News from February 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - The former supervisor at the Laguna Pueblo Superette, pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to embezzling funds from the Pueblo of Laguna.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2017
News Release: DALLAS, TX-The FBI is offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information directly leading to the arrest of Faustino Lara Valdez. Valdez is considered one of Dallas FBI’s Most Wanted Fugitives.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2017
News Release: Defendants Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative Which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2017
News Release: Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on February 6, 2017, Donald S. Harden (age: 47) of Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge William C. Griesbach to spend the remainder of his natural life in a federal prison. Under federal law, the jury’s findings combined with his prior record of drug dealing required that Harden receive a life sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2017
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Nimon Naphaeng, 35, a native and citizen of Thailand, who resided in Wakefield, R.I., pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Providence yesterday to federal charges resulting from his running an immigration fraud scheme, which included the filing of false asylum applications on behalf of individuals who did not request nor authorize the applications.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 7, 2017
News Release: The Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities (ADOT&PF), in cooperation with the Alaska Division of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), is proposing to construct new pedestrian facilities, a rest area, and intersection improvements near the Denali National Park Boundary, MP 231 Parks Highway.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 7, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The Republican majority on the House Committee on Natural Resources just voted down a Democratic proposal to require that hearing witnesses working for the Trump administration disclose financial conflicts of interest before appearing to testify, continuing a trend that has now repeated...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 7, 2017
News Release: Washington - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today announced assignments for the panel’s six subcommittees for the 115th Congress after committee members approved the subcommittees and rules in an executive session.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - The Director of Statistical Programming for a Cambridge-based biopharmaceutical company was arrested and charged today with participating in an insider trading scheme.
By State Newswire | Feb 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs; Rep. Albio Sires (D-NJ), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere; and Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) today introduced a measure in the House of Representatives underscoring the...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2017
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Kendra Westmoreland, age 54, of Randallstown, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to receiving and delivering an adulterated or misbranded device, in connection with her receipt and use of polydimethylsiloxane, which she misrepresented to customers as medical grade silicone.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2017
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A member of a highly sophisticated, global child exploitation enterprise dedicated to the sexual exploitation of children was sentenced to prison today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - The Director of Statistical Programming for a Cambridge-based biopharmaceutical company was arrested and charged today with participating in an insider trading scheme.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources held its Organizational Meeting for the 115th Congress. During the meeting, Members adopted a rules package and oversight plan for the session.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2017
News Release: Kentucky Man Sentenced to Prison For Engaging in a Child Exploitation Enterprise.
By State Newswire | Feb 7, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today at 10 a.m., House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) will convene a hearing to assess North Korea’s nuclear program. The hearing, entitled “Countering the North Korean Threat: New Steps in U.S. Policy, " comes amid several recent high-ranking North Korean defections.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2017
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - The U.S. Probation Office for the Southern District of Ohio and the Ohio Department of Public Safety, Bureau of Motor Vehicles have created a supervision ID card for inmates leaving federal prison. The ID serves as a legitimate form of identification to obtain a state of Ohio ID or driver’s license.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2017
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, James P. O’Neill, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD"), Ashan M. Benedict, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives ...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 7, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - At today’s recently concluded organizing meeting of the House Natural Resources Committee, the Republican majority voted down a number of Democratic proposals that, among other reforms, would have mandated financial disclosure by politically appointed Trump administration witnesses;...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House passed H.J. Res. 44 (Rep. Liz Cheney, WY-at large), a joint resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act to overturn the BLM Planning 2.0 Rule. Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) gave the following remarks during floor debate.
