News from May 2017
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: Distributed Crack and Heroin Next to Daycare.
By Homeland Newswire | May 18, 2017
Release: MOSINEE, Wis. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced today the deployment of the latest checkpoint screening technology to Central Wisconsin Airport (CWA).
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - -On May 18, 2017, Assistant Special Agent in (ASAC) Troy Derby of the Kansas City District Office announced that two women, one from St. Charles, Missouri, and the other from Republic, Missouri, were sentenced in federal court for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute large...
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: Grant Shea, 30, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was charged today by Indictment with receipt, distribution, and possession of child pornography announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen. Shea is currently pending trial for the same exact charges which were the result of an earlier Indictment filed on July 14, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- Jeffrey M. Anderson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Carmelo Salgado-Lopez, 25, Madison, Wis., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 132 months in federal prison, to be followed by a four-year term of supervised release, for attempting to possess 50 grams or more of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute. Salgado-Lopez pleaded guilty to this charge on March 10, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that RICKEY ROBERSON, age 47, and ADA CRAIGE-ROBERSON, age 43, both of New Orleans, were indicted today in a twelve-count Superseding Indictment for conspiracy and theft of federal funds.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Daniel E. Strachan, age 60, of Depew, New York, was charged in a one-count criminal information with illegal possession of wildlife.
By DOE Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: **PLEASE NOTE THE TIME CHANGE** The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources will hold a nomination hearing on Thursday, May 25, 2017 at 9:45 a.m. EDT in Room 366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC. The purpose of this hearing is to consider the nominations of: * Mr. Dan ...
By Commerce Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-Texas) and Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-Mass.), introduced resolution, S. Con. Res. 16 and H. Con. Res. 54, expressing support for stronger relations between the United States and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC).
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Fairmont, West Virginia, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of conspiracy to commit robbery of a pharmacy, robbery of a pharmacy, brandishment of a firearm in relation to a crime of violence, and possession with the intent to distribute Schedule II controlled substances, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Beth Drake announced today that Deshawn Earl Chestnut, age 24, Matthew DeWitt, age 27, and Stacy Cambas, age 30, pled guilty on Tuesday, May 16, 2017, to participating in a drug conspiracy that operated in the Florence, Charleston, and Myrtle Beach...
By Commerce Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON -Today, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) issued the following statement after the Trump Administration notified Congress of its intent to initiate negotiations with Canada and Mexico regarding the modernization of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)...
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - An Indiana man was indicted today by a federal grand jury in Hammond, Indiana for conspiracy to defraud the United States, attempting to interfere with the administration of the internal revenue laws, and aiding and assisting in the preparation and presentation of false tax returns, announced...
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An internal medicine doctor practicing in Yonkers, New York, today admitted taking bribes in connection with a long-running and elaborate test referral scheme operated by Biodiagnostic Laboratory Services LLC (BLS), of Parsippany, New Jersey, its president and numerous associates, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: Conspiracy Involved Target Department Store’s REDcard Accounts.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - David J. Rancourt, age 62, of Palmer, Massachusetts, was sentenced today to 188 months in prison for attempted coercion and enticement of a minor for prohibited sexual activity, and distribution, receipt and possession of child pornography.
By Interior Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: CODY, Wyo. - The BLM Cody Field Office requests input on the analysis of a proposed bentonite mining project located near Lovell, Wyoming, in Big Horn County.
By Commerce Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: There are just a few brief remarks I want to make, first on policy and second on all the bipartisan work that’s brought us here today.
By DOL Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: The Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), today held a hearing to examine regulatory barriers facing workers and families saving for retirement. Members discussed the need to protect workers and small businesses from the flawed fiduciary rule, which ...
By State Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The co-chairs of the Bipartisan Taskforce for Combating Anti-Semitism today welcomed the unanimous passage in the House of Representatives of the Combating European Anti-Semitism Act of 2017 (H.R. 672 ), which calls for continued and enhanced reporting on anti-Semitism in Europe from the U.S. government.
