News from June 2017
By EPA Newswire | Jun 15, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Members of the Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), hosted a bipartisan Internet of Things (IoT) Showcase on Tuesday that featured 21 participants from across the country. Check out this video recap of companies displaying their products and services and discussing how this cutting-edge technology is transforming life for consumers and businesses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Amelia Cordova, 34, and Bridget Jessica Sanchez, 35, both of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to aggravated identity theft charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2017
News Release: Joint Statement Update on Status of Shooting in Alexandria, Virginia.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 15, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) today delivered the following opening statement at a markup of bipartisan bills to help more Americans get back to work and to strengthen America’s energy security.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - A Houston man and woman have been charged in connection with a scheme that used stolen identifying information to file false tax returns and unemployment insurance claims, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 15, 2017
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ- The National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat warning for parts of Grand Canyon National Park. The warning is in effect from 10 am Saturday, June 17 to 8 pm Wednesday, June 21 for areas below 5,000 feet in the canyon including Phantom Ranch and Indian Garden. Forecast temperatures...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 15, 2017
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry announced that six leading U.S. technology companies will receive funding from the Department of Energy’s Exascale Computing Project (ECP) as part of its new PathForward program, accelerating the research necessary to deploy the nation’s first exascale supercomputers.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2017
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Joel Joyce (a.k.a. “Prince"), 27, of Brooklyn, New York was sentenced to ten years imprisonment by U.S. District Judge Geoffrey Crawford for his role as a leader in a conspiracy to distribute large amounts of cocaine base and heroin in Rutland County.
By State Newswire | Jun 15, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement after the Senate overwhelmingly passed, by a vote of 98 to 2, legislation he authored to strengthen and expand sanctions on Iran and Russia.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 15, 2017
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - A 23-year-old kayak guide, Timothy Hayden Ryan Conant from Salt Lake City, Utah, died while attempting to rescue a client who capsized on Wednesday, June 14. The incident occurred in the West Thumb area of Yellowstone Lake. The kayaking group consisted of nine clients and three guides.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2017
News Release: OAKLAND - Former Antioch police officer Gary Bostick and his wife, Ana Bostick, pleaded guilty to their respective roles in a scheme to illegally obtain money from the United States announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, Special Agent in Charge Michael T. Batdorf.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 15, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today held a hearing , titled, “Agricultural Research: Perspectives on Past and Future Successes for the 2018 Farm Bill."
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that GARRETT J. CARTER, also known as “Little Man," 30, of Hartford, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 70 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for distributing PCP.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 14, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) will convene a hearing on Wednesday, June 21, 2017, to examine the administration’s approach to trade policy and its fiscal year (FY) 2018 budget request. The hearing, titled “The President’s Trade Policy Agenda and Fiscal Year 2018 Budget," will take place at 10 a.m. in Room 215 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Columbus, Ohio, has been sentenced in federal court to 108 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, on his convictions for burglary of a pharmacy and conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a Schedule II controlled substance, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2017
News Release: BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Luis Martell, also known as “Fat Boy," 34, of Meriden, was arrested on a federal criminal complaint charging him with trafficking cocaine and heroin. Martell appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Holly B. Fitzsimmons in Bridgeport and was ordered detained.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2017
News Release: ROCK ISLAND, Ill. - Harvey Ulfers, 64, of Cedar Falls, Iowa, has been ordered to serve 33 months (2 years, 9 months) in federal prison for wire fraud and money laundering. U.S. District Judge Sara Darrow sentenced Ulfers late yesterday. In addition, Judge Darrow ordered Ulfers to pay a fine of $111,602...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2017
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on charges of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2017
News Release: In Del Rio late yesterday afternoon, a federal judge sentenced 46-year-old DTS Medical Supply Company (DTS) Office Manager/Medical Biller Kathleen Kelly-Tuorila to 17 years in federal prison for her role in an estimated $3.5 million Health Care Fraud scheme announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division, and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2017
News Release: Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein today released the following statement on the shooting at the congressional baseball practice in Alexandria, VA: “This morning, Members of Congress, Senators, congressional staffers, and Capitol Police officers were targets of a senseless and cowardly attack during ...
