News from December 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2017
News Release: Alleged to have taken bribes to allow prisoners to escape the prison grounds,.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 5, 2017
News Release: With snow in the forecast, rangers are beginning to get the park’s snowshoes out so visitors can explore Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) this winter! Ranger-led snowshoe hikes will be offered on Wednesday, December 27 at 1:00 p.m.; Friday, December 29 at 10:00 a.m.; Saturday...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2017
News Release: Greenville, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Alandis Patterson, a/k/a “Vino," age 33, of Greenville, South Carolina was sentenced in federal court in Greenville for conspiracy to commit sex trafficking by means of force and threats of force, in violation of Title...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2017
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A Newport News woman pleaded guilty today to filing false tax returns and identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 57 months imprisonment, followed by five years supervised release, on a charge of possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 60 months imprisonment followed by three years supervised release on his conviction of violating federal narcotics laws, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By State Newswire | Dec 5, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1164, the Taylor Force Act. The bill, named in honor of an American veteran killed in a terrorist attack in Israel, restricts U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority unless it stops subsidizing terrorists through pay to slay policies.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2017
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - A federal grand jury indicted Jose Inez Garcia-Zarate today for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, and for being an illegally present alien in possession of a firearm and ammunition, announced United States Attorney General Jefferson B. Sessions; United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch from the Northern District of California; and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) Special Agent in Charge Jill Snyder.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 5, 2017
News Release: The Senate took a critical step toward enacting a comprehensive tax overhaul that will provide middle-class tax relief, grow the economy, and lead to more, higher paying jobs. Republican leaders are united in pushing tax reform across the finish line to bring America’s tax code into the 21st century.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2017
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorneys Melanie K. Pierson (619) 546-7976 or.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 5, 2017
News Release: WEST VALLEY, N.Y. - EM employees at the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) recently collected 102,000 pounds of food for hundreds of families in need - enough turkeys and other items for nine local pantries - surpassing their goal by more than 2,000 pounds.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2017
News Release: GREENVILLE - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that today in federal court, Senior United States District Judge Malcolm J. Howard sentenced RAMEIK DESEN ANDERSON, 23, to 96 months of imprisonment followed by 3 years of supervised release.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 5, 2017
News Release: HOMESTEAD, Fla. --- On Dec. 10, 2017, the park kicks off the 18th season of award winning Family Fun Fest events at the Dante Fascell Visitor Center. The events are free and take place from 1 to 4 p.m. on the second Sunday of every month from December, 2017, through April, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2017
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas man was sentenced today to 67 months in prison and three years supervised release in connection with two armed robberies committed one week apart, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Steven W. Myhre for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2017
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Timothy E. Billups, of Wheeling, West Virginia, was indicted today by a federal grand jury on drug charges, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2017
News Release: DES MOINES, Iowa - Robert Kuhn, 48, the owner of Wayback Records in West Des.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2017
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - Two men who been living in Kansas were indicted today in separate cases on charges of lying in order to become naturalized citizens, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 5, 2017
News Release: Highways and Transit Subcommittee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) will lead a roundtable discussion on emerging technologies being utilized or explored in the trucking industry, many of which have the potential to improve the safety and productivity of the industry.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 5, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, had this to say following the confirmation by the full Senate of Kirstjen Nielsen to be secretary of the Department of Homeland Security...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 5, 2017
Release: WASHINGTON, DC, December 5, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is promising increased cooperation with states in the operation of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to promote self-sufficiency, integrity in the program, and better customer service. To make these improvements...
