News from December 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Anthony McCutcheon, 51, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 28 grams or more of crack cocaine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, was sentenced to 132 months in prison by Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that five St. Joseph, Mo., residents have been indicted for their roles in a $2.1 million conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: ANCHORAGE- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Alaska will open sealed bids submitted on the tracts offered for the oil and gas lease sale in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A) at 1 p.m. (AKST) on Dec. 6 via video livestream at www.blm.gov/live.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: Jacksonville, FL - United States District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan today sentenced former U.S. Congresswoman Corrine Brown (71, Jacksonville) to 5 years in federal prison for her role in a conspiracy and fraud scheme involving a fraudulent scholarship charity. She also was ordered to serve 3 years of supervised release and to pay $515,166.86 in restitution to her victims, including $62,650.99 in tax restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Ignacio Arellano-Banuelos, 36, a citizen of Mexico, appeared this morning before U.S. District Judge David C. Godbey and was sentenced to 66 months in federal prison for reentering the United States illegally, announced U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - Asher Abid Khan, 23, of Spring, pleaded guilty today to providing material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Donald MacCord, formerly a resident Washington State, and Shannon Doyle, a resident of Maryland, were arrested today for their role in an alleged conspiracy and fraud scheme, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch, Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) announced today the following changes to subcommittee leadership and several new subcommittee assignments...
By EPA Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Environment Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL) today issued the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Friday that they will not be issuing final regulations on the proposal entitled, “Financial Responsibility Requirements Under CERCLA 108(b) for Classes of Facilities in the Hardrock Mining Industry."
By DOL Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee released the following statement on the Trump Administration’s announcement it is considering rescinding an Obama Administration rule that restricted employers from stealing...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: Defendant Attacked Mother With Fists, Wooden Stick, and Iron.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Wilfredo Sanio, 53, of Georgia, who was convicted of misprision of a felony, was sentenced to two years probation and ordered to pay restitution totaling $147,004 by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Subcommittee on Energy Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and committee member Rep. Bill Johnson (R-OH) today sent a letter to Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Rick Perry regarding the pace of international civil nuclear trade authorizations. The Atomic Energy Act requires the authorization of the export of civil nuclear energy technology known as - “Part 810"- and DOE is responsible for management of this authorization process.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Environment Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL) today issued the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Friday that they will not be issuing final regulations on the proposal entitled, “Financial Responsibility Requirements Under CERCLA 108(b) for Classes of Facilities in the Hardrock Mining Industry."
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement after President Trump's unprecedented announcement that he will shrink two existing national monuments in Utah - Bears Ears National Monument and ...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) sent letters to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma and The MITRE Corporation President and Chief Executive Officer Jason Providakes today requesting briefings in response to a report...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that WAYNE ALEXANDER, also known as “Uncle Easy" and “Bones," 52, of Stamford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 64 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing crack cocaine and heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Sal Mansy, 41, of Detroit, Michigan, and TV TOYZ, LLC, a Michigan corporation, were sentenced today in U.S. District Court for operating an unlicensed money-service business. Mansy was sentenced to a year and a day in prison and three...
By EPA Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), has scheduled a full committee markup for Wednesday, December 6, 2017, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. Members will consider seven bills originating out of both the Energy and Environment Subcommittees.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: DALLAS, Texas - Jody Sheffield, 44, of Austin, Texas, pleaded guilty today, before U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater, to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud stemming from a scheme to defraud TRICARE through the submission of unnecessary toxicology and DNA cancer screening tests. The announcement was made today by Criminal Chief Chad Meacham of the Northern District of Texas.
