News from December 2017
By Commerce News Now | Dec 14, 2017
The US Commerce Department published a three page rule on Dec. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 14, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao today highlighted DOT’s pro-growth deregulatory agenda that will spur innovation, speed up infrastructure project delivery, and create more jobs. The White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs’ (OIRA) Unified Agenda of Regulatory ...
By DOT News Wire | Dec 14, 2017
News Release: September 2017 U.S. Airline Traffic Data
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 14, 2017
Release: WASHINGTON - More than 40 million passengers and crew will be screened by Transportation Security Administration officers during the winter holiday period, one of the busiest times of the year to fly. TSA is expecting anywhere from 100,000 to 400,000 additional travelers at checkpoints nationwide each day.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2017
News Release: A Hollywood resident was sentenced yesterday to 24 months imprisonment for access device fraud and aggravated identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2017
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Springfield, Mo., man has been indicted on charges related to the sexual exploitation of a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Dakar Young, 23, of Tonawanda, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession and distribution of child pornography. The charges carry a minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 20 years and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2017
News Release: FBI Media Alert: Man Wearing University of New Mexico Football Jersey Robs Albuquerque Bank.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2017
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Four individuals from Michigan were indicted today for their part in the robbery of Jared the Galleria of Jewelry on Monday, December 4, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2017
News Release: BILLINGS-Robert David Lund, a 53-year old resident of Salt Lake City, Utah, was sentenced today to 120 months in prison and five years of supervised release after pleading guilty to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute and to distribute methamphetamine and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. United States District Judge Susan P. Watters issued the sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2017
News Release: Memphis, TN - After eight days of trial before U.S. Senior District Judge Samuel H. Mays, a federal jury convicted Jeremy Drewery of one count of Hobbs Act Extortion; one count of Receipt of a Bribe by a Government Agent; and one count of Solicitation to Tamper with a Witness. United States Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the guilty verdict today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2017
News Release: Defendant possessed firearms used in two Denver Metro area shootings.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Angel M. Melendez, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI"), announced today that RANDY WANG was arrested this morning...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2017
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Ryan Recaido Patacsil was sentenced to 9 years in prison for receipt of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. The sentence was handed down yesterday by the Honorable Maxine M. Chesney, U.S. District Judge, following Patacsil’s guilty plea to the charge on Aug. 2, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2017
News Release: 2017 Southeast Regional Animal Cruelty Prosecutions Training Held at Valdosta State University.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 14, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released a report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) examining how federal agencies use special pay rates and other incentives to address gaps in mission-critical skills and positions that are difficult to fill.
By State Newswire | Dec 14, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee passed four measures, including, as amended, the End Banking for Human Traffickers Act of 2017 (H.R. 2219). The legislation, authored by Chairman Royce, helps law enforcement and financial institutions identify and report suspected human traffickers so that they can be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that IRVIN MAYFIELD, age 40, and RONALD MARKHAM, age 39, both residents of New Orleans, were charged today by a federal grand jury in a 19 Count Indictment for Conspiracy, Wire Fraud, Mail Fraud, Money Laundering, and Obstruction of Justice.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Howard Edward Brooks, 40, of Elmira, NY, pleaded guilty to receipt, attempted distribution, and four counts of possession of child pornography involving prepubescent minors before U.S. District Court Judge David G. Larimer. Receipt...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2017
News Release: Two Cleveland men were indicted for their crimes related to a carjacking and attempted armed robbery of a credit union in October, said U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman and FBI Special Agent in Charge Stephen D. Anthony.
