News from March 2017
By State Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: This afternoon, 68-year-old former Eagle Pass City Manager Hector Chavez, Sr., admitted to lying to FBI agents during their investigation into a “pay-to-play" scheme involving Maverick County contracts, announced United States Attorney Richard Durbin, Jr., and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Henry Okpalefe, age 49, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, was convicted of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud and money laundering. The three-day bench trial was held before United States District Court Judge John E. Jones, III.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - Acting U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that a man from Wasilla was sentenced in federal court in Anchorage for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today announced the Committee voted to favorably report nominee Sonny Perdue to serve as the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. Perdue may now be considered by the full U.S. Senate for confirmation.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today in response to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt’s decision to override the scientific consensus of his own agency, which had recommended that the pesticide chlorpyrifos be permanently banned nationwide due to its highly toxic and harmful effects...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: Defendant accused of requesting more than $2.5 million of federally funded grants in violation of conflict of interest rules.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today after the Senate passed H.J. Res 43, which would invalidate a final rule promulgated by the Department of Health and Human Services in December 2016 that ensures patients can access family planning and preventative services through any Title X-qualified provider...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: MARCH 30, 2017 - U.S. Census Bureau Director John H. Thompson has appointed Joshua Patterson to serve on the Census Scientific Advisory Committee, chartered to provide advice on the design, operation and implementation of Census Bureau programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A Cuban citizen has been ordered to federal prison for conspiring to commit wire fraud, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Jorge Ernesto Blanco-Rodriguez, 43, a Cuban and Spanish citizen who resided in Havana, Cuba, pleaded guilty April 18, 2016.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) will convene a hearing on Thursday, April 6, to examine IRS operations for the 2017 filing season and beyond. The hearing, titled “The 2017 Tax Filing Season: Internal Revenue Service Operations and the Taxpayer Experience," will take place at 10:00 a.m. in Room 215 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2017
News Release: Portland, Maine: Acting United States Attorney Richard W. Murphy announced that Moses Okot, 28, of Portland, Maine, entered a guilty plea in U.S. District Court to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2017
News Release: Harrisonburg, VIRGINIA - A local woman, who was found guilty in December 2015 by a jury of witness tampering and perjury charges in relation to the Inca’s Secret labor trafficking investigation, was sentenced yesterday in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Harrisonburg, Acting United States Attorney Rick A. Mountcastle announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Daniel Krull, 44, of Niagara Falls, NY, who was convicted of distribution of child pornography following a prior conviction under New York law for possessing a sexual performance by a child, was sentenced to 27 years in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 29, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill, the top-ranking Democrat on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, who yesterday launched a wide-ranging investigation into the marketing and sales practices of some of the country’s largest opioids manufacturers, released the following statement after reports that New Jersey Governor Chris Christie will lead a White House Commission to combat the opioid epidemic...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2017
News Release: A Cleveland man was indicted for robbing two banks in Mansfield, said Acting U.S. Attorney David A. Sierleja, FBI Special Agent in Charge Stephen D. Anthony and Mansfield Police Chief Kenneth Coontz.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2017
News Release: A woman who conspired to distribute methamphetamine was sentenced March 20, 2017, to more than 6 years in federal prison.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 29, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release Contact: CBP Public Affairs, 202 344-1780 DHS S&T Press Office (202) 254-2385 WASHINGTON—The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) announced today a $200K award to CryptoMove to enhance U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) Small Unmanned ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2017
News Release: The Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division today issued the 2017 edition of its annual newsletter on its website. The newsletter highlights the Antitrust Division’s recent activities and successes on civil and criminal enforcement, international cooperation and competition advocacy.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2017
News Release: ****** MEDIA ADVISORY ****** Attorney General Jeff Sessions will travel to St. Louis on FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 2017, to speak with federal, state and local law enforcement about efforts to combat violent crime and restore public safety. WHO: Attorney General Jeff Sessions WHAT: Speech to federal, state and ...
