News from June 2017
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 14, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), today announced a hearing for Wednesday, June 21, 2017, at 10 a.m. in 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Defining and Mapping Broadband Coverage in America."
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 14, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Greg Walden (R-OR), announced that the following committee activity has been postponed for today, Wednesday, June 14...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that two men involved in a multimillion dollar scheme to defraud banks participating in a USDA-backed export financing program were sentenced yesterday in New Haven federal court. Chief U.S. District Janet C. Hall...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 14, 2017
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. –Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced nearly $67 million in nuclear energy research, facility access, crosscutting technology development, and infrastructure awards in 28 states. In total, 85 projects were selected to receive funding that will help advance innovative ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2017
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces the return of a superseding indictment charging Guarino Edwards Broccoli, a/k/a Gary Broccoli, a/k/a Gary Edwards (53, Fort White), with three counts of theft of Social Security benefits and one count of forced labor with...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2017
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Cristian Lopez-Moncion, 35, of the Dominican Republic, pleaded guilty today in federal court on St. Thomas to possession of a firearm by an illegal alien, Acting United States Attorney Joycelyn Hewlett announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2017
News Release: In Midland today, 38-year-old Iry James Williams of Midland was sentenced to a total of 260 months in federal prison for assaulting an Ector County Correctional Center guard, escape from a half-way house, and being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., U.S. Marshal David Sligh and Midland Police Chief Price Robinson.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2017
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Christopher J. Pratt, age 53, of Albany, appeared today in federal court on charges that he possessed child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2017
News Release: Dothan, Ala. - Last Thursday, June 8, 2017, Roberson Excavation, Inc. (Roberson Excavation), a company headquartered in Milton, Florida, pled guilty to committing wire fraud, announced Acting United States Attorney A. Clark Morris. The conviction stemmed from a company employee falsifying water samples...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Minneapolis, Minnesota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Conspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud, Aggravated Identity Theft, and Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2017
News Release: SAN JOSE - Anthonio Rueda-Ayala was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable Edward J. Davila, U.S. District Judge, following the entry of Rueda-Ayala’s guilty plea to the charge on Dec. 19, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2017
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Pottersville, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 19 months in prison for filing a false tax return and evading corporate taxes of American Tutor Inc., a company that offered supplemental educational services to New Jersey school districts, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2017
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that on June 8, 2017, United States District Judge Sylvia Rambo sentenced Laquan Kellam, age 34, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, to 181 months’ imprisonment, for trafficking crack cocaine and for possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 13, 2017
News Release: Join archaeologist Robert “Ernie" Boszhardt and artist Geri Schrab as they discuss their award winning book Hidden Thunder: Rock Art of the Upper Midwest, Wisconsin Historical Society Press. Addressing several sites included in the book, Ernie will discuss the science while Geri shares her creative inspiration...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2017
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Three men from Las Vegas were sentenced on Tuesday to federal prison for their roles in a string of armed robberies of cell phone stores, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Steven W. Myhre for the District of Nevada.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 13, 2017
News Release: Today, Monday, June 12, a major pavement preservation project will begin in Rocky Mountain National Park. The work will initially take place on a 12-mile section of US 34/Trail Ridge Road between the Fall River Entrance and Rainbow Curve. During this phase of the project, which should take approximately two weeks, crack sealing and patch work will occur. Park visitors should expect rolling delays of up to 20 minutes.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2017
News Release: Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on June 8, 2017, Javier Zarate-Flores (age 29), of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was sentenced in federal court to 28 months in prison. The sentence follows his guilty plea to theft of government money, in violation...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2017
News Release: Misr Sons Development S.A.E. (Hassan Allam Sons, “HAS”), a construction company with its principal place of business in Cairo, Egypt, has agreed to pay $1.1 million to settle allegations that HAS submitted false claims in connection with U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) contracts, the Justice Department announced today.
By Fed Newswire | Jun 13, 2017
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the termination of the enforcement action listed below: Bank of the Orient, San Francisco, California Cease and Desist Order dated June 17, 2015 Terminated June 7, 2017 Search of Federal Reserve enforcement actions. For media inquiries, call 202-452-2955.
By State News Post | Jun 13, 2017
The US State Department published a one page notice on June 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
