News from August 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated that Eric Hughes, 35, of Bluffton, South Carolina; Taylor Place, 23, of Bluffton, South Carolina; and Willie Rice, 25, of Bluffton, South Carolina were charged in a five-count indictment, alleging conspiracy to: a.) distribute U-47700;...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) and 118 additional Members of Congress sent a bipartisan letter to Secretary Zinke requesting the Department of the Interior to include consideration of all Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) lands in the development of a new National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office announced today the results of the August 2017 Federal Grand Jury.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Elijah Muhammad Davis-Barton, age 23, of Anderson, pled guilty in federal court in Greenville to felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. United States District Judge Bruce H. Hendricks accepted the plea and will impose sentence after United States Probation prepares a pre-sentence report. Davis-Barton faces a statutory maximum sentence of 10 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A member of the Latin Kings street gang pleaded guilty today to distributing drugs in New Bedford.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: AMARILLO, Texas - Thomas Roy Clark, 52, of Bushland, Texas, pleaded guilty today to one count of health care fraud stemming from a scheme to defraud insurance companies through the submission of improper billing. The announcement was made today by U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that STEVEN WILLIAM DELIA, age 62, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, was sentenced to imprisonment, time served, 3 years supervised release, and ordered to pay $83,769.27 in restitution to the Oklahoma Health Care Authority for HEALTH CARE FRAUD, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1347.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: Operated Business Email Compromise Scam from Nigeria.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: Co-Defendant Sentenced to 42 Months in Prison.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) selected four projects to move on to a second phase of research in their efforts to advance recovery of rare earth elements (REE) from coal and coal byproducts. DOE will invest $17.4 million to develop and test REE recovery systems originally selected and designed under phase 1 of a prior funding opportunity announcement through DOE’s Office of Fossil Energy (FE).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office announced today the results of the August 2017 Federal Grand Jury.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 36-year-old Beaumont man has pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: NEW YORK, NY - A New York paperboard mill faces $357,445 in proposed penalties for exposing workers to 61 safety and health hazards.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A St. Marys, West Virginia man pled guilty today to a methamphetamine distribution charge, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: An Akron man was indicted for having carfentanil and a firearm, said Acting U.S. Attorney David A. Sierleja.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: Norma Ibarra-Gonzalez, age 48, of Houston, Texas, and Marta Ibarra-Castillo, age 36, of Houston, Texas, were charged today by Indictment with possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine on July 2, 2017. The case involves the seizure of approximately 13 pounds of methamphetamine announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - In its commitment to providing a safe and world-class visitor experience, the National Park Service is discontinuing Policy Memorandum 11-03, commonly referred to as the “Water Bottle Ban.".
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston announced today that 32 individuals have been charged in federal firearms related cases this month in the Eastern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 36-year-old Vidor, Texas man has pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Hyannis man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for conspiring to possess a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
