News from January 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice announced that on Jan. 26, 2017, a jury found Suzanne Brown, age 51, of Errol, New Hampshire, guilty of twelve counts of making a material false statement to a federal agency in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1001(a)(2), after a five-day trial in the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that SCOTT TAYLOR, 47, of Shelton, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today in Hartford federal court to one count of bank robbery and admitted that he robbed four branches of Chase Bank last year.
By State Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement on the mosque attack during Sunday evening prayers in Quebec City...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Edward Joseph Matish III, 25, of Williamsburg, was sentenced today to 40 months in prison for accessing with intent to view child pornography involving a prepubescent minor. Matish was also sentenced to 10 years of supervised release following his release from prison.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: Today, 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 Acting Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to request further details on the Trump Administration’s decision to halt advertising and outreach activities for Healthcare.gov ahead of the crucial January 31st deadline for open enrollment.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: Today, 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 Acting Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to request further details on the Trump Administration’s decision to halt advertising and outreach activities for Healthcare.gov ahead of the crucial January 31st deadline for open enrollment.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: FBI Bank Robbery in Doral on Jan. 27, 2017.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: Fire Management staff at Denali National Park and Preserve will attempt to burn debris consisting of trees and brush between February 1-17, if weather conditions allow. The pile is located east of the park airstrip and west of the northernmost loop of the Riley Creek Campground.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: SHOSHONE, ID - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Shoshone Field Office has teamed up with Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDFG) to work alongside Blaine County and the cities of Bellevue and Hailey to remind residents to minimize impacts to wildlife. This winter’s deep snows and cold temperatures have proven particularly harsh for elk and deer herds east of Highway 75 from Carey to Ketchum.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: Rep. John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, issued the following statement in response to Trump firing Acting Attorney General Sally Yates...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: District of Columbia Man Sentenced to 20 Months in Prison for Committing Environmental Crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that on Jan. 30, 2017, Patricia Urbanovsky of Omaha, Nebraska, age 31, was sentenced for sixteen (16) counts of wire fraud. The Honorable Joseph F. Bataillon, Senior United States District Court Judge, sentenced Urbanovsky to a term of sixty-three (63)...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., today introduced disapproval resolutions in their respective chambers to overturn the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Resource Management Planning rule, which is commonly called “Planning 2.0", under the Congressional Review Act (CRA).
By USDA Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today announced the Committee will hold a business meeting to adopt the Committee funding resolution and Committee rules.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: Today, 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 Acting Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to request further details on the Trump Administration’s decision to halt advertising and outreach activities for Healthcare.gov ahead of the crucial January 31st deadline for open enrollment.
By EPA 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: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that SCOTT TAYLOR, 47, of Shelton, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today in Hartford federal court to one count of bank robbery and admitted that he robbed four branches of Chase Bank last year.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that AMBER LUANA SMALL, age 25, of Sallisaw, Oklahoma, pled guilty to POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE METHAMPHETAMINE, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(B), and Title 18, United States Code, Section 2, punishable by not less than 5 years or more than 40 years imprisonment, and up to a $5,000,000.00 fine or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that AHMED MOHAMMED EL GAMMAL, a resident of Arizona, was convicted today of multiple terrorism offenses in connection with his efforts to help Samy El-Goarany join and train with the Islamic State of Iraq and...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated today that former Alburgh Selectman, Bernard Savage, and his wife, Patricia Savage, both of Alburgh, were sentenced today in the United States District Court in Burlington. U.S. District Court Judge William K. Sessions III sentenced...
