News from September 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment yesterday against James Gonzales-Gay, 35, of Sanger, charging him with assault with the intent to rob and steal mail matter, theft of government property, and being a felon in possession of a firearm, United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. -- A Burlington County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 12 months in prison for buying counterfeit computer components from a factory in China for sale in the United States, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: National parks throughout the country will celebrate National Public Lands Day on Saturday, September 30. All national parks will waive entrance fees and many will sponsor volunteer work events.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - In Aug. 2016, a multi-agency investigation led by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) concluded with the filing of 59 federal indictments and a federal criminal complaint charging 103 Bernalillo County residents with federal firearms and narcotics trafficking offenses. To date, 78 of the 103 defendants charged as the result of this investigation have entered guilty pleas and 41 of them have been sentenced.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: TUPELO, MS - The Natchez Trace Parkway Chief Ranger reminds drivers that our Parkway Rangers use both red and blue emergency lights to mark our law enforcement vehicles. Recent comments from local leaders may have led some to believe that law enforcement vehicles only display blue lights. Like many other...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - An El Salvadoran national pleaded guilty today to assaulting and impeding a transportation officer for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: Prosecution Brought under Project Safe Childhood.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today following news that Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price has resigned...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A former Harrisburg Police official pleaded guilty in federal court in the Middle District of Pennsylvania to charges of conversion of government property and theft from programs receiving government funds, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: Contact: Public Information Officer. Number: 206-553-1162. @DEASeattleDiv. BEND, Ore) - On Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017, a joint operation involving the DEA, FBI, and Central Oregon Drug (CODE) Team resulted in the federal arrest of nine people charged with participation in a drug distribution...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today released the following statement on Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tom Price’s resignation...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: The federal government is doing all it can to aid and assist all of those on Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands who have been so impacted by Hurricanes Irma and Maria. The Department of Energy (DOE) is proud to be part of that mission, and deploying more resources this weekend.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - To ensure the security of airline passengers and the nation’s airports, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has begun implementing new, stronger screening procedures for carry-on items at Asheville Regional Airport (AVL). The new procedures, which were announced earlier...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: Today, Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Ron Wyden (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, Bob Casey (D-PA), Ranking Member of the Senate Aging Committee, and Representative Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ranking...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: A federal jury in Brooklyn, New York, returned a guilty verdict today against Muhanad Mahmoud Al Farekh on nine counts, including conspiracy to murder United States nationals, conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction, conspiracy to bomb a government facility and conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists. Farekh faces up to life in prison when he is sentenced by United States District Judge Brian M. Cogan.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management is lifting fire restrictions on campfires, smoking, and cutting or welding in Box Elder, Rich, Tooele, Salt Lake, and Utah Counties effective Sept. 29.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: United States Attorneys Justin E. Herdman and Benjamin C. Glassman announced charges brought in eight separate Social Security fraud and other benefits cases statewide.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: (BILLINGS, Mont.) -The Bureau of Land Management has opened a 30-day public comment period on an Environmental Assessment (EA) with an unsigned Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for 110 nominated oil and gas lease parcels located in Park, Musselshell, Sweet Grass, Stillwater, Carbon, Chouteau, Liberty, Blaine, Hill, Glacier, Phillips and Valley counties in Montana, and McKenzie County in North Dakota.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: Dear Secretary Price: We are alarmed by reports that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS" or “Department") has barred its 10 Regional Offices from appearing at Marketplace Open Enrollment events less than five weeks before the sign-up season begins.[1] The Department has a responsibility...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement after Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tom Price announced his resignation...
