News from September 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Attorney General Sessions will travel to Boston, Massachusetts, on THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2017 to give remarks to federal law enforcement about transnational criminal organizations.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: Senior Congressional Democratic leaders sent a letter to the Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (OIG) today requesting an investigation into reports that Secretary Tom Price has been using taxpayer funds to book private jets to accommodate his travel.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - WILLIAM G. HORN, of Edmond, Oklahoma, pled guilty today to making false statements on federal tax returns for The Tommie Harris Foundation, a non-profit corporation, announced Mark A. Yancey, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: Council charged with armed bank robbery from Aug. 21, 2017 robbery that resulted in the deaths of two bank employees.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today in response to reports that Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tom Price has been using taxpayer funds to book private jets to accommodate his travel...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - On Tuesday, over 600 people gathered to watch a movie telling the story of one of the deadliest hate crimes in recent U.S. history. The screening, which was held at Dore Theater on the CSU Bakersfield campus, was followed by a discussion between representatives from law enforcement agencies and community leaders, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Nicholas County man was sentenced today to 10 years in federal prison for a sex crime involving a minor, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. John Marshall Underwood, Jr., 44, of Gilboa, previously pleaded guilty to attempted enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity. After completing his prison sentence, Underwood will be on federal supervised release for 15 years, and he will also be required to register as a sex offender.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today in response to reports that Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tom Price has been using taxpayer funds to book private jets to accommodate his travel...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Gerald Fitzpatrick Odneal II, also known as "PJ," of Muskegon, Michigan was sentenced to 66 months (five-and-a-half years) in federal prison for possessing firearms as a convicted felon, Acting U.S. Attorney Andrew Byerly Birge announced today. In addition to the prison term, U.S. District Judge Janet T. Neff imposed a 3-year term of supervised release that will commence once Odneal is released from imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A 27-year-old Mexican national who was illegally residing in Houston has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Oscar Diaz-Pineda pleaded guilty May 3, 2017.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today in response to reports that Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tom Price has been using taxpayer funds to book private jets to accommodate his travel...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry announced that the Department of Energy (DOE) has selected eight projects to negotiate for up to $15 million in total DOE funding to optimize integrated biorefineries. These projects will work to solve critical research and developmental challenges...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JUAN MARTINEZ, a/k/a “KJ," was sentenced today by United States District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer to a term of 30 years in prison for his participation in a racketeering conspiracy and in the murder of 16-year-old Ka’Shawn Phillips on September 5, 2005. MARTINEZ was a member of the Yonkers faction of the violent Trinitarios gang (the “Trinitarios Gang").
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2017
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Morgantown, West Virginia man was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges related to campaign fraud, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 19, 2017
Release: AUGUSTA, Ga. - The Transportation Security Administration discovered a loaded firearm at an Augusta Regional Airport (AGS) checkpoint this morning.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Gregory Haanstad announced today that twenty-one (21) defendants have been charged in federal court with conspiracy related to the distribution of cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine. The nineteen (19) individuals below have been arrested and are in custody.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 19, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, Sept. 19, 2017 – The United States Department of Agriculture, Rural Development is providing tools and resources to help rural communities recover from the devastation brought by hurricanes Harvey and Irma, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue highlighted today. The emergency procedures will ...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 19, 2017
News Release: (Washington, DC, Sept. 19, 2017) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today gave high marks to Steve Censky and Ted McKinney for their joint appearance before the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. President Donald Trump has nominated Censky to service as Deputy Secretary ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2017
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it has reached a settlement agreement with the State of Rhode Island (the State or Rhode Island) and the Rhode Island Department of Corrections (RIDOC) to resolve its lawsuit alleging that the defendants engaged in a pattern or practice of employment discrimination ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2017
News Release: The United States Department of Justice has resolved a claim that the Duval County Sheriff’s Department violated the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA) by terminating U.S. Army Reservist Jonathan J. Melendez (Melendez) on two occasions and retaliating against him ...
