News from March 2017
By DOE Newswire | Mar 9, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee today passed legislation as part of House Republican efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare. Earlier this week, the Energy and Commerce Committee and Ways and Means Committee introduced draft legislative recommendations that the Budget Committee will compile into one reconciliation package.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DON MEEKER, 30, of West Haven, was arrested today on an indictment charging him with a carjacking offense.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 9, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee today passed legislation as part of House Republican efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare. Earlier this week, the Energy and Commerce Committee and Ways and Means Committee introduced draft legislative recommendations that the Budget Committee will compile into one reconciliation package.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2017
News Release: Mark Anthony Avery, 53, of Buffalo Gap, Texas, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson on March 9, 2017, for conspiracy to distribute less than 50 grams of methamphetamine. Avery received 71 months and 21 days of imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay a $100.00 special assessment and $400.00 in restitution. This case was investigated by the Cheyenne Police Department.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2017
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge James S. Moody, Jr. has sentenced Francisco Heleno Jaramillo (40, Colombia, South America) to 15 years in federal prison for conspiring with others to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine on vessels subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. He pleaded guilty on Dec. 19, 2016.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 9, 2017
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park invites the public to participate in a 90-minute, 1.2 mile walking tour focusing on the history of trade and commerce around Moccasin Bend on Sunday, March 19 at 2 pm. This program will take place along the Brown’s Ferry Federal Road Trace on Moccasin Bend National Archeological District. Look for and follow the “Special Program" signs beginning on Manufacturers Road, west of US 27.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 9, 2017
News Release: DENVER - Today, the Bureau of Land Management Colorado State Office sold 17 parcels totaling 16,447 acres for $90,943 including rentals and fees at its quarterly oil and gas lease sale. The highest per-acre price was for an 880-acre parcel in San Miguel County, sold to Retamco Operating, Inc. for $10 per acre.
By EPA 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 EPA 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: COEUR D'ALENE - Kyle Eugene Goddard, 28, of Plummer, Idaho, was sentenced yesterday in United States District Court to 15 months in prison followed by three years supervised release, Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael Gonzalez announced. Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordered Goddard to pay $900 in restitution. Goddard pleaded guilty to theft of firearms and possession of stolen firearms on Nov. 16, 2016.
By Commerce 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 DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO - Two convicted felons from the Chicago area were sentenced to federal prison terms today for illegally possessing semiautomatic weapons.
By State Newswire | Mar 9, 2017
News Release: Today, Democrats on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs were unified in demanding that Congress #FollowTheFacts on Russia’s interference in American democracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2017
News Release: PROVIDENCE - Former Rhode Island House Finance Chairman Raymond E. Gallison, Jr., 64, of Bristol, R.I., pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Providence to federal mail fraud, wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and tax charges, announced United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha and Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 9, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee today passed legislation as part of House Republican efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare. Earlier this week, the Energy and Commerce Committee and Ways and Means Committee introduced draft legislative recommendations that the Budget Committee will compile into one reconciliation package.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2017
News Release: In the aftermath of misleading information put forth by Attorney General Jeff Sessions concerning his interaction with Russian operatives, and following a steady stream of troubling revelations related to possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia during last year’s presidential election, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2017
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico- Noel D. Cruz-Torres was sentenced before US District Court Judge Gustavo Gelpí to 60 months in prison, and three years of supervised release, for malicious use of explosive materials, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico. Cruz-Torres had plead guilty on Nov. 16, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2017
News Release: Iranian Member of International Cybercrime Conspiracy Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Selling Stolen Credit Card Information Online.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Dr. Xingjia Cui, 52, of Pittsford, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with health care fraud, money laundering and tax fraud. The charges carry a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and a fine of $500,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2017
News Release: HAMMOND- United States Attorney David A. Capp announced today that Brendan Theodore Coetzee, 29, of Johannesburg, South Africa was sentenced before District Court Judge Rudy Lozano for using interstate communications to illicit sexual conduct from a minor.
