News from December 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina------Eugene Jonathan James, age 19, of Orangeburg, was charged in a 2-count indictment with being a felon in possession of a firearm and possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number, all in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 922(k).
By DOE Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today scheduled a hearing for Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining the Drug Supply Chain."
By Commerce 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 DOL Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Led by Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, 37 senators called on Acting Secretary of Health and Human Services Eric Hargan to rescind President Trump’s interim final rules (IFRs) issued on Oct. 13, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Kerry Edward Tropasso, age 36, formerly of Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on December 5, 2017, to 15 years’ imprisonment followed by 15 years’ supervised release by United States District Court Judge William W. Caldwell for production of child pornography and coercing and enticing a minor to engage in sexual activity.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today held a markup and advanced seven bills to the full House of Representatives for consideration. These bills, originated out of the Energy and Environment subcommittees, empower consumers, promote clean, renewable hydropower, and promote small businesses and manufacturers.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today scheduled a hearing for Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “The Impacts and Future of North American Energy Trade."
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Gregory Haanstad announced today that the following nineteen (19) defendants have been charged in federal court with offenses related to a conspiracy to distribute heroin, fentanyl and cocaine, as well as money laundering and bankruptcy fraud.
By State Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) today issued the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Robert E. Miller, III, age 34, of York County, Pennsylvania, was convicted of being in the possession of images depicting the sexual exploitation of children and receipt of obscene visual representations depicting the sexual abuse of children. The three-day trial was held before United States District Court Judge John E. Jones, III.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-Cody Hiland, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, Dax Roberson, Special Agent in Charge, Southwest Region of the United States Department of Agriculture-Office of Inspector General, Tracey D. Montaño, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigations...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today scheduled a hearing for Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining the Drug Supply Chain."
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) praised Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt's announcement that the agency would hold a listening session in Gillette, WY, on the repeal of ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2017
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that Thomas N. Boyce, Jr., age 51, of Dover, Delaware, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Andrews to 36 months incarceration. Boyce previously had pled guilty to three counts of conspiracy to commit extortion under color of official right. Boyce is scheduled to surrender on Jan. 2, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), Leon Hayward, Acting Director of the New York Field Office of U.S. Customs and Border...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2017
News Release: MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Four individuals were arrested today after being indicted by a federal grand jury for their role in operating a “pill mill," out of a Montgomery, Alabama medical office, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Bret Hamilton and United States Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr. A “pill mill" is a medical clinic that is dispensing controlled substances inappropriately, unlawfully, and for non-medical reasons.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2017
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that today in federal court, Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever, III sentenced ROGER TYRONE JACKSON, 46, of Sanford to 113 months of imprisonment followed by 3 years of supervised release. He also agreed to make restitution in the amount of $1,400.00.
By State Newswire | Dec 5, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) and Ranking Member Eliot L. Engel (D-NY) sent a letter to Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Brenda Fitzgerald and National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis Collins urging them to take a leading role in the investigation into the cause and medical effects of the alleged sonic attacks that have targeted 24 personnel working at the U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Kyle, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Minor and Abusive Sexual Contact.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 5, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 ICE and CBP Release End of Fiscal Year 2017 Statistics WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced its end-of-year immigration enforcement numbers, the results of a year-long return to enforcing ...
