News from May 2017
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2017
News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that an Oakdale woman was sentenced last week to 12 months and one day in prison for receiving bribes for smuggling cell phones and tobacco into the Federal Correctional Institution at Oakdale.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Gregory G. Brooker announced the sentencing HAROLD JAMES JOHNSON, JR., 24, an enrolled member of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, to 37 months in federal prison for a violent assault committed on the Red Lake Indian Reservation. JOHNSON, who pleaded guilty on Dec. 22, 2016, was sentenced on May 10, 2017, before Senior Judge Michael J. Davis in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minn.
By DOE Newswire | May 11, 2017
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Secretary of Energy Rick Perry released the following statement regarding the incident at the Department’s Hanford Site...
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2017
News Release: Stole Account Information and PINs. ALBANY, NEW YORK - Ilie Sitariu, age 37, and a citizen of Romania, was sentenced today to 48 months in prison for working with others to steal account information and personal identification numbers (PINs) from people using ATMs in the Capital Region. The announcement...
By DOE Newswire | May 11, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Ranking Member Mike Doyle (D-PA) sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) urging Chairman Ajit Pai and Commissioners Mignon Clyburn and Michael O’Rielly to allow Americans sufficient time to comment on the agency’s proposal to gut net neutrality protections.
By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2017
News Release: BOISE, ID - Springtime is hopping for Idaho mustang fans! On May 13, the Idaho Mustang Club and the Boise District Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will host a trail ride at 10:30 a.m., through the Sands Basin Herd Management Area (HMA) - one of six HMAs in Idaho where wild horses may be found roaming rangelands. In the spirit of celebrating America’s Mustang, the ride is open to all equines and equestrians.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that on April 4, 2017, a federal grand jury in Hartford returned an indictment charging SETH WATSON, 32, of Hartford, with distributing synthetic opioids.
By DOE Newswire | May 11, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), today issued the following statement after President Trump issued an executive order relating to cybersecurity.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2017
News Release: Miguel Torres Pineda, 27, of San Jose, California, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl on May 10, 2017, for possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. Pineda was arrested in Cheyenne, Wyoming. He received 120 months of imprisonment, to be followed ...
By Commerce Newswire | May 11, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Ranking Member Mike Doyle (D-PA) sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) urging Chairman Ajit Pai and Commissioners Mignon Clyburn and Michael O’Rielly to allow Americans sufficient time to comment on the agency’s proposal to gut net neutrality protections.
By USDA Newswire | May 11, 2017
News Release: Washington - Fairway Georgetowne LLC, operating out of Brooklyn, N.Y., has posted a $25,000 surety bond with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that ASAFAK B. BHURA, 50, of Manchester, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty yesterday in Hartford federal court to attempting to interfere with the administration of Internal Revenue laws.
By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2017
News Release: Keystone, South Dakota - The National Park Service at Mount Rushmore National Memorial and the park concessioner, Xanterra Parks and Resorts, invite you to the Grand Reopening of the gift shop and dining facility. The celebration will take place in the dining facility on Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 14th at 11:00 a.m. There will be a ribbon cutting followed by samplings of Thomas Jefferson Ice Cream and Firehouse Winery wines.
By USDA Newswire | May 11, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry, today released the following opening statement - as prepared for delivery - at the hearing entitled, “Pesticide Registration under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: Providing Stakeholders with Certainty through the Pesticide Registration Improvement Act."
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2017
News Release: DAYTON - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging Laith Waleed Alebbini, 26, of Dayton, Ohio, with one count of attempting to provide material support and resources to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization. Alebbini allegedly attempted to provide support in the form of personnel, namely himself, to ISIS.
By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2017
News Release: Socorro, N.M. -- Calling all fourth graders to America’s public lands! Last year, to help engage and create the next generation of public land visitors, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) participated in the Every Kid in a Park program in partnership with other federal land management agencies. It was...
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - An Indian national pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering for his role in liquidating and laundering victim payments generated through various telephone fraud and money laundering schemes via India-based call centers.
By US DOT Newswire | May 11, 2017
News Release: America’s infrastructure is the foundation of our economy, and to remain globally competitive, we must modernize this system using 21st century technology. A clear example is our aviation system.
By USDA Newswire | May 11, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today released the following statement after U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue announced action on the establishment of a trade undersecretary and other restructuring within the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2017
News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE: Join a ranger at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore’s Heron Rookery on Sunday, May 14, from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm for a two-hour wildflower hike to see what woodland flowers are blooming. The Heron Rookery is perhaps the best location in the region to see spring wildflowers. Celebrate part of Mother’s Day in your national park while enjoying nature.
