News from November 2017
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $72,400 civil penalty against Gem Air of Salmon, Idaho, for allegedly operating three aircraft when required inspections were overdue.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: This morning, federal, state and local authorities arrested without incident eight members of the Crips East Terrace Gangstas who call themselves the “Skinny Bloc Crew," including 40-year-old ringleader Alvin Clark (aka “Ray Ray"), on federal drug charges stemming from a “crack" cocaine distribution...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: Initial appearances were held before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeremiah J. McCarthy on November 16 and Nov. 17, 2017. The defendants were released on conditions except for Stevie Alejandro who requested a detention hearing which is scheduled for Nov. 21, 2017.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - A West Texas man was sentenced Friday to 121 months in federal prison for receiving child pornography.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: The Finance Committee’s tax reform plan includes the repeal of the regressive and punitive individual mandate tax, providing relief for working-class families who may not be able to afford or may not want to purchase health insurance. The proposal has received high-praise from thought-leaders.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: House Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Senate Finance Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) released the following joint statement today in response to the Trump administration’s release of a woefully inadequate supplemental funding request for hurricane affected areas, including Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: Defendant enticed 17 minors to send him pornographic images of themselves through social media.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal jury in Fresno today found Adam Alan Henry, 39, of Turlock, guilty of conspiring to sexually exploit a minor and receipt or distribution of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office announced that those persons listed below were arraigned before the U.S. Magistrate and the indictments handed down by the Grand Jury unsealed.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 24-year-old Corpus Christi man has been charged with distribution of child pornography, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan Energy and Commerce Committee members today sent a series of letters to departments of six state governments, requesting information and staff briefings on allegations of patient brokering, when men and women have been recruited often to out-of-state facilities through offers...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Pierre Watson, 39, of Jennings Correction Center, was sentenced to 48 months in prison on Thursday by U.S. District Judge John Ross. Watson was sentenced in June to 84 months in prison in front of U.S. District Judge Audrey Fleissig. The two sentences which will run consecutive for a total prison sentence of 132 months.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: URBANA, Ill. - Trial has been scheduled in January for a Tolono, Ill., man, Joshua E. Lange, 39, indicted this week on charges of child sexual exploitation and possession of child pornography. Lange appeared for arraignment today in Urbana. Trial is scheduled for Jan. 16, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: A one-count information was filed charging a Jordanian citizen living in Youngstown with making a false claim of citizenship related to the purchase a firearm, U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman said.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: Glen Jean, West Virginia - Celebrate heritage Thanksgiving weekend with a step back in time at a special living history program at Canyon Rim Visitor Center in New River Gorge National River on November 25 from 2:00 to 3:00 pm. Sacagawea, the young Native American woman who accompanied Lewis and Clark...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: To commemorate the 2017 holiday season, the U.S. Census Bureau has compiled links to various social, economic and demographic statistics related to the festive season.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
Release: CAMBRIDGE, MA – On November 15-16, 2017, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) co-hosted the sixth annual Clean Energy Education & Empowerment (C3E) Women in Clean Energy Symposium in partnership with the MIT Energy Initiative and Stanford University’s Precourt Institute for Energy. At the Symposium, ten ...
By State Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) issued the following statement on the Fish and Wildlife Service’s move to allow imports of some big game trophies...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A former bank executive was sentenced to 78 months in prison today for a fraud and identity theft scheme that caused over $3.2 million in losses. He was also ordered to pay over $3.2 million in restitution and to forfeit $8.6 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: A St. Louis resident was sentenced to federal prison on Friday, Nov. 17, 2017, for his role in the conspiracy to distribute heroin and cocaine in Southern Illinois and elsewhere.
