News from June 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A South Boston woman was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for using false social security numbers.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Steve Butler, of the Southern District of Alabama, announces that today United States District Judge William H. Steele sentenced Jennifer Richardson Beverly, age 37, a resident of Mobile, Alabama, to serve 24 months in prison - a mandatory statutory sentence - for assuming...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2017
News Release: Defendant previously deported twice. BOSTON - A Dominican national was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for illegally reentering the United States after deportation. Juan Antonio Colon, 52, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge William G. Young to 30 months in prison and two years of...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 27, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chairwoman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, and Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), chairman of the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, issued the following joint statement after President Trump moved to restore balance to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The President has nominated Marvin Kaplan and William Emanuel to fill the board’s two vacancies.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Irvington, New Jersey, man who distributed multiple kilograms of crack-cocaine and powder cocaine was sentenced today to 108 months in prison, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 27, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA) today sent a letter to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) regarding NIH-sponsored emergency medical research that is conducted without informed consent.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and William E. Fitzpatrick announced a Perth Amboy, New Jersey, man today admitted his role in a conspiracy to distribute approximately 1.5 kilograms of ethylone, a Schedule I controlled substance.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 27, 2017
News Release: Activities Planned at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument in July.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 27, 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 “Self-Driving Vehicle Legislation":
By State Newswire | Jun 27, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today the House of Representatives passed a bipartisan resolution (H. Res. 397) that reaffirms the United States’ commitment to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s principle of collective defense as laid out in Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 27, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), today held a hearing to discuss 14 drafts of self-driving legislation that will capitalize on this technology’s potential to save lives, clarify state and federal roles, and foster advancement...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2017
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - On June 27, 2017, U.S. District Judge Marvin J. Garbis sentenced Andrew Bennett, age 37, of Tampa, Florida to 30 months in prison, followed by 36 months of supervised release, for a wire fraud conspiracy and for paying illegal gratuities to a government official, in connection with the award of more than $53 million in federal government contracts. Judge Garbis also ordered Bennett to pay forfeiture and restitution in the amount of $500,000.00.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 27, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA) today sent a letter to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) regarding NIH-sponsored emergency medical research that is conducted without informed consent.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 27, 2017
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy's Better Buildings Challenge recognized Loews Hotels & Co. for the energy efficiency upgrades made at the Vanderbilt Hotel through the company's showcase project. Through the Better Buildings Challenge, Loews has set a goal to reduce energy use across all of its hotels by 20% in ten years. Over the past two years, the Vanderbilt hotel has improved its energy efficiency by 22% and achieved a total energy cost savings of $328,250.
By State Newswire | Jun 27, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chechnya’s dictator, Ramzan Kadyrov, is waging a brutal campaign against gay men and those perceived to be gay that includes abduction, detention, and torture. That is why today the House of Representatives passed H. Res. 351, a resolution condemning the violence and persecution in Chechnya.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Honduran national was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for illegally reentering the United States after deportation.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 27, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), today held a hearing to discuss 14 drafts of self-driving legislation that will capitalize on this technology’s potential to save lives, clarify state and federal roles, and foster advancement...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2017
News Release: Dr. Jeff McCoy, Jr., 70, and Andra McCoy, 68, both of Brentwood, Tennessee, were each sentenced today to serve 36 months in prison for conspiring to defraud the United States, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jack Smith for the Middle District of Tennessee and Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division. The McCoys each pleaded guilty on March 3, 2017, to one count of conspiring to defraud the United States.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 27, 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 “Self-Driving Vehicle Legislation":
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2017
News Release: For Bank Robbery. SOUTH BEND - Acting United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson announced that Jeffrey Wilson, 29, of Elkhart, Indiana was sentenced before District Court Judge Jon E. DeGuilio for bank robbery. Wilson was sentenced to 125 months imprisonment and 2 years of supervised release. According...
