News from October 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RAMAEL ARTIS, also known as “Rah," 36, of Norwich, pleaded guilty today in Hartford federal court to one count of possession with intent to distribute heroin, and one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 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 JOE W. JONES, age 65, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, pled guilty to theft of $13,807 in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funds in relation to the 2016 Baton Rouge flooding.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 4, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Environment hearing titled, “Air Quality Impacts of Wildfires: Perspectives of Key Stakeholders:"
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2017
News Release: Latin Dragon Gang Member Charged With Murder in Aid of Racketeering.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2017
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Tammy Barnes, 49, of Fayette, Mississippi, pled guilty on Oct. 3, 2017, before U.S. District Judge David C. Bramlette III, to embezzlement of U.S. mail, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Harold Brittain and Special Agent in Charge Maximo Eamiguel, U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General, Southern Area Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - Lionel Lewis Alls, Jr., has been sentenced to 20 years for distributing child pornography. In addition to sharing child pornography, Alls enticed minors as young as 8-years-old to send nude images and videos of themselves to him.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - Four Houston-area hospitals have agreed to pay $8.6 million to settle allegations they received kickbacks from various ambulance companies in exchange for rights to the hospitals’ more lucrative Medicare and Medicaid transport referrals. The hospitals are all affiliated with Hospital Corporation...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 4, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced a hearing before the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee for Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining How Covered Entities Utilize the 340B Drug Pricing Program."
By Interior Newswire | Oct 4, 2017
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO--Fleet Week activities October 6 - 8 can be expected to bring traffic to a standstill in and around the waterfront areas of Golden Gate National Recreation Area, the Presidio of San Francisco and San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park. For event information, please visit the Fleet Week website.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 4, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced a hearing before the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee for Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining How Covered Entities Utilize the 340B Drug Pricing Program."
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 4, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Environment Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today held a hearing examining the impact wildfires have on air quality and emissions in the affected areas across the country. Members examined how better management of our forests is needed to avoid and minimize catastrophic wildfires - particularly members looked at how prescribed burns and fuel reduction are important forestry management tools.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2017
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Kenneth R. Carte, Jr., age 27, of Keeseville, New York, was sentenced today to 12 months and 1 day in prison for possessing a firearm as a felon.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 4, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR) today held a markup on a number of bills to extend funding for critical health care safety net programs and bills designed to strengthen the Medicare Part B program.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 4, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR) today held a markup on a number of bills to extend funding for critical health care safety net programs and bills designed to strengthen the Medicare Part B program.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 4, 2017
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $790,236 contract on September 15 to Burke Electric, LLC, a small business from Bellevue, Washington, to replace motor control equipment at the Columbia River Pumping Plant in Oregon.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 4, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), delivered the following remarks at a committee hearing for the confirmation of nominees to serve at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2017
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - United States Attorney Russell M. Coleman today announced the guilty plea of a Louisville convicted felon, in United States District Court, on Sept. 25, 2017, before Senior Judge Thomas B. Russell, to one count of threatening to kill a Louisville Metro Police Officer while engaged...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 4, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today praised committee advancement of the Keeping Kids’ Insurance Dependable and Secure (KIDS) Act (S. 1827), which passed by voice vote. The bipartisan legislation extends funding for the Children’s...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - A Columbus, Ohio man was indicted by a federal grand jury on bank robbery, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: With one of the most active winter weather seasons in the United States, residents of northern Michigan have to be prepared for changing and sometimes severe winter weather. Michigan is one of the few states in the country that experiences lake effect snow. Lake effect snow occurs when cold air crosses...
