News from October 2017
By Interior Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: At a recent court hearing, DeZay M. Ely was sentenced to serve life in prison for shooting a woman in Cuyahoga Valley National Park in 2016. Ely, age 28, pleaded guilty earlier this year to charges including attempted murder, discharging a firearm during a crime of violence, and being a felon in possession of ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Angela Huskey, was sentenced to 63 months in prison on mail fraud charges in connection with her embezzlement of approximately $1.6 million from the Grandview R-2 School District. She was ordered to pay $1,813,900.63 in restitution.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: EASTHAM, Mass. - Cape Cod National Seashore Interim Superintendent Shawn P. Mulligan has announced that the Nauset Light Beach restroom building, changing room, and septic tank are scheduled to be demolished in late October and November. The project, previously noticed to the public in several meetings and news releases, is expected to take two months. Erosion in recent years has created a public safety issue requiring these national seashore actions.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: Ranking Member Conyers delivered the following remarks during the Judiciary Committee markup...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Salvadoran national was indicted today in federal court in Boston on a federal immigration charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Mark Silva, 48, of Sundance, N.M., pled guilty this morning in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to a sexual abuse charge. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Silva will be sentenced to 60 months of imprisonment followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court. Silva will also be required to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On Oct. 11, 2017, Gregg Paul Smith, 48, of Kingsport, Tennessee, was sentenced by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 151 months in federal prison as a result of his July 2017 guilty plea to receipt of child pornography and possession of stolen firearms. Upon his release from prison, he will be supervised by U.S. Probation for 15 years. There is no parole in the federal system.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: Contact: Peggie Gaul, 301-663-9388 e-mail us.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: FBI is Seeking Information Regarding the Abduction and Death of Ashanti Billie.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House passed an emergency aid package for hurricane and wildfire relief. Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) issued the following statement.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) today released the following statement after President Trump signed an executive order expanding access to association health plans and further undermining the Affordable Acre Act...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: FBI Atlanta Hosts Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at Its New Mercer Atlanta Location.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement after the Trump administration released the details of an executive order to allow increased use of scam Association Health Plans and other steps that would unravel the individual and small group health care markets...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Cara M. Blewitt, 30, of Oakville, Connecticut, pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court to aiding and abetting bank robbery and Hobbs Act robbery. The charges arose from the robberies of a TD Bank branch and a Dollar Tree store.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that a Texas man pleaded guilty Wednesday to not reporting more than $100,000 of income he received while on disability.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release FEMA News Desk Phone: 202-646-3272 WASHINGTON – FEMA and the full force of the federal government continue to make progress towards recovery, working hand-in-hand with U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico officials, municipalities, businesses, and voluntary agencies on the islands since Hurricane Irma’s landfall on Sept. 6 and Hurricane Maria’s landfall on Sept. 19.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS S&T Press Office, John Verrico, (202) 254-2385 WASHINGTON—The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has awarded Amherst, Massachusetts-based BlueRISC, Inc. a $750,000 Small Business Innovation Program (SBIR) Phase II contract for the development of a state-of-the-art solution that system and network defenders can use to forecast and uncover malware attacks.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON – Today, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) released its 2017 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (FEVS) results. This government-wide survey was administered to over one million employees throughout 80 agencies, including a sample of 96,776 DHS employees.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Acting Secretary Elaine Duke today made her third visit to Puerto Rico to meet with local officials and assess the status of ongoing response efforts. She met with the mayors of Ponce, Guayanilla and Santa Isabelto discuss how the federal government can best support the immediate needs of the people of Puerto Rico. Acting Secretary Duke also spoke by phone with Governor Ricardo Rosselló.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: The Justice Department today responded to seven jurisdictions following a preliminary assessment of the jurisdictions’ compliance with 8 U.S.C. 1373. These jurisdictions were identified in a May 2016 report by the Department of Justice’s Inspector General as having laws that potentially violate 8 U.S.C. 1373.
