News from February 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2017
News Release: DENVER - Daniel Anthony Garcia, age 28, of Pueblo, Colorado, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Christine M. Arguello to serve 37 months in federal prison for felon in possession of a firearm, Acting U.S. Attorney Bob Troyer and ATF Acting Special Agent in Charge Ron Humphries announced. Following...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2017
News Release: Memphis, TN - Edward L. Stanton III, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, has announced his resignation, effective Feb. 28, 2017. U.S. Attorney Stanton has served in office since August 2010.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2017
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that MONICA SYLVEST, age 52, of Marrero, was charged today in a Bill of Information for health care fraud.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 1, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today delivered remarks at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce detailing the Committee’s priorities for the 115th Congress. The remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2017
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that TRAVIS DANIEL PHILLIPS, age 37, of Muskogee, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 24 months imprisonment, and 36 months of supervised release for FELON IN POSSESSION OF FIREARM, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2017
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that DILLAN JAMES PARKER, age 24, of Okmulgee, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 24 months imprisonment, and 3 years of supervised release for STEALING FIREARMS FROM A FEDERAL FIREARMS LICENSED DEALER, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 924(m) and 2.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2017
News Release: Former Mayor Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud for Using Campaign Contributions for His Own Personal Benefit.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 1, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House passed H.J. Res 38 sponsored by Reps. Bill Johnson (R-OH), Evan Jenkins (R-WV) and David McKinley (R-WV). This is a joint resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act related to the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement’s (OSM) final Stream Protection Rule (SPR).
By Interior Newswire | Feb 1, 2017
News Release: DURANGO, Colo. - The Bureau of Reclamation and City of Durango recently finalized and signed a lease agreement for recreation management at Lake Nighthorse.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - An asbestos removal company pleaded guilty today in connection with an illegal “double breasted shop" scheme aimed at enabling them to defraud the Massachusetts Laborers Benefit Fund (MLBF). In this case, the company utilized a second corporate entity to pay union members at non-union rates without union benefits.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 1, 2017
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) latest public service announcement is a reminder that the airspace around NRG Stadium in Houston is a No Drone Zone for the Super Bowl.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2017
News Release: EUGENE, Ore. - On Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, Krista Jean Mudrick, 36, a resident of Deschutes County, Oregon and former Deschutes County Sheriff employee, was sentenced to three years of probation and 200 hours of community service by U.S. District Judge Michael J. McShane for lying to FBI and IRS agents.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Two crack-cocaine wholesalers for the New Jersey set of the Grape Street Crips gang today admitted their involvement in racketeering and drug trafficking conspiracies operating in Newark, New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2017
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita man was indicted Tuesday on federal charges of using stolen identities to applying for car loans, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Rhode Island man was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with a wide-ranging conspiracy that distributed cocaine, heroin and other narcotics throughout Bristol County, Mass., and Rhode Island.
By State Newswire | Feb 1, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) issued the following statement on the confirmation of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Charles Newkirk, 33, of Buffalo NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin and fentanyl. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 1, 2017
News Release: For the hungry this winter in Central Pennsylvania, food banks have a supply of venison from the Gettysburg battlefield.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 1, 2017
News Release: Prince William Forest Park, a unit of the National Park System, will be hosting a Youth Conservation Corp (YCC) work team during the summer of 2017. For over 25 years, youth from the area have worked on Park resources such as trails, historic buildings and landscapes by helping to rehabilitate historic...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 1, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released a report Wednesday, “Securing Israel: Lessons Learned From A Nation Under Constant Threat Of Attack," detailing the policies and procedures that the government of Israel has taken to secure its homeland.
