News from April 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: G.F. Peterman, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announces that Mark Mann, owner and operator of Mann’s World, LLC d/b/a The Rifleman, was convicted by a jury in federal court on April 6, 2017, of illegal possession of a destructive device, a Finnish Lahti 20mm anti-tank rifle, before the Honorable Marc T. Treadwell, United States District Judge, in Macon, Georgia.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking nominations for the Mushroom Council to fill three seats for representatives whose terms expire Dec. 31, 2017. Selected members will fill an open position in Region 1, Region 2 or Region 4. Each member is appointed to serve a three-year term.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Topeka man has been arrested and charged in two robberies, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said Friday.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A registered sex offender who was collecting child pornography was sentenced today to 20 years in prison and a lifetime of supervised release.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: April is Alaska Archaeology month and NPS plays a lead role in organizing events across the state with help from state, federal, tribal and academic partners. The goal is to promote appreciation of Alaska's deep history and rich cultural heritage, and preserve archaeological sites that represent these values.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that MICHAEL SPEARS, age 53, of New Orleans, was indicted today by a federal grand jury for one count of making false statements and one count of aggravated identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: Illinois and Ohio Law Enforcement Officers Receive ASPCA “Champion for Animals" Award for Efforts to End Dog Fighting.
By Commerce 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 DOE Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: News release from Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 15 years imprisonment followed by 5 years supervised release on his conviction of violating federal firearms laws, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that RODULFO ROBLERO LOPEZ, also known as Jorge Perez, Jorge Roblero and Artemio Hernandez, 37, a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 12 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally reentering the United States after being deported.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Catherine Leahy Scott, New York State Inspector General, and Brian M. Hickey, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the Northeast Regional Office of the U.S. Department of Education Office of Inspector General (“ED-OIG")...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - A grand jury sitting in Houston returned a 27-count superseding indictment against 25 Tri-City Bombers (TCB) gang members and associates in a conspiracy involving racketeering, drug distribution, money laundering, robbery and discharge of a firearm resulting in death.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: Twenty-Five Tri-City Bombers Gang Members and Associates Indicted on Federal Racketeering, Drug Distribution and Money Laundering Charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that a Logansport man pleaded guilty Thursday to distributing methamphetamine in Many, La., and kidnapping a victim in east Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: Mamadou Billo Barry, age 32 of Newark, New Jersey, was charged yesterday, by Indictment, with conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States and with possession of 15 or more counterfeit or unauthorized access devices (credit cards) announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Topeka man has been arrested and charged in two robberies, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said Friday.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: Yesterday, following a chemical attack on civilians attributed to the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, United States military forces launched a missile strike on a Syrian airbase. Rep. John Conyers, Jr., Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, issued the following statement in response...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that THOMAS M. MURTHA, 61, of Newtown, has been charged by a federal criminal complaint with wire fraud related to his alleged theft of more than $900,000 from victims.
By EPA 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...
