News from March 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced criminal charges against EVALDAS RIMASAUSKAS for orchestrating a fraudulent...
By EPA 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: PITTSBURGH - A former Butler County resident has been sentenced in federal court to six months imprisonment and six months of home detention, to be followed by five years of supervised release, on her conviction of bank fraud, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today. The defendant was also ordered to pay $62,842.57 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Wardensville, West Virginia man was indicted today by a federal grand jury for a firearm violation and a methamphetamine charge, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that BRADLEY DEWAYNE BAILEY, age 39, of Messer, Oklahoma, was sentenced to concurrent terms of 105 months imprisonment, and 3 years of supervised release for two counts of FELON IN POSSESSION OF FIREARM, all in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2).
By Interior Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: ALTURAS, Calif. - Fire crews from the Bureau of Land Management will be burning piles of cut juniper trees within an 800-acre project area south of Alturas beginning Tuesday, March 21, and continuing through Thursday, March 23.
By DOE 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:"
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A Los Angeles man who participated in a scheme that filed fraudulent tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service seeking more than $800,000 in refunds was found guilty today of federal charges.
By State Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) participated in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s event to recognize the atrocities and crimes against humanity suffered by Syrian civilians. The event included a photo display entitled, “Inside Syria’s Torture Machine," which documents the Assad regime’s torture and execution of innocent Syrian civilians including women and children.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at a Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing on “Broadband: Deploying America’s 21st Century Infrastructure:"
By EPA 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:"
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: Watch The Hearing Live Here . House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) provided the following remarks at a hearing entitled, “Examining Systemic Management and Fiscal Challenges Within the Department of Justice" featuring Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: St. Croix, USVI B Ajani Plante, 26, pleaded guilty today in federal court on St. Croix to one count of interference with commerce by robbery and using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, Acting United States Attorney Joycelyn Hewlett announced.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at a Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing on “Broadband: Deploying America’s 21st Century Infrastructure:"
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ahead of today’s #SubOversight hearing, Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA) previews the growing public health threat of fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that is 50 times more potent than heroin and 100 times more potent than morphine.
By Commerce 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 - Ahead of today’s #SubOversight hearing, Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA) previews the growing public health threat of fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that is 50 times more potent than heroin and 100 times more potent than morphine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Wilfredo Sanchez, 21, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, was sentenced to 60 months in prison and five years supervised release by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Wilfredo Sanchez, 21, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, was sentenced to 60 months in prison and five years supervised release by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: Soon, visitors to Tumacácori National Historical Park will be able to learn more about the Spanish contributions to what we consider today to be “southwest culture." On April 4th at 4:00 p.m., two speakers from the Arizona-Sonoran Desert Museum will present a talk, “Spain: Moors and Christians, Olives...
