News from February 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - Two Camden-area men were charged by a federal grand jury today in connection with their roles in a drug distribution organization, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: NEW YORK - - A multi-agency operation this morning resulted in the arrest and indictment of 13 members of a narcotics trafficking group charged with smuggling large amounts of narcotics from Puerto Rico through the U.S. Mail for distribution in New York City. James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), Subcommittee on the Constitution Ranking Member Steve Cohen (D-TN), Subcommittee on Intellectual Property Ranking Member, and former chair of the Subcommittee on the Constitution Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) released the following joint statement ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: Florida Man Pleads Guilty to Hate Crimes for Threatening Muslim Grocery Store Owners.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: G.F. “Pete" Peterman, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announces that two individuals were sentenced yesterday in Athens on drug and other charges by the Honorable C. Ashley Royal, Senior United States District Court Judge.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: SILT, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management yesterday acquired the Dotsero Landing Recreation Site on the Upper Colorado River from Eagle County Open Space, ensuring long-term public access to the Colorado River while returning funding to the county open space program for additional acquisitions.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: St. Croix, USVI - District Court Judge Raymond L. Finch, on February 7, 2017, sentenced Carmelo Cruz-Velez, 52, of Puerto Rico, to 46 months in prison for conspiracy to possess a controlled substance with intent to distribute, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced. Judge Finch also sentenced Cruz-Velez to five years of supervised release and ordered him to pay a fine of $2,000 along with a special assessment of $100.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A federal grand jury today returned separate, unrelated indictments that charge two Springfield men with drug and gun offenses.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today announced a hearing for Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Modernizing Energy and Electricity Delivery Systems: Challenges and Opportunities to Promote Infrastructure Improvement and Expansion."
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of bank robbery, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today announced a hearing for Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Modernizing Energy and Electricity Delivery Systems: Challenges and Opportunities to Promote Infrastructure Improvement and Expansion."
By Interior Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: The Big Hole National Battlefield's visitor center will be closed Monday, Feb. 20, 2017 to honor Presidents Day. The visitor center will reopen the following day, February 21 at 10:00 a.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Harrisburg, Mo., man who struck several vehicles in a parking lot while attempting to flee from law enforcement officers, was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA), Education and the Workforce Committee Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA), and Budget Committee Ranking Member John Yarmuth (D-KY) today sent a letter to the Acting Secretaries...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: A former Congressional chief of staff pleaded guilty today for his role in a conspiracy and fraud scheme involving a fraudulent scholarship charity, and for stealing tens of thousands of dollars in congressional salary payments disbursed to a close relative who performed no known work.
By State Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement on the murder of six Red Cross workers in Afghanistan...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - An Easthampton man pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Springfield to child pornography charges.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA), Education and the Workforce Committee Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA), and Budget Committee Ranking Member John Yarmuth (D-KY) today sent a letter to the Acting Secretaries...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: FORT SMITH, Ark. - Kenneth Goff, 45, of Kansas City, Missouri, was sentenced today to 160 months in federal prison on one count of Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine. The sentencing decision was jointly by Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Matthew Barden and Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: Charleston, W.Va. - A Logan County man was sentenced today to five years of probation for his role in a kickback scheme, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Chadwick Lusk, 35, of Davin, previously pleaded guilty to honest services mail fraud. He was also ordered to pay $230,000 in restitution to Arch Coal.
