News from February 2017
By Interior Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: Efforts to repair the historic O&W Bridge will commence Monday, March 6, and will take approximately three weeks to complete. This project is funded by the State of Tennessee, Scott County, and an anonymous donor, and work is being performed by the Scott County Road Department.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - A federal grand jury has indicted William Edward Robinson (44) and Sandra Wright Taylor (53), for violations of federal law including conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, possession of firearms in connection with drug distribution...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: HARRISBURG- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Derek Bowman, age 33, of York, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on Feb. 15, 2017, to 141 months’ imprisonment by United States District Court Judge William J. Caldwell for the armed robbery of PNC bank in York, Pennsylvania, on January 9, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: A federal jury today convicted Robert Doggart, 65, of Signal Mountain, Tennessee, of soliciting another person to violate federal civil rights laws by burning down a mosque in Islamberg, a hamlet outside Hancock, New York, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Tom Wheeler of the Justice Department’s...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement after meeting with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on the apparent ramp up of apprehension raids...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - Ismail Ali Khan has been convicted following a six-day jury trial of conspiracy, illegal importation of misbranded drug products from China, receiving misbranded drugs that had moved in interstate commerce, and making false statements in order to become a naturalized U.S. citizen.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today upon news that Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) introduced legislation intended to protect people with pre-existing conditions upon full repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA):
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: DAYTON - Tony Chancellor, 24, of Dayton, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 84 months in prison for possessing a firearm after having been convicted of a felony.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: Madison, Wis. - John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Belinda Chizek, 47, Prentice, Wis., was sentenced February 14 by U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to two years of probation and fined $3,000 for felony mail theft of $500. Chizek pleaded guilty to this charge on Dec. 15, 2016, in U.S. District Court in Madison.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today upon news that Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) introduced legislation intended to protect people with pre-existing conditions upon full repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA):
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2017
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 41-year-old woman has been ordered to serve five years in federal prison for aggravated identity theft and fraudulent use of a Social Security number, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Cecile Cole, of Atlanta, Georgia, pleaded guilty in Corpus Christi federal court Nov. 30, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2017
News Release: A Washington man was charged with transporting a minor across state lines for the purpose of engaging in commercial sex, said U.S. Attorney Carole S. Rendon and FBI Special Agent in Charge Stephen D. Anthony.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 15, 2017
News Release: PHOENIX - EM's next quarterly public forum to discuss upcoming business opportunities in the legacy nuclear cleanup program is set for Tuesday, March 7 during the annual Waste Management Conference in Phoenix.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Donah E. Davison, 54, of Las Cruces, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court to theft of government property and forgery charges arising out of a scheme to defraud the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2017
News Release: Robbed, Binkley’s Kitchen and Bar, Lawrence gun store & others.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2017
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Kenneth Greene, 25, Beloit, Wis. was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 36 months in federal prison, to be followed by a three-year period of supervised release, for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Greene pleaded guilty to this charge on Nov. 3, 2015.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 15, 2017
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2017
News Release: Steven Hameed, 57, of Chester, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to 97 months in prison for his multi-year scheme to steal government homes and file false tax forms against various police officers and government officials, announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen. Hameed’s co-conspirators...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 15, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON – On behalf of the entire Department of Homeland Security, I thank U.S. Secret Service Director Joseph Clancy for his decades of selfless service. During his tenure with the Secret Service, Director Clancy brought a ...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 15, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON - Under Department of Homeland Security (DHS) policy, aliens granted deferred action from deportation who are subsequently found to pose a threat to national security or public safety may have their deferred action terminated ...
