News from January 2017
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) and Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Chairman John Barrasso (R-WY) introduced H. J. Res. 36 and S. J. Res 11. These are joint resolutions of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act related...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that Pablo Orlando Rivera-Pachecho, a 37-year old Mexican national, was sentenced by United States Chief District Judge Michael J. Reagan to 51 months in federal prison for one count of conspiring to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, three years of supervised release to follow the imprisonment, a $300 fine, and a $100 special assessment fee.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A former Pepperell man pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Worcester in connection with concealing $3-$4 million in his bankruptcy filings.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Edmond A. Mitchell, 37, of Dover, New Hampshire, was sentenced to 52 months in prison in United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire for his role in interstate prostitution, announced United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: Developer Admits Improperly Removing Asbestos From Historic Building.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Justin X. Carroll, University City, MO, appeared in federal district court today to answer to a child pornography charge contained in a federal grand jury indictment that was filed last Wednesday but remained sealed until Carroll’s court appearance earlier this morning. The time period covered by the indictment is November 2015 to December 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative Which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - An associate of the Wildboys street gang in South Carolina has pleaded guilty to attempted murder in aid of racketeering for his role in a gang-related shooting.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: HARRISBURG - Acting Assistant Attorney General for National Security Mary B. McCord, U.S. Attorney Bruce D. Brandler for the Middle District of Pennsylvania and Special Agent in Charge Michael Harpster of the FBI's Philadelphia Division announced today that Jalil Ibn Ameer Aziz, age 20, a U.S. citizen...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - This morning a U.S. Magistrate Judge sitting in Albuquerque, N.M., found probable cause to support a criminal complaint charging Moses Hernandez, 35, of Albuquerque, N.M., with violating federal firearms laws by unlawfully possessing a firearm and ammunition. Hernandez was remanded into federal custody pending trial which has yet to be scheduled.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Tennessee man has been sentenced to 188 months in federal prison for conspiring to distribute massive quantities of marijuana and cocaine in central Kentucky and conspiring to launder approximately one million dollars in drug proceeds.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: John Vanderveer, 59, of Marietta, Georgia, pleaded guilty today in United States District Court to federal charges of obstruction of justice, announced Jack Smith, Acting U.S. Attorney for the administration of this case.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: Kansas Man Sentenced to 52 Months for Exporting Firearms to Overseas Purchasers Using Hidden Marketplace Website.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - Senior United States District Judge John E. Steele today sentenced Jeffrey Ihm (49, Naples) to 11 years and 8 months in federal prison for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. The Court ordered him to pay restitution totaling more than $2.2 million to financial institutions...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JOHN AFRIYIE, a former analyst at the Manhattan-based private investment fund (the “Fund") was found guilty this afternoon in Manhattan federal court of securities fraud and wire fraud for committing insider...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: More than 160 House Democrats, led by U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) and John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) today introduced legislation to defund and rescind President Donald Trump’s executive order banning travel from Muslim countries and suspending the refugee program.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Gene Green (D-TX), and Oversight & Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO) sent a letter to President Trump today expressing concerns over the impact of the federal hiring freeze on the user fee programs at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
By DOE Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Gene Green (D-TX), and Oversight & Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO) sent a letter to President Trump today expressing concerns over the impact of the federal hiring freeze on the user fee programs at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Detroit man who conspired with others to distribute heroin in Mason County between 2013 and 2014 was sentenced today to three years and nine months in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Anthony D. Latham, 25, previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Theft from Indian Tribal Organization.
