News from March 2017
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON-A bipartisan group of 167 Members of Congress today urged President Donald J. Trump to prioritize the appointment of the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism at the U.S. Department of State. Leading the effort were Representative Eliot L. Engel (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2017
News Release: California Businessman Sentenced to Prison for Concealing Over $23.5 Million in Israeli Bank Accounts.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Earlier today, a U.S. Magistrate Judge sitting in Albuquerque, N.M., found probable cause to support a criminal complaint charging Jonathan D. Lueras, 30, of Albuquerque, N.M., with assaulting a federal officer. The Magistrate Judge also entered an order requiring Lueras to remain in custody pending trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that she will continue to serve as U.S. Attorney.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 13, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) -Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA), ranking member of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, released the following statement today on Secretary DeVos’ state plan...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 13, 2017
News Release: Yosemite National Park continues work to repair the Big Oak Flat Road (continuation of Highway 120 ) leading to Yosemite Valley. Severe winter storms have impacted the road and it has been unsafe for vehicular travel since late February. The park is working with Federal Highway Administration officials and contractors to completely assess the situation and design and implement repair work. There is no estimated date for the road to reopen.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2017
News Release: PEORIA, Ill. -- Chief U.S. District Judge James E. Shadid has entered the judgment of conviction against a Peoria man, Demontae Bell, 34, for drug trafficking and gun offenses. Following a three-day bench trial last week before Judge Shadid, Bell was convicted on March 9, 2017, on two counts of distribution of cocaine, one count of possession of a firearm by a felon, and one count of possession of firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2017
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - An Ohio man was sentenced today to two and a half years in federal prison for a gun charge, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Stephen Hite Whitt, 30, of Scottown, previously pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2017
News Release: On Friday, March 10, 2017, Kevin W. Techau announced his resignation as United States Attorney effective midnight on that date.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2017
News Release: Navajo Police Officer Shot in New Mexico.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 12, 2017
News Release: Sedro Woolley, WA-An avalanche occurred in the early morning hours on Friday March 10, 2017 in the gorge east of Newhalem, WA. The avalanche completely obstructed State Route 20 at approximately milepost 122.5, immediately east of the first tunnel. No one was injured in the avalanche. Area avalanche...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 11, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, issued the following statement on the selection of Dr. Scott Gottlieb to serve as Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
By Interior Newswire | Mar 11, 2017
News Release: 2016 marked a banner year for visitation at Saratoga National Historical Park. Over 102,000 people visited the park during the 100th anniversary year of the National Park Service. This was a 58% increase in park visitation from 2015. The park witnessed an increase in visitors attending ranger programs, special events, hiking and cycling, and touring the park’s historic sites.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2017
News Release: Detroit, MI - On Friday, the Trump Justice Department asked every sitting U.S. Attorney for their resignation. Today, the Trump Administration fired Preet Bharara, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. Rep. John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee issued the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2017
News Release: “Today, I was fired from my position as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. Serving my country as U.S. Attorney here for the past seven years will forever be the greatest honor of my professional life, no matter what else I do or how long I live. One hallmark of justice is absolute independence...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2017
News Release: HAMMOND- The United States Attorney’s Office announced that David Capp has submitted his resignation as United States Attorney as requested by the President.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 10, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 OTTAWA - Today, the Honorable Ralph Goodale, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, met with the Honorable John Kelly, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, during his first trip to Canada as Secretary and they made the following statement.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2017
News Release: Mohan L. Nirala, 52, of Laurel, Maryland, was sentenced today to 12 months and one day in prison for willful retention of national defense information.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2017
News Release: A Weed, California man pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to produce child pornography for his participation in a website that was operated for the purpose of coercing and enticing minors as young as eight years old to engage in sexually explicit conduct on web camera. Acting Assistant Attorney General ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2017
News Release: The Justice Department today announced that Thomas Herris Sigler, III, 45, of Port Richey, Florida, pled guilty in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Tampa Division, to one count of conspiring with others to threaten, intimidate, and interfere with an interracial couple’s enjoyment of their housing rights, in violation of U.S. Code, Title 18 U.S.C. § 241.
