News from September 2017
By DOT News Wire | Sep 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today released its August 2017 Air Travel Consumer Report, compiling air carrier data for the month of June 2017, second quarter of 2017, and first half of 2017. For the first six months of this year, the 12 U.S. carriers who report involuntary ...
By DOT News Wire | Sep 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao has directed the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to issue a Regional Emergency Declaration in advance of Hurricane Irma for the States of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the territory of the U.S. Virgin Islands.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JEFFREY GENTILE, 35, of Ansonia, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to three years of probation for his role in a steroids and prescription pill distribution conspiracy. Judge Chatigny also ordered GENTILE to perform 150 hours of community service.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Senate Finance Committee today unanimously advanced the nominations of Gilbert B. Kaplan to be Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, Matthew Bassett to be an Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services and Robert Charrow to serve as General Counsel of Health and Human Services.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2017
News Release: Today, House Judiciary Committee Republicans doubled down on their neglect of conducting oversight of the Trump Administration by sabotaging a markup of Representatives David Cicilline (RI-01) and Pramila Jayapal’s (WA-07) resolution of inquiry that requested the Trump Administration to release information pertaining to the firing of FBI Director James Comey and Attorney General Sessions’ involvement in that decision.
By State Newswire | Sep 7, 2017
News Release: e investing in our own security and leadership on the global stage.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2017
News Release: Radhames Perez was Deported in 2003 Following a Felony Drug Conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A leader of the Boston street gang, Columbia Point Dawgs, was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for trafficking oxycodone.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2017
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - On September 6, 2017, U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis sentenced Brian Diggs, age 45, of Brandywine, Maryland, to ten years in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft. Judge Xinis ordered forfeiture of $393,702. A restitution amount will be determined at a later hearing. The scheme to defraud involved applications for over $1,500,000 in car loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2017
News Release: The Justice Department will not pursue federal criminal civil rights charges against the Mobile Police Department officer (the Officer) involved in the fatal shooting of 19-year-old Michael Moore, the Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven returned an indictment today charging ROBERT DEWAYNE WATKINS, also known as “D," 42, of Bristol, with one count of possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of, heroin and cocaine base (“crack").
By Interior Newswire | Sep 7, 2017
News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nevada - The following events are happening at Lake Mead National Recreation Area Sept. 9 to Oct. 7.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2017
News Release: Man Wearing Chicago Bears Cap Robs Albuquerque Bank.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that CARLOS ALBERTO PINEDA-CANTOR age 40, a citizen of Honduras, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to a one-count Bill of Information for illegal reentry of a removed alien.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2017
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan has sentenced Chad Theodore Dillon (45, Okaloosa County) to 40 years in federal prison for online enticement of a child to engage in sexual activity. The Court also ordered him to forfeit the 2006 Ford F-150 truck he had used to meet a victim.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement in response to the release of the report of the Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2017
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A federal grand jury in Providence today returned indictments charging three individuals with fraud on the U.S. Bankruptcy Court. It is alleged that the defendants provided false information under oath in order to conceal cash funds they controlled when petitioning the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for bankruptcy protection.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that SUNYUP KIM, age 41, of Granada Hills, CA, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - On Aug. 31, 2017, a federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment against Elijah Lee Richter, 26, of Camino, charging him with distribution of a controlled substance known as 25i-nBOME that caused death, and possession of a controlled substance, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Ranking Member Claire McCaskill, who this week released the first report in her comprehensive investigation into opioid manufactures and distributors, announced today that she will hold a roundtable on Tuesday, September 12 detailing sales and marketing tactics of Insys Therapeutics and opioid manufacturers generally.
