News from October 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: FBI Announces Results of Operation Cross Country XI.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), today announced a hearing for Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017, at 2:00 p.m. in 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled “Oversight of the Federal Communications Commission."
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: FBI Announces Results of Operation Cross Country XI.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that additional charges have been filed against a Springfield, Mo., man who managed an online chat group to share child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Nael Ali, 53, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court to violating the Indian Arts and Crafts Act (IACA) by selling counterfeit Native American-style jewelry out of two retail jewelry stores located in Albuquerque’s Old Town. Ali entered a guilty plea to two felony charges under a plea agreement that recommends up to 18 months of imprisonment followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: PHOENIX - On Monday, Rowan James Kickinghorse Rhodes, 25, of Camp Verde, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge David G. Campbell to 13 months’ imprisonment, to be followed by eight years of supervised release with sex offender conditions. Rhodes had previously pleaded guilty to abusive sexual contact...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: RENO, Nev. -The Bureau of Land Management will host two free public tours of the Indian Lakes Off-Range Wild Horse and Burro Corral in Fallon, Nevada, on Friday, October 27. The corral is one of three facilities in Nevada that cares for wild horses and burros waiting to be adopted, including wild horses recently gathered from rangelands in Eastern Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Olusola Luke, 38, a citizen of Nigeria and resident of Guatemala pleaded guilty to conspiracy to steal government funds and to commit identity theft today. Luke appeared before U.S. District Judge Henry E. Autrey who accepted his plea and deferred sentencing until Jan. 17, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Acting U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced today that Sean Michael Fitzgerald, 36, of Boca Raton, Florida, was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge Robert J. Jonker for operating a common carrier under the influence of alcohol. Fitzgerald will serve 12 months and 1 day confinement...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
Release: SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. - Residents in the San Luis Obispo area will have the opportunity to enroll in the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) popular TSA Pre✓® program at the San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport (SBP) for two weeks starting Oct. 23 and ending Nov. 3, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: Sacramento, Calif. - On Tuesday, approximately 300 students and community members gathered to watch a movie telling the story of one of the deadliest hate crimes in recent U.S. history. The screening, which was held at the Harper Alumni Center on the Sacramento State University campus, was followed by a discussion between representatives from law enforcement agencies and community leaders, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Charles Poltenson, 28, of Salina, New York, pled guilty today to three counts of sexual exploitation of a child, announced Acting United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and Vadim D. Thomas, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - In February of 2017, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) sent letters to the Department of Commerce (DOC), Department of Energy (DOE), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) requesting information on studies and/or efforts to identify and eliminate administrative waste within the agencies.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: Gary L. Marder, D.O., 60, a physician residing in Palm Beach County and the owner and operator of the Allergy, Dermatology & Skin Cancer Centers in Port St. Lucie and Okeechobee, appeared in federal court for his initial appearance on an Information, which charges Dr. Marder with obstruction of a criminal health care investigation and health care fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Jeffrey M. Anderson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Julian Thomas, 41, Madison, Wis., was found guilty today of armed bank robbery and brandishing a firearm during that crime of violence. The jury reached its verdict after 10 hours of deliberation following two days of testimony in federal court in Madison.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, filed an amendment to the 2018 Senate Budget Resolution to protect the next Farm Bill from cuts in funding.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - In February of 2017, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) sent letters to the Department of Commerce (DOC), Department of Energy (DOE), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) requesting information on studies and/or efforts to identify and eliminate administrative waste within the agencies.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A federal jury sitting in Charleston returned a guilty verdict yesterday in the trial of a St. Albans man for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Cleveland McDowell Meador, IV, 43, was convicted following a one-day jury trial.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - In February of 2017, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) sent letters to the Department of Commerce (DOC), Department of Energy (DOE), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) requesting information on studies and/or efforts to identify and eliminate administrative waste within the agencies.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: Ocala, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that Richard Jeremy Ware (42, Ocala) today pleaded guilty to a one-count indictment charging him with making threats against the President of the United States. Ware faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
