News from December 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: A 15-count indictment was filed charging a couple from Northeast Ohio for four armed bank robberies and armed robberies of several other stores this fall, said U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman and FBI Special Agent in Charge Stephen D. Anthony.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Raymond Crum, 63, of Cheektowaga, NY, who was convicted of possession and receipt of child pornography, was sentenced to 20 years in prison and lifetime supervised release by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: Defendant conspired with David Daoud Wright to behead Americans and kill police.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: Top Democrats announced a series of letters today raising serious concerns over reports of private companies offering products on the individual health insurance market that may not comply with federal law, and which appear to both deceive consumers and put them at great financial risk. The Democrats...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: BOISE - A federal grand jury indicted three members of the Norteno gang for federal firearms charges, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national was arrested and charged today in federal court in Boston with crimes relating to his role in a wide-ranging narcotics trafficking operation that included distributing counterfeit prescription pain pills containing fentanyl throughout Boston and Cape Cod.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 20, 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), delivered the following remarks at a transportation and infrastructure subcommittee hearing entitled, “Freight Movement: Assessing Where We Are Now And Where We Need To Go." The hearing focused on the need to update aging infrastructure that the freight industry depends on to transport goods throughout America.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure held the hearing, “Freight Movement: Assessing Where We Are Now And Where We Need To Go." Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that an Indictment was been handed down by a federal grand jury yesterday charging Michael Boyce, currently of Ocean City, New Jersey and formerly of Middletown, Delaware, with wire fraud, money laundering...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: Former Chief Financial Officer at Publicly Traded Company Charged with Accounting and Securities Fraud Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in New York (“FBI"), announced that FAYCAL TAHIRI was sentenced yesterday to 21 months in prison for international parental kidnapping. TAHIRI pled guilty on July 17, 2017, before Chief U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon, who imposed yesterday’s sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: A Florida escort service owner has been charged in an indictment for allegedly filing fraudulent corporate and individual income tax returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Felicia Jordan, 28, of Concord, New Hampshire, was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison for drug trafficking, Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: St. John, Virgin Islands - Virgin Islands National Park today declared all roads, trails and beaches open at the park, 105 days after Hurricane Irma ravaged the island of St. John.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Victor G. Dearing, age 35, of Greenwood, pled guilty in federal court in Anderson, to possession of a firearm by a felon, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 922(g). United States District Judge Timothy M. Cain, of Anderson, accepted the plea and will impose sentence after he has reviewed the presentence report which will be prepared by the U.S. Probation Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Harwich man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to fentanyl conspiracy.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) published a Natural Gas Liquids (NGLs) primer that showcases the resource potential of NGLs, specifically in the Appalachian region. This primer explains what NGLs are, how they are used, recent market developments, and the supporting infrastructure in the Appalachian region.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: Cincinnati -- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the award of the new Los Alamos National Laboratory legacy cleanup contract to Newport News Nuclear BWXT-Los Alamos, LLC. The total value of the contract is $1,390,086,635. The period of performance includes a 90-day Contract Transition...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: Top Democrats announced a series of letters today raising serious concerns over reports of private companies offering products on the individual health insurance market that may not comply with federal law, and which appear to both deceive consumers and put them at great financial risk. The Democrats...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging a Hampton woman with fraud and theft of government property for allegedly stealing from the USDA’s Summer Food Service Program (SFSP).
