News published on Federal Newswire in March 2017

News from March 2017


News Release: The House Committee on Education and the Workforce will hold hearings this week to conduct oversight of the Corporation for National and Community Service and discuss H.R. 986, the Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2017. The hearings will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.


News Release: On Saturday, April 1, 2017, history buffs, community leaders and preservationists will team up with the Civil War Trust at more than 130 sites in 30 states to answer the call to service on Park Day. Celebrating over 20 successful years, Park Day has attracted volunteers of all ages and abilities bound by their dedication to serving their communities at historic sites nationwide.


Former Fedex Driver Who Set up Fake Hedge Fund Sentenced to 33 Months

News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew J. Galvin (619) 546-9721.


Navajo Man from Ramah Pleads Guilty to Federal Voluntary Manslaughter Charge

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Nochise Martinez, 23, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Ramah, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to a voluntary manslaughter charge. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Martinez will be sentenced to 48 months in prison followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.


News Release: Las Vegas - Join the Bureau of Land Management, Friends of Red Rock Canyon and the Southern Nevada Conservancy to assist with various maintenance and restoration projects at Red Rock Canyon Campground on April 23. Projects include painting, removal of litter, installation of wooden posts, creation of...


Local Senior Home Health Caregiver Pleads Guilty to Federal Fraud and Identity Theft Charges

News Release: St. Louis, MO - De’Janay Noldon pled guilty to charges of mail fraud and identity theft. Noldon appeared today before United States District Judge Henry E. Autrey.


News Release: FBI Seeks Information on a Bank Robbery in Lighthouse Point, FL.


News Release: Patrick Antczak, 25, of Hollywood, Florida, was sentenced today to 30 years in prison by U.S. District Court Judge Robert N. Scola Jr in Miami, after having been convicted at trial of attempting to entice a child to engage in sexual activity.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) announced the following upcoming Committee events...


Two Sentenced in Robbery at Bank in Stilwell, Kansas

News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - Jacob L. Smith, 19, Kansas City, Kan., was sentenced Monday to 300 months in federal prison for a bank robbery in which he shot at law enforcement officers during a high-speed chase, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said. Co-defendant Danille Morris, 27, Kansas City, Kan., whose 19-month child was with her in the getaway car, was sentenced to 200 months.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, President Trump signed H.J. Res 44 (Rep. Liz Cheney, R-WY), a joint resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act to repeal the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Planning 2.0 Rule.


Secretary Perry Statement on Nevada, Yucca Visit

Release: “Earlier this morning, I toured the site of the proposed Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository. At the conclusion of that site visit, I met with Governor Brian Sandoval at the Nevada Supreme Court building to discuss the status of Yucca Mountain.


Select Roads Open for Spring Bicycling

News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - Beginning Monday, March 27, bicyclists willing to brave the unpredictable elements of spring in Yellowstone National Park can travel 49 miles of park roads from the West Entrance at West Yellowstone, Montana, to Mammoth Hot Springs.


News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and James P. O’Neill, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD"), announced the unsealing of a complaint charging ANTHONY DODAJ with narcotics dealing that resulted in the heroin overdose death of a 41-year-old woman while the victim was a patient in a hospital rehabilitation clinic.


News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement on the announcement of the relocation of the Oakland Raiders to Las Vegas, following a 31-1 vote by National Football League (NFL) owners to sanction the move...


News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Loganville, Ga., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to a fraud scheme in which he stole personal identity information from several victims in order to file fraudulent federal income tax returns.


News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina announced that in federal court today, Senior United States District Judge W. Earl Britt sentenced ALHAJI BOYE, 46, of Raleigh to 9 months of imprisonment followed by 3 years of supervised release.


News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Loganville, Ga., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to a fraud scheme in which he stole personal identity information from several victims in order to file fraudulent federal income tax returns.


Navajo Man from Ramah Pleads Guilty to Federal Voluntary Manslaughter Charge

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Nochise Martinez, 23, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Ramah, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to a voluntary manslaughter charge. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Martinez will be sentenced to 48 months in prison followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.


Owner of Florida Telecommunications Company and His Co-Conspirator Sentenced To Prison for Involvement in International Cellphone Fraud Scheme

News Release: A federal court in West Palm Beach, Florida, today sentenced the owner and operator of a Florida-based telecommunications company to 75 months in prison and his co-conspirator, a resident of Bronx, New York to 36 months in prison in connection with a sophisticated global cellphone fraud scheme that involved compromising cellphone customers’ accounts and “cloning" their phones to make fraudulent international calls.