News from September 2017
By State Newswire | Sep 13, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) delivered a statement today at a Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations hearing entitled “The Future of Democracy and Governance in Liberia.".
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans, Jr. announced that GIORGIO COSENZA, age 30, of Gretna, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to a one-count Bill of Information charging him with distribution of images and videos depicting the sexual exploitation of children.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 13, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON- As you start making your holiday plans, be sure the 2017 National Christmas Tree Lighting on the Ellipse at President’s Park (White House) is on your radar. Co-presented by the National Park Service and the National Park Foundation, this beloved American tradition is celebrating its 95th year.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 13, 2017
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today issued the following statement after the passing of her former colleague, Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., who served as the chairman and ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources from 2003 through 2008.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2017
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Charlottesville man was sentenced today to 51 months in prison for a bank fraud scheme that resulted in a loss of $10.5 million to Fauquier Bank.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 13, 2017
News Release: (Richmond, California) - National Park Service Rangers are hosting a PARK(ing) Day event on September 15th. The event will be in front of Rich City Rides at 1500 Macdonald Avenue, Richmond, CA 94801 from 10:00am - 3:30pm.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2017
News Release: In Austin today, a federal judge sentenced 40-year-old Austin and Houston resident Marvin Lewis (aka “Beau Louis"), to 77 years in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for a series of robberies and attempted robberies in Texas in 2014 and 2015 as well as one robbery in Ohio in 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2017
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A total of six individuals have been ordered to federal prison for the illegal receipt, possession and manufacture of destructive devices that were not registered in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 13, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Eliot L. Engel, the Ranking Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, sent a letter releasing multiple responses from business colleagues of former National Security Advisor Michael...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 13, 2017
News Release: Harvey dropped so much water in Texas and Louisiana that the city of Houston sank two centimeters. Irma, an enormous and powerful storm following quickly on Harvey’s heels, has devastated neighborhoods from the Caribbean to Georgia. Each of these storms in very different ways presented monstrous challenges to the electric utilities and oil and gas suppliers that keep our country’s lights on and power flowing.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 13, 2017
News Release: Harvey dropped so much water in Texas and Louisiana that the city of Houston sank two centimeters. Irma, an enormous and powerful storm following quickly on Harvey’s heels, has devastated neighborhoods from the Caribbean to Georgia. Each of these storms in very different ways presented monstrous challenges to the electric utilities and oil and gas suppliers that keep our country’s lights on and power flowing.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Parmelee, South Dakota, man convicted of Assaulting a Federal Officer was sentenced on Sept. 11, 2017, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Darien Bordeaux, 33, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford. The charges carry a maximum prison sentence of 10 years, a fine of $250,000, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2017
News Release: DES MOINES, IA - On Sept. 12, 2017, Kevin Darnell Williams, also known as “Splash," 24, was sentenced to 270 months in federal prison for the crimes of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana, robbery, discharge of a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime and...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2017
News Release: In Austin today, a federal judge sentenced 40-year-old Austin and Houston resident Marvin Lewis (aka “Beau Louis"), to 77 years in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for a series of robberies and attempted robberies in Texas in 2014 and 2015 as well as one robbery in Ohio in 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2017
News Release: 66 Defendants That Were Previously Charged Have Pled Guilty or are Scheduled To Plead Guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2017
News Release: A 40-year-old Vancouver, Washington resident was sentenced this week in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to 80 months in prison for drug and gun crimes, announced U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes. IGNACIO MAGANA MONTES, aka SOSTENES MONTOYA SANCHEZ, aka “Nacho," pleaded guilty in April 2017, to Possession...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2017
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - United States Attorney Christopher P. Canova is urging North Florida residents and businesses to be aware of and report suspected fraudulent activity related to hurricane relief operations and federal funding for victims of Hurricane Irma.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 13, 2017
News Release: The Bureau of Reclamation’s Lower Colorado Region is lowering water levels in Lake Mohave to aid in harvesting razorback suckers, a species native to the Colorado River, from lakeside rearing ponds. The work is part of annual river operations which is timed to coincide with conservation activities for...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2017
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A St. Albans man was sentenced today to three years in federal prison for a drug charge, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Christopher Carte, 44, previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.
