News from October 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Vitaliy Fedorchuk, 28, of Antelope, was sentenced yesterday by United States District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller to one year and one day in prison and a $5,000 fine for an international scheme to sell counterfeit airbags via eBay and other internet sales sites, United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today applauded the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration's (TIGTA) report concluding that the IRS did not single out conservative organizations when reviewing 501(c)(4) applications. This follows TIGTA’s 2013 report that only analyzed conservative groups when determining whether the IRS was using political bias in their calculations.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: Old Fall River Road closed for the season to vehicles on October 2. The road will be open to bicycles and leashed pets through November 30. On Dec. 1, the road will revert to trail status.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: HONOLULU -- Today, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced several Department of Justice actions to reduce the rising tide of violent crime in America. Foremost of those actions is the reinvigoration of “Project Safe Neighborhoods," a program that has been historically successful in bringing together all levels of law enforcement to reduce violent crime and make our neighborhoods safer for everyone.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: Today, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced several Department of Justice actions to reduce the rising tide of violent crime in America. Foremost of those actions is the reinvigoration of “Project Safe Neighborhoods," a program that has been historically successful in bringing together all levels of law enforcement to reduce violent crime and make our neighborhoods safer for everyone.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: Ryan Christopher Fagan, 36, of Sheridan, Wyoming, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson on October 5, 2017, for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Fagan was arrested in Platte County, Wyoming. He received 41 months of imprisonment, to be followed by three years...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) today released the following statement after the non-partisan Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) released state-by-state analysis of the Republican tax framework...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Yesterday, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), and Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL) sent a letter to Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: The Department of Justice has awarded more than $18 million in grants to Oklahoma tribal governments to enhance public health and safety, announced Mark A. Yancey, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma; R. Trent Shores, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma; and Brian J. Kuester, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: DAYTON - The government unsealed an indictment today in which a federal grand jury has charged seven defendants, including a corrections officer, with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: NEW YORK - Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor announced today the sentencing of Ricardo Castang to 10 years in prison for Attempted Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the First Degree and Scheme to Defraud in the First Degree.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Kenneth A. Blanco, Acting Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, announced that MALCOLM HARRIS was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos to 42 months...
By State Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) and Chris Coons (D-Del.), both members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today introduced bipartisan legislation to review and improve the accountability and effectiveness of U.S. participation in international organizations. The Multilateral Aid ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Chinese national charged with defrauding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in its administration of its Student and Exchange Visitor Program pleaded guilty and was sentenced today in federal court in Boston.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - On October 5, 2017, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced several Department of Justice (Department) actions to reduce the rising tide of violent crime in America. Foremost of those actions is the reinvigoration of “Project Safe Neighborhoods," a program that has been historically successful in bringing together all levels of law enforcement to reduce violent crime and make our neighborhoods safer for everyone.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a St. Joseph, Mo., man was indicted by a federal grand jury today for illegally possessing a firearm following a 11-hour standoff with law enforcement officers.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to an immigration crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Robert C. Stuart announced that on Thursday, October 5, 2017, Robert L. Mayfield, originally of Sacramento, California, was sentenced to 20 years, (240 months), in prison for conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: A man who fled the scene of a traffic stop while intoxicated and carrying a loaded pistol in his waistband was sentenced today to 71 months in federal prison.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: MORENO VALLEY, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management California Desert District initiated Stage III Fire Restrictions last spring for BLM-managed public lands within Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Riverside, Imperial, Inyo, Kern and San Diego counties. As of Oct. 5, the District is reducing fire restrictions in select areas from Stage III fire restrictions to Stage I and II levels. This decision is being made due to the changing weather conditions.
