historic homes along the Battle Road in the park. Check out what we have for you.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2016
News Release: PLANO, Texas - A 53-year-old Sulphur Springs, Texas man has been found guilty of child exploitation charges in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2016
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Wilson Alfonso Overton, 27, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 24 months in prison for assault on a federal officer and unauthorized use of a vehicle. Overton was also sentenced to three years of supervised release and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $32,157.00.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A Jamaican citizen living in Fall River pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with using her sister’s identity to enter the United States and collect over $140,000 in Social Security benefits.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 9, 2016
News Release: EMINENCE, MO -Ozark National Scenic Riverways will host the Mill Mountain Discovery Hike on Saturday, September 24. Mill Mountain is located in the heart of the Riverways, between Klepzig Mill and Rocky Falls. Hikers will traverse 1.5 miles of the Ozark Trail through the diverse and beautiful Mill Mountain...
