News from October 2017
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - To ensure the security of airline passengers and the nation’s airports, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has begun to implement new, stronger screening procedures for carry-on items at airports across the country with the procedures being phased in at all upstate New York...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that a federal grand jury in Hartford returned an indictment today charging JOSE ANTONIO QUIROZ-MARTINEZ, 26, last residing in East Hartford, with enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that PEDRO VELEZ, also known as “Petey," 25, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to 51 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing heroin.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: Cincinnati -- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the award of a contract to Savannah River EcoManagement, LLC for Savannah River Site Liquid Waste Services. The contract is cost-plus-award-fee and includes an indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity contract line item. The total estimated...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Pursglove, West Virginia man has admitted to a drug distribution charge, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Rochester Hills, Michigan, has been sentenced in federal court to 46 months incarceration and a $100,000 fine, on charges of taking illegal gratuities, income tax evasion and making false statements to federal law enforcement officers, United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents and task force officers from Cincinnati and Columbus were among several law enforcement personnel recognized at a ceremony Thursday by Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine.
By State Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today delivered the following remarks supporting the Taiwan Travel Act (H.R.535 ), which the Committee advanced at this morning’s markup...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: Earlier today at the federal courthouse in Central Islip, Gerard Terry pleaded guilty to one count of tax evasion for the tax years 2000 through 2015 in the amount of $992,057. The proceeding took place before United States District Judge Joanna Seybert. When he is sentenced, Terry faces a maximum of five years’ imprisonment, a fine of up to $100,000 and mandatory restitution to the Internal Revenue Service.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: LOVELAND, Colo. -- The Bureau of Reclamation, in cooperation with Estes Valley Recreation and Park District (EVRPD), is seeking public input on a Resource Management Plan (RMP) for Lake Estes, Marys Lake and East Portal lands.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: FBI Searches for Missing 16-Year-Old-Update Girl Found.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney John J. Field, who handled the case, stated that the defendants worked together to prepare false mortgage applications in the names of straw buyers and used fraudulent supporting documents. Louissaint and Johnson worked together with another individual, against whom charges remain...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that Lance A. Charen, a 52‑year old resident of Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge Gregory M. Sleet to one year and one day incarceration for environmental crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Sean Stinson, 33, of El Paso, Texas, was sentenced today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to time-served (406 days) in custody for using interstate communications to threaten the lives and safety of Las Cruces Police Department (LCPD) officers. Stinson will be on supervised release for three years.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Guatemalan national was indicted today in federal court in Boston on a federal immigration charge.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans held a legislative hearing on H.R. 3144 (Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-WA) and H.R. 3916 (Rep. Ken Calvert, R-CA), the “Federally Integrated Species Health Act" or “FISH Act," bills to improve the recovery of Endangered Species Act (ESA) listed fish while providing certainty for water and power users.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 120,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to Mexico during the 2017/2018 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: HAMMOND - The United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, Thomas L. Kirsch II, announced that Eric P. Krieg, age 45, of Munster, Indiana was charged with knowing possession of a destructive device and transporting explosive materials.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that a Logansport man was sentenced Wednesday to 420 months in prison for distributing methamphetamine in Many, La., and kidnapping a victim in east Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: HAMMOND - The United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, Thomas L. Kirsch II, announced that Eric P. Krieg, age 45, of Munster, Indiana was charged with knowing possession of a destructive device and transporting explosive materials.
