News from December 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of Federal Initiative to Address the Epidemic Incidence of Violence Against Native Women.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva’s (D-Ariz.) bill to permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) - a popular and successful conservation tool that protects open spaces and promotes recreation throughout the country - reached 218 bipartisan cosponsors today, the magic number needed to pass a bill on the House floor.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ- On Dec. 20, 2017 a private Colorado river trip participating in a day hike up the Monument Creek drainage, discovered human remains. Investigating Rangers located evidence at the scene indicating the remains are likely those of 72 year old Raafat "Ralph" NasserEddin of Los Angeles, CA.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: Des Moines, Iowa - On Dec. 21, 2017, sentencings were completed in the federal prosecution of twenty defendants charged with drug trafficking, money laundering, obstruction, firearms, and immigration offenses stemming from the investigation of a multi-state drug trafficking organization, announced ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: Dr. Martin Tesher Prescribed Oxycodone and Fentanyl without Any Legitimate Medical Purpose Two Days before Patient Died from a Lethal Combination of Those Opioids.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: There will be a press conference today in White Plains at 11:00 a.m. to announce the arrests and federal criminal charges against a dozen gang members in the Mount Vernon area, including murder charges for the shooting deaths of 13-year-old Shamoya McKenzie and Dean Daniels.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - A Wellsburg, West Virginia woman pled guilty today to taking more than $82,000 from a local credit union, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) spoke on the Senate floor today following the historic passage of the first comprehensive tax overhaul in more than 30 years, emphasizing all of the hard work that went into crafting the legislation.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph J.M. Orabona (619)546-7951.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Boylston man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Worcester to two child pornography charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Kovachevich has sentenced Terrance F. Taylor (52, Bradenton) to five years in federal prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud. The Court also ordered him to pay $3,341,500 in restitution to the victims of the fraud.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: Washington - International trade was once again an engine for economic growth in rural America in 2017, with U.S. farm and food exports reaching $140.5 billion for the fiscal year, the third-highest total on record.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced today the completion of three successful training events, promoting partnership and cooperation among federal, state and local law enforcement agencies and emphasizing efforts to combat civil rights violations and organized drug trafficking.
By State Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: Dear Mr. Ambassador: I am writing to urge you to raise serious concerns about the “Law on Belief and Religion" directly with the Vietnamese Government prior to its implementation on Jan. 1, 2018. I fear that this new law will form the basis for continued mistreatment of those who seek to practice...
By State Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, pushed the State Department and USAID to reject the Trump Administration’s efforts to ban the use of certain words such as “fetus," “evidence-based" and “science-based" in official documents. In a letter...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: POCATELLO - Nicholas Levi Olsen, 34, and Chanel Lynn Bistodeau, 32, both of Idaho Falls, pleaded guilty this week to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. Olsen and Bistodeau were indicted by a federal grand jury on April 25, 2017. This case highlights the strong partnership between the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the Eastern Idaho Partnership in reducing gun and drug offenses in eastern Idaho.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: Washington, DC - The House of Representatives today approved - as part of an emergency disaster aid package - the Disaster Recovery Reform Act, a bill to help communities better prepare for, respond to, recover from, and mitigate against disasters of all kinds.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: Memphis, TN - The Western District of Tennessee will receive two additional federal prosecutors to combat violent crime in the district, announced United States Attorney D. Michael Dunavant.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Marjorie Maldonado, age 30, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was indicted on Dec. 20, 2017, by a federal grand jury with unlawful distribution of heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - A Wellsburg, West Virginia woman pled guilty today to taking more than $82,000 from a local credit union, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
