News from March 2017
By Interior Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE: Join staff and fellow volunteers for an afternoon of stewardship at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore on Friday, March 31, from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. We will be cleaning up Lazerwitz Dunes, a little known piece of the National Lakeshore, which was donated by the Shirley Heinze Land Trust in 1984. Wear comfortable work clothes; work gloves and equipment will be provided.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources discussed the importance of domestically sourced raw materials for the upcoming infrastructure package.
By State Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) issued the following statement after introducing bipartisan legislation, H.R. 1644, to strengthen sanctions targeting North Korea’s Kim Jong Un regime...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jack Reid, III, 49, of Williamsville, N.Y., was sentenced, by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara, to 25 years in prison and 10 years supervised release. Judge Arcara also ordered Reid to forfeit $1,000,000 and two properties...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Today, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) introduced H.R. 1664, the Investing in America: A Penny for Progress Act, which provides approximately $500 billion in infrastructure investment to rebuild our crumbling network of roads, bridges, and transit systems.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) today introduced the Invest in Women’s Health Act of 2017, legislation to provide women with more preventive and life-saving cancer screenings at safety net clinics like Planned Parenthood. This bill would help reduce health disparities by placing an emphasis on populations most at risk, including low-income women and women of color.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Senate passed H.J. Res. 69 sponsored by Rep. Don Young (R-AK). The joint resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act will overturn the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) rule on “Non-Subsistence Take of Wildlife, and Public Participation and Closure Procedures, on National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska.".
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Walter Cody Tribble has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh for escaping from federal custody following a prior federal felony conviction, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated that Yancey Kevon Wilson, age 23, and Randy Jones, Jr., age 23, both of Kershaw County plead guilty in federal court today to various charges stemming from the June 23, 2015, armed robbery of Sandhills Bank in Bethune, South Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that BRYAN STEVEN LAFAVOR, age 35, of Oktaha, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 30 months imprisonment, and 4 years of supervised release for DRUG CONSPIRACY, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 846, 841(a)(1), and 841(b)(1)(B).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: Concord, New Hampshire-Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced that Marcos Nieves, 40, previously of Manchester, New Hampshire, was sentenced on Friday to serve 83 months in prison for the illegal possession of firearms and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO - A convicted felon from Chicago pleaded guilty today to federal firearm offenses, admitting that he brokered more than 70 illegal gun transactions.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal judge today sentenced a former Fairfield Police Department maintenance worker to six years and six months in prison for being a felon in possession of firearms, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Robert O. Posey and Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Assistant Special Agent in Charge David Hyche.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - One resident of Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: Officer Kneed, Struck and Pepper-sprayed a Handcuffed Man at Harborview Medical Center.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: SHAWN N. ANDERSON, Acting United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, announced that defendants GUAM CONSTRUCTION COMPANY (“GCC") and its President BYONG HEE KANG (88 years of age) were convicted and sentenced for Conspiracy to Commit Visa Fraud. Also, CHOON HEE KANG (76 years of age), the sister of BYONG KANG and former Vice President of GCC was convicted and sentenced for Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: Contact Person: Stacey Haynes (803) 929-3000.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - A federal judge today delivered verdicts against four defendants charged with misdemeanor trespassing; tampering with government vehicles and equipment; and destruction and removal of government property during the 41-day armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: 21 Red Side Guerilla Brims members and associates charged and now convicted.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2017
News Release: SAN JOSE -San Jose cleric Hien Minh Nguyen was convicted on bank fraud charges announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, Special Agent in Charge Michael T. Batdorf. The guilty verdict followed a bench trial before the Honorable Beth Labson Freeman, United States District Judge.
