News from October 2017
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 2, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the minority members of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee asked Chairman John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) to hold a hearing to review the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) proposed budget for fiscal year 2018 and call on Administrator Scott Pruitt to testify at the hearing.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Miami County man was sentenced Monday to six months in federal prison for robbing a bank in Overland Park, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said. In addition he will serve two years on supervised release to include six months home confinement.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 2, 2017
News Release: With a nip in the morning air and a few leaves still clinging to the trees, it’s the perfect time of year to stretch your legs and hit the trail. The sixth annual Peak to Peak event invites locals and visitors alike to explore the walking paths of Woodstock, VT on Saturday, Oct. 14, from 10am until 2:30pm.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 2, 2017
News Release: Pecos, NM:- Join us for an evening under the wonderful western sky. Pecos National Historical Park will offer a free ranger-guided night sky program on Saturday, October 14th at 7:00 p.m. We will use the telescopes to gaze at the starts and check out Saturn, Jupiter, and the moon. Visitors are invited...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that Tally Colombe, age 42, of Fort Thompson, South Dakota, was sentenced to federal prison for a term of 27 months and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $39,997. Colombe appeared before U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange on Sept. 19, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2017
News Release: FBI Media Alert: Man Arrested in Connection with Albuquerque Bank Robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that LUIS SANCHEZ, 55, a citizen of the Dominican Republic last residing in New York and Hartford, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 33 months of imprisonment for distributing fentanyl-laced heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2017
News Release: ST. LOUIS - James Shroba, Special Agent in Charge of the St. Louis Division, today announced a sixth Houston area resident, charged in DEA’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task (OCDETF) “Alice in Wonderland," was sentenced for his part in a $1.2 million cocaine conspiracy.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 2, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) released the following statement after the Senate voted to reconfirm Ajit Pai as Chairman of the FCC.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Ashan M. Benedict, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (“ATF"), and James P. O’Neill, Commissioner of the New York City Police Department...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Tommy Nelson, Jr., 52, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge David C. Godbey to 105 months in federal prison for the robbery of Shinhan Bank located in Dallas, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 2, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), posted details for a markup on Wednesday, October 4, 2017, at 1 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 2, 2017
News Release: GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released a draft environmental assessment on piping Minnesota L75 Lateral irrigation ditch located in Delta County, Colo. The project involves replacing approximately 0.58 mile of unlined earthen canal with buried water pipeline. The purpose of the project is to improve the efficiency of water delivery to canal users and reduce salinity loading in the Colorado River Basin.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Lawrence man was sentenced Monday to 15 years for trafficking drugs and guns, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 2, 2017
News Release: October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM). Over the next four weeks, we will do our part to promote awareness of safe online practices by sharing with you a series of easy-to-use cybersecurity tips. Our goal is to increase your cybersecurity IQ and decrease the likelihood of you being a victim of a cybercrime.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 2, 2017
News Release: Pecos, NM (Oct. 2, 2017) - Pecos National Historical Park was selected to receive a 2017 field trip grant from the National Park Foundation, the official charity of America’s national parks. Pecos National Historical Park will partner with Pecos Independent Schools and El Dorado Community School for the 2017-2018 school year to help educate their fourth grade classes both in the park and in the classroom.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2017
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of theft of government property, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MACKENZY NOZE, 33, a citizen of Haiti last residing in Norwich, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Alker Meyer in New Haven to 48 months of imprisonment for staging car accidents for the purpose of defrauding automobile insurance companies.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 2, 2017
News Release: On Wednesday, October 4 at 10:00 a.m., the Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), will mark up the Save Local Business Act (H.R. 3441). Introduced by Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-AL), the legislation will clarify what constitutes a "joint employer" to provide certainty and stability for workers and job creators.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2017
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 39-year-old Dallas tax preparer has pleaded guilty to federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today. The defendant Shannon Tecoko Mays pleaded guilty to federal tax violations and failure to appear for his trial on that charge in early 2015. Mays entered his guilty plea to two felony indictments today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Zack Hawthorn.
