News from July 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A drug dealer who operated in Fauquier County pleaded guilty today to engaging in a conspiracy to distribute heroin and fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2017
News Release: Buffalo, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Zackery D. Billings, 27, of Mount Morris, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo to conspiracy to manufacture, possess with intent to distribute, and distribute, a mixture and substance containing methamphetamine. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
By State Newswire | Jul 27, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA), joined by Ranking Member Eliot Engel (D-NY) and Reps. Chris Smith (R-NJ) and Karen Bass (D-CA), introduced today the AGOA and MCA Modernization Act (H.R. 3445 ). The bipartisan legislation strengthens both the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) and the Millennium Challenge Act (MCA).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2017
News Release: Two Cartel Members Found Guilty of Murder and Other Charges in Slaying of ICE Special Agent Jaime Zapata and Attempted Murder of ICE Special Agent Victor Avila.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO - More than a dozen individuals are facing federal narcotics charges for their alleged roles in distributing cocaine, heroin and fentanyl on Chicago’s Northwest Side and western suburbs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2017
News Release: A complaint was unsealed today in federal court in Central Islip, New York, charging Suffolk County Police Department Officer Christopher McCoy with depriving an arrestee of the right to bodily integrity by forcing her to perform a sexual act in the precinct. McCoy was arrested this morning, and his initial appearance is scheduled for this afternoon before United States Magistrate Judge Anne Y. Shields.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 27, 2017
News Release: EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Mother Lode Field Office is temporarily increasing fire restrictions for public lands to Stage 2, effective July 27, with the exception to portable stove use with a California campfire permit. The additional temporary fire restrictions will be in place until further notice.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Alvin Randhawa, 36, of Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, who was convicted of conspiracy to export from the United States into Canada five kilograms or more of cocaine, was sentenced to 87 months in prison by Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2017
News Release: JACKSON, MS-The FBI and Tupelo Police are asking for the public’s help finding a man wanted for attempted kidnapping.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2017
News Release: HAGATNA, GU-On July 27, 2017 the Honolulu Division of the FBI hosted a joint information sharing conference for some of Guam’s leading businesses.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 27, 2017
News Release: Dear Secretary DeVos: We are writing in strong opposition to the U.S. Department of Education’s (“Department") recent decision to delay critical disclosures to prospective students in career education and training programs. The disclosure requirements of the gainful employment rule are fundamental to...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Robert C. Stuart announced that on July 27, 2017, Olga A. Alfonso, 44, of Lincoln, was sentenced to 10 years (120 months) in prison for possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more actual methamphetamine on April 25, 2016. Following the prison term, Alfonso will serve five years on supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2017
News Release: A former Coral Springs resident was sentenced to 87 months in prison for possession of fifteen or more unauthorized access devices, possession of device-making equipment, and aggravated identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - An Everett man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for armed bank robbery and firearms offenses.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 27, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today held a hearing to consider the nominations of Rostin Behnam, Brian D. Quintenz, and Dawn DeBerry Stump to serve as Commissioners of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
By State Newswire | Jul 27, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today applauded Senate passage of legislation to sanction Iran, Russia and North Korea. H.R.3364, the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act, passed by a vote of 98 to 2 and will now be sent to the president’s desk to be signed into law.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 27, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at a Full Committee markup of legislation on autonomous vehicles, safe drinking water, and public health...
By State Newswire | Jul 27, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee, chaired by Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), passed nine bipartisan measures.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2017
News Release: After Month Long Trial, Ng Lap Seng Found Guilty Of Bribing Former President of the UN General Assembly John Ashe and Former Deputy Ambassador for the Dominican Republic Francis Lorenzo.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 27, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry, today released the following opening statement - as prepared for delivery - at the nomination hearing to consider Rostin Behnam, Brian D. Quintenz, and Dawn DeBerry Stump to serve as Commissioners of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
