News from September 2016
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 8, 2016
News Release: In light of recent incidents and concerns raised by Samsung about its Galaxy Note 7 devices, the Federal Aviation Administration strongly advises passengers not to turn on or charge these devices on board aircraft and not to stow them in any checked baggage.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 8, 2016
News Release: Join in the Celebration of Fruita's Historic Orchards during Capitol Reef National Park's premier centennial event, held in the Fruita Historic District of Capitol Reef National Park on Saturday, Sept. 17, 2016!.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Beaver County, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to another 36 months of incarceration as a result of violating his federal supervision, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2016
News Release: Jaime Nieto, 53, of Rock Springs, Wyoming, was sentenced by Chief Federal District Court Judge Nancy D. Freudenthal on September 7, 2016, for tax evasion and misuse of a social security number. He received 21 months imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay a $200.00 special assessment and $143,243.73 in restitution for unpaid taxes and interest.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 8, 2016
News Release: “Mr. Chairman, more than 640,000 Americans today are living with kidney failure, otherwise known as end-stage renal disease, and more than 80 percent of them are covered through Medicare.
By State Newswire | Sep 8, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) announced the Committee will meet Wednesday, September 14 at 10 a.m. to consider the Prohibiting Future Ransom Payments to Iran Act (H.R. 5931). The legislation, authored by Chairman Royce, ensures there are no future cash payouts to Iran - the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2016
News Release: SAN ANTONIO - FBI agents arrested 24 year-old former Temple police officer Erick French for allegedly revealing an ongoing investigation announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Christopher B. Combs, San Antonio Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2016
News Release: The United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Neiman Groce, 31, of Poultney, was sentenced today in United States District Court in Burlington to 18 months of imprisonment following his guilty plea to a charge of wire fraud. Chief U.S. District Judge Christina Reiss also ordered...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 8, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) today sent a letter to World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Roberto Azevêdo, criticizing the WTO Secretariat’s stance on measures it views as protectionist, and urging the office to better support the rules-based global trading system.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 8, 2016
News Release: Keystone, South Dakota -The week of September 12th through 16th the Mount Rushmore National Memorial Preservation Team will be on the mountain. Periodically the Presidential Trail will be closed during the hauling process due to safety reasons.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2016
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Jose Rodriguez-Nunez, a/k/a “Killer," age 27, of Hyattsville, Maryland, pleaded guilty late on September 7, 2016, to conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise known as La Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, including participating in a murder.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 8, 2016
News Release: Dear Mr. Dorsey: I write today regarding troubling reports that Russian state actors may be engaging in covert operations aimed at undermining the political process in the United States. I ask for your assistance in identifying the nature and extent of any such operations on your platform and any steps...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Frank Gallegos, 31, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court to 71 months in prison for violating the Hobbs Act. Gallegos will be on supervised release for three years following his prison sentence.
By State Newswire | Sep 8, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today at 10 a.m., House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) will convene a hearing to examine the National Security Council’s increasing role in foreign policy and its lack of oversight. The hearing is entitled “Reforming the National Security Council: Efficiency and Accountability." Live webcast and witness testimony will be available HERE.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2016
News Release: Springfield, Ill. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment on Sept. 7, that charges Roy Collins, former executive director of the Kankakee Valley Park District, with defrauding the park district and a related not-for-profit organization for his personal benefit. Collins will be issued a summons to appear in federal court in Urbana for arraignment on a date to be determined by the U.S. Clerk of the Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2016
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Sicklerville, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 15 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to evade payroll taxes on cash wages paid to illegal immigrants employed at his dry cleaning business, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 8, 2016
News Release: Fire Management staff at Denali National Park and Preserve are planning to burn debris piles at the Toklat Road Camp (Mile 53 on the Denali Park Road) and in Kantishna at approximately Mile 91 (near the confluence of Eureka and Moose Creeks) beginning next week. The planned ignition dates will fall between September 12-23, weather permitting.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 8, 2016
News Release: Effective Friday, Sept. 9, the Bureau of Land Management will lift all fire restrictions implemented by the Cody and Worland field offices within Park, Big Horn, Washakie and Hot Springs counties.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2016
News Release: GALVESTON, Texas - A 47-year-old Galveston man formerly employed at Texas A&M University has been ordered to federal prison following his convictions of receipt and possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Matthew Irwin pleaded guilty March 22, 2016.
