News from January 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2017
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Howard Webber, a former resident of Marin County, Calif., was convicted today by a federal jury for conspiring to use identities of others and file fraudulent income tax returns, announced U.S. Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division. The verdict follows a two-week trial before the Honorable Richard Seeborg, U.S. District Judge.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 24, 2017
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today released the following statement after President Trump issued a series of executive documents that will prioritize energy infrastructure and streamline regulatory reviews in the United States.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 24, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), issued the following statement on the confirmation process of Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, President Trump's nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 24, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) today issued the following statement after House passage of H.R. 7, the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2017
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Sterlin D. Williams, 38, of Virginia Beach, pleaded guilty today to production of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger today announced the sentencing of JORDAN JAMES DAVIS, 36, to 24 months in prison for conspiring with his father, WILLIAM JAMES DAVIS, to steal funds from Community Action of Minneapolis (CAM). JORDAN DAVIS was convicted on June 28, 2016, after a jury trial. He was sentenced today before U.S. District Judge Patrick J. Schiltz in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minn.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 24, 2017
News Release: On Dec. 29, 2016, the African Burial Ground National Monument (AFBG) celebrated the opening of a new research library and archival storage. The opening of the research library coincided with the 25th Anniversary of the burial ground’s rediscovery in 1991 and fulfilled a commitment to the descendant community to reunite the AFBG’s archival materials with the site.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Yan Ebyam, 39, of Missoula, Montana, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez to six years in prison for two separate conspiracies to grow and distribute marijuana, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin and U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert joined in announcing the sentencing decision.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal jury convicted James E. Sandford, III, 28, of Penn Yan, NY, of possessing a stolen firearm, being a felon in possession of a firearm, and witness tampering. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 24, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Democrats plan to offer several dozen amendments today to the Committee’s 115th Congress Rules Package and to the Authorization and Oversight Plan during the Committee’s official organizational meeting at 1 p.m. in Rayburn 2167.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Two brothers, both enrolled members of the Navajo Nation who reside in Kirtland, N.M., were sentenced today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., for convictions arising out of the March 21, 2015 murder of a Navajo man. Elijah Shirley, 31, was sentenced to 121 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release, and Michael Shirley, 32, was sentenced to 63 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release.
By State Newswire | Jan 24, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today voted to confirm Governor Nikki Haley (R-S.C.) as the next U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. The Senate voted 96 to 4 in favor of her nomination this afternoon. Earlier in the day, Corker joined members of the committee in voting to favorably report her nomination to the full Senate for consideration.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2017
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A Lake Forest woman who participated in a real estate investment scheme in which Southern California investors collectively suffered nearly $3.5 million in losses has pleaded guilty to federal charges.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 24, 2017
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management and Nevada Department of Wildlife this week will begin seeding thousands of acres in eastern Nevada to stabilize and rehabilitate public lands burned by wildfire.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2017
News Release: HAMMOND - United States Attorney David Capp announced federal racketeering charges against 11 additional members of the Latin Kings, a criminal enterprise doing business in Chicago and northwest Indiana. The Indictment also alleges a drug conspiracy in which the 11 plus another additional individual were charged. Named in today’s indictment are.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 24, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), announced a hearing for Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Medicaid Oversight: Existing Problems and Ways to Strengthen the Program."
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2017
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma - R&S Drug Stores, Inc. ("R&S Drug"), an Oklahoma corporation which operates three retail pharmacies in Duncan, Oklahoma, has paid $50,000 in civil penalties to the United States to settle claims stemming from alleged violations of the Controlled Substances Act, announced Mark A. Yancey, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2017
News Release: Melinda Boisseau, 37, of Murfreesboro, Tenn, was sentenced on Jan. 19, 2017, to two years in prison, followed by two years of supervised release, for filing false tax returns in the names of other individuals, announced David Rivera, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 24, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Congressman Paul Tonko (D-NY), Congressman Dan Kildee (D-MI), and Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) issued the following statement today in response to the Trump Administration’s directive to temporarily freeze all grant funding issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA):
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 24, 2017
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Brian Scott Mayle, 37, of Coalton, West Virginia, pled guilty to possessing an illegal explosive material, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen, announced.
