News from February 2018
By USDA Newswire | Feb 2, 2018
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today announced the appointment of four members to serve on the Paper and Packaging Board. Members newly appointed to serve three-year terms are.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2018
News Release: Alleged Operator of Kelihos Botnet Extradited From Spain.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 2, 2018
News Release: U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Mitchell also spent seven months on detail with the Department of the Interior’s interagency team implementing the Every Kid in a Park initiative.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2018
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - LUIS ENRIQUE DAMAZO, also known as Luis Enrique Cassinelli, 54, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, has pleaded guilty to defrauding a Texas company of more than $400,000 through fraudulent invoices, announced Robert J. Troester, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Michael Portanova, age 27, of Hazleton, was indicted on Jan. 23, 2018, by a federal grand jury for receiving child pornography. The case was unsealed following Portanova’s initial appearance before United States Magistrate Judge Karoline Mehalchick.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today the arrest of SHMUEL ZARZAR on a charge of attempted inducement of a minor to engage in sexual activity. ZARZAR was arrested yesterday and will be presented today in Manhattan federal court before the Honorable Kevin N. Fox.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Acting U.S. Attorney James D. Tierney, Special Agent in Charge Terry Wade of the FBI’s Albuquerque Division and U.S. Marshal Conrad E. Candelaria today announced that Roy G. Heilbron, 54, a cardiologist residing in Santa Fe, N.M., pled guilty in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to an obstruction of justice charge. The charge against Heilbron arises out of his alleged attempt to obstruct and impede sentencing proceedings in a pending criminal case.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today the arrest of SHMUEL ZARZAR on a charge of attempted inducement of a minor to engage in sexual activity. ZARZAR was arrested yesterday and will be presented today in Manhattan federal court before the Honorable Kevin N. Fox.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 2, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today sent a letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sharing new information and concerns regarding China’s market for heparin, an essential medicine used in open heart surgeries and kidney dialysis.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2018
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Krisinda Messer was sentenced today to 27 months in prison and was ordered to pay $541,617.52 in restitution for bank fraud and making and subscribing a false tax return, announced Acting United States Attorney Alex G. Tse and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI)...
By State Newswire | Feb 2, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) announced the following upcoming committee events...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2018
News Release: FBI Media Alert: FBI, Navajo Nation Investigate Death of 2-Month-Old Girl.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2018
News Release: Memphis, TN - Jacqueline DeAvila Montoya, 23 and Selene Yanira Castillo-Meraz, 19, pleaded guilty to federal charges of distribution of heroin and conspiracy to distribute heroin. D. Michael Dunavant, United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the guilty pleas today.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 2, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) called on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today to investigate retailers Claire’s Stores, Inc., and Justice Retail following reports that tremolite asbestos, a known human carcinogen, was found in cosmetic products marketed by the companies to girls and young women. Pallone announced his request for an investigation today at a press conference outside of a Claire’s retail store in Sea Girt, New Jersey.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2018
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Adonai Wilfredo Parada, of El Salvador, has admitted to an illegal re-entry charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2018
News Release: Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Democratic Members of the House Judiciary Committee, issued a joint statement following the release of the “Nunes memo ," a set of misleading talking points drafted by the Republican staff of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence in an attempt to discredit the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and undermine Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 2, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today sent a letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sharing new information and concerns regarding China’s market for heparin, an essential medicine used in open heart surgeries and kidney dialysis.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2018
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that RODNEY BROWN, age 22 and MICHAEL PORTIS, 27, both of New Orleans, pled guilty to carjacking related charges. PORTIS pled guilty to brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a carjacking and BROWN pled guilty to carjacking.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, PA, has been sentenced in federal court to 18 months’ imprisonment on her conviction of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribute 100 grams or more of heroin, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2018
News Release: Neighbors Heard Screams and Called Police, Who Arrested Defendant at Scene.
