News from November 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: Jackson, TN - A Henry County man has pleaded guilty to possession and receipt of child pornography. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee announced the guilty plea today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Daniel Avetta, also known as Jessica Gables, 28, of Catawissa, MO, appeared in the Federal District Court today to answer to child pornography charges contained in a federal grand jury indictment that was filed Wednesday but remained sealed until Avetta’s court appearance this afternoon.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: After the Senate, House and administration came together to release a unified framework for comprehensive tax reform, the tax-writing committees got to work. Last night, the Senate Finance Committee passed comprehensive legislation to overhaul the nation’s broken tax code and create a fairer system that will move America forward, boost job growth, and increase hard-working Americans’ take-home pay.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today sent a letter to Equifax Interim CEO Paulino do Rego Barros, Jr., and Equifax Chairman Mark Feidler to follow up on the testimony provided by former CEO Richard Smith when he testified before the Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee last month.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 16, 2017
News Release: Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to “H.R. 1 Percent." I believe this bill is a bad deal for millions of Americans, particularly those in the middle-class. The legislation puts the wealthy and well-connected first, while forcing 36 million middle-class families to watch as their taxes go up. That’s simply not what the American people asked us to do and it is not something that I can support.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2017
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Daryl “Malik" Walter Hall, of Youngstown, Ohio, was sentenced today to 100 months incarceration for trafficking heroin and cocaine, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2017
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that BRIAN FLUMAN, 34, of Southbury, pleaded guilty yesterday in Hartford federal court to one count of possession of a destructive device by a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2017
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - JASON BARBER, 41, of Bethany, Oklahoma, pleaded guilty today to depriving a pretrial detainee of his civil rights by using unreasonable force, announced Mark A. Yancey, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2017
News Release: Defendant among the 103 Individuals Federally Charged as the Result of ATF-Led Investigation Pursued in Support of Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2017
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - Acting U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging three individuals with conspiring to smuggle heroin into the State of Alaska Department of Corrections (DOC) Goose Creek Correctional Center (GCCC) for distribution to inmates in April 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - Matthew Harrell, Nikki Richardson, Tomeka Howard and Andrea Barrett have been indicted on multiple counts of conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud and aggravated identify theft related to fraudulent claims filed with the Georgia, Florida and Louisiana Medicaid programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2017
News Release: Help us combat disaster fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2017
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that BRIAN FLUMAN, 34, of Southbury, pleaded guilty yesterday in Hartford federal court to one count of possession of a destructive device by a convicted felon.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 16, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Discuss Cooperation on Border Security, Addressing Drug Production WASHINGTON – Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Elaine Duke this week met with Colombian Vice President Óscar Adolfo Naranjo Trujillo in Washington, DC. Acting ...
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 16, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON - Yesterday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published its Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 Agency Financial Report and I am pleased to announce that for a fifth consecutive year, DHS has earned a clean audit opinion ...
By USDA Newswire | Nov 16, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C., Nov. 16, 2017) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today hailed the House of Representatives’ passage of historic tax cuts and reforms as an important step toward providing much-needed relief to Americans, creating jobs, and boosting the economy. Perdue issued the following ...
By USDA Newswire | Nov 16, 2017
News Release: Climb Eight Percent in FY 2017 to $140.5 Billion WASHINGTON, Nov. 16, 2017 – U.S. agricultural exports totaled $140.5 billion in fiscal year (FY) 2017, climbing nearly $10.9 billion from the previous year to the third-highest level on record, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced today. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2017
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that Hyperion Foundation, a Georgia not-for-profit entity (Hyperion), Julie Mittleider, a resident of Georgia and Hyperion’s former President, AltaCare Corporation, a Georgia corporation engaged in nursing home management (AltaCare), Douglas Mittleider, AltaCare’s ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2017
News Release: U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials today announced the results of stepped up efforts by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the department to target and dismantle MS-13 – culminating in the arrest of 267 in the United States and overseas.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2017
News Release: A Newport News, Virginia man was sentenced today in Norfolk, Virginia, to two life terms as well as 25 years in prison, to be served concurrently, after being convicted of Racketeering Conspiracy - including acts of murder; attempted murder; robbery; obstruction of justice and narcotics distribution; ...
