News from July 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2017
News Release: July 28, 2017 Reps. Don Beyer (D-VA) and John Conyers (D-MI), Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, today introduced the Security Clearance Review Act. The bill would authorize the Director of the FBI to revoke the security clearance of an employee of the Executive Office of the President if the Director deems such actions necessary to national security. Their legislation was cosponsored by 19 additional Representatives.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 28, 2017
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - As part of its effort to restore a self-sustaining Chinook salmon population within the San Joaquin River while minimizing impacts to water contractors, the San Joaquin River Restoration Program resumed its Restoration Flows to the river July 21.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - In Aug. 2016, a multi-agency investigation led by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) concluded with the filing of 59 federal indictments and a federal criminal complaint charging 104 Bernalillo County residents with federal firearms and narcotics trafficking offenses. To date, 68 of the 104 defendants charged as the result of this investigation have entered guilty pleas and 30 of them have been sentenced.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 28, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigations Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO), and Subcommittee on Environment Ranking Member Paul Tonko (D-NY) sent a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Inspector General today requesting a review of Administrator Scott Pruitt’s frequent travel to his home state of Oklahoma at the taxpayers’ expense.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 28, 2017
News Release: Potomac, MD- The Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park (C&O Canal) is pleased to announce that the Olmsted Island Trail to the Great Falls Overlook has been re-opened for access to the public seven days a week. The restoration, repair and refinishing on the bridge railing, decking and concrete...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2017
News Release: Fairbanks, Alaska - Acting U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that Stephen Wyzatecki, 25, formerly an Airman stationed at Eielson Air Force Base, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Ralph R. Beistline to 38 months in prison, to be followed by an eight-year term of supervised release, for possessing child pornography.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 28, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently revised its online whistleblower complaint form to help users file a complaint with the appropriate agency. The form provides workers with another option for submitting retaliation complaints to the U.S. Department of Labor's OSHA.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2017
News Release: Defendants Trafficked Firearms from Virginia to Queens, New York.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2017
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces the arrest of Charles Cory Thornton (36, Yulee) on a criminal complaint charging him with transporting and attempting to transport child pornography over the Internet. He faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 5 years, up to 20 years, in federal prison. His detention hearing is scheduled for Aug. 2, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2017
News Release: DENVER -- Acting United States Attorney Bob Troyer and IRS Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) Special Agent in Charge Steven Osborne announced that today a jury found Daryl F. Yurek, age 62, and Wendy M. Yurek, age 62, both of Littleton, Colorado guilty of tax evasion and bankruptcy fraud. The guilty verdicts...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Shawn Lebrecht, 35, of Olean, NY, pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography before U.S. District Court Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 28, 2017
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - Workers completed construction of a massive disposal unit for the Savannah River Site ’s (SRS) saltstone waste more than $25 million under budget and more than a year ahead of when it’ll be needed for cleanup.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2017
News Release: Marshall Neely, III, 58, of Franklin, Tenn., was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury and charged with reckless aggravated assault; lying to a federal agent; and obstruction of justice, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jack Smith of the Middle District of Tennessee.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 28, 2017
News Release: MIAMI / NAPLES / HOMESTEAD / FLORIDA KEYS, FL - Over the last several years, park managers have worked to improve visitor services in Everglades National Park, thanks in large part to changes in 2015 to the entrance fee program where fees had not previously changed in nearly 20 years.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Kamyar Jahanrakhshan, aka “Kamyar Jahan Rakhshan," “Andy or Andrew Rakhshan," “Andy or Andrew Kamyar," and “Kamiar or Kamier Rakhshan," 32, of Seattle, Washington, was arrested today on a federal criminal complaint charging him with extortion by threats to cause damage to the Dallas, Texas hosting company for Leagle.com, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2017
News Release: PROVIDENCE - Robert Wilkins, 26, of West Warwick pleaded guilty today to federal heroin, cocaine and crack cocaine trafficking charges, announced Acting United States Attorney Stephen G. Dambruch; Harold H. Shaw, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Boston Division; and Colonel Ann C. Assumpico, Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police.
By State Newswire | Jul 28, 2017
News Release: CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement in response to reports of a ballistic missile launch by North Korea. Yesterday, Corker supported near unanimous Senate passage of legislation to sanction Iran, Russia and North Korea, which has been sent to the president’s desk to be signed into law.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2017
News Release: Portland, Maine: Acting United States Attorney Richard W. Murphy announced that on July 26, 2017, Silvino ORDUNA-Cabrera, a 40 year old Mexican citizen, made his initial appearance in U.S. District Court in Portland, Maine with respect to a criminal complaint charging alien smuggling. In addition, two...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 28, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Social Security Subcommittee Chairman Sam Johnson (R-TX) today praised President Trump’s decision to designate Kim Hildred as the Chair of the Social Security Advisory Board (SSAB)...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2017
News Release: On July 26, 2017, Craig Sizer, 49, of Miami, Florida, was sentenced by United States District Judge Marcia G. Cooke to 180 months in prison for orchestrating two investment fraud schemes that targeted elderly and unsophisticated investors throughout the nation and defrauded over 700 victims out of $23 million. Sizer previously pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud.
