News from March 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2017
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Jamie Lee Sorrentino, 50, of Suffolk, pleaded guilty today to receipt of images of minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2017
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that GARRETT LEE RAYNOR, age 19, of Bixby, Oklahoma, and JOSHUA SCOTT COPPEDGE, age 19, of Glenpool, Oklahoma, were each sentenced to 60 months imprisonment and 1 year of supervised release for one count of ARSON, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 844(f)(1) and 2.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2017
News Release: Felony Sex Offender Had 8 Firearms and Over 1,700 Rounds of Ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2017
News Release: No Charges to Be Filed Against Metropolitan Police Department Officers.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 28, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator McCaskill, the top-ranking Democrat on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, today wrote the head of the Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) following a briefing provided to her committee staff in which the Administration provided the most information to date on the potential length and cost of a wall along the southern border.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Banning man who led a group of burglars that conducted a 10-year-long series of heists targeting Southland banks by cutting through rooftops has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for participating in two burglaries.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2017
News Release: Complaint Further Alleges That the Defendant Used His Position at Turkish Bank to Facilitate Access to the U.S. Financial System and to Conceal International Financial Transactions for Iranian Entities in Violation of U.S. Sanctions.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 28, 2017
News Release: The Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development, chaired by Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-KY), held an oversight hearing today to discuss failures and inefficiencies that have led to the mishandling of taxpayer dollars by grantees funded by the Center for National and Community Service (CNCS).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A North Caldwell, New Jersey, man today admitted fraudulently using over $550,000 in investment funds that he solicited to purchase and sell consumer products in bulk, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By State Newswire | Mar 28, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) announced the following upcoming Committee events...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Joleen Sedillo, 42, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty this morning in federal court to bank robbery charges. Under the terms of her plea agreement, Sedillo will be sentenced within the range of 27 to 33 months in federal prison followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 28, 2017
News Release: TWIN FALLS, Idaho - As spring is swinging into full gear, the BLM is reminding the public of changes to off-highway recreation rules on public lands.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2017
News Release: OAKLAND, Calif. - Antoine King pleaded guilty today to his role in a conspiracy to manufacture counterfeit Xanax pills and to launder the proceeds gained by the illegal scheme, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch; Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin; Internal...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 28, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) spoke of the importance of a prompt reauthorization of the Medical Device User Fee Amendments (MDUFA) today at a Health Subcommittee hearing titled, “Examining FDA’s Medical Device User Fee Program:"
By Interior Newswire | Mar 28, 2017
News Release: On Saturday, April 15, at 9 am Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park will conduct a 4 mile, ranger-guided, hike exploring the Snodgrass Hill and Horseshoe Ridge areas of Chickamauga Battlefield. This hike begins and ends at the Chickamauga Battlefield Visitor Center.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 28, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today issued the following statement on President Trump’s Executive Order on climate...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 28, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Energy Subcommittee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), and Environment Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL), today issued the following statement after President Trump signed an executive order rolling back several Obama-era energy regulations.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 28, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at a Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee hearing on “Self-Driving Cars: Levels of Automation:"
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 28, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor today during consideration of S.J. Res. 34., providing Congressional disapproval of a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rule relating to Protecting the Privacy of Customers of Broadband and Other Telecommunications Services...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 28, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), today held a hearing to discuss the benefits of automated technology available in self-driving cars. During the hearing, members learned about the advantages of crash avoidance technologies and how this innovation is improving safety on the roadways.
