News from March 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2017
News Release: MAR 07 - BANGOR, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Nathan Brewer, 35, of Presque Isle, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. to 73 months in prison and three years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute bath salts. The defendant pled guilty on Jan. 23, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2017
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Saxton, Pa., has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Johnstown on a charge of conversion of government funds, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 7, 2017
News Release: (BUTTE, Mont.) - The Bureau of Land Management’s Western Montana Resource Advisory Council will meet March 16 in Butte.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 7, 2017
News Release: Youth Conservation Corps Applications. for Homestead National Monument of America. Homestead National Monument of America is now accepting applications for the summer 2017 Youth Conservation Corps (YCC). The YCC is a summer employment program for young men and women, ages 15-18, who work and learn together...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 7, 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 on the Senate floor on S. 512 , the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - ZTE Corporation has agreed to enter a guilty plea and to pay a $430,488,798 penalty to the U.S. for conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) by illegally shipping U.S.-origin items to Iran, obstructing justice and making a material false statement. ZTE...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge James D. Whittemore has sentenced two Tampa brothers for conspiracy to commit tax fraud and aggravated identity theft. Keith Godbolt was sentenced to three years and six months in federal prison and Paul Johnson was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment. As part of...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 7, 2017
News Release: ‘ObamaCare is collapsing," President Trump said during his address to Congress last week, “and we must act decisively to protect all Americans." House Republicans have heard the president’s message loud and clear. On Monday night the congressional committees we lead released the American Health Care Act, which will rescue those hurt by ObamaCare’s failures and lay the groundwork for a patient-centered health-care system.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2017
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Davisville, West Virginia woman has been indicted for bank robberies spanning two counties, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2017
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Johnstown, Pa., was indicted by a federal grand jury in Johnstown on a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today joined Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID) and U.S. Representatives Suzan DelBene (WA-01) and Glenn Thompson (PA-05) to reintroduce the Timber Innovation Act - bipartisan, bicameral ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2017
News Release: BILLINGS - Jesus Deniz Mendoza, 19, of Worland, Wyoming, pleaded guilty today in Billings federal court to murder, assault, and firearm charges. Under the terms of the plea agreement, the government will recommend that Mendoza serve the statutory maximum for each offense of conviction. Specifically...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger today announced the guilty plea of JOHN L. STEELE, 45, for his role in a multi-million dollar scheme to fraudulently obtain payments to settle sham copyright infringement lawsuits by lying to state and federal courts throughout the country. On March 6, 2017, STEELE...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2017
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that WANDA WELLS CORNISH, age 46, of Ponchatoula, pled guilty today to theft of government funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Kenneth Columbus Burwell, 54, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty this morning in federal court to a bank robbery charge. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Burwell will be sentenced to 46 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that two Kansas City, Mo., men were sentenced in federal court today for their roles in a large-scale drug-trafficking conspiracy.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 7, 2017
News Release: ‘ObamaCare is collapsing," President Trump said during his address to Congress last week, “and we must act decisively to protect all Americans." House Republicans have heard the president’s message loud and clear. On Monday night the congressional committees we lead released the American Health Care Act, which will rescue those hurt by ObamaCare’s failures and lay the groundwork for a patient-centered health-care system.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today issued the following statement after Exxon announced yesterday their plan to invest billions of dollars in Gulf Coast projects.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2017
News Release: Tampa, FL - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Anthonio Miller (26, Tampa) today pleaded guilty to conspiracy to pay kickbacks in connection with a federal health care benefit program. He faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Kenneth Columbus Burwell, 54, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty this morning in federal court to a bank robbery charge. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Burwell will be sentenced to 46 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release.
