News from April 2017

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO - A former high-ranking commander in the Mexican Federal Police has been charged in federal court in Chicago with conspiring with others to corruptly impede a U.S.-based narcotics investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), Leon Hayward, Acting Director of the New York Field Office of U.S. Customs and Border...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2017
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - A Greenbrier County man pleaded guilty today to a federal oxymorphone crime, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Justin Wade Bradley, 24, of Alderson, entered his guilty plea to distribution of oxymorphone.

By US DOT Newswire | Apr 5, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a business meeting to consider S.826, S.518, S.692 and S.675. Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery...

By Commerce Newswire | Apr 5, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today upon news that the Secretary of Energy was restored to a position on the National Security Council’s (NSC) Principals Committee after being removed from the committee in January. In February, Pallone and...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A jury found Omar Kabiljagic, 46, of Sacramento, guilty today of two counts of filing false claims with the United States, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2017
News Release: Two Toledo men were sentenced today to prison for beating an African-American stranger they saw on the street, announced by Acting Assistant Attorney General Tom Wheeler of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, Acting U.S. Attorney David A. Sierleja and Special Agent in Charge Stephen D. Anthony of the FBI’s Cleveland Division.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2017
News Release: Public Seminars to be held in Salt Lake City and Utah County.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2017
News Release: Brooklyn Seafood Dealer Pleads Guilty for Illegally Trafficking American Eels.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2017
News Release: On March 31st, 2017, United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions came to Saint Louis as part of a national listening tour of law enforcement concerns and issues.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2017
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A federal jury convicted a Richmond man today on charges of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, possession with the intent to distribute marijuana, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 5, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Democrats, including members of the Energy and Commerce Committee, introduced four bills and a discussion draft to improve Americans’ access to communications networks and the tools necessary to ensure accountability of their government.

By Homeland Newswire | Apr 5, 2017
Release: BOISE, Idaho - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced that local residents will have the opportunity to enroll in the popular TSA Pre✓® expedited screening program for one week at Boise Airport (BOI) starting Monday, May 8, 2017.

By EPA Newswire | Apr 5, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Communications and Technology Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), today held a hearing examining the impact of spectrum on economic growth and how the federal government can help meet America’s ever-growing spectrum needs.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 5, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Democrats, including members of the Energy and Commerce Committee, introduced four bills and a discussion draft to improve Americans’ access to communications networks and the tools necessary to ensure accountability of their government.

By Interior Newswire | Apr 5, 2017
News Release: As of April 3rd, 2017. 1. The Coastal Trail is closed from its Crescent Beach Overlook trailhead south to its junction with Hwy. 101 at the Damnation Creek trailhead. A large impassable landslide is blocking all trail access a short distance from the Crescent Beach Overlook parking area. Until the landslide...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 5, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Democrats, including members of the Energy and Commerce Committee, introduced four bills and a discussion draft to improve Americans’ access to communications networks and the tools necessary to ensure accountability of their government.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Christopher Craig, 26, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court to 60 months in prison for his conviction on a heroin trafficking charge. Craig will be on supervised release for four years after completing his prison sentence.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2017
News Release: Ohio Men Sentenced to Prison for Racially Motivated Attack on Stranger.

By US DOT Newswire | Apr 5, 2017
News Release: (Remarks as Prepared). I want to welcome all of our witnesses today. By now, we have all seen the reports of last week’s fire and resulting collapse of a section of I-85 northeast of Atlanta. This is a critically important piece of our Interstate System, carrying over 400,000 cars per day. With that...