News from December 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania has been sentenced in federal court to 33 months incarceration and 3 years supervised release on his conviction of wire fraud, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 180 months imprisonment, followed by seven years supervised release, on a charge of sex trafficking of a child, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, today announced that SHALOM LAMM and KENNETH NAKDIMEN were sentenced for conspiracy to corrupt the electoral process, in connection with an election in Bloomingburg, New York. LAMM was sentenced today to 10 months in...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed H.J. Res. 123, the Continuing Appropriations Act, by a vote of 235-193. In addition to H.J. Res. 123 making further appropriations for FY 2017, it also provides a short-term technical adjustment to address some states’ dwindling funds for the state Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Mexican national has been indicted by a federal grand jury for possessing more than two kilograms of cocaine thrown from his vehicle while fleeing from police officers.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2017
News Release: Louisiana Resident Indicted in Stolen ID Refund Fraud Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles man pleaded guilty today to two counts of unlawful manufacturing and dealing in firearms, specifically short-barreled AR-15-style assault rifles and silencers.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed H.J. Res. 123, the Continuing Appropriations Act, by a vote of 235-193. In addition to H.J. Res. 123 making further appropriations for FY 2017, it also provides a short-term technical adjustment to address some states’ dwindling funds for the state Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2017
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Altoona, Pa. has been sentenced in federal court to 40 months in prison, placed on supervised release for life, and required to register as a sex offender on his conviction of possession of child pornography, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2017
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that a man from California was sentenced Wednesday to 12 years in prison for conspiring to transport methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Salvadoran national pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to illegally reentering the United States after deportation.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 7, 2017
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry released a funding opportunity announcement (FOA) to support development of advanced nuclear energy technology. The Department of Energy (DOE) is soliciting proposals for cost-shared projects to develop innovative, industry-driven reactor designs and accompanying technologies with high potential to advance nuclear power in the United States.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 7, 2017
News Release: Dear Mr. Chairman: Thank you for your reply to my letter this afternoon. It is astonishing to me that you, as the sitting Chairman of the Oversight Committee, are declining to meet with a whistleblower who has agreed to come forward-despite fear of retaliation-to speak directly with you about evidence...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2017
News Release: Spokane - Joseph H. Harrington, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Jesus Torres, age 39, of Pasco, Washington, was sentenced on two counts of distribution and possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine. Senior United States District Judge...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2017
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Sean McChord O’Donnell pled guilty to charges of racketeering, involving the use of interstate facilities to promote prostitution occurring between November 2016 and January 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to distribute more than six kilograms of cocaine.
By State Newswire | Dec 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), the Chair Emeritus of the Committee, today praised passage in the House of Representatives of their legislation to support the Venezuelan people. The...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Dennison Hale, 44, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Tohatchi, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 210 months in prison for his conviction on a second-degree murder charge. Hale will be on supervised release for five years after completing his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - On December 6, 2017, a husband and wife were indicted on charges that they submitted false and fraudulent claims for home health services and defrauded Medicare of more than $3.4 million, announced U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2017
News Release: CINCINNATI - A federal grand jury has charged two individuals - Ciera Richter, 25, of Cincinnati, and Jason Fletcher, 40, of Franklin, Ohio - with charges related to the selling of a child and creating child pornography in an indictment returned here yesterday afternoon.
