News from December 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2017
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Amanda Brown, 31, Fullerton, Calif., was sentenced on December 15 by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 30 months in prison for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine. Brown pleaded guilty to this charge on Oct. 3, 2017.
By State Newswire | Dec 19, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and a former Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, today made the following statement on calls by the Organization of American States (OAS) for Honduras to hold a new presidential election...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2017
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Harry McCarthy, age 57, of Ogdensburg, New York, pled guilty today to sexually exploiting a child.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2017
News Release: SAN JOSE -Ferdinand Pasion Arafiles, a/k/a Dennis Arafiles, pleaded guilty today to charges he defrauded a Bay Area manufacturer and seller of networking equipment and services, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. The guilty plea was accepted by the Honorable Edward J. Davila, United States District Judge.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 19, 2017
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $12 million in new funding for eight projects to advance predictive modeling capabilities for solar generation. These models will lead to more accurate forecasts of solar generation levels, enabling utilities to better manage the variability and uncertainty of solar power and improve grid reliability.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2017
News Release: PRESS RELEASE. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT. SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA. Laura A. Briggs, Clerk. 46 East Ohio Street. Indianapolis, IN 46204. INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana (Nov. 17, 2017): The Honorable Jane E. Magnus-Stinson, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2017
News Release: Spokane - Joseph H. Harrington, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Billy Lee Stevens, age 48, of Spokane, Washington, was sentenced for possessing heroin with the intent to distribute it and for possessing firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2017
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RYAN BUDD, 27, of Branford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to time served and three years of supervised release for distributing heroin that contributed to a non-fatal overdose last year. Judge Meyer ordered BUDD to perform 150 hours of community service during his term of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2017
News Release: Boston - An Everett man was sentenced today to 28 years in prison for conspiring with others to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) and kill persons in the United States.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 19, 2017
News Release: SKULL VALLEY, Ariz.- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will conduct vegetation treatments on public lands approximately 3 miles southeast of Skull Valley, Arizona. The purpose of these treatments is to reduce the intensity and severity of future wildland fires near the communities of Skull Valley, Kirkland and Wilhoit. Vegetation treatments will begin January 2018.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 19, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, announced that he would object to any unanimous consent agreement that would allow the nomination of Kathleen Hartnett White to serve as Director of the White House Council on Environmental Quality to be held over into the second session of the 115th Congress.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that 13 individuals have been sentenced in connection with their involvement in an international heroin distribution conspiracy. During this investigation, investigators seized approximately 6.5 kilograms of heroin, 9 firearms, and approximately $600,000 in drug proceeds.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2017
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced that Mark Gagnon, 54, of Candia, New Hampshire, was sentenced to 48 months in federal prison for possessing heroin with intent to distribute.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO - The United States has filed a civil lawsuit accusing a north suburban diagnostics company of defrauding Medicare out of millions of dollars through kickbacks and unnecessary home sleep testing.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2017
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Daniel Zipp (619) 546-8463.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 19, 2017
News Release: “Today, we are moving to the crucial final stage in delivering once-in-a-generation tax reform to the American people.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 19, 2017
News Release: In newsletter Q&A, Brian Vance describes his first six weeks at the helm of EM's Office of River Protection (ORP) at the Hanford Site, lays out challenges facing the workforce, and discusses opportunities for near-term success, among other things.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2017
News Release: FBI Pittsburgh Leading New Violent Crimes Task Force.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2017
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A doctor and his chiropractor son were sentenced to prison today for conspiring to defraud Medicare by using unqualified people to give physical therapy to Medicare recipients, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2017
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Fulton, Mo., man who fired at law enforcement officers and other motorists during a high-speed pursuit pleaded guilty in federal court today.
