News from March 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A father and son were indicted today in connection with the armed robberies committed at two Henderson credit unions, announced U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice Ranking Member Steve Cohen (D-TN) released a document entitled “Alternative Facts" v. Reality: Ethics, Conflicts of Interest, and the Emoluments Clause. This document highlights ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Spencer Wayne Allen, 25, was arrested on Feb. 28, 2017, on a criminal complaint charging him with maliciously damaging the U.S. Navy and Marine Recruitment Center by means of fire, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced today. The U.S. Navy and Marine Recruitment Center...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Atlas Importers, Inc., a fireworks company based in Marion, pled guilty in federal court in Florence on Tuesday to Smuggling, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, § 545. United States District Judge R. Bryan Harwell of Florence accepted the guilty plea and will sentence the company at a later date.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: Release Date: 1 March 2017. Contacts: Jake Koch, daniel_koch@nps.gov, 229-924-0343, ext. 201. NR17-02. Living History Weekend at Andersonville National Historic Site. History comes alive at Camp Sumter Civil War Prison during this annual event. ANDERSONVILLE, Georgia - Andersonville National Historic...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today delivered the following opening statement at an executive session to consider the nomination of Seema Verma to head the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced Michael Gerard Camphor, age 60, of Baltimore, to 27 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release on charges arising from the fraudulent purchase of four properties in Baltimore, using fraudulent loan documentation...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: ROCK ISLAND, Ill. - Patrick D. Hansen, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Central District of Illinois, announced today that three area men are scheduled for trial in April after a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging them with a January 2017 home invasion robbery and related gun offenses. Those charged are: Deaunta Tyler, 29 of East Moline; Ledell Tyler, 35 of Silvis, and Dalvent Jackson, 24, of East Moline, Ill.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: Dear Leader McConnell: We write today with great concern regarding Republican efforts to undermine care at our nation’s family planning clinics. For women in every U.S. state and especially in rural and struggling communities, Title X health centers are a vital resource for preventive and primary care.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore), in partnership with the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT), will host two public meetings in late March to obtain public comments on projects related to a new NCDOT passenger ferry service from Hatteras Island to Ocracoke Island. Several projects...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: (Remarks as Prepared). Today the Aviation Subcommittee is holding the second of its hearings in the 115th Congress in preparation for FAA reauthorization. As all of you know, the focus of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee this year is “Building a 21st Century Infrastructure for America." ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Brandon Neal Hart, age 27, of Greenville, pled guilty in federal court in Greenville to making a false statement in the purchase of a firearm, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 922(a)(6). United States...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: FBI Denver Division to Honor Local Nonprofit with FBI Director’s Community Leadership Award.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI -Tomolah Foy, 23, of St. Thomas pleaded guilty in federal court today to possessing with intent to distribute crack cocaine, announced United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on President Trump’s joint address to Congress and his creation of an office using Department of Homeland Security resources to stoke xenophobic fears about immigrants and crime.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: LOS ALAMOS, N.M. - In 1880, Adolph Bandelier arrived in the New Mexico Territory to document the culture of the Pueblo people and their ancestors. Traveling up the Rio Grande and through sheer-walled canyons, he emerged on the rim of Frijoles Canyon and looked down on the remains of ancestral Pueblo...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: In Austin this morning, a 25-year-old baggage handler at Austin Bergstrom International Airport (ABIA) surrendered to FBI agents based on a federal criminal complaint charging him with theft from an interstate shipment and possession of stolen firearms announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division, and Austin Police Chief Brian Manley.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Leo A. Kronert, Jr., 66, of Frewsburg, NY, who was convicted of healthcare fraud, was sentenced to three years supervised release to include six months of home confinement and 100 hours community service by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo. The defendant was also ordered to pay $59,449.00 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - An Edinburg couple has been convicted for their roles in a sex trafficking of minors conspiracy in which two minor females engaged in commercial sex acts, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Joe J. Zambrano, 54, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court to a misdemeanor charge of assaulting, resisting and impeding federal officers in the performance of their official duties.
