News from December 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Patricia M. Ferrick, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Joel P. Garland, Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation in New England, today announced that on November...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO - A chiropractor who owned several clinics in the north suburbs of Chicago has been sentenced to 20 months in federal prison for billing an insurance carrier for medically unnecessary or nonexistent services.
By State Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the House of Representatives passed H. Con. Res. 90, which condemns the Burmese military’s ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya and calls for an end to the attacks and immediate restoration of humanitarian access to Rakhine State.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - A federal grand jury in Dallas has indicted eleven defendants, including Alfredo Navarro Hinojosa, 57, of Dallas, Texas, on felony charges stemming from their involvement in laundering money and the distribution of cocaine at several North Texas nightclubs, announced U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: Glen Jean, West Virginia - Nature can be a great inspiration! Local students can celebrate their creativity and interest in nature through the Youth Arts in the Parks 2018 Appalachian Spring Wildflower Art Contest. This contest and spring art exhibition allows students to serve as community leaders and...
By State Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Tomorrow at 9:30 a.m., House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) will convene a hearing entitled “Counterterrorism Efforts in Africa.".
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today the unsealing of an Indictment charging STEPHEN DECKER and LUIS MERCADO...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictments today. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - Four Houston area men have been sentenced for their involvement in a string of robberies of La Michoacana establishments that occurred during the Christmas 2015 season, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Billie Hawkins, and Laroderick Martin, both 21, Jirron Curtis, 22, and Marcus Malbro, 19, pleaded guilty at varying times between November 2016 and May 2017 to aiding and abetting two robberies and one count of either discharging or brandishing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Steven Lemieux, 54, of Fairfield, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. to time served (over six months) for illegally possessing firearms and ammunition. He was also fined $5,000. Lemieux was convicted on June 15, 2017 following a two-day jury trial. He has been in federal custody since May 14, 2017.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: ARCATA, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management is offering firewood permits for a designated wood cutting area in the Lacks Creek Management Area, northeast of Arcata.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ANDREW SACCO, 44, of New Haven and formerly of Durham, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 48 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for participating in a large-scale fencing operation. Judge Shea also ordered SACCO to pay a $5,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: LAKEVIEW, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management today announced it will hold a teleconference meeting of the Southeast Oregon Resource Advisory Council’s Lands with Wilderness Characteristics subcommittee, demonstrating that partnerships and inclusion are vital to managing sustainable, working public lands.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On Nov. 14, 2017, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment against 19 defendants charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 46-year-old local man has been sentenced to prison for his conviction of distribution of child pornography, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Ronald Eugene Lowrey Jr. pleaded guilty July 6, 2017.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone Jr. (NJ-06), Education and the Workforce Committee Ranking Member Bobby Scott (VA-03), and Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (MA-01) sent a letter to Health and Human Services Acting Secretary Eric Hargan, Department of Labor...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Glen Allen dentist pleaded guilty today to a four-year healthcare fraud scheme in which she fraudulently obtained more than $783,000 from Medicaid and four dental insurers.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: A Youngstown man was charged with selling heroin and crack cocaine near a school, law enforcement officials said
By DOE Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone Jr. (NJ-06), Education and the Workforce Committee Ranking Member Bobby Scott (VA-03), and Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (MA-01) sent a letter to Health and Human Services Acting Secretary Eric Hargan, Department of Labor...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, was selected today to serve on the Conference Committee for H.R. 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The conference committee will reconcile House and Senate legislation to reform the tax code and open a small portion of the non-wilderness 1002 Area in northeast Alaska to responsible energy development.
