News from March 2017
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - In a speech on the Senate floor today, Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) discussed the robust legislative agenda for the Republican-led Congress - comprised of repealing and replacing Obamacare, working to achieve tax reform, and enacting a bold trade agenda - and outlined the role the Finance Committee will play in moving these legislative efforts forward.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - Two Trenton, New Jersey, men admitted their roles in a drug trafficking organization that allegedly distributed hundreds of grams of heroin in Trenton and the surrounding areas, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: SOUTH BEND - Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, Clifford D. Johnson, announced that Lonnie Lewis, Jr., 22, of Michigan City, Indiana was sentenced before South Bend District Court Judge Jon E. DeGuilio after entering a guilty plea for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that EDWARD J. SERVIDER, a/k/a “Nick Halden," pled guilty to defrauding approximately 100 investors of over $2.4 million through his firm EJS Capital Management, LLC. SERVIDER pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit commodities fraud before U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: MAR 30 - BOSTON - Four men were arrested this morning on charges of heroin distribution and possession with intent to distribute heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that PHILLIP STEWART, 46, a citizen of Jamaica residing in Queens, N.Y., pleaded guilty yesterday in New Haven federal court to one count of conspiracy to distribute, and to possess with intent to distribute, MDA and MDMA.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - An international organization has recognized EM Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) Fellow Technical Advisor Michael Brisson for his leadership in establishing standards for air quality and nuclear fuel-cycle analysis.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Federal and local authorities have arrested 10 members and associates of the 18th Street gang, primarily on federal narcotics charges.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: Speaking today before aviation leaders at the International Air Transport Association Wings of Change Conference at the first International Brazil Air Show (IBAS) in Rio de Janeiro, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Acting Deputy Administrator Victoria Wassmer said that the United States is proud to participate in a partnership with Brazil which enhances bilateral cooperation on airport expansion, airspace management, aviation safety, and security.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: PATERSON, NJ - New Jersey’s newest national park, the Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park, welcomed more than 177,000 visitors in 2016. The Great Falls is one of the 77 national parks (of 382 reporting) that set visitation records. According to statistics released this month, the National Park Service (NPS) as a whole received nearly 331 million visits last year, beating last year's record numbers by a breathtaking 23.7 million.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: “NFL Players Speak Up: First-Hand Experiences and Building Trust Between Communities and Police"
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: Plea Calls for 22-Year Prison Sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: California Resident Convicted of Supplying Fake IDs to Cash Stolen and Fraudulently Obtained U.S. Treasury Checks.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A three-count indictment was unsealed Thursday following the arrest of David G. Bruce II, 32, of Merced. Bruce is charged with conspiring to provide inmates with prohibited objects; attempting to possess marijuana and heroin with the intent to distribute; and taking a bribe as a public official, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: Threatened to Shoot an Employee, Fired Shots at Restaurant Manager, Set Fire to Restaurant and Led Police on a High Speed Chase.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RAYMOND J. MARTIN, 49, of Easton, pleaded guilty today in Bridgeport federal court to one count of unlawful possession of a controlled substance.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: A man who distributed methamphetamine and illegally possessed a firearm was sentenced March 27, 2017, to 7 years in federal prison.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: Washington - In a complaint filed on Nov. 15, 2016, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) alleged that Northern Produce Mushrooms Inc. (Northern Produce), of Commerce, Calif., failed to make full payment promptly in the total amount of $422,177 to 13 sellers for multiple lots of produce in violation of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By DOE Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Workers at the Hanford Site 's Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) finished installing a caustic scrubber, beating an interim milestone by nearly two weeks. The scrubber is a 19-ton piece of the offgas treatment system in the Low-Activity Waste (LAW) Facility. This system...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: Marvin Wayne Magnan, 63, of Ethete, Wyoming, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl on March 28, 2017, on two counts of aggravated sexual abuse; six counts of abusive sexual contact; two counts of sexual abuse of a minor; one count of sexual abuse; and one count of simple assault.
