News from May 2017
By Commerce Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke today opposing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) proposal to remove endangered species protections for the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE) grizzly bears. Last year, Grijalva...
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - On May 17, 2017, Thomas Allan Scarbrough, 46, of Rockwood, Tennessee, was sentenced by the Honorable Leon Jordan, Senior U.S. District Judge, to serve 70 months in prison for possession of child pornography. Upon his release from prison, Scarbrough will serve 10 years under the supervision...
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Fayette County man pleaded guilty today to a federal drug charge, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Michael Terrell, 31, of Smithers, entered his guilty plea to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
By Commerce Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - 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: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that HECTOR BARRIOS-PATINO, age 37, a citizen of Guatemala, pled guilty to a one-count Indictment for illegal re-entry of removed alien.
By Commerce Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: Thank you, Dr. Miller for joining us today and for the important role MedPAC plays in informing Medicare policy. Unfortunately, today’s proceedings are a painful reminder that this Subcommittee failed to have a single hearing or take any action at all on the most consequential health legislation that Congress will consider this session, and perhaps for many years.
By US DOT Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Everyone knows my views on the subject of this hearing. I’ve made those views clear over the past two years that the Committee has debated air traffic control privatization. But you don’t need to listen to me to realize privatization of air traffic control is a mistake.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Gregg Jaclin, an attorney and resident of New Jersey, was indicted today for his role in an alleged securities fraud scheme, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. According to the indictment, Jaclin...
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - Acting U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that an Anchorage woman has been sentenced to 54 months on one count of Bank Fraud and one count of Aggravated Identity Theft.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: A Fort Lauderdale resident was sentenced yesterday to 108 months in prison by United States District Judge William Zloch for violently carjacking a CarMax employee.
By Commerce Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: Chairman Brady, thank you for holding this important hearing today highlighting the need for tax reform.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - On May 17, 2017, Thomas Allan Scarbrough, 46, of Rockwood, Tennessee, was sentenced by the Honorable Leon Jordan, Senior U.S. District Judge, to serve 70 months in prison for possession of child pornography. Upon his release from prison, Scarbrough will serve 10 years under the supervision...
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - Acting U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that an Anchorage man was sentenced yesterday in federal court for possession of child pornography and failure to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - Acting United States Attorney Corey R. Amundson announced that UDRAKA ROBERTS-BEY, age 26, of New Orleans, Louisiana, pled guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Shelly D. Dick to conspiring to engage in sex trafficking of a minor, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1594(c).
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 Homeland Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: PHOENIX - The last member of a Mexico-based drug trafficking organization, who was formerly convicted of attempted murder, armed robbery, and kidnapping, was sentenced Monday to eight years in federal prison, a term she will serve once she completes a 24-year jail sentence in the Arizona Department of Corrections.
By DOE Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today chaired the nomination hearing for President Trump’s choice for Deputy Secretary of the Department of the Interior (DOI), David Bernhardt.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: Operation Dirty Glass. KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a California man was convicted in federal court today of his role in a conspiracy to distribute large quantities of PCP in the Kansas City area. Ladronal S. Hamilton...
By Homeland Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: WENATCHEE, Wash. - Three individuals, including a private music teacher, face state criminal charges for communicating with minors for immoral purposes following an undercover operation spearheaded by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The general manager of a La Puente garment factory, who was found guilty of offering to pay bribes to an investigator with the United States Department of Labor in exchange for the investigator closing an investigation into wage violations, has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison.
