News from September 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN -Justin Michael Walling, 28, of Lowell, Michigan was ordered to spend 60 years in federal prison for sexual offenses against a minor, Acting U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced today. In addition to the prison term, U.S. District Judge Paul Maloney ordered lifetime supervision for Walling after his release.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: Dear Secretary DeVos: The bipartisan Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) empowered states with the flexibility to design statewide accountability systems to improve public education, so long as those systems comply with the law’s equity requirements. It is the responsibility of the Department of Education...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: NEW YORK - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, New York City Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., Queens District Attorney...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: Rome, NY - On Saturday, Sept. 23, a Cultural Showcase will take place at Fort Stanwix National Monument. Throughout the event, artists, performers, and storytellers from various countries and backgrounds will share their culture with the public. There will be presentations of traditional songs, dancing...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: Following recent press reports that Sputnik, a radio network funded by the Russian government allegedly used U.S. airwaves to influence the 2016 presidential election, Representatives Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Mike Doyle (D-PA) and Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) urged Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: PLANO, Texas - A North Texas man and woman have been sentenced for federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - A Moundsville, West Virginia woman was sentenced today to 70 months incarceration for cocaine distribution, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: The attached provides information about fires in Glacier National Park and surrounding areas.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: OMAHA - Darrin Thimmesch, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Omaha District Office, today announced that Antrell Desharron Lewis, 24, of Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced to over 20 years in prison for his part in a conspiracy to distribute heroin and furanylfentanyl. In April of 2017, the US District...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: Prosecution Brought Under Project Safe Childhood; Plea Agreement Recommends 15-Year Prison Sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a 37-count superseding indictment charging former 5LINX owners Craig Jerabeck, 56, of Rochester, NY; Jeb Tyler, 44, of Penfield, NY; and Jason Guck, 42, of Victor, NY, with 29 counts of...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Pittsburgh resident pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of dealing heroin and fentanyl, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE -Michael Anthony Estrada, 23, of Las Cruces, N.M., made his initial appearance today in federal court on a criminal complaint charging him with using interstate communications to threaten the lives and safety of children at a Las Cruces public elementary school. Estrada remains in custody pending a preliminary hearing and a detention hearing, both of which are currently scheduled for Sept. 21, 2017.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
Release: EAST ELMHURST, N.Y. - Two dozen Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers who live and work in New York City volunteered to serve on a Transportation Security Support Team to deploy to Houston to assist in the reopening of George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston (IAH) in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. They were one of several teams from airports across the country who came to aid in the airport’s post-hurricane recovery.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Yukiya Amano celebrated the designation of the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and Idaho National Laboratory (INL) as an International Centre based on Research Reactors (ICERR).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a former IRS employee pleaded guilty in federal court today to filing false tax returns.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: Photographed above from left to right: Kathleen Caren, Councilman Andre Sayegh, Council President Ruby Cotton, Freeholder Assad Ahktar, Superintendent Darren Boch, Congressman Bill Pascrell, Mayor Jose "Joey" Torres, Cathy Elliot-Shaw, Gianfranco Archimede, Freeholder Theodore "T.J." Best.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc. (CBCF or Foundation) will present the 47th Annual Legislative Conference at the Walter W. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC, on September 20-24, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a North Kansas City, Mo., woman pleaded guilty in federal court today to embezzling more than $277,000 from her former employer.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Union County, New Jersey, man today admitted he used his home computer to distribute sexually explicit videos and images of children, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
