News from June 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2017
News Release: Defendant Admitted That He Had Committed Murder After Acquittal in State Homicide Prosecution.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 5, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), has scheduled a full committee markup on Wednesday, June 7, 2017, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building to consider H.R. 2430, the FDA Reauthorization Act (FDARA) of 2017, as well as additional legislation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Rolando Benitez, aka “San Luis," 35, arrested in July 2015 following a law enforcement operation that was led by the FBI, the Dallas Police Department and the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation, has been sentenced, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By State Newswire | Jun 5, 2017
Release: The Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 as amended (TVPA) requires that the Secretary of State submit a list of countries that are determined to require special scrutiny, the Special Watch List, to Congress and provide an Interim Assessment of the progress made in combating trafficking in persons...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2017
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Raymond Arthur Gentile, 56, of Las Vegas, Nevada, was sentenced to five years in prison by U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd for conspiring to manufacture, distribute and possess with intent to distribute marijuana, manufacturing marijuana, possessing marijuana with intent to distribute, and two counts of making false statements during firearms transactions, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 5, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), has scheduled a full committee markup on Wednesday, June 7, 2017, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building to consider H.R. 2430, the FDA Reauthorization Act (FDARA) of 2017, as well as additional legislation.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 5, 2017
News Release: BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - A suburban Chicago man pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to traveling to Connecticut with the intent to have sex with a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2017
News Release: North Texas Contractor and Executive Agree to Pay United States $2.475 Million to Resolve False Claims Act and Anti-kickback Act Allegations.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2017
News Release: Defendant One of 104 Individuals Federally Charged as the Result of ATF-Led Investigation Pursued in Support of Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 5, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON- While the FAA has made progress to upgrade our nation’s air traffic control system, despite certain constraints, I support looking at new ways to help us provide stable and sufficient funding to more rapidly modernize our system, while maintaining the highest level of safety. The proposal ...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 5, 2017
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau recently added detailed monthly international trade data to its Application Programming Interface (API). The Census Data API now has international trade data from 2013 to April 2017 and includes newly revised data back to 2014. The newly added international trade statistics provide monthly and cumulative year-to-date export and import totals with multiple layers of detail.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2017
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Detroit man was sentenced today to five years in federal prison for a drug-related gun charge, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Thomas Lee Nelson, 48, previously pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2017
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - United States Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr., today announced the 48 month sentence of a Louisville physician, in United States District Court, by Chief District Judge Joseph H. McKinley, Jr., for unlawful distribution of controlled substances and health care fraud. Restitution will be determined at a later date by Chief Judge McKinley.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2017
News Release: Bangor, Maine: Acting United States Attorney Richard W. Murphy announced that Jack Palmer, 66, of Winter Harbor, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to five years in prison to be followed by ten years of supervised release for possession of child pornography. Palmer was convicted on Sept. 13, 2016 following a jury trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2017
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - United States Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr., today announced the 48 month sentence of a Louisville physician, in United States District Court, by Chief District Judge Joseph H. McKinley, Jr., for unlawful distribution of controlled substances and health care fraud. Restitution will be determined at a later date by Chief Judge McKinley.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2017
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Fairmont, West Virginia man pled guilty today to mail fraud, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2017
News Release: NEW YORK - Alfred Laquann “Merc" Thomas, 32, of Rome, New York, was sentenced today to serve 115 months in prison for his possession of ammunition as a convicted felon in connection with an August 2012 drive by-shooting in Syracuse, New York, announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2017
News Release: Defendant Admits Killing Victim in Altercation.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 5, 2017
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that Thomas W. Northcross, doing business as Produce Place USA, satisfied a reparation order issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By Interior Newswire | Jun 5, 2017
News Release: Grand Teton National Park staff have spent the past few months preparing for potential high water impacts and are currently monitoring park waters for potential flooding threats.
