News published on Federal Newswire in March 2017

News from March 2017


News Release: Louisiana Attorneys Plead Guilty To Failure To File Tax Returns.


Former First Tennessee Bank Employee Sentenced to Serve Three Years in Prison for Embezzlement of Funds and Tax Evasion

News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On Mar. 6, 2017, Kenneth L Miller, 37, of Greeneville, Tenn., was sentenced by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 36 months in federal prison for embezzlement of funds and tax evasion. Upon his release from prison, he will be under the supervision...


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) released the following joint statement tonight after Congressional Republicans proposed their bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and noticed the two committees will mark up the bill beginning Wednesday morning...


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) released legislation as part of House Republicans effort to repeal and replace Obamacare through a budget process known as reconciliation. The legislation, part of House Republicans’ American Health Care Act, creates...


News Release: FBI Searching for Tempe Bank Robbery Suspect.


Maine Woman Sentenced To 14 Years On Cocaine And Oxycodone Trafficking Charges

News Release: MAR 06 - 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 Kelli Mujo, 31, of Harmony and Wellington, Maine and Central Falls, Rhode Island, was sentenced today in U.S. District...


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today released a new report, entitled, “Obamacare Oversight: 112-114th Congress."


Cape Cod National Seashore Releases Written Determination of Change of Park Compendium Rules related to Kite Surfing

News Release: Seashore management staff held a public comment period on the Service's withdrawal of its 2016 rules along with a proposal to reissue rules on kite surfing within the boundaries of Cape Cod National Seashore for 2017. Kite surfing has become a popular activity in recent years. Concern with resource protection...


Pawn Shop Owners Plead Guilty to Mail Fraud and Stolen Property Charges

News Release: PITTSBURGH - Two residents of Pittsburgh pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of mail fraud and engaging in monetary transactions in property derived from specified unlawful activity, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.



Release: BALTIMORE - An Alexandria, Virginia, man was arrested at Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) early this morning, March 6, after Transportation Security Administration officers caught him trying to carry a loaded handgun past a security checkpoint.


Brentwood Doctor And Wife Plead Guilty To Conspiring To Defraud The IRS

News Release: Jeffrey Cephus McCoy, Jr. 70, and Andra McCoy, 68, of Brentwood, Tenn., pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to defraud the United States in the collection of income taxes, announced David Rivera, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee; Stuart Goldberg, Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department’s Tax Division; and Tracy Montano᷉, Special Agent in Charge of the IRS-Criminal Investigation-Nashville Division.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - TOMORROW, Tuesday, March 7, 2017, at 11 a.m., House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) will hold a press conference to discuss the American Health Care Act.



Greenville Multi-Kilo Crack Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced

News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On March 6 Fitzroy Turner, 35, of Greeneville was sentenced by J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 127 months in federal prison following a conviction for his leadership role in a conspiracy to distribute large quantities of cocaine base “crack" in the Eastern District of Tennessee. Following his prison sentence, he will also serve a five-year term of supervised release.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) released legislation as part of House Republicans effort to repeal and replace Obamacare through a budget process known as reconciliation. The legislation, part of House Republicans’ American Health Care Act, creates...


News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today made the following statement in response to reports of Iranian ballistic missile tests in violation of international commitments.


E&C Releases Compendium on Obamacare Oversight

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today released a new report, entitled, “Obamacare Oversight: 112-114th Congress."


Pallone & Neal Denounce Republican ACA Repeal Bill

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) released the following joint statement tonight after Congressional Republicans proposed their bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and noticed the two committees will mark up the bill beginning Wednesday morning...


Prescribed Burn Planned in Dripping Springs Natural Area

News Release: On March 9, 2017, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is planning a prescribed burn at the Dripping Springs Natural Area (Natural Area) near Las Cruces, New Mexico. Weather permitting, the burn will be conducted in the morning. Smoke will be highly visible to the City of Las Cruces and the surrounding communities.