News from March 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2017
News Release: SOUTH BEND - The United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, David Capp, announced an indictment charging Mason France, 19, of Winona Lake, Indiana with one count of possession of stolen firearms, one count of possession of a firearm while under felony Information and one count of selling a firearm to a juvenile.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 9, 2017
News Release: MILLS, Wyo. -- The Bureau of Reclamation has scheduled a Boysen Reservoir Water Information Meeting in Worland, Wyo.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 9, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), today announced a hearing for Thursday, March 16, 2017, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Disrupter Series: Smart Communities."
By DOE Newswire | Mar 9, 2017
News Release: While working through the night, Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans laid out their mission: rescuing the American people from Obamacare’s collapse and rebuilding our broken health care system. Members made clear that the patients and families hurt by the law - their friends, family, and constituents...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2017
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Spencer woman pleaded guilty today to credit card fraud, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Rhonda Kelley Conrad, 49, faces up to 10 years in federal prison, a fine of up to $250,000, and, as part of her plea agreement, $10,301.70 in restitution to the United Way of Central West Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2017
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that ALVEREZ SORAPURU, age 40, of Baton Rouge, pled guilty today to a two count Superseding Bill of Information charging him with conspiracy to distribute and possession with the intent to distribute heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2017
News Release: Alires Prosecuted Under Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 9, 2017
News Release: While working through the night, Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans laid out their mission: rescuing the American people from Obamacare’s collapse and rebuilding our broken health care system. Members made clear that the patients and families hurt by the law - their friends, family, and constituents...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 9, 2017
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 120,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to Japan during the 2016/2017 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Rite Aid Corporation has paid $834,200 in civil penalties to the United States to settle claims stemming from alleged violations of the Controlled Substances Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2017
News Release: Twenty-two people indicted for their roles in a conspiracy to traffic large amounts of heroin and cocaine in Toledo, law enforcement officials said.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2017
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Delran, New Jersey, man will appear in federal court today to face charges that he abused his position as a U.S. Postal Service supervisor to steal cash deposits, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2017
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - On March 2, 2017, a Federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment against two agents from the Puerto Rico Treasury Department, (“Hacienda") charging them with one count of extortion and one count of accepting bribes in their role as agents for the Puerto Rico Treasury Department, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico. The investigation was led by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2017
News Release: DENVER - The number of firearms stolen from Colorado gun dealers more than doubled in 2016, reaching a 10-year high of 273 guns.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 9, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today announced a hearing for Thursday, March 16, 2017, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Reinvestment and Rehabilitation of Our Nation’s Safe Drinking Water Delivery Systems."
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Deadwood, South Dakota, man was charged in federal district court with Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance and Distribution of a Controlled Substance.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 9, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement after Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt wrongly asserted that carbon dioxide emitted by human activity is not a primary contributor to climate change.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Stolen Firearm was sentenced on Feb. 27, 2017, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2017
News Release: Oscar Alexander Moreno, a/k/a “Oscar Alexander Moreno Rodrgiuez," of Reading, PA, was charged today by Indictment with illegal reentry after deportation, announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen. The indictment alleges that on or about February 7, 2017, Moreno, an alien, and native and citizen of El Salvador, was found in the United States after having been deported from the United States on or about Jan. 3, 2012.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2017
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the unsealing of an indictment charging former Florida House of Representatives member Dwayne L. Taylor (49, Daytona Beach) with nine counts of wire fraud. If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison for each count. The indictment also notifies Taylor that the United States is seeking a money judgment in the amount of $62,834, the proceeds of the charged criminal conduct.
