News from September 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2016
News Release: Defendant Connected to Individual Involved in Dog Fighting Conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Boston to sex trafficking charges.
By State Newswire | Sep 7, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) released the following statement regarding the administration’s decision to pay all of a $1.7 billion settlement with Iran in cash...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 7, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released a Democratic staff memo with findings from the Committee’s investigation into the cyber attacks against the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). He released the memo on the same day as a Republican staff report on the same topic that suffers from key deficiencies.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2016
News Release: Goal of the Alleged Scheme Was to Obtain a Religious Divorce for the Victim's Wife.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2016
News Release: Phelps Prosecuted as Part of “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and William J. Bratton, Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD"), announced...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2016
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Nicholas T. Billman, 20, of Flushing, Ohio, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court here today to brandishing a machine gun while he robbed a general store in Freeport, Ohio on Oct. 22, 2015.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 7, 2016
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 7, 2016
News Release: Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for calling this hearing.
By State Newswire | Sep 7, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today delivered the following remarks in the United States House of Representatives on a resolution in support of Georgia’s territorial integrity (H.Res.660 )...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 7, 2016
News Release: EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. - A proposed campground fee increase for the Bishop Field Office will be considered when the Bureau of Land Management's Central California Resource Advisory Council meets Oct. 20-21 in El Dorado Hills.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2016
News Release: CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - Chattanooga area residents are being targeted by phone calls regarding failure to report for jury duty from a person claiming to be from the U.S. Marshal Service. The scam involves an individual contacting the victim, telling him/her that he/she has missed federal jury duty, and demanding the victim pay a fine to avoid being arrested.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2016
News Release: Two men from Mexico were charged in U.S. District Court after law enforcement personnel seized more than 200 pounds of cocaine in Cleveland.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2016
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Mark Anthony Lowe, 63, of Fort Worth, Texas, was sentenced today to 40 years in prison for coercion and enticement of a child and penalties for a registered a sex offender. Lowe was also sentenced to a lifetime of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2016
News Release: VICTORIA, Texas - A professional reptile breeder has entered a guilty plea to smuggling two orangutan skulls into the country from Indonesia, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson along with Southwest Region Special Agent in Charge Nicholas E. Chavez of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2016
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Nicholas T. Billman, 20, of Flushing, Ohio, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court here today to brandishing a machine gun while he robbed a general store in Freeport, Ohio on Oct. 22, 2015.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 7, 2016
News Release: Visitation numbers for August decreased slightly in Yellowstone National Park. The overall decrease for August 2016 totaled 1.5 percent below August 2015. However, the first seven months of 2016 are up 4.3 percent compared to the previous year.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2016
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - John Patrick Blair, 64, of Clarksburg, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 12 months in prison for illegally possessing a firearm, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 7, 2016
News Release: Hunter and Gibbs Opening Statements. Joint Subcommittee Hearing on “Federal Maritime Navigation Programs: Interagency Cooperation and Technological Change". September 7, 2016. (Remarks as Prepared). Chairman Duncan Hunter (R-CA). Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. The Subcommittees...
