News from May 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: BIRMINGHAM - A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced the office manager of a Birmingham surgical practice to more than three years in prison for stealing from her employer and ordered her to repay nearly $1 million. Acting U.S. Attorney Robert O. Posey, FBI Special Agent in Charge Roger C. Stanton and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, Acting Special Agent in Charge James E. Dorsey.
By EPA Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today held a markup examining two bipartisan public health bills, and legislation to reauthorize the FDA’s user fee programs.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Charles Novak, 29, of Queens, NY, pleaded guilty to theft of government money before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth Wolford. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: The former business manager and comptroller for Cleveland Catholic Charities was sentenced to more than five years in prison for embezzling $2 million from the organization, said Acting U.S. Attorney David A. Sierleja and Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Cleveland Office.
By EPA Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: Democratic leaders of the Energy and Commerce Committee and Science, Space & Technology Committee sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt today expressing concerns and raising questions about the recent dismissal of nine members of the EPA’s Board of Scientific Counselors.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: The former business manager and comptroller for Cleveland Catholic Charities was sentenced to more than five years in prison for embezzling $2 million from the organization, said Acting U.S. Attorney David A. Sierleja and Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Cleveland Office.
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.) applauded Committee passage of the Creating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic (CHRONIC) Care Act of 2017, a bipartisan bill to strengthen and improve health outcomes for Medicare beneficiaries living with chronic conditions.
By DOE Newswire | May 18, 2017
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Department of Energy (DOE) announced that it is honoring commitments to several previously selected Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) awardees. They are among the first awardees to move forward following the Department’s review of all taxpayer funded grants and projects, intended to ensure that each award applied good governance principles consistent with the new Administration’s policy directives.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Keith J. Bleau, age 51, of Johnsonville, New York, was arrested on Tuesday on charges of receiving and possessing child pornography. Today, Bleau appeared before United States Magistrate Judge Daniel J. Stewart and was detained pending trial.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A former law enforcement officer has been arrested and charged by criminal complaint with cyberstalking and deprivation of rights under color of law.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - An Athol man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Worcester to possession of child pornography.
By EPA Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: Voicing concern that the Trump administration is not fulfilling its duty to encourage enrollment in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplaces, Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today sent a letter to U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) Comptroller General Gene L. Dodaro...
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: Former Reeves County Judge Jimmy Galindo faces federal bribery and income tax related charges announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr.; Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division; and, Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) Special Agent in Charge William Cotter, San Antonio Division.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that LUIS GABRIEL RODRIGUEZ-RUIZ, age 33, a citizen of Honduras, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to a one-count Indictment charging him with illegal re-entry of a removed alien.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Springfield, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to distribute large quantities of methamphetamine.
By State Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today at 10 a.m., House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) will convene a hearing entitled “U.S. Interests in Africa." Live webcast and witness testimony will be available HERE.
By Commerce Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: Voicing concern that the Trump administration is not fulfilling its duty to encourage enrollment in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplaces, Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today sent a letter to U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) Comptroller General Gene L. Dodaro...
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: DETROIT- In a longstanding tradition between the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the Detroit Tigers, today marked the annual Gang Resistance Education and Training (G.R.E.A.T.) Day at Comerica Park, the home of the Tigers. Today’s baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Baltimore Orioles signifies a 23-year partnership between ATF, and the Detroit Tigers Organization that works to promote the anti-gang program.
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 Stasia Hargis, 66, Madison, Wis., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to three years of probation for theft of government property. Hargis’s probationary sentence includes a condition of 120 days of community confinement and 180 days of alcohol consumption monitoring. Hargis was convicted of this charge on March 17, 2017.
