News from March 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2017
News Release: Unlawfully possessed a rifle and ammunition near Greenwood Mall this summer.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 8, 2017
News Release: SONORA, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation announces the first spring photography contest at New Melones Lake. During the months of March, April and May, the public is invited to bring their cameras to New Melones Lake to capture images of the natural beauty and scenery in the area and visitor recreation activities.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2017
News Release: Indianapolis - United States Attorney Josh Minkler announced today federal charges against a Greenwood man who illegally possessed a firearm and ammunition. Christopher C. Byrne, 31, Greenwood, was charged in a two-count indictment with unlawful possession of a firearm and unlawful possession of ammunition by a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Eric Hubbard, 34, of Stone Mountain, Georgia, pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm before Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2017
News Release: Minnesota Man Who Sent Threatening Letter to Islamic Center Sentenced to 12 Months In Prison.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 8, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), delivered the following remarks at a committee legislative hearing on S. 512 , the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2017
News Release: BOISE - Jose De Jesus Garay-Gonzalez, 29, of Wendell, Idaho, pleaded guilty yesterday in United States District Court to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael Gonzalez announced. Senior U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge took Garay-Gonzalez’s plea. Sentencing is set for May 24, 2017.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 8, 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 Wednesday, March 15, 2017, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is titled, “Disrupter Series: Advanced Materials and Production.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 8, 2017
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on news reports that the White House intends to cut the budgets of the Coast Guard, TSA, and FEMA to pay for the President’s misguided immigration policies...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 8, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today announced a hearing for Wednesday, March 15, 2017, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Modernizing Energy Infrastructure: Challenges and Opportunities to Expanding Hydropower Generation"
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown of the Southern District of Alabama, is pleased to announce that a jury has convicted defendants Dr. Xiulu Ruan and Dr. John Patrick Couch of numerous felonies following a seven-week trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2017
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A federal grand jury has indicted a Champaign, Ill., man who previously worked as a financial advisor at a bank with falsely representing a private investment scheme to a customer that resulted in the client losing money. The indictment charges Paul Schuerger, 44, of the 2700 block of Hunters Pond Run, with mail fraud and money laundering.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2017
News Release: Two Mexican citizens were indicted for illegally reentering the United States, U.S. Attorney Carole S. Rendon said.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 8, 2017
News Release: Dear Senator Wyden: Thank you for your question regarding the potential impact on the Medicare Hospital Insurance (HI) Trust Fund of repealing the additional 0.9-percent tax on high income earners. For this question, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' independent Chief Actuary has estimated...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2017
News Release: Memphis, TN - Seven members of the Gangster Disciples have pleaded guilty to committing violent crimes in aid of racketeering activity. Lawrence J. Laurenzi, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the guilty pleas today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A longtime U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer was sentenced on Monday to over three years in federal prison for stealing checks and money orders from international mail and depositing those items into bank accounts.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2017
News Release: RIVERSIDE, California - The former CEO of Axium International, Inc., a leading Hollywood payroll services company until it collapsed in 2008, has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for defrauding the Internal Revenue Service by failing to report as income millions of dollars he skimmed from company coffers.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2017
News Release: Plea Agreement Calls For 15-Year Prison Sentence.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 8, 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 Wednesday, March 15, 2017, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is titled, “Disrupter Series: Advanced Materials and Production.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Tasha Ajibogun, age 35, of Mabelton, Georgia, pled guilty today in federal court in Florence, to passing counterfeit $50.00 Federal Reserve Notes, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 472. United States...
