News from January 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2017
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Chadwick Stanley Ghesquiere, 38, of Virginia Beach was sentenced today to 11 years in prison for his role in an attempted murder-for-hire plot to kill his wife.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 23, 2017
News Release: On March 15, 2017, Mount Rainier National Park will begin accepting online reservation requests for wilderness camping and climbing permits, including overnight trips on the Wonderland Trail.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2017
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice announced today that Tony Aoude, 45, of Derry, New Hampshire pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges related to the sales of synthetic cannabinoid products.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 23, 2017
News Release: Dear Commissioners: We write to request an investigation of the stock market trading activities of Representative Tom Price, President Trump’s nominee for Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. Recent disclosures about Rep. Price’s financial dealings raise serious questions about...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 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 23, 2017
News Release: An Elyria man was indicted on one count of tampering with an official proceeding, said U.S. Attorney Carole S. Rendon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The owner of a St. Louis, Missouri, tax return preparation business was sentenced to 27 months in prison Friday following his conviction on two counts of tax evasion, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Joshua James Just, 39, formerly of Funk, Nebraska, was sentenced on Jan. 20, 2017, in Lincoln, Nebraska, to 66 months in prison by United States District Judge John M. Gerrard, for possession of child pornography. After serving his prison sentence Just will be required to serve an additional 7 years on supervised release and be required to register as a sex offender and pay a $1,000.00 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2017
News Release: The Bag Trick Bandit Hits Again.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 22, 2017
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HI - National Park Service rangers are seeking witnesses to a fatal two-vehicle accident that occurred on Highway 11 at the Nāmakanipaio Campground intersection in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park on Saturday afternoon.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 21, 2017
News Release: A 58-year-old man from Grand Forks, North Dakota, spent an unplanned night in the backcountry of Rocky Mountain National Park after he became lost yesterday while hiking. He was found in deep snow approximately 300 yards off the North Longs Peak Trail, south of Alberta Falls. It was extremely fortunate that he was discovered this morning by two visitors who were skiing in the drainage.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney, Deborah R. Gilg, announced that on Jan. 20, 2017, Jetwan G. Williams, 22, of Lincoln, was sentenced to time served, (six days in custody) and three years of supervised release for being a user or addict in possession of a firearm. The three-year supervised release term includes 90 days of home confinement. Williams was also ordered to pay a $100 special assessment.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 21, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today after President Trump issued an executive order directing federal agencies to begin dismantling the Affordable Care Act (ACA) “to the maximum extent permitted by law:"
By EPA Newswire | Jan 21, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today after President Trump issued an executive order directing federal agencies to begin dismantling the Affordable Care Act (ACA) “to the maximum extent permitted by law:"
By DOE Newswire | Jan 21, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today after President Trump issued an executive order directing federal agencies to begin dismantling the Affordable Care Act (ACA) “to the maximum extent permitted by law:"
By Interior Newswire | Jan 21, 2017
News Release: A 32-year old Buxton, North Carolina resident died while surfing in the waters off Old Lighthouse Beach outside of Cape Hatteras National Seashore on Saturday afternoon, Jan. 21, 2017.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON – Today, retired Marine Corps General John F. Kelly was officially sworn in as the fifth Secretary of Homeland Security. Secretary Kelly took the oath this evening after the Senate voted to confirm him. As Secretary ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: Acting Attorney General Sally Q. Yates today announced that Joaquin Archivaldo Guzman Loera, known by various aliases including “El Chapo,” will face charges filed in Brooklyn, New York, following his extradition to the United States from Mexico, alleging that he was operating a continuing criminal enterprise and other drug-related crimes through his leadership of the Mexican organized crime syndicate known as the Sinaloa Cartel.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Walt Green announced today that a federal grand jury has returned indictments charging child pornography offenses against three different individuals as a result of investigations by various federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies. If convicted, the defendants could face a significant imprisonment, fines, restitution, forfeiture, and supervised release following imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a Scranton funeral home director, Al T. Hughes, age 58, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, was indicted on Jan. 17, 2017, by a federal grand jury for federal income tax evasion.
