News from February 2017
By DOL Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: Leaders of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce today expressed their commitment to hold the administration accountable to the American people through robust congressional oversight efforts in the 115th Congress. In separate letters to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and subcommittee chairmen wrote...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas -Pedro Jose Meza, 35, of Fort Worth, Texas, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Terry R. Means to serve a total of 50 years in federal prison and a lifetime of supervised release, following his guilty plea to two child pornography offenses, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By State Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Leaders of the Senate Foreign Relations and House Foreign Affairs Committees sent a letter signed by 78 members of Congress to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan seeking the unconditional release of American pastor Andrew Brunson, who has been unjustly detained in Turkey since October...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Walt Green announced today that BRIAN P. JOHNSON, age 44, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has been sentenced to serve thirty-four (34) months in federal prison, as a result of his conviction for hacking into the computer system of an industrial facility to disrupt...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to a letter sent yesterday by Rep. Jason Chaffetz, the Chairman of the Oversight Committee, and Rep. Bob Goodlatte, the Chairman of the House...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: Charlottesville, VIRGINIA - A Waynesboro man pled guilty yesterday in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Charlottesville to a federal gun charge, Acting United States Attorney Rick A. Mountcastle announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: Idaho Man Charged in Church Arson Case.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Michael J. Jackson, age 57, of Hershey, Pennsylvania, was indicted on Feb. 15, 2017, by a federal grand jury on wire fraud, bankruptcy fraud, false bankruptcy oaths and claims, and aggravated identity theft charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - Raymond A. Barnes, 46, and Christopher A. Brown, 35, the former jail superintendent and assistant jail superintendent, respectively, of the Muskogee County Jail (MCJ), were resentenced in federal court on Feb 15, 2017, on multiple counts of civil rights offenses related to allegations...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, President Donald J. Trump signed H.J. Res 38 (Reps. Bill Johnson, R-OH, Evan Jenkins, R-WV, and David McKinley, R-WV), 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). Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) released the following statement.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Emil Michalczuk, age 25, of Siemiatycze, Poland, was sentenced today to 20 days in jail following his guilty plea to a misdemeanor charge of illegally entering the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: Ocala, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the signing of a criminal complaint charging Mark Charles Barnett (48, Ocala) with possession of a firearm (destructive device) affecting commerce by a previously convicted felon. If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. Barnett is currently in custody at the Marion County Jail on state charges for violating his terms of probation.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: Cape Cod National Seashore Superintendent George Price announces that Cape Cod National Seashore is open for operation following the intense wind, waves, and weather experienced over the course of two major storms. The Salt Pond Visitor Center in Eastham, seashore headquarters in Wellfleet, and all other offices throughout the park are open for business.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: Jackson, Miss. -- Carmecia Jordan, 33, of Jackson, pled guilty in U.S. District Court today to theft of government funds, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and IRS- Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Jerome McDuffie.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A 24-year-old Brownsville man has been ordered to prison for nearly 20 years following his conviction of human smuggling and hostage taking, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Reynaldo Lerma-Pichardo pleaded guilty Oct. 25, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Marty, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Sexual Abuse.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: A Youngstown man was indicted for selling heroin and illegally having firearms, said Carole S. Rendon, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and FBI Special Agent in Charge Stephen D. Anthony.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on three produce businesses for failure to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - A group of 45 Senate and House members today introduced a bill requiring the president to publicly disclose any financial interests that would be at stake before acting on trade matters.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Juan Merino-Guerrero, 29, was sentenced today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 40 months in prison for his conviction on methamphetamine trafficking and firearms charges. Merino-Guerrero is a Mexican national who was residing in Santa Fe, N.M., when he was arrested in this case. He will be deported after completing his prison sentence.
