News from July 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA, Ga. - Cathine Lavina Sellers of Roswell, Georgia, has been arraigned on federal charges of possession with the intent to distribute fentanyl, and two synthetic opioids, furanyl-fentanyl and U-47700. A search warrant affidavit in the case alleges that Sellers was selling counterfeit 30mg (oxycodone) pills out of her residence in Roswell.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement after the first meeting of President Trump’s “Voter Integrity" Commission...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Two men and one woman were indicted today in connection to five cell phone store armed robberies in the Las Vegas area, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Steven W. Myhre for the District of Nevada.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today delivered the following floor speech calling on Senate Republicans to reject President Trump’s nomination of John K. Bush to the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Acting U.S. Attorney James D. Tierney will hold a press conference at 1:00 P.M., on THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 2017, to discuss the indictment against Ayudando Guardians, Inc., and its principals, and the court order authorizing the U.S. Marshals Service to take control of its business operations.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: Nineteen Black Hawk County men have been charged with federal drug trafficking and firearms offenses. The charges are contained in five indictments unsealed today in United States District Court in Cedar Rapids.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Daniel Witek, 54, of Buffalo NY, pleaded guilty to mail fraud before U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released for public review the Draft Environmental Assessment and Draft Finding of No Significant Impact for the proposed transfer of up to 15,000 acre-feet of water between Del Puerto Water District and Arvin-Edison Water Storage District.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: FBI Renews Search for Fugitive Charged with Sex Abuse.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, and U.S. Rep. Don Young, all R-Alaska, and Gov. Bill Walker, I-Alaska, yesterday sent a letter to Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, Department of the Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, and Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao urging them to work together to resolve long-standing delays over the Cooper Landing Bypass in southcentral Alaska.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Two Allegheny County residents have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal firearms and narcotics laws, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: Portland, Maine: Acting United States Attorney Richard W. Murphy announced that Moses Okot, 29, of Portland was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge Jon D. Levy to 10 years in prison and three years of supervised release for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Okot pled guilty on March 29, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - William S. Wilson, 68, of Temple Hills, Md., was sentenced today to six months in jail, to be followed by six months of home detention, for initiating an identity theft and false tax refund scheme that illegally generated more than $600,000 in refunds.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: The price of the America the Beautiful - National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Senior Pass will increase from $10 to $80 on Aug. 28, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: A medical doctor and entrepreneur was sentenced to 119 months and 29 days in prison today for defrauding his former company’s shareholders and for failing to account for and failing to pay employment taxes, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - 17 members and associates of La Mara Salvatrucha, also known as the MS-13, have been charged with racketeering, 12 murders, attempted murders, assaults, obstruction of justice, arson, conspiracy to distribute marijuana, and related firearms and conspiracy charges relating to the gang’s activities...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Washington D.C. man pleaded guilty today to using Facebook to threaten to kill his supervisor.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
Release: Washington, DC, July 19, 2017 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today named three individuals to take on leadership roles within the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services (FNCS). Brandon Lipps will serve as the Administrator of the Food and Nutrition...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) held a legislative hearing on S. 1514, the Hunting Heritage and Environmental Legacy Preservation (HELP) for Wildlife Act. The bipartisan legislation will authorize several important government wildlife conservation programs. The HELP for Wildlife Act will also provide regulatory clarity for sportsmen and farmers. The bill is supported by a broad group of stakeholders.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2017
News Release: Portland, Maine: Acting United States Attorney Richard W. Murphy announced that Moses Okot, 29, of Portland was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge Jon D. Levy to 10 years in prison and three years of supervised release for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Okot pled guilty on March 29, 2017.
