News from September 2017
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 12, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today unanimously passed H.R. 931, the Firefighter Cancer Registry Act of 2017, by voice vote.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 12, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy announced that Ms. Carole Plowfield will assume the role of Acting Director for the Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs until a new Director is appointed by the Secretary. She is being detailed from her current position as Special Advisor in the Office of Energy Policy and Systems Analysis, where she worked on a broad array of energy policy issues.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2017
News Release: A Cleveland Heights man was sentenced to 32 years in prison for six carjackings in the city’s Tremont neighborhood, said U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman, FBI Special Agent in Charge Stephen D. Anthony and Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 12, 2017
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By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2017
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - On Sept. 11, 2017, U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced Jason Wayne Hines, age 37, of Cumberland, Maryland, to 23 years in prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release, for the production of child pornography. Judge Bennett ordered Hines to pay restitution of $10,400, as well as special assessments totaling $5,100.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2017
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted Under Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2017
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington man who sold heroin in June 2016 pleaded guilty today to a federal drug crime, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. George Holloway, 45, entered his guilty plea to distribution of heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2017
News Release: Four Members of Philadelphia Identity Theft Ring Plead Guilty to Conspiring to File Fraudulent Tax Refund Claims.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2017
News Release: Jesus Rodriguez-Jimenez Laundered over $250 Million for Central American Drug Trafficking Organizations.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2017
News Release: Indiana Gospel Singer Sentenced to 60 Years for Sexual Exploitation of a Minor and Distribution of Child Pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Martin Garcia, 37, of Albuquerque, N.M., made his initial appearance in federal court this morning on a criminal complaint charging him with violating the Hobbs Act and federal firearms laws. The charges against Garcia arise out of an Aug. 29, 2017 crime spree, during which Garcia allegedly...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2017
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted Under Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 11, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON – Sixteen years ago today, Americans were reminded that threats to our values and our way of life still exist in this world. Nearly 3,000 lives were taken from us during those horrific terrorist attacks in New York, Pennsylvania, and at the Pentagon. Today, we remember the victims and honor the first responders who so bravely gave their lives in the service of others.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 11, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release FEMA News Desk Phone: 202-646-3272 WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and its federal partners are closely monitoring the situation in the Southeastern United States as Hurricane Irma – a Category 3 storm with ...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 11, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release FEMA News Desk Phone: 202-646-3272 AUSTIN, Texas – In partnership with the State of Texas, FEMA is hiring workers across the state for administrative, logistical and technical jobs related to hurricane recovery.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 11, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release FEMA News Desk Phone: 202-646-3272 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced today that federal emergency aid has been made available to the state of Alabama to supplement state, tribal, and local response efforts due to the emergency conditions in the area affected by Hurricane Irma beginning on September 8, 2017 and continuing.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 11, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, Sept. 11, 2017 – Texans recovering from Hurricane Harvey could be eligible for disaster food benefits from the USDA’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) through the availability of Disaster SNAP (D-SNAP) announced today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Texas Health and Human Services Commission.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2017
News Release: A federal jury sitting in Columbus, Georgia returned a guilty verdict against a U.S. postal worker for his role in a stolen identity refund fraud conspiracy, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney G. F. Peterman III for the Middle District of Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2017
News Release: Please see the attached letter signed by Attorney General Sessions and Director of National Intelligence Coats urging Congress to promptly reauthorize, in clean and permanent form, Title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which is set to sunset at the end of this year.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2017
News Release: A Muncie, Indiana man was sentenced today to serve 60 years in prison for sexual exploitation of a minor and distribution of child pornography, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Patrick D. Hansen of the Central District of Illinois.
