News from February 2017
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 24, 2017
News Release: When your heart beats, blood courses through your arteries in waves of pressure. These pressure waves manifest as your pulse, a regular rhythm unperturbed by the complex internal structure of the body. Scientists call such robust waves solitons, and in many ways they behave more like discrete particles than waves. Soliton theory may aid in the understanding of tsunamis, which -- unlike other water waves -- can sustain themselves over vast oceanic distances.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - - Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York Division and Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that James Wilkie, Remus Nowak, and Fernando Rodriguez, of Buffalo, were arrested and charged by criminal complaint with conspiracy to...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - A federal grand jury in Dallas returned an indictment yesterday charging Reyes Alvarez, 32, and Pedro Calixto, 27, both of Dallas with one count each of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin. The indictment was by Clyde E. Shelley, Jr., Special Agent in Charge, Dallas Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration and U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2017
News Release: RALEIGH -United States Attorney John Stuart Bruce announced that today in federal court before United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle, SANTIAGO DE LA TORRE, 45, of Cicero, Illinois, was sentenced to serve 35 months in federal prison ori harges of Conspiracy to Make False Statements Concerning Highway Projects, and Perjury. The defendant was also ordered to serve a 3-year term of supervised release and to make restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2017
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A jury on Thursday found a Wichita man guilty on federal human trafficking charges, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2017
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 30-year-old woman from Harlingen has been ordered to prison following her conviction of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Irma Matamoros-Santillan pleaded guilty Oct. 19, 2016.
By State Newswire | Feb 24, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) announced the following upcoming Committee events...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2017
News Release: Spokane-Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Kevin Michael Dettmer, age 34, of Walla Walla, Washington, was sentenced today for Attempted Receipt of Child Pornography. United States District Judge Salvador Mendoza Jr. sentenced Dettmer to a...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Mahmoud Amin Mohamed Elhassan, 26, of Woodbridge, Virginia, was sentenced today to 11 years in prison and 10 years of supervised release for attempting to provide material support and resources to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization, and making false statements to the FBI.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2017
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA - On Feb. 24, 2017, Daniel Logan Walden, 69, formerly of Glenwood, Iowa, was sentenced by Senior United States District Court Judge Robert W. Pratt to 87 months in prison for possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Kevin E. VanderSchel. Walden was also ordered to serve 10 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2017
News Release: LAFAYETTE - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Breaux Bridge woman was sentenced Thursday to 10 months in prison for stealing more than $64,000 from a New Iberia company.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2017
News Release: Defendant In Family Business Lured Women to the United States With False Promises of a Better Life, Then Forced Them Into Prostitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2017
News Release: BOISE - The Bureau of Land Management (“BLM") has reached a settlement with several environmental groups to ensure that groups with an interest in public lands can meaningfully participate in the land management process whenever BLM might in the near future again be asked to consider applications for...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 24, 2017
News Release: Glen Jean - New River Gorge National River fire managers are preparing for several prescribed fires this spring, between February 27 and May 31, weather permitting. Current plans include burning three separate units ranging in size from four to 45 acres, totaling approximately 95 acres. Fuel and weather conditions must be within certain parameters and that will determine the exact dates of the fires.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2017
News Release: Stephen Arellano, 59 of Philadelphia, PA was charged yesterday by Indictment with one count of bank robbery, announced Acting United States Louis D. Lappen. The indictment charges that the defendant robbed the Republic Bank, at 1601 Market Street in Philadelphia, on Nov. 16, 2016. Arellano stole approximately $860 in U.S. currency from the victim teller.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 24, 2017
News Release: On Tuesday, February 28 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, chaired by Rep. Todd Rokita (R-IN), will hold a hearing entitled, “Providing More Students a Pathway to Success by Strengthening Career and Technical Education." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 24, 2017
News Release: Battle Mountain, Nev. - Snow removal, abruptly changing temperatures and fast moving water from snow melt damage roads within the BLM Battle Mountain District every year. Users of public lands should exercise caution and be aware of road conditions relative to their travel requirements, especially when...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2017
News Release: Initiative, announced in December, seeks to reduce recidivism and domestic related deaths.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 24, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today upon review of a leaked copy of the House Republican’s healthcare proposal...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2017
News Release: Boston - A former bank teller at the former Lenox National Bank was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Springfield in connection with embezzling more than $378,000 from the bank and concealing the theft with false bank records.
