News from September 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2017
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen today announced an indictment charging Denis Kelliher, 47, of Toms River, NJ, with wire fraud. According to the indictment, between 2013 and 2016, Kelliher was the manager of Trenton Marine’s Toms River, NJ marina and acted as a broker for...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 14, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today held a hearing examining several public health workforce programs.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 14, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today kicked-off part one of its fourth ‘Powering America’ hearing with a review of electric reliability issues and grid resiliency.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 14, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has completed an analysis of purchasing up to 6,000 acre-feet of recycled water for the East Bear Creek Unit of the San Luis National Wildlife Refuge Complex, under the authorization of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 14, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) submitted the following remarks for the record today at a Subcommittee on Energy hearing titled, ““Powering America: Defining Reliability in a Transforming Electricity Industry:"
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LENWORTH STYLE, 44, a citizen of Jamaica last residing in the Bronx, New York, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Alfred V. Covello in Hartford to approximately 16 months of imprisonment, time already served, for making a false statement in a U.S. passport application. A jury convicted STYLE of the offense on Sept. 12, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2017
News Release: Investigators Recover Over $1.5 Million in Fraud Proceeds.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 14, 2017
Release: LAS VEGAS - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) today presented its prestigious Baseline Assessment for Security Enhancement (BASE) Gold Standard Award to the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada (RTC) for its ongoing efforts to provide a safe transit experience for more than 64 million annual boardings throughout the system.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2017
News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss. - Edward L. Donaldson Jr., 75, and John Jared Oertling, 42, both residents of Pearl River, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, were charged in a Criminal Information with conspiracy to violate the Lacey Act for importing live white-tailed deer into Mississippi, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Harold Brittain and Special Agent in Charge Luis Santiago of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Law Enforcement.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 14, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today kicked-off part one of its fourth ‘Powering America’ hearing with a review of electric reliability issues and grid resiliency.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 14, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today in response to reports that the Trump Administration will cut funding for some Affordable Care Act (ACA) Navigators by as much as 60% percent...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that TIMOTHY J. ALLEN, 36, of Torrington, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Alfred V. Covello in Hartford to 24 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for possessing child pornography.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 14, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) submitted the following remarks for the record today at a Subcommittee on Energy hearing titled, ““Powering America: Defining Reliability in a Transforming Electricity Industry:"
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 14, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today in response to reports that the Trump Administration will cut funding for some Affordable Care Act (ACA) Navigators by as much as 60% percent...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Nive Hagay, 31, of Los Angeles, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Morrison C. England Jr. to two years in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release for conducting an illegal gambling business and distributing cocaine, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 14, 2017
Release: ALCOA, Tenn. - The Transportation Security Administration discovered a firearm at the McGhee Tyson Airport (TYS) checkpoint today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A San Diego man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for distributing more than 30 packages of methamphetamine through the mail.
By State Newswire | Sep 14, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - On Thursday, U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, held a news conference with Senators Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Ben Cardin (D-Md.) to applaud the State Department’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons award of $25 million ...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 13, 2017
News Release: West Glacier, MT - Due to the predicted east wind event this evening as a cold front moves from the east, current or projected threats from hazards associated with the Sprague Fire are severe enough to indicate a good probability of the need to evacuate.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Kansas City, Kan., man who sold methamphetamine and guns to undercover investigators was sentenced Wednesday to 11.5 years in federal prison, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
