News from March 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO - A convicted felon from Chicago pleaded guilty today to federal firearm offenses, admitting that he brokered more than 70 illegal gun transactions.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: Fort Myers, FL - U.S. District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell has sentenced Joseph Spradlin (41, Cape Coral) to 30 years’ imprisonment for producing and possessing child pornography. He pleaded guilty on December 9, 2016.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today addressed the National Association of Conservation Districts, urging advocacy for voluntary conservation programs in the upcoming Farm Bill reauthorization.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: Defendant Stole and Sold Thousands of Dollars of Military Equipment on eBay and Through Email.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: MAR 21 - BOSTON - A Worcester business owner was arrested yesterday and charged in connection with using the proceeds of drug sales to purchase and renovate nine properties in Worcester County, Massachusetts.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Joseph Andershonis, age 58, of Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty on March 20, 2017, before United States Magistrate Judge Karoline Mehalchick for failing to pay employment taxes.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), today announced a hearing for Tuesday, March 28, 2017, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Self-Driving Cars: Levels of Automation."
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: A Bay Village man was sentenced to more than six years in prison for fraudulently buying concert and event tickets worth hundreds of thousands of dollars with stolen credit cards and then reselling them, law enforcement officials said.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - An Overland Park man pleaded guilty Monday to distributing child pornography on the Internet while posing as a 46-year-old woman, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - An East Liverpool, Ohio woman was indicted today by a federal grand jury sitting in Martinsburg for allegedly stealing from her employer, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen, announced.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Communications and Technology Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), today held a hearing examining barriers to broadband deployment throughout the country. In addition to receiving testimony from two panels of witnesses, #SubCommTech looked at two discussion drafts aimed at alleviating the burden and eliminating the red tape when it comes to deploying broadband throughout the country.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: A Bay Village man was sentenced to more than six years in prison for fraudulently buying concert and event tickets worth hundreds of thousands of dollars with stolen credit cards and then reselling them, law enforcement officials said.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today held a hearing examining fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that is 50 times more potent than heroin and 100 times more potent than morphine.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), announced a hearing for Tuesday, March 28, 2017, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining FDA’s Medical Device User Fee Program."
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: A Hallandale resident was sentenced yesterday, by United States District Court Senior Judge William J. Zloch, to 36 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Communications and Technology Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), today held a hearing examining barriers to broadband deployment throughout the country. In addition to receiving testimony from two panels of witnesses, #SubCommTech looked at two discussion drafts aimed at alleviating the burden and eliminating the red tape when it comes to deploying broadband throughout the country.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), today announced a hearing for Tuesday, March 28, 2017, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Self-Driving Cars: Levels of Automation."
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: SEATTLE, Wash. - Enrique Aguiliar Valencia, the leader of a drug trafficking organization, who admits his connection to the Los Zetas drug cartel was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 12 years in prison. Valencia, 55, who resided in Fremont, California, led a drug distribution ring...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: HEYBURN, Idaho - The Bureau of Reclamation began re-construction work to the boat ramp on the west side of American Falls Reservoir this week. The ramp will be closed to boater and angler traffic beginning Mar. 20 and will re-open Memorial Day weekend.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. emphasized that the Republican TrumpCare proposal will sabotage efforts to address the national opioid epidemic today at a Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing titled, “Fentanyl: The Next Wave of the Opioid Crisis:"
