News from February 2017
By State Newswire | Feb 15, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today joined Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer and Rep. Adam Schiff, Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, at a press conference on the Russia Sanctions Review Act, bipartisan legislation which would require Congressional approval of any sanctions relief provided to Russia. A transcript of Rep. Engel’s remarks follows...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 15, 2017
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - The National Park Service (NPS) will again offer shuttle bus service between Grand Canyon National Park and the neighboring town of Tusayan, Arizona in 2017. Service will begin March 1 to help ease spring break congestion on the South Rim. Those taking advantage of the shuttle service...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 15, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) today released the following statement after the Committee’s Democratic Members named him and Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) to serve on the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) in the 115th Congress...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2017
News Release: RENO, Nev. - Following a six-day trial, a jury found a husband guilty of voluntary manslaughter in his wife’s death at their home on the Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation, announced U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden for the District of Nevada. The man is a member of the Fort McDermitt Paiute-Shoshone Tribe of Nevada and Oregon and his wife was a member of the Te-Moak Tribe of the Western Shoshone.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2017
News Release: A federal grand jury indicted Andrew Crislip, 33, of Cuyahoga Falls, for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition and with making a false statement to a licensed firearms dealer during the acquisition of a firearm, said Carole S. Rendon, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2017
News Release: PHONE: (716) 843-5817. FAX #: (716) 551-3051. ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Kevin DiMartino, 37, of Greece, NY, was arrested and charged by complaint with receiving, distributing and possessing child pornography. The charges carry a mandatory minimum...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 15, 2017
News Release: During construction, both portals of the tunnel will remain open and flaggers will be stationed to control traffic. Expect some delays. To find updated information on the Paw Paw Tunnel Project visit www.nps.gov/choh/planyourvisit/pawpaw-closure.htm.
By State Newswire | Feb 15, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Tomorrow at 10 a.m., House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) will convene a hearing to examine the future of the U.S.’s Iran policy. The hearing, entitled “Iran on Notice, " will begin at 10 a.m.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 15, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Wednesday on the Senate floor, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, encouraged his colleagues to confirm Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-S.C.), to be the director of the Office of Management and Budget. Excerpts of Sen. Johnson’s remarks are below, and video of his remarks can be found here.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2017
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that two Springfield, Mo., men and a Humansville, Mo., man were indicted by a federal grand jury today, in separate and unrelated cases, for receiving and distributing child pornography.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 15, 2017
News Release: Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the CRA resolutions we’re debating today that would block Labor Department regulations on state-run retirement programs. Our country is in the midst of a retirement savings crisis. To address this issue, we should work together to encourage retirement savings opportunities. Instead the Republicans are doing the opposite by making it more difficult for states and cities to help middle class families save for retirement.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 15, 2017
News Release: Fungus on fish eggs isn't only an eyesore for the aquaculture industry, it's also deadly to fish and expensive to treat. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists have found that copper sulfate kills fish egg fungus and is cheaper than current treatments.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2017
News Release: (CHARLESTON, W.Va. - DEA announced today that the cities of Charleston and Huntington and the surrounding Tri-County areas will be the next region to be part of a comprehensive law enforcement and prevention initiative called the 360 Strategy. This program is designed to help cities and surrounding regions deal with the heroin and prescription drug abuse epidemic and the violent crime associated with it.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2017
News Release: POCATELLO - Erik Rodriguez, 25, of Rupert, Idaho, was sentenced yesterday in United States District Court to 300 months in prison for producing child pornography, followed by 15 years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordered Rodriguez to pay restitution for counseling costs of his victim. Rodriguez pleaded guilty to the charge on Aug. 24, 2016.
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 DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2017
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 44-year-old Houston man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A disbarred Somerset attorney was convicted today by a federal jury in connection with his scheme to defraud an acquaintance of $60,000 and of witness tampering based on his efforts to influence the victim’s testimony at trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2017
News Release: MARQUETTE, MICHIGAN -Acting U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced today that Brooke Ferns (formerly Brooke Vernier), age 30, of Marquette, was sentenced to 18 months in prison followed by two years of supervised for conspiring to commit bank fraud. Chief U.S. District Judge Robert Jonker also ordered Vernier to pay $1,780,232.10 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - After a four-day trial, a jury found Mihran Melkonyan, 36, of Sacramento, guilty on Tuesday of 24 counts of wire fraud and two counts of mail fraud related to a scheme to commit credit card fraud by operating phony online businesses, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2017
News Release: Disbarred Marin attorney also ordered to pay more than $4.5 million in restitution to defrauded investors.
