News from December 2017
By Commerce News Now | Dec 7, 2017
The US Commerce Department published a four page proposed rule on Dec. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Dec 7, 2017
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Dec. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Dec 7, 2017
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Dec. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Dec 7, 2017
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Dec. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 7, 2017
News Release: DOT withdraws two proposed rulemakings. As part of the Administration’s effort to reduce regulation and control regulatory costs, today the U.S. Department of Transportation is withdrawing two notices of proposed rulemakings – (1) the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Ancillary Airline Passenger Revenues; ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2017
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Police Officer Terri Owens of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department (SLMPD); Dr. Mitchell Davis, a St. Louis chiropractor; and his wife Galina Davis, all pled guilty today to federal charges arising out of a scheme to obtain un-redacted accident reports for use in Dr. Davis’s practice.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2017
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today that Vincent M. Torraco, 26, of Athol, Massachusetts, was sentenced to serve 43 months in federal prison for a series of bank robberies that occurred in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Connecticut.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2017
News Release: Eleven people from the Canton area were indicted in federal court for firearms violations, including firearms trafficking, illegal sale of a machine gun and drug charges, law enforcement officials said.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2017
News Release: Dentist overcharged and falsely billed Medicaid and managed care organizations for more than $700k; agrees to pay over $2.2 million in civil settlement.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - An Illinois man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Springfield for attempting to sexually exploit two minors.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2017
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On December 6, 2017, Kari Carter, 27, of Johnson City, Tennessee, was sentenced by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, to serve four months in prison for her role in a large illegal steroid conspiracy in east Tennessee. Upon her release from prison, she will be supervised by U.S. Probation for three years.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2017
News Release: District Judge John W. Dowdell sentenced Christopher Dean Nichols, 23, of Sapulpa, Oklahoma to 44 months in prison for the crime of Conspiracy to Unlawfully Manufacture and Possess Destructive Devices. Nichols must also pay a special monetary assessment totaling $100. After release from prison, Nichols must serve two years on supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Former North Charleston, South Carolina, Police Department (NCPD) Officer Michael Slager, 36, was sentenced to 20 years in prison today for his commission of a federal civil rights offense during his fatal shooting of Walter Scott, Jr. on April 4, 2015. This sentence resulted from the Court’s...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 7, 2017
News Release: Dec. 7, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) today announced that it is extending the deadline for eligible Puerto Rico dairy producers affected by recent hurricanes to complete feed purchases and take delivery under the Dairy Assistance Program for Puerto Rico (DAP-PR). The new deadline is Jan. 15, 2018.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 7, 2017
News Release: PINEDALE, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management Pinedale Field Office is notifying the public that motorized vehicle travel on BLM-administered big game winter ranges in the Ryegrass, Bench Corral, Deer Hills, Calpet, Miller Mountain and Mesa areas will be restricted from Jan. 1 through April 30, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2017
News Release: Utah Business Owner Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Illegally Dealing Firearms and Filing Fraudulent Tax Returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - A 42-year-old Wisconsin man has been ordered to prison following his convictions of traveling to Texas with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct and enticement of a four-year-old child, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Benjamin David Sherwood pleaded guilty Aug. 23, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2017
News Release: Twenty-six people were indicted in federal court for their roles in two separate conspiracies to bring large amounts of drugs - including fentanyl, heroin and cocaine - to Northeast Ohio, law enforcement officials said.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2017
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - HARRY DEAN WHEELER, JR., 67, of Oklahoma City, pleaded guilty today to attempting to entice a minor to have sex, announced Mark A. Yancey, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2017
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that YOHANDER HERNANDEZ-CEDENO, 21, of Hartford, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for distributing fentanyl-laced heroin.
