News from April 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Phillip Larry Gonzales, 29, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court to 36 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for his heroin trafficking conviction. In addition, Gonzales was sentenced to a year and a day of imprisonment for violating his supervised release on an earlier conviction, to be served consecutive to the three-year sentence for a total sentence of 48 months of imprisonment.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Today, Representative Mike Kelly (R-PA), and Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), introduced H.R. 1908, the Investing in America: Unlocking the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund Act, bipartisan legislation that would increase...
By State Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement on the President’s decision to slash funding for the United Nations Population Fund...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - An inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution in Loretto, Pa., was indicted by a federal grand jury in Johnstown on a charge of possession of a prohibited object in prison, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the statement below following reports that the U.S. Department of Education has decided to reconsider a February 2015 decision to end contracts of four companies...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Anthony Siglinger, of Gypsy, West Virginia, was indicted by a grand jury sitting in Wheeling today for possession and distribution of child pornography, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney’s Office announced that today in Federal court, United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle sentenced OBINNA IZUCHI ONWUZURIKE, 27, of Charlotte, North Carolina to 65 months of imprisonment and $154,928 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: A Broward County School District employee has pled guilty to obstructing a drug investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: DAYTON - Connie Apostelos, also known as Connie Coleman, 51, formerly of Springboro, Ohio, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today to charges related to a $70 million Ponzi scheme that defrauded nearly 500 victims. Specifically, she pleaded guilty to one count of money laundering.
By State Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: Dear Mr. Speaker: We respectfully write to request that Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes be recused from the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election and potential Russian ties to the Trump campaign. Chairman...
By State Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement on the Assad regime's attack in Idlib, Syria...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: “Chairman Sessions, Ranking Member McGovern, Members of the Rules Committee - thank you for allowing me to testify in support of the American Health Care Act, and thank you for your consideration of this important legislation to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A Nuevo Laredo man and a Laredo woman have entered guilty pleas for their roles in a conspiracy to traffic drugs via the World Trade Bridge, announced DEA Special Agent-in-Charge of the Houston Division, Joseph M. Arabit and Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: Update: Indictment Returned, Arraignment Scheduled for Wednesday at 1:30pm at the United States Courthouse in Charleston, South Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: Defendant also possessed firearm in connection with drug trafficking activities.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: Two Florida Men Plead Guilty to Conspiring to Provide Material Support to ISIL.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: Three Toledo residents were sentenced to prison for forging a will to fraudulently gain control of an estate worth approximately $2.2 million, said Acting U.S. Attorney David A. Sierleja and Carole S. Rendon, Frank S. Turner II, Acting Special Agent in Charge, IRS Criminal Investigation, Cincinnati Field Office and Toledo Police Chief George Kral.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: The Fire Management staff from Arkansas Area Park Group, have been named the winners of the annual Midwest Regional Fire Management Award, which is conferred by the Fire Management staff of the National Park Service (NPS), Midwest Region. Buffalo National River Fire Management Officer, Fenn Wimberly...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: The House Committee on Education and the Workforce today approved H.R. 1809, the Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 2017. Introduced by Rep. Jason Lewis (R-MN) and Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA), the legislation reauthorizes and reforms the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA) to help state and local leaders better serve at-risk youth and juvenile offenders.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced today that a Vivian resident pleaded guilty to failing to update his sex offender registration after moving from Colorado to Louisiana last year.
