News from October 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The assistant purchasing manager for a company that manufactured military parts for the U.S. Navy today admitted soliciting and receiving kickbacks in return for providing subcontract work to a Cherry Hill, New Jersey, company, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt announced plans to roll back the Clean Power Plan...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: Former Employee of Transcontinental Railroad Company Found Guilty of Damaging Ex-Employer’s Computer Network.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: Public Seminar to be held in St. George.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Energy Subcommittee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), and Environment Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL), today issued the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced their proposal to repeal the Clean Power Plan.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: Jackson, TN - A local man has been sentenced to 17 years’ imprisonment for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense. D. Michael Dunavant, United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the sentence today.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today sent a letter to the IRS regarding its $7.25 million contract with Equifax. The contract comes after Equifax revealed the personal information of over 145 million Americans was compromised, and follows the hearing held by the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection with former Equifax CEO Richard Smith.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and other officials gathered last week to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Volpentest Hazardous Materials Management and Emergency Response (HAMMER) Federal Training Center at the Hanford Site.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - A former police officer with the Windsor, North Carolina Police Department was sentenced today to 180 months in prison for accepting bribe payments from a purported large-scale drug trafficking organization in exchange for protecting shipments of purported narcotics.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - Elvin R. Mitchell, Jr. and Charles P. Richards, Jr. have been sentenced to federal prison for conspiring to pay over $1 million in bribe payments in exchange for receiving lucrative contracts with the City of Atlanta.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - Elvin R. Mitchell, Jr. and Charles P. Richards, Jr. have been sentenced to federal prison for conspiring to pay over $1 million in bribe payments in exchange for receiving lucrative contracts with the City of Atlanta.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - A former police officer with the Windsor, North Carolina Police Department was sentenced today to 180 months in prison for accepting bribe payments from a purported large-scale drug trafficking organization in exchange for protecting shipments of purported narcotics.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Detective Jemell Lamar Rayam, age 37, of Owings Mills, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to one count of racketeering conspiracy including multiple robberies, and overtime fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: Two individuals were arrested for theft of firearms from Cabela's, Four in custody for theft of firearms from Dragon Arms in El Paso County.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt announced plans to roll back the Clean Power Plan...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that Paul Ryan Owens, 30, St. Louis, Missouri, pled guilty on Friday, October 6, 2017, to unlawful receipt and possession of an unregistered destructive device, the offense occurring on July 28, 2017, in Madison County, Illinois. Owens faces up to ten years of imprisonment, three years of supervised release, a $250,000 fine, and a $100 special assessment.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement regarding negotiations to extend funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and important public health priorities, like Community Health Centers (CHC). Last week, ...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: Cone snails have inspired humans for centuries. Coastal communities have often traded their beautiful shells like money and put them in jewelry. Many artists, including Rembrandt, have featured them in sketches and paintings. Now, scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are finding these deadly predators inspiring, too, as they seek new ways to cure old medical problems using the poisonous snails as models.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that JOHN C. GALLAGHER JR., the former Director of Environmental Services for the City School District of New Rochelle, pled guilty before U.S. District Judge Kenneth M. Karas in White Plains federal court to bribery in connection with a scheme to solicit bribes from an outside contractor to channel school district business to the contractor’s company.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Detroit man was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison today for a drug crime, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. James Otis Daniels, 43, previously pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute heroin.
