News from September 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Amaury Guzman-Escobar, age 31, of Hazleton, pleaded guilty on Sept. 15, 2017, before United States District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion, to the charge of conspiracy to make false statements to a federally licensed firearms dealer.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Pennsylvania company doing business in New Jersey will pay $3.5 million to resolve allegations that it caused a fire at the Federal Aviation Administration’s William J. Hughes Technical Center in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 19, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today announced three additional hearings as part of the committee’s ongoing ‘Powering America ’ series. The series - launched in July - seeks to provide members an opportunity to explore the complexities of electricity markets and consider reforms related to electricity generation, distribution, and consumption.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 19, 2017
News Release: Cardiovascular disease caused one out of three deaths in the United States in 2016, and for decades it has been the leading killer for both men and women. Hoping to reduce these numbers, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new Standard Reference Material (SRM) that can improve the results of a common blood test used to assess a person’s risk of heart disease.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2017
News Release: Indictment Alleges Defendant Stole More than $72,000 in Workers’ Compensation Benefits.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 19, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry, today released the following opening statement - as prepared for delivery - at the nomination hearing to consider Stephen Censky to serve as Deputy Secretary of Agriculture, and Ted McKinney to serve as Under Secretary of Agriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2017
News Release: FBI's Tech Tuesday: Building a Digital Defense for College Students - Part One (Employment).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2017
News Release: Help us combat disaster fraud.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 19, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry (DOE) announced a new high-performance computing (HPC) initiative that will help U.S. industry accelerate the development of new or improved materials for use in severe environments.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that BRIAN LISTER, age 31, of Metairie, pled guilty today to a one-count Indictment charging him with receipt of images and videos depicting the sexual exploitation of children.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 19, 2017
News Release: Dear Secretary DeVos: We write today to express our serious objections to the series of actions by the U.S. Department of Education (“Department") to effectively suspend the implementation of the gainful employment rule. From cancelling contracts that support data collection, to failing to generate...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 19, 2017
News Release: This week, representatives from multiple U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) offices and national laboratories will attend the American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) 2017 National Conference in Denver, CO, Sept. 21-23, 2017. The three-day event focuses on educational, professional, and workforce development for American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders, First Nations, and other indigenous peoples of North America.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department announced today that it has reached a settlement agreement with the State of Rhode Island (the State or Rhode Island) and the Rhode Island Department of Corrections (RIDOC) to resolve its lawsuit alleging that the defendants engaged in a pattern or practice of employment...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2017
News Release: Federal Authorities Arrest Chicago Drug Fugitive on the Run for More Than a Decade.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2017
News Release: PHOENIX - Tavis Tso, 40, of Tempe, Ariz., a member of the Navajo Nation, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge David G. Campbell to four years of federal probation. Tso was also ordered to pay $9,145 in restitution to the victim of his crime. Tso had previously pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced that BRANDON LISI was sentenced today to 38 months in prison for his role in...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 19, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today announced three additional hearings as part of the committee’s ongoing ‘Powering America ’ series. The series - launched in July - seeks to provide members an opportunity to explore the complexities of electricity markets and consider reforms related to electricity generation, distribution, and consumption.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Shawn Hill, age 34, formerly of Connecticut and currently a federal inmate at the United States Penitentiary at Canaan, Waymart, Pennsylvania, was indicted by a federal grand jury for assaulting a federal correctional officer and for possession of contraband in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2017
News Release: Defendant ordered removed from the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - Christopher Dixon, a/k/a “Yardman," a fugitive from justice for almost six years, has been sentenced to prison for trafficking over 1,000 pounds of marijuana and approximately 25,000 pills of MDMA (ecstasy) and BZP (a drug similar to ecstasy). Dixon was involved with a drug organization that distributed over 1 million pills of MDMA and BZP.
