News from April 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2017
News Release: Eight Extradited from Jamaica to North Dakota to Face Lottery Fraud Charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - A 53-year-old Houston-area contractor, set for sentencing in a $16 million loan fraud scheme, has now been charged with failing to appear, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney G. F. “Pete" Peterman, III announces that Jasmine Jaquel Bradley, age 26, of Macon, Georgia, was arrested and charged with Interstate Bomb Threats, Threatening Interstate Communications and Conveying False Information and Perpetuating a Hoax against Child Care Network School, a daycare located at 3940 Northside Drive in Macon, Georgia.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 27, 2017
News Release: EM’s Richland Operations Office coordinated a project management training with its contractor Mission Support Alliance, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), the Nez Perce Tribe, the Wanapum Band and the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation to help the tribes develop plans to revegetate a culturally sensitive area near the Hanford Site in the next growing season.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2017
News Release: Some Were Later Found in Bombs in Iraq.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Cleveland, Ohio, pled guilty and was sentenced in federal court to 13 years’ imprisonment on charges of conspiracy to distribute cocaine and possession with intent to distribute heroin Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2017
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 35-year-old resident of Corpus Christi has admitted he attempted to meet an underage girl for the purpose of sex, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2017
News Release: National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, April 29, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2017
News Release: Speech Given by Assistant US Attorney Rob Sneed in Support of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2017
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida encourages the public to participate in the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day this Saturday, April 29, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Cortney Vogt, 37, of Ontario, NY, pleaded guilty to bank fraud before U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 27, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1694, the Fannie and Freddie Open Records Act of 2017, sponsored by House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT). The bill passed unanimously 425-0.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 27, 2017
News Release: Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chairwoman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, issued the following statement in response to a report on the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program and its impact on student test scores...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 27, 2017
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - The 324 Building is one of the last buildings remaining in the Hanford Site ’s 300 Area, where workers fabricated fuel rods and conducted research to support plutonium production.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven has sentenced Exodus Jerrod Strowbridge (42, North Port) to 10 years in federal prison for possessing cocaine and “crack" cocaine with the intent to distribute it, and for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. The Court also ordered him to forfeit a Smith & Wesson handgun and 12 rounds of ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2017
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley encourages the public to participate in the Drug Enforcement Administration’s National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, April 29, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2017
News Release: LOUISVILLE, KY - Forrest S. Kuhn, Jr., M.D., a physician specializing in allergy, asthma and immunology with medical offices in Louisville, Danville, and Glasgow, Kentucky, has agreed to pay $751,681.16 to resolve allegations that he violated the federal False Claims Act by submitting false claims to Medicare, Medicaid, and other government health care programs, announced United States Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr., who is no relation to the defendant.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2017
News Release: Skagway - The National Park Service invites you to join us as we celebrate the completion of the Stampeder Statue at the Martin Itjen House, 2nd Avenue and Broadway, at 4:30 pm on May 5. The dedication ceremony will include remarks from the sculpture artist, Peter Lucchetti and Mike Tranel, Superintendent of Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park. A reception with refreshments will begin after the dedication. The event is free and open to the public.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 27, 2017
News Release: (WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, issued the follow statement on House Republicans’ latest version of Trumpcare.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2017
News Release: HONOLULU - Chief U.S. District Judge J. Michael Seabright today sentenced Dennis R. Alexio, 58, of Aiea, to a term of imprisonment of 15 years.
