News from April 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Luis Mercado, age 46, of Queens, New York, was charged on April 6, 2017, in a criminal information with firearms and controlled substance offenses associated with a May 2015, gun store burglary in Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that UMAIR HAMID, a/k/a “Shah Khan," a/k/a the “Shah," pled guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Ronnie Abrams to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with an international “diploma mill" scheme...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau presents a collection of data that highlights the various aspects of America’s love for their pets. The National Pet Day graphic and Stats for Stories include data on topics such as: veterinarians and their assistants, veterinary clinics, pet food manufacturing and pet supply retailers. Statistics come from the 2015 American Community Survey, 2014 County Business Patterns and 2013 American Housing Survey.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: Owner of Sneakerz, Inc., an Albuquerque Sports Bar and Restaurant, Was Convicted of Evading More than $1 Million in Federal Taxes.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today after S&P Global Ratings released a new report.pdf) on the stability of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A man accused of a fraudulent $1.5 million real estate investment scheme in Quincy, Mass., and who had been a fugitive for 20 years in connection with an unrelated New York grand theft and larceny indictment, was arrested today in Delray Beach, Fla., on federal charges in connection with the Quincy scheme.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH) today sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission Chairman...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Four Baltimore men, all members of a Baltimore drug trafficking conspiracy pleaded guilty this week to conspiring to distribute crack cocaine. Tarik Brooks, age 41, pleaded guilty today; Jermaine Epps, age 42, pleaded guilty on April 4, 2017, and Terry Downs, age 24, and Theodore Smith, age 41, pleaded guilty on April 3, 2017.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee held three hearings this week ranging from cybersecurity in the health care sector to spectrum. During Tuesday’s hearings, #SubEnvironment members examined legislation that would improve the existing Brownfields Program and, in #SubOversight, members...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, led a letter with 22 of his colleagues to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt seeking more information on EPA's plan to uphold its legal obligations to protect public health from greenhouse gas pollutants following recent actions to rescind the Clean Power Plan and review federal regulations intended to address climate change.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - This week paid homage to the important work of advancing the public health. From the opioid epidemic and drug overdoses to accelerating the cycle of discovering, developing, and delivering new cures and treatments, there’s been a lot to focus on for this year’s National Public Health Week (#NPHW).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: GALVESTON, Texas - Authorities have arrested the former manager of Electrical Workers 527 Federal Credit Union on charges of bank fraud, theft and misapplication, and making false statements in the books and records of a financial institution, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: Brecksville, Ohio -Five park program leaders received awards from the National Park Service (NPS) for their achievements in Relevance in Education; and Relevance in Public Engagement and Resource Stewardship. The awards recognize staff members from among the country’s 417 national parks.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Simi Valley man was indicted today by a federal grand jury on charges of producing child pornography in a case involving a 6-year-old girl.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: For Further Information, Contact: Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph J.M. Orabona (619)546-7951 or Assistant U.S. Attorney Aaron Arnzen (619)546-8384.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RAUL CARLOS MONARCA-GONZALEZ, 40, last residing in Waterbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 30 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for food stamp fraud offenses.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - This week paid homage to the important work of advancing the public health. From the opioid epidemic and drug overdoses to accelerating the cycle of discovering, developing, and delivering new cures and treatments, there’s been a lot to focus on for this year’s National Public Health Week (#NPHW).
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: GPS usually works great outdoors, but what if you’re disoriented in a large building such as a museum or a mall? There are no smartphone apps for indoor navigation, but new data collected by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)-and a competition to find the app developers who can make the best use of it-may help solve the problem.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former United States postmaster and resident of Glassport, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to four years imprisonment and five years supervised release on his conviction of conspiracy to distribute kilograms of cocaine, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced today that the Illinois Industrial Carbon Capture and Storage (ICCS) project in Decatur, Illinois, has begun operation by injecting carbon dioxide (CO2) into a large saline reservoir. This project received a $141 million investment from DOE, matched by over $66 million in private-sector cost share.
