News from June 2017
By DOE Newswire | Jun 15, 2017
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - EM is working to expose liquid waste transfer lines to connect the Salt Waste Processing Facility (SWPF) to the liquid waste facilities at the Savannah River Site (SRS).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Abimael Mercado, 36, of North Tonawanda, NY, who was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm, was sentenced to 24 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2017
News Release: Jorge Luis Arzuaga Agrees to Forfeit More Than $1 Million in Connection with Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A federal jury convicted a former information technology official with the Department of Commerce today of conspiracy to pay and receive bribes, and acceptance of bribes by a public official.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2017
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - On Tuesday, June 13, 2017, Christopher Gilcrest (34), of Montgomery, Alabama, was found guilty in federal court of being a felon in possession of ammunition, announced Acting U.S. Attorney A. Clark Morris. Federal law prohibits a person convicted of a felony from possessing firearms or ammunition.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 15, 2017
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Workers recently achieved an important step toward realizing EM’s Direct Feed Low-Activity Waste approach, which is intended to begin treatment of Hanford’s tank waste as soon as 2022. The WTP team completed testing of the NLD system and transferred treated water through underground...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2017
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 33-year-old Carrollton, Texas woman has pleaded guilty to federal drug conspiracy charges in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 15, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - DOE released Wednesday the full text of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 Congressional Budget Request of $6.5 billion for EM. Access the document.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2017
News Release: Toddler Discharged Gun Left Unattended By Convicted Felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2017
News Release: Eric Smith, of Long Island-Based Rollin’ 60s Crips, Executed a Rival Bloods Gang Member.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2017
News Release: Russell Leroy Tanner, 65, of Rock Springs, Wyoming, was sentenced by Chief Federal District Court Judge Nancy D. Freudenthal, on June 13, 2017, for possession of child pornography. Tanner was arrested in Sweetwater County, Wyoming. He received 97 months of imprisonment, to be followed by ten years of ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2017
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today that Dana Michelle Lawrence, 43, of Nashua has been indicted by a federal grand jury and charged with fraudulent use of a social security number.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 15, 2017
News Release: “Good afternoon and welcome to today’s hearing. Today our Committee is honored to welcome our good friend and former colleague Doctor Tom Price to testify on President Trump’s fiscal year 2018 budget proposals for the Department of Health and Human Services.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2017
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - Federal and local law enforcement authorities arrested eight people this week for their alleged roles in a drug trafficking organization that distributed cocaine, crack cocaine, and heroin in Camden, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2017
News Release: BOISE - Jerrell Charles Keeley, 59, of Boise, pleaded guilty yesterday in United States District Court to possession of child pornography, Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael Gonzalez announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Abimael Mercado, 36, of North Tonawanda, NY, who was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm, was sentenced to 24 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2017
News Release: As part of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Elder Justice Initiative, the Eastern District of Pennsylvania is one of 10 federal districts in the United States that formed an Elder Justice Task Force. The Eastern District of Pennsylvania announced its task force here in March 2016, and maintains a website for the public to access here.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 15, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today the House voted to pass the Verify First Act, sponsored by Rep. Lou Barletta (R-PA). The legislation protects taxpayer dollars from waste, fraud, and abuse by verifying a person’s eligibility before they can receive financial support to purchase insurance - either through Obamacare’s subsidies or with the American Health Care Act’s monthly tax credits, when they take effect.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - U.S. District Judge Troy L. Nunley sentenced Sergey Shchirskiy, 41, of Sacramento, to seven years and 10 months in prison for his participation in two mortgage fraud schemes and one tax fraud scheme, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2017
News Release: In Austin today, a federal judge sentenced 23-year-old Mexican National Hugo Baltazar-Ramirez to 18 months in federal prison for assault on a federal deportation officer in Austin in February announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.
