News from February 2017
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 2, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, the Director of the National Background Investigations Bureau, Charles Phalen, Jr., testified before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform about the process used to investigate applicants for security clearances and was asked about highly inflammatory statements...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2017
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - This morning, Senior U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings sentenced Rudolfo Ledesma Castaneda, Jr., 31, to 360 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in October 2016 to one count of distribution and possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 2, 2017
News Release: Today, the House voted to protect workers, taxpayers, small businesses, and our Armed Forces by passing a resolution of disapproval (H. J. Res 37) to block the Obama administration’s flawed “blacklisting" rule. The rule would make a system designed to protect workers less efficient, undermine our nation’s military readiness, and limit the ability of small businesses to compete for federal contracts.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 2, 2017
News Release: On Saturday, February 18 the public is invited to participate in the Great Backyard Bird Count at the Gettysburg National Military Park’s Museum and Visitor Center, 1195 Baltimore Pike, Gettysburg. From 12:30 - 3:30 p.m., visitors can join park biologists and volunteers and learn about the birds wintering in the Gettysburg community.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2017
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that DENIS A. MUNOZ-RODRIGUEZ, age 35, a native of Honduras, pled guilty today to a one-count Indictment for illegal entry of a removed alien, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1326(a).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2017
News Release: A superseding indictment was returned today against four people charged with engaging in the sex trafficking of minors in Philadelphia announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen. Charged in the superseding indictment are: Collin Cowell (26), a/k/a “Tyson," Rocio Ramos (38), a/k/a “Delci," Idalis Mendez (20), a/k/a “Dali," and Robert Broaddus (23), of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today Dr. Albert R. Cowie, 38, of Amherst, NY, who was convicted of obtaining controlled substances by fraud and health care fraud, was sentenced to 24 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2017
News Release: Executive Agrees to Serve 14 Months in a U.S. Prison.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 2, 2017
News Release: “Thank you, Tom, for inviting me today to speak about our ambitious pro-growth agenda. I’m honored to have been elected to Congress the same year you were named President and CEO of the U.S. Chamber.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2017
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Robert Smith, III, 49, of Virginia Beach, was sentenced today to 41 months in prison for a decade-long scheme to defraud the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) Local 970 of over $1 million. Smith was also sentenced to three years of supervised release and ordered to pay restitution to the union in the amount of $1,072,669.10.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2017
News Release: Abingdon, VIRGINIA - An Ohio woman, who conspired with others to provide an inmate at the United States Penitentiary (USP) Lee, in Lee County, Virginia with a prohibited object, pled guilty today to a federal conspiracy charge, Acting United States Attorney Rick A. Mountcastle announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2017
News Release: Defendant is One of 104 Individuals Federally Charged as a Result of ATF-Led Investigation Pursued in Support of Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2017
News Release: CINCINNATI - U.S. Attorney Benjamin C. Glassman announced a final order of forfeiture has been filed in U.S. v. Christopher Whitfield, Tonia Whitfield and Steven Griffin, ordering the forfeiture of the more than $1 million in cash, among other things, that had been seized during the execution of search warrants in this case.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2017
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that ALBERTO SECUNDINO-BUENAVENTURA, age 36, was charged today in a one-count Indictment for illegal reentry of a removed alien in violation of Title 8, United States Code, Section 1326(a).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2017
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Suburban Chicago physician pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala to bribery concerning health care programs receiving federal funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2017
News Release: DENVER - To all news organizations. Tomorrow, Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, the Colorado U.S. Attorney’s Office will be closed in order to move from our current address to 1801 California Street, Denver, Colorado 80202. The office will reopen on Monday, February 6, 2017 at that address. Phone numbers and email addresses will remain the same.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2017
News Release: St. Croix, USVI - A Virgin Islands grand jury, on Jan. 12, 2017, returned a 12- count indictment against two Virgin Islands women charging them with conspiracy to defraud the United States, theft of government property and aggravated identity theft, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2017
News Release: Two El Paso men were sentenced to federal prison terms and ordered to pay $2,013,242 restitution to their victims for carrying out an extensive Ponzi scheme announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr.; Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Waldemar Rodriguez, El Paso Division; and, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge Douglas Lindquist, El Paso Division.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 2, 2017
News Release: BOISE - A team of fire experts is assembling at Great Smoky Mountains National Park to conduct a review of the 2016 Chimney Tops 2 fire that started in the park on November 23.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 2, 2017
News Release: Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chairwoman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, and Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), chairman of the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, today called on National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel Richard Griffin to abandon his partisan agenda or step down immediately.
