News from March 2017
By DOL Newswire | Mar 29, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) issued the following statement on the nomination of Alexander Acosta as Secretary of Labor. Acosta was nominated following the withdrawal of Andrew Puzder, President Trump’s initial nominee for the Department.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2017
News Release: Five men from Northeast Ohio were indicted on federal firearms charges, said Acting U.S. Attorney David A. Sierleja and Trevor Velinor, ATF Special Agent in Charge for the Columbus Field Division.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 29, 2017
News Release: TWIN FALLS, ID - Spring runoff and snow melt has caused extensive erosion and damage to roads accessing popular recreation areas on Salmon Dam Reservoir including Backwaters, Norton Bay, Big Sandy Bay and Grey's Landing.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2017
News Release: In San Antonio, 40-year-old Brian Neal Bond of Boerne, TX, faces up to five years in federal prison after admitting to hacking into a local business and shutting down their computer operations announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2017
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that the last defendant was sentenced Monday in an Acadiana methamphetamine conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that STEPHEN ELLIS, age 53, of New Orleans, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to three counts charging violations of the Federal Gun Control Act and the Federal Controlled Substances Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - Former director of Information Technology (IT) Services for Orion Real Estate Services Inc. and his wife have entered guilty pleas related to a conspiracy in which they stole more than $1 million, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2017
News Release: Abingdon, VIRGINIA - A federal inmate at United States Penitentiary at Lee County, Virginia, was sentenced today for being in possession of a prohibited objected inside the prison, Acting United States Attorney Rick A. Mountcastle announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2017
News Release: Brian Buske, 44, of Alton, Illinois, entered a plea of guilty to an indictment charging wire fraud in a scheme to defraud the Pontoon Beach Water District, in Madison County, Illinois, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Donald S. Boyce, announced today. Buske faces a statutory...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2017
News Release: SAN JUAN, PR - On March 27, 2017, federal officers assigned to the Caribbean Corridor Strike Force (CCSF) arrested four individuals while attempting to smuggle 1,608 kilograms of cocaine into Puerto Rico, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico. A...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2017
News Release: Gang member fired shots at victim, fled from law enforcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2017
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 28-year-old former employee of the Costal Bend Detention Center has pleaded guilty to accepting a bribe as a public official, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 29, 2017
News Release: **PLEASE NOTE THE TIME CHANGE** The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources will hold a business meeting on Thursday, March 30, 2017 at 9:30 a.m. EDT in Room 366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C. The purpose of the business meeting is to consider pending legislation ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2017
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO- Allison Bushart was sentenced today to 33 months in prison for misapplication and embezzlement of credit union funds and making and subscribing a false tax return announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch, Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 29, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today held a hearing examining federal energy tax policy and its effect on markets, prices, and consumers.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 29, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) outlined the long-term benefits of investing in a robust renewable energy sector today at an Energy Subcommittee hearing titled, “Federal Energy-Related Tax Policy and its Effects on Markets, Prices, and Consumers:"
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 29, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held the hearing, “Cleaning up our nation's Cold War legacy sites." Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 29, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Communications and Technology Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), today held a hearing entitled, “Realizing Nationwide Next-Generation 911."
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 29, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Communications and Technology Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), today held a hearing entitled, “Realizing Nationwide Next-Generation 911."
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2017
News Release: In San Antonio, 40-year-old Brian Neal Bond of Boerne, TX, faces up to five years in federal prison after admitting to hacking into a local business and shutting down their computer operations announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.
