News from October 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DAVID VALENTIN, 38, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for heroin and firearm offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: Spokane - Joseph H. Harrington, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Michael Ginyard, Jr. has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh for heroin and fentanyl trafficking and committing related firearm crimes, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOE 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: Investigators seized over 275 grams of heroin from restaurant; separate investigation leads to forfeiture of car.
By DOE 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: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announces today that United States District Judge William H. Steele sentenced David Lee Wesley, 60, of Theodore, Alabama, to 42 months imprisonment. The judge ordered that Wesley pay a $100 special assessment, undergo three years of supervised release after completing his prison term, and participate in drug and/or alcohol treatment as directed by the United States Probation Office.
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 DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: DAYTON, Ohio - "Resurgence of Community", a short documentary featuring Families of (FOA) as a model for recovery support for families, friends and individuals, is being released on Wednesday, October 11th, at FOA’s weekly meeting in Dayton. This project is a collaboration of DEA360 (Dayton), KeyVision, and FOA.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that David L. Cook, 60, of Burnham, Maine, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to using the internet to access and view child pornography. Cook was indicted in May 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Gregory G. Brooker of the District of Minnesota and Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division today announced the conviction of a former employee of Canadian Pacific Railway for causing intentional damage to Canadian...
By EPA 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: 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 Commerce News Now | Oct 9, 2017
News Release: "President Trump's tighter border controls have already reduced greatly the influx of illegal aliens, but he needs legislation to finish the task. I support his request to secure our borders, swiftly return illegal entrants, stop visa fraud and overstays, sanctuary cities, asylum abuse and chain immigration, ...
By Labor Gazette | Oct 9, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta issued the following statement today on the Trump Administration’s immigration policy priorities: “Visa fraud and abuse hurts American workers and, at the same time, hurts foreign workers here legally under federal programs. The U.S. Department ...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 9, 2017
News Release: Incident information. Photos of Hurricane Irma damage and response. Homestead, Fla. - Work continues in many parks as crews remove hazardous branches and clear trails and roads. Though many employees from across the nation are returning to their home parks, local crews continue to prepare parks for...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2017
News Release: Congressman John Conyers Jr. (MI-13.), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement in opposition to the Trump Administration’s so-called immigration priorities...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 9, 2017
News Release: JILA physicists have for the first time used their spinning molecules technique to measure the “roundness" of the electron, confirming the leading results from another group and suggesting that more precise assessments are possible.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 9, 2017
News Release: Incident information. Photos of Hurricanes Irma and Maria damage and response. San Juan, P.R. - The NPS Eastern Incident Management Team continued its efforts to assist national parks in the Caribbean with their recovery from Hurricanes Irma and Maria. The primary focus remains to supply the impacted...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2017
News Release: NEW YORK - Joon H. Kim, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Mario Herrera, a/k/a “Mo," was sentenced today to 151 months in prison for conspiring to distribute cocaine and oxycodone. Herrera pled guilty to one count of narcotics conspiracy on June 2, 2017, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Barbara C. Moses. U.S. District Judge Loretta A. Preska imposed today’s sentence.
