News from November 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2017
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that AGUSTIN CIRINO, 29, of Hamden, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before Chief U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to distributing fentanyl disguised as oxycodone.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2017
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that STEVEN SINGH, 39, of New Haven, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to one count of possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon. SINGH also admitted to violating the conditions of his supervised release from a prior federal conviction.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 16, 2017
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Department of Energy issued a Record of Decision and approved the Presidential permit for the proposed Northern Pass Transmission Line project. The 192-mile above and below ground, alternating and direct current transmission system will deliver up to 1090 megawatts of low-emission, reliable hydropower from Quebec, Canada to Deerfield, New Hampshire while creating jobs, lowering energy costs, and reducing the carbon footprint across New England.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2017
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Roscoe Villega, a/k/a “P Shawn," age 43, a member of a gang that has operated for a decade or more in the City of York, was sentenced yesterday to 25 years in prison by U.S. District Court Judge Yvette Kane for racketeering and drug distribution conspiracies.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Burlington woman pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to her role in a widespread heroin and fentanyl ring operating in Lawrence.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2017
News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI - Two Nigerian nationals have been detained in federal custody in Rhode Island on charges they allegedly participated in a large-scale counterfeit bank fraud and passport scheme, with an intended loss of more than $850,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2017
News Release: Defendant has a prior conviction for possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2017
News Release: Kenneth Thomas Minow, 60, of Miles City, Montana, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl on Nov. 15, 2017, for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Minow was arrested in Miles City, Montana. He received time served, to be followed by three years of supervised release, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2017
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - U.S. Attorney Jay Town, in response to local and national media reports and inquiries regarding assertions that the U.S. attorney “has verified defamation cases" or confirmed any type of federal investigation against Alabama citizens accusing a candidate for U.S. Senate of certain behaviors, responds as follows.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 16, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), held a hearing today on the potential economic, technological, and societal impacts of fifth generation (5G) mobile broadband.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 16, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today reacted to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voting in favor of overhauling the media ownership rules and cutting some wireless companies from the Lifeline program, which provides phone and broadband service to more than 12 million low-income Americans...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 16, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), held a hearing today on the potential economic, technological, and societal impacts of fifth generation (5G) mobile broadband.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A New Jersey attorney and another man were charged with running a large-scale mortgage fraud scheme that involved dozens of properties in Jersey City, Clifton, Union, and elsewhere in New Jersey and caused losses of more than $30 million, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2017
News Release: Phone Scam Uses Threats, Spoofed FBI Phone Numbers.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 16, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Environment Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL) today announced that #SubEnvironment will be holding a hearing on Thursday, December 7, 2017 featuring Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 16, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), announced that Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt will testify before the committee on Jan. 31, 2018. Further details for the hearing will be made available later.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 16, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today reacted to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voting in favor of overhauling the media ownership rules and cutting some wireless companies from the Lifeline program, which provides phone and broadband service to more than 12 million low-income Americans...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2017
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that an Osage Beach, Mo., woman was sentenced in federal court today for a scheme to use stolen mail and stolen identities to cash fraudulent checks at area banks.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2017
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that STEVEN SINGH, 39, of New Haven, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to one count of possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon. SINGH also admitted to violating the conditions of his supervised release from a prior federal conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2017
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Georgia man was sentenced Wednesday to 27 months in federal prison for his part in an e-mail spoofing scheme that cost Sedgwick County more than $566,000, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
