News from March 2017
By DOE Newswire | Mar 16, 2017
News Release: PHOENIX - EM is moving forward with a new strategic planning initiative to better tackle the longer-term challenges the DOE cleanup program faces, Acting Assistant EM Secretary Sue Cange said here last week during the 2017 Waste Management Symposium.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 16, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Democratic members of the Energy and Commerce Committee introduced five bills to ensure Americans have access to the resources they need to compete and thrive in the 21st century economy. New technologies have produced significant benefits for consumers, but these same technologies...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 16, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - National parks in and around Washington, DC, provide some of the area’s best opportunities to experience our nation’s history and enjoy nature. However, some unwelcome plant visitors threaten the long-term health and beauty of parks in the national capital region.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2017
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont and the Vermont State Police stated.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2017
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that RITA LOUISE FALL, age 37, of Bristow, Oklahoma, pled guilty to EMBEZZLEMENT OF MAIL BY POSTAL EMPLOYEE, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1709, punishable by no more than 5 years imprisonment, and up to a $250,000.00 fine or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2017
News Release: A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on a charge of violating the Hate Crimes Prevention Act, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Tom Wheeler of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Soo C. Song for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 16, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone Jr. (D-N.J.) released the following statement today after President Trump released his budget proposal for fiscal year 2018...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2017
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Naeem Smith, 25, of St. Thomas, was sentenced in federal court on March 16, 2017, to 30 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release for his conviction on firearms trafficking, Acting United States Attorney Joycelyn Hewlett announced. District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez also ordered Smith to pay a $3,000 fine, $100 special assessment, to perform 400 hours of community service, and to forfeit 18 firearms, including two AK47s.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 16, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone Jr. (D-N.J.) released the following statement today after President Trump released his budget proposal for fiscal year 2018...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2017
News Release: MAR 16 - CONCORD, N.H. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced that Rigoberto Ramirez-(40), formerly of Manchester, New Hampshire, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute and to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 16, 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 on the nomination of former Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue to be the next U.S. Secretary of Agriculture.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2017
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - Acting United States Attorney Corey Amundson announced that a federal criminal complaint has been filed against OCTAVIO BRINGAS‐POSADAS, 49, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for possession of a firearm by a prohibited person and illegal re‐entry into the United States by a removed alien.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 16, 2017
Release: "The President's budget blueprint outlines a forward looking, mission focused budget for the Department of Energy. Our goal in the budget process is to properly align resources to the important missions of the Department. We must always do this while meeting the fiduciary duty we owe the American taxpayer. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today the unsealing of a criminal complaint charging Gerald McErlean, 46, of Lockport, NY, with performing a lewd act aboard an aircraft in violation of Title 49 of the United States Code. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 90 days in prison and a $5,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Florida man who filed fraudulent tax returns that sought approximately $470,000 with the Internal Revenue Service - and then filed bogus false liens to retaliate against IRS employees who refused to pay his frivolous claims - has been sentenced to 77 months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2017
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Roger W. Titus sentenced Rondell McLeod, age 23, of Washington, D.C., on March 15, 2017, to 11 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for two armed commercial robberies and for using and brandishing a firearm during a crime a violence. Judge Titus also ordered McLeod to pay restitution of $10,568.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 16, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today held a hearing entitled, “Reinvestment and Rehabilitation of Our Nation’s Drinking Water Delivery Systems."
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2017
News Release: House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) today released the following statement on President Donald Trump’s proposed fiscal year 2018 budget blueprint...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2017
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz sentenced Barry Terry, age 39, of Baltimore, Maryland, today to 15 years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2017
News Release: MAR 16 - NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent-in-Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Lee Henrici, 32, of Salem, waived his right to be indicted and pled guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Sarah A. L. Merriam in New Haven to one count of possession with intent to distribute, and the distribution of heroin.
