News from February 2017
By Interior Newswire | Feb 23, 2017
News Release: HEYBURN, Idaho - The Bureau of Reclamation will increase flows in the Snake River below Palisades Dam from the current flow of 3,300 cubic-feet-per-second to approximately 6,450 cfs on Feb. 27. Discharges from American Falls and Minidoka dams will also be increased to approximately 3,300 cfs on Feb. 27.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2017
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - An Ocean County, New Jersey, man today admitted owning and operating an unlicensed money transmitting business, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Markell Darrell Davis, 30, of Fairfield, pleaded guilty today to being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Bullhead, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for one count of First Degree Burglary and two counts of Domestic Assault by an Habitual Offender.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 23, 2017
News Release: McLean - On Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017 at about 2:30 pm United States Park Police responded to the report of a tractor trailer crash northbound on the George Washington Memorial Parkway near the CIA. The operator of the tractor trailer was airlifted by the USPP Eagle with serious injuries. At this stage...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2017
News Release: Defendants Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative Which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 23, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - In a new letter to Acting Secretary of the Interior Jack Haugrud, Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) asks why a recent Department of the Interior (DOI) blog post falsely claims the cancellation of the Stream Protection Rule - which regulated the dumping of waste from mountaintop...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2017
News Release: HAMMOND- United States Attorney David A. Capp announced that Joshua Herman, 28, of Hammond, Indiana, was sentenced on Feb. 22, 2017 by District Court Judge Rudy Lozano after pleading guilty to possession of a firearm by a felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2017
News Release: In San Antonio today, 65-year-old Hugh Lappe Scott, Jr., a local San Antonio attorney, was sentenced to six months in federal prison for being an accessory after the fact announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2017
News Release: This evening, CNN reports that White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus asked the FBI to “knock down" media reports about communications between the Russian government and associates of President Trump. If these reports are accurate, the White House may have violated Department of Justice policies established in 2007 and 2009 to limit direct communications about pending investigations between the White House and the FBI.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 23, 2017
News Release: Under Obamacare, there’s a new class of uninsured, and it begins with those choosing to pay the individual mandate penalty instead of buying government-ordered health care.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina-------United States Attorney Beth Drake, announced today that thirteen individuals have been arrested on federal charges for drug and firearms violations. A 35-count federal indictment was unsealed yesterday charging multiple defendants with federal violations. Thirteen defendants were arraigned on the indictment yesterday.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2017
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Charleston methamphetamine dealer was sentenced today to six and a half years in federal prison for a drug crime, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Keary Drake, 48, previously pleaded guilty to distribution of methamphetamine.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 23, 2017
News Release: Under Obamacare, there’s a new class of uninsured, and it begins with those choosing to pay the individual mandate penalty instead of buying government-ordered health care.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 23, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), announced a hearing for Thursday, March 2, 2017, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining FDA’s Generic Drug and Biosimilar User Fee Programs."
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former baggage handler employed at Los Angeles International Airport was arrested Tuesday for smuggling cocaine by authorities investigating the use of employee credentials to breach airport security.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2017
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Columbia, Mo., man was charged in federal court today with child sexual exploitation.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - The former owner of a well-known Boston-area jewelry chain, Alpha Omega Jewelers, was arrested yesterday in Los Angeles after living abroad for almost 10 years following a scheme to defraud the company’s former lenders.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 23, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a four year, $91.9 million contract on Feb. 22, 2017 to CDM Smith to design and build portions of the Pojoaque Basin Regional Water System in north-central New Mexico.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 23, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), announced a hearing for Thursday, March 2, 2017, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining FDA’s Generic Drug and Biosimilar User Fee Programs."
