News from December 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - William Shenette, 31, was arrested on Friday, Dec. 1, 2017, and charged in federal court in Worcester with possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - A 54-year-old Kingwood man has entered a guilty plea to failing to appear in federal court for his conviction related to a Houston-area mortgage fraud scheme, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: Stephen P. Rees Named Assistant Director of the Records Management Division.
By DOE 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 DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO - Federal authorities have seized rifles, shotguns and ammunition from the Melrose Park home of a man who allegedly brought a gun to a drug deal.
By Commerce 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 DOE Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
Release: RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA— U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry was received by H.E. Khalid Al Falih, Saudi Minister of Energy, Industry, and Mineral Resources, during his visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The two parties discussed means to enhance the relations between the two countries in the energy ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Robert C. Stuart announced today that on December 4, 2017, Chief United States District Court Judge Laurie Smith Camp sentenced John Blackhawk, age 63, of Winnebago, Nebraska for his conviction for theft from an Indian gaming establishment. Blackhawk was sentenced to five years of probation and 150 hours of community service. He was further ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $36,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that NANCY J. FRYE, 51, of Bristol, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for her involvement in an IRS impersonation scam that defrauded hundreds of victims in the United States and Canada.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: CHEYENNE, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management is now accepting applications for seasonal fire jobs for the summer of 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Marci Jessie Ramirez, 46, of Fresno, pleaded guilty today to mail fraud and aggravated identity theft, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Monday on the Senate floor, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, encouraged his colleagues to confirm Kirstjen Nielsen to be the secretary for the Department of Homeland Security. Excerpts of Sen. Johnson’s remarks are below, and video of his remarks can be found here.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Northeast Los Angeles gang member who was one of the top figures in a conspiracy that united three rival gangs under the authority of a Mexican Mafia member pleaded guilty today to federal charges and admitted being an active narcotics trafficker who worked to further the goals of the criminal enterprise.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that on Nov. 30, 2017, William Fischer, age 45, of Dunmore, Pennsylvania, was charged in a criminal information with 14 bank robberies, and with brandishing firearms during the course of those bank robberies.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Ranson, West Virginia woman was sentenced today to five years probation and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $11,963 for filing a false tax return, First Assistant United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: The United States Senate last week passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, a historic tax overhaul that provides tax relief for working families, levels the playing field for Main Street businesses, and makes America a more welcoming place to do business. Finance Committee Members have been hard at work on this legislation for months, crafting a tax plan that lifts Americans and grows the economy. Take a look at what they’re saying about the Senate’s passage of the proposal...
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 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: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia man was sentenced today to 46 months incarceration for a firearms charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Robert C. Stuart announced today that on December 4, 2017, Chief United States District Court Judge Laurie Smith Camp sentenced John Blackhawk, age 63, of Winnebago, Nebraska for his conviction for theft from an Indian gaming establishment. Blackhawk was sentenced to five years of probation and 150 hours of community service. He was further ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $36,000.
