News from February 2018
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 8, 2018
News Release: Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, together with all Committee Democrats, including Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Communications Subcommittee Ranking Member Donald M. Payne, Jr. (NJ), Reps. Sheila Jackson Lee (TX), James R. Langevin (RI), ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy announced today that Adams Amen, 32, a citizen of Ghana, who resides in Detroit, Michigan, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that KRISTEN WILLIAMS, age 44, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to one count of bank robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C § 2113(a).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2018
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Williamsburg man who told an undercover agent that he wanted to commit jihad, pleaded guilty today to passport fraud and to making false statements in his application to join the United States military.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Dr. Vincent Koh and his wife and office manager, Milly Koh, have agreed to pay $500,000 for violating the False Claims Act by knowingly submitting false claims to Medicare for unapproved chemotherapy drugs, announced United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith. On Nov. 20, 2017, the...
By State Newswire | Feb 8, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) announced the committee will convene a hearing at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 14, entitled “Modernizing Food Aid: Improving Effectiveness and Saving Lives.".
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2018
News Release: HARRISON TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Jennifer Franklin was sentenced today to 33 months’ in federal prison for writing illegal prescriptions for pain killers, U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2018
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - Acting United States Attorney Corey Amundson announced today that Chief U.S. District Court Judge Brian A. Jackson has sentenced DERRICK SHELBIA, age 40, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to serve 20 years in federal prison for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. SHELBIA will also be required to serve a five-year term of supervised release upon his release from prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2018
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven today sentenced Travis Marcel Hickman (32, Bradenton) to 15 years and 1 day in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon and for possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. He pleaded guilty on June 13, 2017.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 8, 2018
News Release: Chelan County, Wash. - The Bureau of Reclamation has issued the final Environmental Assessment (EA) and Finding of No Significant Impact for a habitat improvement project on the Entiat River in Chelan County, Wash. The project will enhance fish habitat and floodplain connectivity along a four-mile stretch of the river through the construction of large, woody material structures; re-establishment of side channels; and a levee removal.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 8, 2018
Release: Research has shown that female students are less than half as likely to graduate with a degree in a science-related field as their male counterparts. To increase awareness and help reverse this trend, countries around the world will observe the United Nation’s International Day of Women and Girls in...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2018
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Jelani Faulk, 21, Chicago, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge William Conley to 42 months in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. His prison sentence will be followed by three years of supervised release. Faulk pleaded guilty to this charge on Nov. 13, 2017.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 8, 2018
News Release: SPRINGDALE, UT - The National Park Service (NPS) is proposing to redesign the Zion National Park (ZION) South Entrance Fee Station and adjacent roadway to decrease park entry wait times for vehicular traffic, reduce localized vehicle congestion, improve employee safety, develop a renewable energy source to sustain park operations, and replace faulty culverts to improve roadway conditions during weather events.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 8, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, spoke at a hearing about how children and families are impacted by the opioid crisis and the support that can help keep families safely together. In her remarks, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Timothy A. Garrison, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., woman pleaded guilty in federal court today to possessing a large quantity of methamphetamine that was discovered by probation officers while conducting a residence check.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 8, 2018
News Release: The leaders of the Senate and House health committees today released a discussion draft of bipartisan legislation reauthorizing the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) animal drug and generic animal drug user fee agreements.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 8, 2018
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, House Homeland Security Committee Ranking Member Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) and Committee on House Administration Ranking Member Robert A. Brady (D-PA), Co-Chairs of the Congressional Task Force on Election Security, released the below joint statement in reaction to Secretary of State Tillerson’s comments on Russia already interfering in this year’s elections.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Jordan Roybal, 26, an enrolled member of the San Ildefonso Pueblo who resides in Santa Fe, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 30 months in prison for assaulting a federal officer. Roybal will be on supervised release for three years after completing his prison sentence.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 8, 2018
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A Tennessee man was sentenced Thursday to four years in federal prison for his role in a human smuggling scheme that placed the smuggled aliens in dangerous and life-threatening conditions.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Holyoke man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Springfield to dealing cocaine.
