News from September 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Lorenzo Snow, 43, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine, was sentenced to 108 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Hermitage, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of possession with intent to distribute and distribution of Tramadol, a Schedule IV controlled substance, and health care fraud, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2016
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Lawrence W. Bell, Jr., 30, of Columbus, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court here today to robbing two financial institutions two weeks apart in 2015 and brandishing a pistol during each robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2016
News Release: Members of the bipartisan Policing Strategies Working Group traveled to Detroit, Michigan on August 29-30, 2016 to meet with local community leaders and law enforcement to discuss police accountability, aggression towards law enforcement, and public safety concerns related to these issues. The members ...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 1, 2016
News Release: Participants: U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration
By DOE Newswire | Sep 1, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, September 8, 2016, at 2:00 p.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Improving Rural Call Quality and Reliability."
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2016
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On Aug. 29, 2016, Alfred Latrell Jackson, 26, Jason Rahaman Dawson, 45, and Curtis Lee Kemp, 49, all of Iowa City, Iowa, were sentenced by United States District Court Judge Stephanie M. Rose for their role in a heroin distribution ring in Iowa City, announced United States Attorney Kevin E. VanderSchel.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 1, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Ranking Member Anna Eshoo (D-CA), and Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today sent a letter to full Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) requesting a joint subcommittee hearing on steps Congress can take to protect consumers from the growing number of unwanted and potentially predatory robocalls.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2016
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - A South Florida-based computer programmer made an appearance in the Southern District of Florida today after being arrested Sunday on charges of hacking into computers operated by the Linux Kernel Organization and the Linux Foundation, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 1, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today sent a letter to HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell regarding possible violations of the Anti-Deficiency Act (ADA). The ADA prohibits agencies from spending monies not appropriated by Congress, among other limitations. Federal employees who violate...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2016
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney Patrick A. Miles, Jr. announced today that Kenton Maurice Taylor, age 46, of Lansing, Michigan, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Janet T. Neff to 151 months in prison for running a heroin distribution conspiracy that began operating in and around Lansing in October 2012. In addition to his prison term, Taylor was sentenced to eight years of supervised release and ordered to pay a money judgment of $50,400.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William G. Squires Jr., Special Agent-in-Charge, United States Department of Agriculture (“USDA"), Office of Inspector General, and Angel M. Melendez, the Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 1, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today sent a letter to HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell regarding possible violations of the Anti-Deficiency Act (ADA). The ADA prohibits agencies from spending monies not appropriated by Congress, among other limitations. Federal employees who violate...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2016
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven has sentenced Kareem Patrick Campbell (19) to time served (approximately 13 months in prison) for conspiracy to commit wire fraud. As part of his sentence, the Court entered a money judgment in the amount of $227,375.85, the proceeds of the wire fraud...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 1, 2016
News Release: EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. - As you pack up the family for an outdoor adventure on public lands this holiday weekend, the Bureau of Land Management Mother Lode Field Office would like to remind you to please help reduce the chance of starting a fire as you travel.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 1, 2016
News Release: Oil and gas leases sold today at the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) competitive auction in Roswell, N.M., shattered previous records, garnering a record-breaking $145.6 million in total receipts and setting new highs for a single parcel, bid per acre, and average bid per acre.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2016
News Release: House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and House Judiciary Crime Subcommittee Ranking Member Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) released the following statements after the White House announced the commutation of the sentences of 111 individuals earlier this week...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2016
News Release: Four people from Northeast Ohio were named in 23-count federal indictment, charged with conspiring the distribute more than a kilogram of heroin as well as fentanyl, law enforcement officials said.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 1, 2016
News Release: Obed WSR encourages all fourth graders to visit the park this year as part of the Every Kid in a Park program. The program gives fourth grade students, and those accompanying them, free access to more than 2,000 public lands and waters nationwide for a year. Visit www.EveryKidinaPark.gov to download the pass and get more information.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 1, 2016
News Release: Dinosaur, Colorado &Jensen, Utah -Fire crews responded Thursday afternoon to a fire within Dinosaur National Monument south west of the Green River Campground on the Utah side of the monument. The Green Fire was reported at approximately 4:30 pm. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
