News from February 2017
By Commerce News Now | Feb 28, 2017
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Feb. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 28, 2017
News Release: “Thank you Chairman Lucas and Ranking Member Fudge for holding today’s hearing to review conservation policy in the next farm bill. We will be hearing testimony from a great panel of witnesses today; welcome to the Committee.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2017
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Lebanon, Mo., man has been sentenced for being a felon in possession of firearms following a nine-hour-long standoff with law enforcement officers while he was in the attic space of a friend’s residence.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2017
News Release: Charged with attempted murder of a federal employee.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2017
News Release: GREAT FALLS - Kenneth James Hatzenbeller, 52, of Great Falls, Montana, pleaded guilty to bank fraud today in U.S. District Court. He faces a maximum prison sentence of 30 years imprisonment and a $1 million fine. Hatzenbeller also agreed to pay at least $1,077,866 in restitution. U.S. District Court Judge Brian M. Morris presided over the change of plea and set sentencing for May 18, 2017 in Great Falls.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2017
News Release: FEB 28 - CONCORD, N.H. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice announced that Jeannette Hardy, 26, of Manchester, New Hampshire, was sentenced to ten years in federal prison based upon her conviction for conspiracy to distribute heroin and fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - A local man is set to make an appearance in federal court for willfully attempting to evade or defeat his 2012 income taxes, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson along with Special Agent in Charge Rick Goss of IRS - Criminal Investigation (CI).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2017
News Release: HONOLULU - Leihinahina "Jennifer" Sullivan, 45, of Lihue, Kauai, was arraigned Friday, Feb. 24, on a 12-count indictment charging her with tax fraud and aggravated identity theft. The indictment charges Sullivan with eight counts of false claims, two counts of wire fraud, and two counts of aggravated identity theft. Sullivan pled not guilty to all charges, and her trial was set for April 25, 2017, before Chief United States District Judge J. Michael Seabright.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2017
News Release: Project Management Oversight Entity Agrees to Pay $1,500,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man pleaded guilty today in connection with his role in a scheme to steal personal information and bank account numbers to withdraw money from retirement accounts.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 28, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C.-Today, President Trump issued an Executive Order on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) controversial Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule. Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) issued the following statement.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2017
News Release: Earlier today in United States District Court in Brooklyn, Alexander Posobilov was sentenced to 135 months’ imprisonment for conspiring to export and illegally exporting controlled microelectronics to Russia, as well as for conspiring to launder money.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2017
News Release: A Broward County School District employee has been charged with obstructing a drug investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A doctor practicing in Passaic County, New Jersey, today admitted taking bribes in connection with a long-running and elaborate test referral scheme operated by Biodiagnostic Laboratory Services LLC (BLS), of Parsippany, New Jersey, its president and numerous associates, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced today.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 28, 2017
News Release: On Wednesday, March 1 at 10:00 a.m., the Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), will examine legislative proposals that will help promote greater access to affordable health care coverage. The hearing will take place in 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2017
News Release: Brian Randall, 51, of Castalian Springs, Tennessee, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw, Jr., to 24 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for operating a large-scale methamphetamine conspiracy, announced United States Attorney David Rivera.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Dennison Hale, 44, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Tohatchi, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to a second degree murder charge. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Hale will be sentenced within the range of 180 to 240 months in federal prison followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DANIEL HAMLETT, SR., 55, formerly of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for committing an armed robbery of a Seymour bank in 2013.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 28, 2017
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Employees are making significant progress reducing risk despite one of the worst winters in Hanford Site history.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2017
News Release: G.F. “Pete" Peterman, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announces Christopher Belt, age 26, of Columbus, Georgia entered a plea of guilty on Feb. 27, 2017 to bank robbery and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime of violence in front of District Court Judge Clay D. Land. Mr. Belt entered the guilty plea after a jury had been selected to hear his case.
