News from January 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Ian D. Goolsby, 40, of Rochester, NY, was convicted after a jury trial of possession of heroin with intent to distribute, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, possession of a firearm and ammunition...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Richard Isaac Quezada, 34, of Las Cruces, N.M., was sentenced yesterday afternoon in federal court to 46 months in prison for violating the federal firearms laws by illegally possessing a firearm. Quezada will be on supervised release for three years after he completes his prison sentence.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 24, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) stressed the importance of reducing the federal deficit and reducing the regulatory burden during opening remarks at a hearing to consider U.S. Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-S.C.) to be director of the Office of Management and Budget. Excerpts of Chairman Johnson’s remarks and video can be found here and below.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2017
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Barry R. Bekkedam, 49, of Hobe Sound, FL, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge C. Darnell Jones, II, to 11 months in prison and was ordered to pay a $100,000 fine for his role in a fraud conspiracy to obtain $13.5 million in public funds for NOVA Bank. On April 27, 2016, Bekkedam...
By State Newswire | Jan 24, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, following the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s Organizational Meeting for the 115th Congress, Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) released the full list of subcommittee assignments as well as the adopted Committee Rules and Committee Oversight Plan. Chairman Royce also announced the committee will consist of 47 Members, with 26 Republicans and 21 Democrats.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2017
News Release: PHOENIX - Yesterday, Derrick Haskan, of Kayenta, Ariz. and a member of the Navajo Indian Nation, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Steven P. Logan to 240 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release. Haskan had previously pleaded guilty to second degree murder.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 24, 2017
News Release: The man who assaulted an employee of Lassen Volcanic National Park with an axe last June has been sentenced to 27 months in prison. This brings to a close the investigation into the incident led by an ISB Special Agent.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2017
News Release: Roanoke, VIRGINIA - A Roanoke man, who was prohibited from possessing a firearm based on his previous criminal convictions, was sentenced today in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Roanoke on a federal firearms charge, Acting Untied States Attorney Rick A. Mountcastle announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 24, 2017
News Release: The American public heard a lot of promises about health care from the new administration. No cuts to Medicare or Medicaid. Nobody hurt by ACA repeal. “Insurance for everybody … much less expensive and much better." Congressman Price’s own record undercuts those promises, and this morning I’ll get to those issues.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 24, 2017
News Release: U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster (R-PA), Chairman of House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, released the following statement today after President Trump signed executive orders to streamline the review of critical infrastructure projects, and to move forward with the Keystone and Dakota Access pipelines...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 24, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva and key members of the Committee released the following statement today on the announcement that President Donald Trump will advance the construction of the Keystone and Dakota Access pipelines through executive order. Grijalva - who published a Feb.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 24, 2017
News Release: What if there were a wearable fitness device that could monitor your blood pressure continuously, 24 hours a day?
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2017
News Release: FARGO - US Attorney Christopher C. Myers announced that on Jan. 24, 2017, Dallas Wayne Thundershield, 36, Fort Totten, ND, was sentenced before US District Judge Ralph R. Erickson to serve the rest of his natural life in prison and serve 5 years of supervised release. Judge Erickson also ordered that...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Ian D. Goolsby, 40, of Rochester, NY, was convicted after a jury trial of possession of heroin with intent to distribute, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, possession of a firearm and ammunition ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2017
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a dietary supplement company must pay $1.2 million for illegally discharging pollutants into the Vermilion River.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2017
News Release: RALEIGH -The United States Attorney’s Office announced that on Jan. 23, 2017, a jury found SHAMIEKA GOODALL, a/k/a Donna Diva, 30, guilty of Conspiracy to Commit Kidnapping and of a substantive count of Kidnapping.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 24, 2017
News Release: POCATELLO, ID - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Pocatello Field Office (PFO) and U.S. Forest Service (USFS) Westside Ranger District, co-located at 4350 Cliffs Drive, Pocatello, is closed due to inclement weather. The agencies are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause and plan on opening tomorrow, weather permitting.
By State Newswire | Jan 24, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today the House of Representatives passed H.R. 601, the Reinforcing Education Accountability in Development (READ) Act. Introduced by Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY), the bipartisan legislation provides accountability for existing U.S. efforts to improve quality basic education in developing and war-torn countries.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 24, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) sent a letter to President Donald Trump today, urging him to remove a notorious climate change denier from his landing team at the Department of Commerce (DOC), which includes the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Angelo Loissaint, 42, and Jennifer Johnson, 41, both of West Babylon, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit mail and wire fraud before U.S. District Elizabeth A. Wolford for their role in a mortgage fraud scheme that victimized Flaherty Funding, a mortgage company located in Rochester, NY.
