News from October 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - The leader of MS-13’s East Boston Loco Salvatrucha clique was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for RICO conspiracy involving an aggravated assault, conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin and cocaine, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Energy hearing with Department of Energy Secretary Rick Perry titled, “Department of Energy Missions and Management Priorities,"
By DOE Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Energy hearing with Department of Energy Secretary Rick Perry titled, “Department of Energy Missions and Management Priorities,"
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: Defendant Contacted Dozens of Young Girls via the Internet Soliciting Sexually Explicit Images.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Amit Pandey, 41, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty to receipt of child pornography before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum penalty of 20 years and a $250,000 fine.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Energy hearing with Department of Energy Secretary Rick Perry titled, “Department of Energy Missions and Management Priorities,"
By Interior Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: MONTROSE, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management Uncompahgre Field Office is seeking public comments on 41 commercial Special Recreation Permit (SRP) applications.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: FBI Arrests a Third Person for Involvement in the Homicide of an Armored Car Employee.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: Editor’s Note: The headline on this article was updated to clarify that NIST as an institution is not making a policy recommendation on this subject. The peer-reviewed conclusions of two NIST researchers are summarized below. NIST stands behind the research and encourages an ongoing discussion about the best ways of presenting evidence in the courtroom.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Jamey O. Green, a/k/a “Hog", age 42, of Columbia, South Carolina, was sentenced in federal court in Columbia for possession with intent to distribute and distribution of crack cocaine, a violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1).
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: CHARLOTTE - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) removed an illegally present Mexican man from the United States Thursday following his release from prison in North Carolina for causing the death of a pedestrian in a parking lot in Iredell County in 2014.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today held a hearing examining Department of Energy Secretary Rick Perry’s vision for managing and executing the department’s missions in the 21st century. Members heard from the secretary on opportunities to update and align DOE’s missions and operations with the emerging energy, national security, environmental, and technological challenges confronting the nation.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Robert Senices, 26, of Fair Lawn, New Jersey pleaded guilty to two counts of bank fraud, announced Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: GREENVILLE - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina announced that in federal court on Oct. 10, 2017, Senior United States District Judge Malcolm J. Howard, sentenced QUINCEY TYRONE CHAMPION, 38, of Henderson, NC to 85 months of imprisonment followed by 3 years of supervised release.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: Dear Acting Secretary Wright and Secretary Mnuchin...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: Washington - Today the Trust for the National Mall and the National Park Service relocated the Lockkeeper’s House, the oldest structure on the National Mall, as part of a major restoration project that will transform the historic structure into a new educational site on the National Mall. This marks...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - Acting United States Attorney Corey Amundson, who also serves as the Acting Executive Director of the National Center for Disaster Fraud, announced today that COURTNEY D. HICKMAN, age 42, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, pled guilty to theft of $26,362 in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funds in relation to the 2016 Baton Rouge flooding.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Indian Energy is hosting its annual Program Review Nov. 13-17, 2017, at the Renaissance Denver Stapleton Hotel in Denver, CO. Featuring a number of presentations and opportunities for information exchange, the event convenes Indian tribes to network, learn from other tribes that are pursuing energy development, and share in each other’s successes.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held a legislative hearing on a discussion draft of the “Accessing Strategic Resources Offshore Act" or the “Astro Act." The bill, which improves access to Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) energy resources through more reliable leasing and an improved revenue sharing framework with coastal states, is part of the Committee’s broader overhaul of federal lands energy policy.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - A former employee of the District of Columbia Public Schools and a business owner, her longtime friend, have been indicted on charges stemming from an alleged bid-rigging scheme involving contracts for administrative assistants valued at nearly $300,000.
