News from January 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, has been sentenced in federal court to 5 years of probation, to include eightmonths of home detention, 250 hours community service and fined $50,000 on his conviction of possession with intent to distribute and distribution of Oxycodone, a Schedule II controlled substance, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2017
News Release: GAINESVILLE, Ga. - Michael Cannon has been sentenced to 27 years in federal prison for producing child pornography. Cannon photographed, and posted online, pornographic images of a minor. He then produced and provided to viewers who requested them via e-mail, additional images of him molesting two minor victims that were living in his home.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 12, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ways and Means Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA), and Education and the Workforce Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA) sent a letter to the Chairmen of their respective committees today requesting public hearings immediately on the impact of...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2017
News Release: Morel Geronimo Bail, a/k/a “Ivan Antonio Velasquez-Vasquez," of Quarryville, PA, was charged today by Indictment with illegal reentry after deportation, announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen. The indictment alleges that on or about Dec. 14, 2016, Bail, an alien, and native and citizen of Guatemala, was found in the United States after having been deported from the United States on or about April 2, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2017
News Release: Justice Department Seeks to Intervene in Lawsuit Against New York City Board of Elections.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 12, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today announced the full Democratic rosters for the six subcommittees in the 115th Congress.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2017
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that a federal jury has found Akeitha Mumtaz Warner (29, Orlando) guilty of possessing 15 or more counterfeit access devices (credit cards) with the intent to defraud. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. His...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2017
News Release: This morning, federal, state and local authorities arrested 15 individuals without incident, including San Antonio-based ringleaders Francisco Cerda and John Paul Flores, on federal drug charges stemming from a methamphetamine and cocaine trafficking investigation announced United States Attorney Richard...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2017
News Release: Fort Smith, Arkansas - Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Samuel Bowron Phillips, age 41 of Fort Smith, Arkansas, was sentenced yesterday to 60 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release on one count each of Mail Fraud...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 12, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) issued the following statement after the FCC issued its staff report on zero-rating.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 12, 2017
News Release: DENVER - Leah McGinnis, a 28-year veteran of the National Park Service (NPS), has been named superintendent of Saguaro National Park in Arizona by NPS Intermountain Region Director Sue Masica. McGinnis, who recently completed a four-month stint as acting superintendent of Saguaro, is superintendent of Capitol Reef National Park in Utah. She will begin her new assignment the week of Feb. 19.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 12, 2017
News Release: Great Smoky Mountains National Park welcomed over eleven million visitors in 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2017
News Release: The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health is honoring U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance as the 2017 recipient of its Lou Wooster Public Health Hero award for her leadership in creating a broad-based response to the heroin epidemic in northern Alabama.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 12, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) and Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ) today released the following statements after the United States formally filed a World Trade Organization (WTO) complaint against China regarding subsidies it has provided to certain aluminum producers...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2017
News Release: FRANKFORT, Ky. - A Shelbyville, Ky., woman, previously convicted of photographing images of children engaged in sexually explicit conduct, has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 12, 2017
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is offering three outdoor events in January that will take advantage of southern New Mexico’s weather and natural resources. The BLM events are geared to individuals, family, friends, and civic organizations from all age groups. The BLM encourages the public to take time from their busy schedules to enjoy the outdoors and the wonderful resources virtually in their backyards.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 12, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today in response to the Environmental Protection Agency’s notice alleging that Fiat Chrysler America knowingly violated the Clean Air Act by using software in its vehicles to circumvent emissions standards testing for certain air pollutants...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2017
News Release: An Indictment[1] was returned today charging Ansu Sanoe, 26, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with 2 counts of bank fraud, announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 12, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON-The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $201,250 civil penalty against Jegs Automotive Inc. of Delaware, Ohio, for allegedly violating the Hazardous Materials Regulations.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2017
News Release: This morning, federal, state and local authorities arrested 15 individuals without incident, including San Antonio-based ringleaders Francisco Cerda and John Paul Flores, on federal drug charges stemming from a methamphetamine and cocaine trafficking investigation announced United States Attorney Richard...
