News from April 2017
By State Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) and Asia and the Pacific Subcommittee Chairman Ted Yoho (R-FL) today released the below statement after introducing a resolution to strengthen trade relations with Taiwan. The resolution, H. Res. 271, is authored by Rep. Yoho and co-sponsored by Rep. Royce.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: “Today, Billy Walters lost his bet that he could cheat the securities markets on a massive scale and get away with it scot-free. As a unanimous jury swiftly found, Walters received inside information about Dean Foods for years - directly from one its board members - and illegally traded on it, netting...
By State Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON-U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa, and U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY), Ranking Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs made the following statements after introducing H.R. 2061, the North Korean Human Rights Reauthorization...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, both R-Alaska, yesterday introduced the Offshore Production and Energizing National Security Alaska Act of 2017 (OPENS Alaska Act ) to repeal Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) withdrawals made at the end of the Obama administration, provide for lease sales in the Arctic OCS, and ensure Alaska receives a fair share of the revenues from oil and gas development off its coast.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Springfield, Mo., woman was sentenced in federal court today for her role in a conspiracy to distribute 24 pounds of methamphetamine that was shipped from California.
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: Defendant One of 104 Individuals Federally Charged as a Result of ATF-Led Investigation Pursued in Support of Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Middlesex County, New Jersey, man has been charged with stealing computer files containing trade secrets from a DuPont manufacturing facility in Parlin, New Jersey, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today highlighted ongoing environmental problems at the Canyon Mine near the south rim of Grand Canyon National Park as evidence that the 20-year moratorium on new mining claims in the region instituted by the Obama administration needs to...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: Yosemite National Park will waive park entrance fees on the weekends of National Park Week,Saturday and Sunday, April 15 - 16 and April 22-23, 2017. National Park Week is a week-long celebration of our National Parks celebrated at National Park Service sites across the United States.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) is hosting an orientation meeting for anyone interested in volunteering to serve as a “Bark Ranger." Bark Ranger volunteers and their canine companions serve as ambassadors on National Lakeshore beaches to provide visitors information about...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: SPRINGDALE, UT - Zion National Park’s prominent Lower Emerald Pool Trail has reopened to visitors this morning, Friday April 5, 2017. Considering the trail’s popularity, Park maintenance crews worked tirelessly to clear and rebuild the trail since the early January landslide occurred.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: DOJ and IRS Remind Taxpayers to File Timely and Accurate Tax Returns by Tuesday, April 18, 2017.
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 PEDRO JARAMILLO, a/k/a “Enrique Jaramillo," pled guilty in Manhattan federal court yesterday to commodities fraud and wire fraud stemming from his scheme to defraud more than two dozen investors, mostly...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - A complaint filed in federal court Thursday afternoon charges Edward Lee Poorman, age 22, of Vineyard, UT, with one count of distribution of heroin. Poorman, who has been in state custody on unrelated charges, is scheduled for an initial appearance on the drug charge Monday at 10:30 a.m. before U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul M. Warner.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Ashley Nicole Leyba, aka Ashley Nicole Schlichting, 27, of Roseville, pleaded guilty today to bank fraud, aggravated identity theft, and possession of stolen mail, United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: Randall K. Falwell Previously Admitted to Making False Statements in Bankruptcy.
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 DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Steve Butler of the Southern District of Alabama announces today that Jeffrey Lavone Shaw of Fairhope was arrested on charges returned by a federal grand Jury in February 2017. The charges include Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute Cocaine and Use of a Cellphone...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: FBI New York Hosts Hate Crimes Symposium, Broadens Collaborative Efforts with Local and State Officials.
