News from September 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to aiming his laser pointer at a Kansas City, Mo, Police Department helicopter.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 8, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration today issued a Request for Information (RFI) as the agency considers updating its safety standards under Subpart E of the Occupational Safety and Health Standards in Shipyard Employment. The standards address falls in shipbuilding, ship repair, shipbreaking, and other shipyard-related employment.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 8, 2016
News Release: CONNEAUT, Ohio - For the fifth time since 2013, federal investigators have been called to an Ohio aluminum foundry to investigate the serious injury of a worker.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2016
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A Utah man has been arrested for his role in a real estate fraud scheme in which Southern California investors collectively suffered nearly $3.5 million in losses.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Lower Brule, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assaulting, Resisting, and Impeding a Federal Officer.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Christopher Craig, 26, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court to a federal heroin trafficking charge.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 8, 2016
News Release: Alamogordo, NM. White Sands National Monument will continue the year-long celebration of the National Park Service Centennial with a full moon night concert featuring Native American flutist Randy Granger onSeptember 15 at 7 pm. In addition to the concert, the new White Sands Girl Scout patch will be...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that Frank Gallardo, 39, of Porcupine, South Dakota, was found guilty of two counts of Abusive Sexual Contact at the conclusion of a three-day federal jury trial in Rapid City. The verdict was returned on Aug. 31, 2016.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 8, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Chairman John Thune (R-S.D.), Senate Committee on the Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.), and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2016
News Release: Springfield, Ill. - Jim Lewis, U.S. Attorney for the Central District of Illinois, announced today that a federal grand jury in Springfield has returned an indictment that charges Damian N. Delacruz, 23, of Cadillac, Mich., with three counts of sexual exploitation of a minor and one count of enticement of a minor.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 8, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today on news that the Republican leaders of the House and Senate commerce and judiciary committees are asking the Obama Administration to reconsider the transition of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA):
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2016
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Newton woman pleaded guilty Thursday to concealing from authorities that a convicted felon unlawfully possessed firearms that he later used in a shooting incident at Excel Industries, Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2016
News Release: James Walker, 28 of Reading, PA was charged today by Indictment with possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 8, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA), today held a legislative hearing examining legislation to improve public health.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2016
News Release: Dwayne K. Thompson, 38, of Oak Park, Illinois, was sentenced on September 7, 2016 in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois to 121 months in prison and 3 years of supervised release on two counts of Conspiracy to Distribute Heroin and Attempted Distribution of Heroin.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 8, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva today highlighted Native American communities’ strong opposition to Chairman Rob Bishop’s (R-Utah) Tribal Recognition Act, officially designated H.R. 3764, which passed the Natural Resources Committee a few minutes ago largely along party lines. The...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2016
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Walt Green announced the sentencing of Charles C. London, age 41, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Today, District Judge Shelly D. Dick sentenced Charles C. London to serve 322 months in prison. London was a leading member of a drug trafficking network operating in...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2016
News Release: Lisa McAlister, the Former Chief Accounting Officer of ARCP, Has Pled Guilty To Her Role In the Scheme and Is Cooperating With the Government.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 8, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Communications and Technology Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today held a hearing examining H.R. 2566, Improving Rural Call Quality and Reliability Act, introduced by Rep. David Young (R-IA).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2016
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Newton woman pleaded guilty Thursday to concealing from authorities that a convicted felon unlawfully possessed firearms that he later used in a shooting incident at Excel Industries, Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
