News from January 2017
By DOE Newswire | Jan 26, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Subcommittee on Energy Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Subcommittee on Environment Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL) today issued the following statement after Kristine Svinicki was named Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2017
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On Jan. 26, 2017, Thomas D. Gretter, 66, formerly of Washington, Iowa, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger to 13 months in federal prison for two counts of making a false statement to a financial institution, announced United States Attorney...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 26, 2017
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).
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 26, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today released the following statement in response to a request to the House and Senate bipartisan leadership asking that they use Congressional Review Act (CRA) Authority to rescind the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Privacy Rules.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 26, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today released the following statement in response to a request to the House and Senate bipartisan leadership asking that they use Congressional Review Act (CRA) Authority to rescind the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Privacy Rules.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Kofi Kyei Asare Takyi, 44, a citizen of Ghana, was arrested Monday after attempting to enter the United States with a false passport at Dulles International Airport.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2017
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Jolisha McDonald, 25, of Columbus, Ohio, was sentenced today to 30 months incarceration for transporting stolen goods across state lines. Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen made the announcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2017
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that DANIELLE RANDALL, 42, of Gretna, pled guilty today to Count One of an Indictment charging her with theft of federal funds.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 26, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Subcommittee on Energy Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Subcommittee on Environment Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL) today issued the following statement after Kristine Svinicki was named Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 26, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Elijah Cummings (D-MD) issued the following statements today in response to reports that President Trump’s choice for Director of the National Economic Council, Gary Cohn, will receive more than $100 million-including $35 million in stock awards and $23 million in corporate shares-when moving from Goldman Sachs to the Trump Administration.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2017
News Release: JAN 26 - HARTFORD, Conn. - 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. Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut joined in announcing the plea.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2017
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal grand jury today indicted a Birmingham man on counterfeiting and firearms charges, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Robert O. Posey and U.S. Secret Service Special Agent in Charge Michael Williams.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2017
News Release: Eric Jackson Named Special Agent in Charge of the Dallas Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated that Karry Max Taylor, III, age 21, of Columbia plead guilty in federal court yesterday to making a hoax bomb threat, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1038(a). Senior United States District Judge Cameron McGowan Currie of Columbia accepted the plea and will impose sentence after she has reviewed the presentence report, which will be prepared by the U.S. Probation Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2017
News Release: FARGO - US Attorney Christopher C. Myers, along with US Attorney Billy J. Williams, District of Oregon, announced on Jan. 26, 2017, that Daniel Vivas Ceron, 36, of Colombia, was extradited to the United States after Panamanian authorities authorized the extradition of Vivas Ceron. Vivas Ceron arrived in North Dakota on Jan. 25, 2017, and is scheduled to appear before Magistrate Judge Alice Senechal on Jan. 26, 2017 at 3:15pm in Fargo, N.D.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2017
News Release: Created Shell Companies, Submitted False Documents, Including Bank Account Statements, Tax Documents, Pay Stubs, and Car Titles in Loan Applications to Purchase Vehicles and Launder Money.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 26, 2017
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."
By EPA Newswire | Jan 26, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today released the following statement in response to a request to the House and Senate bipartisan leadership asking that they use Congressional Review Act (CRA) Authority to rescind the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Privacy Rules.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2017
News Release: SAN JOSE - Steve McVay pleaded guilty to concealing assets in a bankruptcy proceeding announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. The plea was accepted yesterday by the Honorable Lucy H. Koh, United States District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2017
News Release: A federal grand jury sitting in Broward County returned a twenty-two count indictment against Esteban Santiago Ruiz (Santiago) in connection with the mass-shooting at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on January 6, 2017. Santiago’s arraignment on the charges has been scheduled for Monday, Jan. 30, 2017 at 10:00 a.m., before United States Magistrate Judge Barry L. Seltzer in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
