News published on Federal Newswire in January 2017

News from January 2017


Gainesville Pharmacy Technician Found Guilty Of Attempted Online Enticement Of A Minor And Pornography Offenses

News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announced today that a federal jury in Jacksonville has found Matthew Bryan Caniff (33, Gainesville) guilty of attempted online enticement of a minor child to engage in illegal sexual activity, online solicitation of child pornography...


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), announced a hearing for Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017, at 10:45 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Reauthorization of NTIA."


Pojoaque Pueblo Man Sentenced to Twenty Years in Prison for Conviction on Federal Assault and Firearms Charges

News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of Federal Initiative to Address the Epidemic Incidence of Violence Against Native Women.


News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Danielle Ey, 29, of Hedgesville, West Virginia, admitted to assisting in heroin distribution in federal court in Martinsburg today, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen, announced.


News Release: Today, Reps. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to White House Counsel Donald McGahn II requesting that the White House take immediate...


News Release: Today, Reps. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to White House Counsel Donald McGahn II requesting that the White House take immediate...


News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Texas man pleaded guilty Tuesday to selling methamphetamine in Louisiana and Texas.


HEARING: Next Week #SubCommTech to Take Holistic Look at NTIA

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), announced a hearing for Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017, at 10:45 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Reauthorization of NTIA."


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), announced a hearing for Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017, at 10:30 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Patient Relief from Collapsing Health Markets."


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), announced a hearing for Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017, at 10:30 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Patient Relief from Collapsing Health Markets."


Murray: Trump Administration Silence on Active Campus Sexual Assault Cases “Speaks Volumes”

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray, top Democrat on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, issued the following statement on reports that the Trump Administration failed this week to provide a public update on active investigations into campus sexual assault, which the Office for Civil Rights within the Department of Education has provided consistently over the last two years.


Man Pleads Guilty to Coercing Female Minor to Engage in Sexual Activity

News Release: Memphis, TN - A Memphis area man has pleaded to using the internet to coerce an underage teen into engaging in sexual intercourse. Edward L. Stanton III, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the guilty plea today.


News Release: An investigation into a sexual assault in Yosemite National Park has concluded with a prison sentence. Jerry Wayne Pfeiffer, age 64, was recently ordered to serve 15 months in prison followed by a year of supervised release.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), announced a hearing for Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017, at 10:30 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Patient Relief from Collapsing Health Markets."


Wethersfield Man Pleads Guilty to Heroin Distribution Charge Stemming from 19-Year-Old's Overdose Death

News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CARLOS CARRILLO, 19, of Wethersfield, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today in Hartford federal court to one count of distribution of heroin.


News Release: HELENA - U.S. Attorney Michael W. Cotter announced today that the Montana United States Attorney’s Office collected $4.5 million in Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 related to criminal and civil actions. In some cases, the U.S. Attorney’s Office worked in conjunction with litigating components of the U.S. Department of Justice.


News Release: Today, Reps. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to White House Counsel Donald McGahn II requesting that the White House take immediate...


News Release: This week, Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans announced two Health Subcommittee Hearings for next week to examine health care bills. Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today set the record straight that these bills will in no way improve people’s access to health care or offer any semblance of a replacement to the Affordable Care Act (ACA).


News Release: DEA Agents Seize Cocaine and over $250,000.00 in Cash.


New Hampshire Man Indicted for Sex Trafficking of a Minor in Connection with Interstate Prostitution Enterprise

News Release: New Hampshire Man Indicted for Sex Trafficking of a Minor in Connection with Interstate Prostitution Enterprise.