News from June 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Hedgesville, West Virginia man was convicted today of heroin distribution, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement on the announcement that Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) was chosen by the Republican Steering Committee as the new Committee Chairman, subject to final approval by the full GOP conference...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
News Release: Silver City, N.M. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will hold a wild horse and burro adoption event in Silver City, New Mexico, June 23-24, 2017. The two-day event at the Southwest Horsemen’s Association Rodeo Grounds will feature dozens of outstanding animals. The event will take place from noon - 6:00pm on Friday, June 23, and 8:00am - Noon on Saturday, June 24. The BLM will offer all animals for the minimum adoption fee of $125 (set by law).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
News Release: Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on June 6, 2017, a federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment against a woman allegedly involved in drug trafficking and firearms offenses on the Menominee Indian Reservation. The indictment named...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement on comments made by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tom Price during the Senate Finance Committee hearing about...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
News Release: Oscar Anchondo Prosecuted under Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - Aquatic invasive species (AIS) pose a grave threat to the health of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. The detection of invasive mussels in Montana in 2016 underscores the urgent need for action to prevent these destructive species’ from entering the park.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Two men from Bronx, New York, were each sentenced today to 61 months in prison for their roles in a scheme to obtain stolen identity information and use it to file phony tax returns with the IRS, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Ranson, West Virginia man was convicted today of illegal possession of a firearm, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated that Brandon LaChristopher Golson, age 35, of Columbia, plead guilty in federal court to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2). United...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
News Release: SPRINGDALE, UT - Zion National Park’s Artist-In-Residence program is open to all applicants beginning, June 8, 2017 through July 31, 2017. Information about the application process can be found on the Park’s website at, www.nps.gov/zion/supportyourpark/artist-in-residence. Applications will be accepted through the application and management site SlideRoom, at.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
News Release: WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (“DEA"), Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Thomas Zugibe, the Rockland County District Attorney, today announced the unsealing of an indictment...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Jeffrey M. Anderson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Amy Ziemann, 44, Wisconsin Rapids, Wis., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to one year and one day in federal prison, to be followed by two years of supervised...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
News Release: Shuster and LoBiondo Opening Statements. Hearing on “Building a 21st Century Infrastructure for America: Federal Aviation Administration Authorization". April 4, 2017. (Remarks as Prepared). Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA). Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. We could not be discussing a more important...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - -Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and William E. Fitzpatrick, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced today a Camden man admitted distributing heroin in Camden.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chairman Pat Tiberi (R-OH) announced that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing entitled “Promoting Integrated and Coordinated Care for Medicare Beneficiaries" on Wednesday, June 7, 2017 at 2:00 PM in room 1100 of the Longworth House Office Building.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-Patrick C. Harris, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, Diane Upchurch, Special Agent in Charge of the Little Rock Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and Dax Roberson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Office of Inspector General...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
News Release: OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - -Troy Derby, Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge of DEA’s Kansas City District Office announced that on June 6, 2017, a Fulton, Mo., man has pleaded guilty in federal court to his role in a conspiracy to distribute more than $6.6 million of synthetic cannabinoids, also known as K2, at Callaway County, Mo., businesses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
News Release: Mexican Drug Trafficking Organization Imported Large Quantities of Cocaine, Marijuana and Heroin from Mexico for Distribution in New Mexico and Elsewhere.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Robert C. Stuart announced that on Thursday, June 8, 2017, Marisela Pescador., 39, of Moreno Valley, California, was sentenced to four years of probation for conspiracy to commit money laundering. As part of the sentence of probation, Pescador will be required to serve six months on home confinement and will be incarcerated for 16 weekends or 2-day time-periods.
