News from October 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that JENADIAH RAY BARNES, age 38, of Checotah, Oklahoma, pled guilty to FAILURE TO REGISTER AS SEX OFFENDER, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2250(a)(1), 2250(a)(2)(B) and 2250(a)(3), punishable by not more than 10 years imprisonment, and up to a $250,000.00 fine or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DUSAN MLADEN, also known as David Mladen, 62, of Hartford, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Alker Meyer in New Haven to one count of making a false statement to a federal law enforcement agent investigating threats against a U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: SAN DIEGO - Chula Vista airplane broker Vicente Contreras-Amezquita of Chula Vista was sentenced today to 60 months in custody after Contreras-Amezuita pled in federal court to money laundering charges. In his plea he admitted helping hide the true origin of illegal money through the purchase of over 35 airplanes by engaging in convoluted financial transactions during a five-year period.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: A 17-count indictment was filed in federal court charging two men for nearly a dozen armed robberies in Northeast Ohio, law enforcement officials said.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today on reauthorization of the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), Community Health Centers and other public health laws...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: I am pleased to join my colleague, Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, in sponsoring this important event.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH) released the below statement after the IRS’ decision to temporarily suspend its $7.25 million contract with Equifax.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today led a group of 23 Senate Democrats in filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in the case of Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas Family Planning and Preventive Health Services, Inc. et al v. Charles Smith et al.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: El Paso Special Agent in Charge Announces Reward in Civil Rights Investigation Involving Vandalism on Tigua Reservation.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Worcester business owner pleaded guilty today in federal court in Worcester to distributing fentanyl and using the proceeds of drug sales to purchase and renovate nine properties in Worcester County.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: Four Akron men were indicted in federal court for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, law enforcement officals said.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Rep. Donald McEachin - the ranking member of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee who requested a congressional hearing on sexual harassment at the National Park Service (NPS) in June - released the following statement on today’s NPS survey in which 38 percent of employees report experiencing some form of sexual harassment.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Hakim Handy, age 34, of Williamsport, Pennsylvania was indicted on Oct. 12, 2017, by a federal grand jury for conspiring to distribute heroin and crack cocaine, the distribution of heroin, and the unlawful possession of ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A former comptroller for the Norfolk Ship Support Activity (NSSA) was sentenced today to 40 months in prison for conspiracy to receive gratuities by a public official.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today following President Trump’s decision to default on the Cost-Sharing Reduction (CSR) payments that help millions of Americans purchase health insurance...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: Abuse Disclosed Years Later Following Pattern of Domestic Violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Julian Michael-Thomas “Cain" Johnson, of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced today to 40 months incarceration for heroin distribution, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: The year 2017 marks 40 years since the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE or Department) was established to unify the federal government’s energy planning efforts. Since its activation on Oct. 1, 1977, the Department-bolstered by dedicated personnel like Environmental Justice Program Manager Melinda Downing...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Joshua Mike, Sr., age 25, an inmate at United States Penitentiary, Lewisburg (USP Lewisburg) was indicted on Oct. 12, 2017, by a federal grand jury for possession of a weapon in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: A man who drove by a house in Waterloo, Iowa, and fired a gun twice at the detached garage was sentenced yesterday to more than three years in federal prison.
