News from May 2017
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: Two members, including the top leader, of the Detroit branch of the Rollin 60s Crips street gang pleaded guilty yesterday to various racketeering and firearms offenses based on their roles in gang-related murders, shootings, and drug distribution. The guilty pleas are the result of the collaborative efforts of law enforcement and the community to reduce homicide and other violent crime under the Detroit One program, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Daniel L. Lemisch.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A concert promoter with operations in Dallas, Texas and West Hollywood has been arrested on federal wire fraud charges in a case that alleges he defrauded investors in connection with concerts and other events.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - On April 4, 2017, a federal grand jury in Knoxville returned a seven-count indictment against the following individuals for their roles in the distribution of methamphetamine.
By EPA Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) today issued the following statement after the Trump administration issued a one year delay of the onerous Obama-era menu-labeling rule...
By Commerce Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C.- Today, the Subcommittee on Federal Lands heard testimony on the consequences of Executive Branch overreach of the Antiquities Act.The panel discussed national monuments designated without significant local input or support or that included excessively large or restricted areas of land.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Former federal corrections officer Julius Pearson, 26, from Madison County, Mississippi, pleaded guilty today before Senior U.S. District Judge William H. Barbour, to bribery, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Harold Brittain.
By Commerce Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) today issued the following statement after the Trump administration issued a one year delay of the onerous Obama-era menu-labeling rule...
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico- Today, United States Magistrate Judge Silvia Carreño-Coll authorized a criminal complaint against Nina Droz Franco, charging her for damaging or attempting to damage by means of fire a building engaged in activity affecting interstate commerce, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 844(i), announced United States Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez. ATF is in charge of the investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Brockton man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for trafficking fentanyl and possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: HONOLULU - Turk K. Cazimero, 57, a resident of Waimanalo, Oahu, was sentenced today to serve eight years in federal prison, and ordered to pay restitution of $857,760 for committing fraud offenses over a period of twelve years.
By Commerce Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) offered the following remarks at a Health Subcommittee hearing titled, “Examining Improvements to the Regulation of Medical Technologies:"
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced today that a federal grand jury in Wilmington charged Eric Kappesser, age 27, of Stevensville, Maryland, with two counts of impersonating a federal agent and one count of the unauthorized possession...
By DOE Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) offered the following remarks at a Health Subcommittee hearing titled, “Examining Improvements to the Regulation of Medical Technologies:"
By Interior Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: Last weekend's flood event deposited the usual limbs, leaves, and muck over all of the river access sites, roads, and trails near the Buffalo River. Although it was bad, it could have been much worse if preparations had not been taken to remove sensitive elements from the path of the flood waters.
By EPA Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today held a hearing examining waste, fraud, and abuse in Medicaid’s Personal Care Services (PCS) program. In recent months, both the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector...
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Pilar Angel Lucero, 33, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty today to violating federal firearms laws. The plea agreement included the recommendation that Lucero be sentenced to 48 months in prison followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.
By Commerce Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Ranking Member Donald McEachin (D-Va.) sent a pair of letters to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke today pressing him for clarification on a recently announced Department of the Interior (DOI) “task...
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: Former North Charleston, South Carolina, Police Officer Michael Slager Pleads Guilty to Federal Civil Rights Offense.
By Interior Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: BAR HARBOR, MAINE - A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that Acadia National Park’s 3.3 million visits in 2016 resulted in $274 million in total visitor spending in the local region. That spending supported about 4,200 jobs and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $333 million.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - On May 1, 2017, John S. Mattingly, age 71, of Charlotte Hall, Maryland, pleaded guilty to bank fraud in connection with a scheme to steal funds from St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, while he was the pastor.
