News from April 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and Terence S. Opiola, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the Newark Field Office of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI"), announced today the arrest of CHARLES JASON LORE...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Marlee Joy Pinto, 20, an enrolled member of the Zuni Pueblo who resides in Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Santa Fe, N.M., for her child abuse conviction. Pinto will be on probation for three years during which time she will be required to comply with special conditions which require that she complete an in-patient alcohol rehabilitation program and parenting classes.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: Tampa, FL - William A. Dennis (56, Port Richey) pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiring with others to threaten, intimidate, and interfere with an interracial couple’s enjoyment of their housing rights, announced Acting U.S. Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow and Acting Assistant Attorney General Tom Wheeler of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge James D. Whittemore has sentenced Larry Chance Cox (37, Tampa) to seven years in federal prison for conspiracy and aggravated identity theft. The judge ordered that he serve 54 months of his sentence consecutively to the 87-month term of incarceration that U.S. District...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today held a hearing examining a discussion draft of a Brownfields reauthorization bill that seeks to make several improvements to the Brownfields Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: PHOENIX - This week, Victor Grounds, 36, of Supai, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge John J. Tuchi to 37 months of imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release. Grounds, an enrolled member of the Havasupai Tribe, had previously pleaded guilty to assault on a federal officer.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: National Park Service. Homestead National Monument of America. 8523 W. State Hwy 4. Beatrice, NE 68310. 402-223-3514 phone. 402-228-4231 fax. www.nps.gov/home. National Park Service News Release. - April 4, 2017. Susan Cook 402-223-3514. Fiddle Festival Returns to. Homestead National Monument of America. The...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging a Washington, New Jersey, man with coercing a girl to produce sexually explicit images of herself and with stalking and threatening another girl, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: Volunteer Opportunity: Trails Monitoring Project. The National Park Service at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area is seeking physically active volunteers to participate in an upcoming trails monitoring project. The project is to start on Monday, April 17th, and is expected to last at least one calendar...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Jamal Ulysses Green, age 24, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty today to a commercial robbery and to using, brandishing and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: MINEOLA, N.Y. - - 36 people have been indicted for their alleged involvement in a heroin ring that operated along Rte. 110 in Nassau and Suffolk counties, marking one of the largest narcotics takedowns in Long Island history. James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of New York’s Drug Enforcement Division and Nassau County District (NCDA) Madeline Singas announced the indictments.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill, the top-ranking Democrat on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, wrote to Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos requesting answers on how the agency will support rural schools in the face of proposed budget cuts that hurt funding for programs that support students in rural areas. Seventy percent of Missouri’s school districts are in rural areas.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) will be hosting its popular annual pruning workshop on Friday, May 5 in the Port Oneida Rural Historic District. The workshop will be held at the Miller farm, four miles north of Glen Arbor on M-22. Turn onto Port Oneida Road, go one mile and turn onto Miller Road, and follow the signs to the workshop site.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today held a hearing examining the need for greater coordination and leadership on cybersecurity issues across the health care industry, particularly challenges in public-private partnerships.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: Bank Robbery of U.S. Bank on 04/04/2017.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) highlighted the long-term benefits of reauthorizing and providing meaningful funding for the Brownfields program today at a Subcommittee on Environment hearing titled, “Discussion Draft: Brownfields Reauthorization:"
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Dave Reichert (R-WA) today released the following statements on President Trump’s Executive Orders relating to trade enforcement and the trade deficit...
By State Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) issued the following statement in response to reports that a chemical attack in Syria’s opposition-held territory has killed dozens, including children...
By State Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today condemned the suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria and urged the administration to work with the European Union to hold the regime of Bashar al-Assad accountable for war crimes against his people.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Jimmy Dale King, aka OG Zeek Woods, age 42, of Marianna, was sentenced today to 100 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release on one count of Possession With...
