News from May 2017
By Commerce Newswire | May 17, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, the House passed a bill introduced by Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings to strengthen protections for interns. H.R. 653, the Federal Intern Protection Act would...
By Homeland Newswire | May 17, 2017
Release: DULLES, Va. - A Williamsburg, Virginia, man was caught with a loaded handgun at Washington Dulles International Airport Monday, May 16 after Transportation Security Administration officers detected him trying to carry the firearm past a security checkpoint. The.40 caliber handgun was loaded with seven bullets.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2017
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A North Las Vegas man was found guilty by a jury on Tuesday for a federal firearms violation, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Steven W. Myhre for the District of Nevada.
By DOE Newswire | May 17, 2017
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - EM recently improved the efficiency of a facility used to receive, unload and transfer spent nuclear fuel casks for processing at the Savannah River Site.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2017
News Release: HOPE Initiative Partners and Community Stakeholders to Collaborate with DEA in Implementing Strategy to Break Cycle of Drug Trafficking, Abuse and Violence in Albuquerque and Bernalillo County.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2017
News Release: MAY 17 - BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Darryck Norris, 23, of Bridgeport, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to one count of distribution of heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2017
News Release: Wife and Fellow Owner Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2017
News Release: Two owners of sober homes and alcohol and drug addiction treatment centers were sentenced to 27 and 3 years in prison, respectively, for their participation in a multi-million dollar health care fraud and money laundering scheme that involved the filing of fraudulent insurance claim forms and defrauded health care benefit programs.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2017
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO- Steve McVay was sentenced today to 56 months in prison for concealing assets in a bankruptcy proceeding, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable Lucy H. Koh, U.S. District Judge, following a guilty plea entered by McVay on Jan. 25, 2017.
By State Newswire | May 17, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Tomorrow at 10 a.m., House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) will convene a hearing entitled “U.S. Interests in Africa.".
By State Newswire | May 17, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and founding co-chair of the Bipartisan Taskforce for Combating Anti-Semitism, today made the following remarks in support of the Combating European Anti-Semitism Act of 2017 (H.R. 672 ) on the House floor...
By Interior Newswire | May 17, 2017
News Release: Visits by world leaders to the President’s Gettysburg farm, the President’s Secret Service protection, his WWI experiences in the Tank Corps, the D-Day invasion and more are the focus of National Park Service programs at Eisenhower National Historic Site this summer.
By Commerce Newswire | May 17, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Subcommittee on Federal Lands held an oversight hearing on “Seeking Better Management of America’s Overgrown, Fire-Prone National Forests." Members and witnesses called for a paradigm shift in the way we manage the nation’s increasingly overgrown, disease infested and fire-prone federal forests and grasslands.
By Commerce Newswire | May 17, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement after the Department of Justice appointed a special counsel to oversee the criminal investigation into ties between President Donald Trump’s campaign and Russian officials, as well as “any matters that arose or may arise directly from the investigation":
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - Edward Tororis Carter has been sentenced to two years and nine months in federal prison for unlawfully possessing a sawed-off shotgun. The defendant sold seven firearms to an undercover federal agent, including the twelve-gauge shotgun.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2017
News Release: MAY 17 - NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Raymond J. Gordon, also known as “X-RAY," 30, of Stratford, was arrested today on a federal criminal complaint charging him with distributing heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2017
News Release: St. Louis, MO - The United States Attorney=s Office announced today that William “Chuckie" Clarett was convicted of federal conspiracy to commit murder for hire involving the murder of Travis Hayden.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that ANGIE CAMBRE, age 43, of Laplace, was charged today in a one-count Bill of Information with wire fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2017
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA - On May 15, 2017, Juan Beteme Amezquita, age 42, of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, was sentenced by Senior United States District Court Judge James E. Gritzner to 120 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute over 67 pounds of methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney Kevin E. VanderSchel. Beteme will be required to serve three years of supervised release following his imprisonment.
By Commerce Newswire | May 17, 2017
News Release: Dear Commissioner Koskinen: In the United States Congress, the Senate Committee on Finance and the House Committee on Ways and Means have an exclusive jurisdiction over federal revenue measures. Under Senate and House rules, the Committees have corresponding authority to conduct oversight of activities...
