News from April 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2017
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Today federal authorities arrested Héctor Jomar Ponce-Rijos charging him with child pornography, announced United States Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) conducted the investigation that led to the arrest.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 20, 2017
News Release: A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 388,290 visitors to Big Bend National Park in 2016 spent $34.2 million in communities near the park. That spending supported 510 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $37.9 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that JOSEPH RIVERA, age 34, of New Orleans, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to a one-count Indictment charging him with receipt of images and videos depicting the sexual exploitation of children.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Weymouth man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston in connection with possessing assault-style weapons and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that AXEL PIZARRO, 41, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to 36 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for trafficking cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Parmelee, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault With a Dangerous Weapon, Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury, and Child Abuse.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 20, 2017
News Release: KIMBERLY, OREGON - A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 210,111 visitors to John Day Fossil Beds National Monument in 2016 spent $9,995,400 in communities near the park. That spending supported 153 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $11,801,900.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2017
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced today that a Texas man and a Shreveport woman pleaded guilty to distributing methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Scott Eric Fernquist, age 22, of Lexington, South Carolina was sentenced in federal court in Columbia, South Carolina, for Receiving Child Pornography, a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(a)(2) and (b)(1). United States District...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that the owner of an Independence, Mo., medical clinic pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a fraud scheme that involved disability examinations of veterans and to making false statements regarding his role in the physical examinations of commercial truck drivers.
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 20, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX), Tax Policy Subcommittee Chairman Peter Roskam (R-IL), and Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Vern Buchanan (R-FL) issued the following statement after the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) released its audit report reviewing the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) civil asset forfeiture procedures...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 20, 2017
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: On Saturday, May 6, at 2 pm, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park will present a special 60-minute program at Chickamauga Battlefield delving into two of the battle’s commanders and one of the war’s most prominent families. Visitors will meet at the Chickamauga Battlefield...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Maryland man was convicted today by a federal jury on charges of conspiracy to receive, transport and sell stolen luxury vehicles, and to commit wire fraud.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 20, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) along with the Ranking Members of all five Natural Resources Subcommittees - Rep. Alan Lowenthal (D-Calif.), Rep. A. Donald McEachin (D-Va.), Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), Rep. Colleen Hanabusa (D-Hawaii), and Rep. Norma Torres (D-Calif.)...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 20, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Pat Tiberi (R-OH) issued the following statements after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its annual proposed rates and policies for Medicare hospitals and other providers...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2017
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Dejuan Wingard, 22, of Chicago, pleaded guilty to interstate transportation of stolen property this morning. Judge Henry Autrey accepted his plea and set his sentencing for Aug. 1, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2017
News Release: Denver OCEDETF Strike Force Takes Down Mexican Drug Trafficking Organization Responsible for Distributing Large Quantities of Cocaine and Methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that JOSEPH RIVERA, age 34, of New Orleans, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to a one-count Indictment charging him with receipt of images and videos depicting the sexual exploitation of children.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 20, 2017
News Release: MINERAL, CA - A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 536,068 visitors to Lassen Volcanic National Park in 2016 spent $32.6 million in communities near the park. That spending supported 478 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $37.5 million.
