News from January 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: SHREVEPORT, LA. - A Louisiana man pled has pled guilty to a federal charge following his arrest for calling a Washington, D.C., pizzeria and threatening to shoot people there, announced Channing D. Phillips, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, and Stephanie A. Finley, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - As a follow-up to an opiate addiction awareness event in December 2016, the United States Attorney’s Office, with the Rensselaer County Heroin Coalition, Troy Drug Free Community Coalition, NOPIATES, and Rensselaer Area Drug Awareness Reality Coalition (RADAR) will jointly host a two-part...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a McLaughlin, South Dakota, man convicted of Domestic Assault by an Habitual Offender was sentenced on January 5, 2017, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed the FY 2017 Budget Resolution, an initial step in the effort to repeal Obamacare and reform our health care system.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: PHOENIX- Yesterday, U.S. District Judge Steven P. Logan sentenced Steven Dale Audette, 59, of Duluth, MN, to 240 months in prison and three years of supervised release for stealing approximately $3.5 million through an elaborate extortion scheme. Audette was found guilty by a federal jury on March 24...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: OAKLAND, Calif. - Shawan I. Spragans and Merl J. Simpson each pleaded guilty in federal court in Oakland today to robbery affecting interstate commerce (Hobbs Act robbery), conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery, attempted Hobbs Act robbery, discharging a firearm in furtherance of Hobbs Act robbery, and being a felon in possession of firearms, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 132,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2016/2017 marketing year.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today on the Justice Department reaching a settlement with Takata Corp., which will include a total fine of $1 billion and criminal charges against the company. The settlement includes a $25 million criminal fine, $125 million in victim compensation, and $850 million to compensate automakers who have suffered losses from massive recalls.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - On Jan. 12, 2017, James Hedelsky, 59, of Bartow County, Ga, was sentenced to serve life in prison by the Honorable Travis R. McDonough, U.S. District Judge. Following a September 2016 jury trial, Hedelsky was convicted of conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute 50 grams or more of (actual) in the Eastern District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: Seattle Man on State Probation used Library and Café Wifi to try to Hide Illegal Conduct.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: The former Chief Executive Officer of Essex Holdings, Inc., was convicted of two separate fraud schemes totaling more than $30 million. The first scheme involved nearly 100 investors who purportedly purchased interests in iron ore mining in Chile. The second scheme involved unlawfully obtaining economic development funds from the State of South Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Paul G. Byron today sentenced Rowy De Jesus Vasquez (26, Altamonte Springs) to 30 years in federal prison, to be followed by 20 years of supervised release, for sex trafficking a minor. The Court also ordered him to pay $23,040 in restitution to his victim, and to register as sex offender. He pleaded guilty on Oct. 20, 2016.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: Washington - Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) welcomed the new Republican Members who will join the Committee in the 115th Congress.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Robert Blake Jackson, 31, of Pensacola, was sentenced to 3 years in federal prison today for making materially false statements in a federal investigation. The sentence was announced by Christopher P. Canova, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed the FY 2017 Budget Resolution, an initial step in the effort to repeal Obamacare and reform our health care system.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - Anthony Lepore, John Rife, and Brian Domalik, the former President, Regional Vice President, and Division Manager for Rite Way Service, Inc., have been sentenced for conspiracy, bribery and honest services fraud for their roles in a multi-year, multi-million-dollar scheme to bribe a public official who was employed with DeKalb County government and the Georgia World Congress Center Authority.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH) today issued the following statement after Takata agreed to plead guilty to wire fraud and reached a settlement with the Department of Justice following its defective airbag scandal.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Farmington Field Office and the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Navajo Regional Office have added two additional scoping meetings for an expanded resource management planning effort for northwest New Mexico. The BLM and the BIA are jointly producing an environmental impact statement (EIS) for analysis of management in the area that covers public, tribal, and Indian allotment lands.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) will convene a hearing on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017, to consider the nomination of Steven Mnuchin to head the U.S. Treasury Department. The hearing will take place at 10:00 a.m. in Room 215 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 13, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) announced the promotion of Jonathan Skladany to Staff Director, after previous Staff Director Jennifer Hemingway shared her transition to the Speaker’s office...
