News from November 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: MISSOULA - The United States Attorney’s Office announced today that Max Edward Samaniego, 27, of Bozeman, was sentenced to 10 months in prison, three years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. Chief U.S. District Judge Dana L. Christensen presided over the hearing.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: Civilian Employee Sentenced To 2 Years For Accepting Bribes In Exchange For Favorable Actions On Contracts.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: LAS VEGAS - An interagency team will start a project this month to restore patches of native vegetation where recovery has been slow from the 2005/2006 wildfires in the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: RIVERSIDE, California - Adelanto City Councilmember Jermaine Wright is expected to make his first court appearance this afternoon after being arrested yesterday on federal charges that allege he took a $10,000 cash bribe and that he hired a man to burn down his restaurant to collect insurance proceeds.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, during his first appearance before the House Committee on Homeland Security, David Pekoske, the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration, signaled that TSA needs more resources to effectively secure our aviation sector. For example, President Trump’s budget request...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: Subcommittee on Energy Ranking Member Bobby Rush (D-IL) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor today during consideration of the Hydropower Modernization Act of 2017 (H.R. 3043):
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A retired Navy veteran was arrested today for the kidnapping of Ashanti M. Billie, a 19 year-old Virginia Beach woman.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - The U.S. Attorney’s Office today charged a former BBVA Compass Investment Solutions employee with embezzling more than $200,000 from the bank, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and FBI Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: Defendant Received Thousands of Dollars in Bribes to Smuggle Drugs into a Federal Prison in Brooklyn and Sexually Abused Three Female Inmates.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: Whiskeytown National Recreation Area and Shasta State Historic Park Partner for the Annual “Old Time Holiday" Celebration.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today issued a Preliminary Notice of Violation (PNOV) to Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC (SRNS) for a violation of worker safety and health requirements. The violation is associated with worker retaliation by SRNS against an employee at the Savannah River Site in 2015.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chairwoman of the Committee Education and the Workforce, and Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), chairman of the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, issued the following joint statement after the Senate voted to confirm Peter Robb as General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: PHOENIX - DEA announced today the expansion of the its Heroin Enforcement Action (HEAT) initiative to Pinal County as part of a collaborative effort by the DEA Phoenix Field Division and the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office to address the opioid epidemic. Nearly 500 people in Arizona have lost their lives from a suspected opioid overdose in the last four months. In order to fight this problem from all fronts, the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office is partnering with the DEA’s HEAT.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorneys Michael DiGiacomo and Jonathan P. Cantil, who handled the case, stated that in the Spring of 2013, the defendant was a volunteer at the Buffalo History Museum. While volunteering at the museum, Witek devised a scheme to access and then stole certain historical writings addressed to Anson Conger Goodyear that belonged to the museum. The defendant then offered to sell the stolen documents to autograph dealers in New York City and New Jersey.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: GREAT FALLS - Ethyl Lee Grant, Allen Shane Goss, and Carol Hall Bird appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge John Johnston on November 8, 2017, at 10:00 a.m., in Great Falls, Montana. The defendants face charges of Theft from an Indian Tribal Government Receiving Federal Funding and Wire Fraud. The charges...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter asking Chairman Trey Gowdy to use the full authority of the Committee to obtain documents Cummings previously requested from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed another Energy and Commerce Committee bill, H.R. 3043, the Hydropower Policy Modernization Act of 2017 by a vote of 257-166. H.R. 3043, sponsored by committee member and Conference Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), seeks to modernize the licensing process for hydropower facilities.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: RIVERSIDE, California - Adelanto City Councilmember Jermaine Wright is expected to make his first court appearance this afternoon after being arrested yesterday on federal charges that allege he took a $10,000 cash bribe and that he hired a man to burn down his restaurant to collect insurance proceeds.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: MINERAL, CA - To honor America's service men and women, Lassen Volcanic National Park will join other areas managed by the Department of the Interior in waiving entrance fees November 11 - 12. "We invite visitors to come to Lassen Volcanic National park and enjoy the day in honor of our veterans and their role in keeping America safe," stated Superintendent Jim Richardson.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN), and Senate Select Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr (R-NC) released the following statement regarding a provision within...
