News from March 2017
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 1, 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 oversight hearing on “Flood Control Infrastructure: Safety Questions Raised by Current Events."
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: Good morning and welcome. Today we will examine how our porous southwest border affects American communities thousands of miles away. Some of this testimony will be difficult to hear-accounts of graphic violence and drug abuse fueled by border insecurity and lax immigration enforcement. It is important...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A former New England Patriots player and a former bank vice president were sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with an investment scheme that took in over $35 million by making fraudulent loans to professional athletes.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department filed a proposed consent decree today to resolve a complaint that the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) discriminated against a job applicant on the basis of his disability, in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Raymundo Munoz, 69, of Sunland Park, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to heroin trafficking charges resulting from a DEA-led investigation targeting a heroin trafficking ring operating out of Sunland Park, N.M. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Munoz will be sentenced to 72 months in prison followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - ATCH, LLC d/b/a G-MART and ALI ASGHAR KHAN have paid $65,000 to settle allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to the United States Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, announced Mark A. Yancey, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Hanson man pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with sending sexually explicit messages to two pre-teen girls.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today urged newly confirmed Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to reject the White House’s threat to cut 10 percent from the Department of the Interior (DOI) budget in fiscal year 2018, to reject extreme proposals to give away millions of acres of public land to state and local entities, and to invest in the DOI mission of protecting our country’s natural resources.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., issued the following statement on the President’s Trade Agenda released today...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Rockford man pleaded guilty today in federal court before U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala to bank robbery, robbery affecting interstate commerce and a related firearm charge.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today voiced concern over the rise of unregulated gambling on online multiplayer video games and the dangers it is posing for minors in light of a recent investigation by ESPN.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A Texas man pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court to charges related to his scheme to steal more than $545,000 from a retirement account after the account owner and his designated beneficiary both died, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Robert O. Posey and FBI Special Agent in Charge Roger C. Stanton.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: Gulfport, Miss - James C. Eustice, 38, of Gulfport, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to 74 months in prison for being a felon in possession of two firearms, U. S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis announced today. Eustice was also ordered to pay a $5,000 fine and serve three years of supervised release when released from prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - Federal prosecutors have charged an Anniston Army Depot employee with stealing more than $175,000 worth of transmission oil coolers from the depot between 2013 and 2015, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Robert O. Posey and FBI Special Agent in Charge Roger C. Stanton.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 1, 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), welcomed Wyoming's Washakie County Board of Commissioners Chair Terry Wolf to the committee. Commissioner Wolf was testifying before the committee at an oversight hearing ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Robert H. Duquette, 74, of Hudson, was sentenced today to one year of probation, and was ordered to pay $39,984 in restitution, including an immediate payment of $12,000, to the Social Security Administration, announced United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: Lawsuit Follows Determination by Department of Housing and Urban Development That Companies Engaged in Discrimination on the Basis of Disability.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: Idaho Tax Return Preparer Pleads Guilty to Filing False Returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: Defendant sought to have victim murdered after she filed a lawsuit against him for sexual harassment.
