News from June 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Brittany Anders, 32, of Rowlett, Texas was sentenced today before U.S. District Judge Jane J. Boyle for her role in a heroin distribution conspiracy, announced Special Agent-in-Charge Clyde E. Shelley, Jr. of the DEA and U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge James D. Whittemore has sentenced Josiah E. Hutton (60, Winter Haven) to six months in federal prison, followed by six months of home confinement, for concealment of assets from a bankruptcy estate. In addition, he was ordered to pay $93,255.27 in restitution to the victim of his offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and James P. O’Neill, Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD"), announced today the unsealing of a complaint charging PAUL IFEANYICHUKWU ONWUVUARIRI with conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Pittsburgh resident has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal narcotics and firearms laws, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By State Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today at 10 a.m., House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) will convene a hearing entitled “Attacking Hezbollah’s Financial Network: Policy Options." Live webcast and witness testimony will be available HERE.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A Hampton man was sentenced to 20 years in prison today for his role in distributing heroin to a person who overdosed and died.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the National Park Service announced $1.6 million in grants to fund preservation, restoration and education projects at several Japanese American confinement sites. The 14 grantees in four states and the District of Columbia will tell the story of the more than 120,000 Japanese Americans, two-thirds of whom were U.S. citizens, who were imprisoned by the U.S. government following the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Brittany Anders, 32, of Rowlett, Texas, was sentenced today before U.S. District Judge Jane J. Boyle for her role in a heroin distribution conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO - A convicted felon admitted in federal court today that he illegally possessed a handgun at a suburban shooting range and then obstructed a law enforcement investigation into the matter.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
News Release: Failed to include over $600,000 in reportable income on federal tax returns.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at a Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee hearing on “Disrupter Series: Improving Consumers’ Financial Options with FinTech:"
By DOE Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced approximately $15.8 million for 30 new projects aimed at discovery and development of novel, low-cost materials necessary for hydrogen production and storage and for fuel cells onboard light-duty vehicles. Selected projects will leverage national lab consortia launched under DOE's Energy Materials Network (EMN) this past year, in support of DOE's materials research and advanced manufacturing priorities.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
Release: MINNEAPOLIS - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has installed the latest security checkpoint screening technology over the past five weeks at six airports in Minnesota.
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 USDA Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., today announced the Committee will hold a hearing titled, “Agricultural Research: Perspectives on Past and Future Successes for the 2018 Farm Bill."
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Yolanda Rodriguez, 50, a U.S. citizen who formerly resided in Mexico, was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 15 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for her conviction on drug trafficking and money laundering charges.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - On Thursday, June 15, 2017 at 10:00 AM in 1324 Longworth House Office Building, the Subcommittee on Federal Landswill hold a legislative hearing on a Discussion Draft of the “Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017" (Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-AR). Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) and Rep. Westerman issued the following statements.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated that Steven Don Martin, age 23, 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 States District...
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: Former Silicon Valley CEO Indicted for Allegedly Defrauding Employees of Tech Company Start-Up.
