News from May 2017
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: RENO, Nev. - A member of the Fort McDermitt Paiute-Shoshone Tribe of Nevada and Oregon was sentenced on Monday to 120 months in prison for his conviction for voluntary manslaughter in his wife’s death at their home on the Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Steven W. Myhre for the District of Nevada. His wife was a member of the Te-Moak Tribe of the Western Shoshone.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A former Whitman, Mass., police sergeant pleaded guilty today in connection with misappropriating funds from the accounts of disabled veterans while he was a fiduciary appointed by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, and for preparing false income tax returns for clients of his tax preparation business.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: A man who conspired to distribute methamphetamine in the Milford area was sentenced on May 16, 2017, to 10 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Antonio DeJesus Perez-Martinez, 44, formerly of Austin, Texas, was sentenced today to serve 144 months, or exactly 12 years, in the Federal Bureau of Prisons for his leadership of a scheme that involved the installation of hidden data-skimming devices inside gas pumps, encoding...
By Commerce Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - A Government Accountability Office (GAO) witness at tomorrow’s House Natural Resources Committee hearing on the fate of decommissioned offshore oil rigs will testify that taxpayers could be required to pay billions of dollars to meet cleanup requirements ignored or abandoned by oil...
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: Keizer Man Charged with Two Bank Robberies.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: Today, U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline (D-RI), Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), and House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) introduced a bill to repeal the Congressional Review Act, a measure Republicans have exploited this year to overturn public health, environmental, and consumer protections while advancing special interests.
By Interior Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area will provide assistance on Friday, May 19, and Saturday, May 20, for family members who wish to visit remote cemeteries and do minor clean-up of graves of their relatives. This assistance will be provided to the park cemeteries that are not easy to access and located inside the park boundary.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: CONCORD, N.H.: Allan Yianakopolos, 49, of Manchester, New Hampshire, was sentenced to serve 54 months in federal prison for possessing child pornography, announced Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Leigh-Alistair Barzey, Special Agent in Charge of the DCIS Northeast Field Office, and Matthew Etre, Special Agent of HSI Boston, today announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven has returned two indictments charging citizens of the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic with offenses related to the illegal export of U.S. military equipment.
By USDA Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., today sent a letter to U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, requesting continued engagement with the Canadian government regarding Canada’s implementation of dairy pricing changes as part of a new Canadian National Ingredients Strategy.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: Former Massachusetts Police Sergeant Pleads Guilty to Embezzling Funds From Disabled Veterans and Running Fraudulent Tax Preparation Business.
By DOE Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the energy-efficiency progress made by the 345 leading public and private sector organizations in the Better Buildings Challenge. These efforts have led to a combined 240 trillion Btus and an estimated $1.9 billion in cumulative energy...
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Martinsburg, West Virginia man was indicted today by a federal grand jury on charges he stole money from the government, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: A Miami resident was sentenced to 72 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release for his involvement in a stolen identity refund fraud scheme involving the cashing of fraudulently obtained large-dollar tax refund checks.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Timothy A. Yeigh, 28, of Camden on Gauley, West Virginia was sentenced in federal court today to 96 months incarceration for failing to register as a sex offender, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By EPA Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy, M.D. (R-PA), announced a hearing for Tuesday, May 23, 2017, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “U.S. Public Health Response to the Zika Virus: Continuing Challenges."
By Commerce Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), has announced it will markup the FDA Reauthorization Act of 2017 on Thursday, May 18, 2017, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By Interior Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: WINNEMUCCA, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Winnemucca District will be conducting a wildland fire training exercise in the Water Canyon Recreation Area Thursday, May 25, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The road will be blocked off from the second restroom to the upper end of the campground so firefighters can safely and effectively conduct their training.
By DOE Newswire | May 16, 2017
Release: More than 1,000 Energy-Saving Solutions Now Available to the Market
