News from March 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2017
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Chief U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced William H. Steinhaus IV, age 34, of Brunswick, Maryland, today to 25 years in prison, followed by lifetime supervised release, for sexual exploitation of a child to produce child pornography. Judge Blake also ordered that, upon...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that LEJEUNE HARRIS, age 43, of New Orleans, was sentenced today. HARRIS previously pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin, one count of possession with intent to distribute 100 grams or more heroin, and one count of attempted possession with intent to distribute 100 grams or more heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2017
News Release: MAR 16 - BOSTON - Ten men were arrested in connection with an oxycodone, heroin, and fentanyl trafficking and money laundering operation operating between Massachusetts, Maine, and Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2017
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Camden, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 151 months in prison for sex trafficking of a minor, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 16, 2017
News Release: Environment Subcommittee Ranking Paul Tonko (D-NY) delivered the following opening remarks at a subcommittee hearing titled, "Reinvestment and Rehabilitation of Our Nation’s Safe Drinking Water Delivery Systems":
By Commerce 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 EPA 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 State Newswire | Mar 16, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) released the following statement on the administration’s 2018 budget blueprint...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 16, 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 examine the ways that communities across the country are tapping into new technology and collaborating with private sector companies to deliver new initiatives that will improve safety, increase efficiency and create opportunity.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 16, 2017
News Release: Stephen M. Clark, Superintendent of the Western Pennsylvania National Park Service sites, invites the public to attend the first annual State of the Parks program. The program will be held on March 29, 2017 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Somerset High School Auditorium. The five National Park Service...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2017
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - Corey R. Amundson has been appointed as the Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Louisiana following the resignation of Walt Green who had served as the United States Attorney since 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2017
News Release: Defendant is One of 34 Individuals Charged as Part of Investigation into Methamphetamine Trafficking on the Mescalero Apache Reservation.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Patricia Kay Portillo, 54, of Carrizozo, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 46 months in prison for her conviction on methamphetamine trafficking charges. Portillo will be on supervised release for three years following her prison sentence.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 16, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) this morning highlighted some of the devastating impacts of the Republican repeal bill at a Congressional Hearing organized by Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD). Pallone also blasted House Republicans for refusing to hold a single hearing on their bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA). His opening statement follows...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2017
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted Under HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2017
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney John Stuart Bruce announced that today in federal court before United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle, former North Carolina Superior Court Judge ARNOLD OGDEN JONES, II pled guilty to Promising and Paying Gratuities to a Public Official, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 201(c)(1)(A).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2017
News Release: MAR 16 - BRIDGEPORT, 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 Wilfredo Gutierrez, also known as “Bean" and “Big Pun," 40, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 180 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for trafficking heroin.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 16, 2017
News Release: Environment Subcommittee Ranking Paul Tonko (D-NY) delivered the following opening remarks at a subcommittee hearing titled, "Reinvestment and Rehabilitation of Our Nation’s Safe Drinking Water Delivery Systems":
By Interior Newswire | Mar 16, 2017
News Release: Everglades City, Fla. --- On Saturday, March 18, 2017, visit Everglades National Park's Gulf Coast Visitor Center to enjoy Calusa Days, a celebration of how these fascinating islands have shaped lives in the region over the centuries.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Brandon Lamont Walton, 38, of Sacramento, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Morrison C. England Jr. to 10 years in prison for transportation for illegal sexual activity, United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
