News from January 2017
By Federal Newswire | Jan 9, 2017
On Saturday, U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz and Mexico's Secretary of Energy Pedro Joaquin Coldwell, along with Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Norman Bay, Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE) Chairman Guillermo Ignacio Garcia Alcocer, and National Center for Energy Control (CENACE) Director Eduardo Meraz Ateca, signed a non-binding foundational document to support ongoing efforts by both countries to ensure the reliability of the interconnected American and Mexican electricity grids. U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Roberta Jacobson and President and CEO...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Texas-based MB2 Dental Solutions (MB2) and 21 pediatric dental practices affiliated with MB2, along with their owners and marketing chief, have agreed to pay the United States and the State of Texas Medicaid program $8.45 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Steven Archuleta, 26, and his sister, Cheryl Shemayme-Archuleta, 32, both members and residents of Picuris Pueblo, N.M., pled guilty Jan. 6, 2017, in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to assault and firearms charges. Under the terms of their plea agreements, Archuleta will be sentenced within the range of 84 to 156 months in prison, and Shemayme-Archuleta faces a mandatory minimum sentence of five years of imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2017
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Paul Scovronski, age 28, of Wintersville, Ohio, pleaded guilty today to armed bank robbery and to brandishing a firearm in relation to a crime of violence, in connection with two Maryland bank robberies.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2017
News Release: FBI Releases Preliminary Semiannual Crime Statistics for 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO - A federal judge today sentenced the former owner of a rooftop building overlooking Wrigley Field to 18 months in prison for defrauding the Chicago Cubs and municipal taxing agencies.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2017
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Two Huntington men were sentenced to federal prison today for drug crimes, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Darnell Lamar Anderson, 37, was sentenced to four years and three months in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. In a separate prosecution, Roger Page, 50, was sentenced to three years and a month in prison for conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 9, 2017
News Release: Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area is seeking volunteer musical acts interested in performing at the 17th annual Big South Fork Spring Planting and Music Festival event scheduled for Saturday, April 29, 2017.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 9, 2017
News Release: TWIN FALLS, ID - The Bureau of Land Management Jarbidge Field Manager Elliot Traher and Outdoor Recreation Planner Nathan Jayo were recognized with Resource Manager Awards by the Idaho Outfitter and Guides Association during their annual meeting in Boise last month.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Arnoldo Perez Mirabal, 42, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Jane J. Boyle to 24 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in September 2016 to a superseding information charging wire fraud related to an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) impersonation fraud scheme, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 9, 2017
News Release: On Monday, January 16th, 2017 Vicksburg National Military Park will partner with Beulah Cemetery to host a volunteer project in honor of this year’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service. The work will begin at 8 am and last until 12 pm. A light lunch and water will be provided. Space is limited to 25 volunteers, so if you’re interested you should sign up soon by contacting the park volunteer coordinator, Molly, at (601) 629-8133 or e-mail us.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2017
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - James Chisholm, 27, of Syracuse, New York, was sentenced today to serve 90 months in prison for robbing the same branch of Chase Bank in Syracuse twice within a five-day period.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ROBERT MINNIFIELD, also known as “B.O." and “Slim," 32, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for distributing crack cocaine. Judge Thompson also ordered MINNIFIELD to perform 100 hours of community service.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Connecticut financial advisor has agreed to plead guilty in connection with obstructing a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) investigation by attempting to conceal secret and improper referral payments he had made to a lawyer in order to secure the business of a wealthy client.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2017
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Michael Nagell, 51, of Georgetown, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge George Z. Singal to 30 months in prison and 10 years of supervised release for failing to update his sex offender registration. Nagell...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 9, 2017
News Release: View Citations here. To ask questions, obtain compliance assistance, file a complaint, or report workplace hospitalizations, fatalities or situations posing imminent danger to workers, the public should call OSHA's toll-free hotline at 800-321-OSHA (6742) or the Chicago North Area Office at (847) 803-4800.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2017
News Release: A Cleveland Heights man was sentenced to nearly six years in prison for identity theft and tax violations, said U.S. Attorney Carole S. Rendon and Troy N. Stemen, Acting Special Agent in Charge, IRS Criminal Investigation, Cincinnati Field Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 9, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Budget Committee Ranking Member John Yarmuth (D-KY) and Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) today sent a letter to White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Shaun Donovan, requesting an analysis of how Senate Republicans’ Fiscal Year 2017 budget resolution - which would partially repeal the Affordable Care Act and cause nearly 30 million Americans to lose their health insurance - would impact our nation’s budget.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Texas-based MB2 Dental Solutions (MB2) and 21 pediatric dental practices affiliated with MB2, along with their owners and marketing chief, have agreed to pay the United States and the State of Texas Medicaid program $8.45 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2017
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington man and woman who participated a multistate drug ring were sentenced to federal prison today, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Corey Bruce Toney, 27, was sentenced to 10 years and three months in prison for distributing heroin. Tanisha Lynette Wooding, 37, was sentenced to a year and a half in prison for possession with intent to distribute crack.
