News from October 2017
By EPA Newswire | Oct 26, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at Democratic Forum titled, “Exploring Public Health Solutions to Gun Violence in America:"
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Darren Small was sentenced to 8 months in prison in connection with his theft of funds from the Kinloch Fire Protection District.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: Oct. 25, 2017 - Today, the U.S. Census Bureau announced the launch of a new content section on census.gov called America Counts: Stories Behind the Numbers. Designed in the style of an online newsroom, America Counts features headlines, graphics, videos and stories about Census Bureau data. Among...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: Plea Agreement Calls For 262 Months In Prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictments today. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: PHOENIX - Today, Enrique Xavier Bandin, 21, of Sacaton, Ariz., a member of the Gila River Indian Community (GRIC), was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Diane J. Humetewa to 15 years in prison. Bandin had previously pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter. A year ago, on Oct. 23, 2016, Bandin pistol-whipped...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ROGER TUSCANO, 47, of Bristol, was arrested today on a criminal complaint charging him with distributing heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced today that a Texas man was sentenced last week to 120 months in prison for distributing methamphetamine in the Shreveport area and possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: James Sexton Lied About Working While Receiving Disability Benefits.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Senior Judge Sylvia H. Rambo sentenced Michael Charles Clarke, 44, of York, Pennsylvania, to 600 months’ imprisonment for production, possession and transportation of child pornography, followed by 25 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: Thirty-nine people were indicted in federal court for their roles in two separate conspiracies to obtain large amounts of heroin, and in some cases, other drugs, from out of state and sell the drugs in Mansfield, law enforcement officials said.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - Acting U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that an Anchorage man was charged for the distribution of child pornography.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, Oct. 25, 2017 – Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett announced today that USDA is making resources available to help rural people and communities recover from the effects of California wildfires.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: A Dallas, Texas, grand jury returned two indictments today against five Chinese citizens and four companies alleging fraud and other charges, the Justice Department announced. The charges relate to alleged sales of stimulants intended for inclusion in dietary supplements.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: Grand Rapids, Michigan resident pleaded guilty on Oct. 25, to two child exploitation offenses, including conspiracy to produce child pornography and conspiracy to receive and distribute child pornography, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: A Virginia man was indicted today on child pornography charges, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Rick A. Mountcastle of the Western District of Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: In an indictment unsealed today, a former Mississippi sheriff’s deputy was charged with planting a weapon at a crime scene to justify a fatal shooting. The indictment charged Walter Grant, 51, with placing a stick or baton near the body of Willie Bingham Jr. after shooting him, in order to mislead investigators into believing that Bingham had possessed a weapon prior to the shooting.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: A real estate investor pleaded guilty for his role in a conspiracy to rig bids at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Northern California, the Department of Justice announced. Abraham S. Farag, who was charged in an indictment returned by a federal grand jury in the U.S. District Court for the ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: Chairman Hoeven, Vice-Chairman Udall, and Members of the Committee: Thank you for the opportunity to testify before you today about three important bills pertaining to critical justice issues in Indian Country: S. 1870, Securing Urgent Resources Vital to Indian Victim Empowerment Act 2017; S. 1953, Reauthorization ...
By Commerce News Now | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross submitted the Department of Commerce’s report in response to President Trump’s executive order “Promoting Energy Independence and Economic Growth” to Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney. This report identifies and addresses regulatory burdens inside of the Department of Commerce that encumber energy production, strangle economic growth and prevent job creation.
