News from August 2017
By DOE Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today released the following statement after the Senate confirmed Dan Brouillette to be Deputy Secretary of the Department of Energy, and Neil Chatterjee and Robert Powelson to be Members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorneys Emily Allen (619) 546-9738 and Benjamin Katz (619) 546-9604.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today chaired a hearing to conduct oversight of the nation’s wildfire management programs and the use of emerging technologies to mitigate wildfire risk. She also reiterated her call for Congress to pass legislation that both ends fire borrowing and makes long-overdue forest management reforms.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on July 11, 2017, following a two-year long investigation, a federal grand jury returned a six-count indictment against Marcus Hutchins, also known as “Malwaretech," for his role in creating and distributing the Kronos banking Trojan. Hutchins, a citizen and resident of the United Kingdom, was arrested in the United States on Aug. 2, 2017, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: Patchogue, NY - The National Park Service announced today that the Watch Hill marina project will be extended to address substructure vulnerabilities and ensure the marina is resilient to future storms. Construction will be completed by the end of the year and National Park Service facilities at Watch Hill will reopen for the 2018 season.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: Gordon Schuler Charged with Intentionally Igniting Fire at Peace Lutheran Church.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Hugo Morales, 45, of Edinburg, Texas, was convicted of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine, announced DEA Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Houston Division, Steven Whipple and Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: COVINGTON, Ky. - An Edgewood, Ky., woman, who was found guilty by a federal jury in January 2017, was sentenced today to 66 months in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Darby, Pa., has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh for the distribution of furanyl fentanyl, a Schedule I controlled substance, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: A former Forest City investment adviser, who stole money from clients to fund the operation of an ethanol plant in Hopkinton, pled guilty yesterday in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on July 11, 2017, following a two-year long investigation, a federal grand jury returned a six-count indictment against Marcus Hutchins, also known as “Malwaretech," for his role in creating and distributing the Kronos banking Trojan. Hutchins, a citizen and resident of the United Kingdom, was arrested in the United States on Aug. 2, 2017, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Bullhead, South Dakota, woman convicted of Child Abuse was sentenced on Aug. 1, 2017, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: Texas Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Illegally Export Radiation Hardened Integrated Circuits to Russia and China.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that SAMUEL CORTES, 28, of West Hartford, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 34 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: An indictment was unsealed charging three Dearborn Heights men with bribing officials from Garden City, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Daniel L. Lemisch.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: Emergency repair of a water line at Wahweap may necessitate shutting off water, beginning at approximately 9 a.m. Aug. 3, 2017 and lasting for six to eight hours. Crews have been working to repair a water leak at the Utah State Department of Natural Resources Building since yesterday afternoon and...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: Jose Enrique Gonzalez a/k/a “Jossy Gonzalez," of Lancaster, PA, was charged today by four-count Indictment with possession with intent to distribute heroin, using and carrying a firearm in relation to a drug trafficking offense, possessing a firearm prohibited by the National Firearms Act, and possessing a firearm after sustaining a prior felony conviction, announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorneys Emily Allen (619) 546-9738 and Benjamin Katz (619) 546-9604.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Luther Whelan, 42, of Las Cruces, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court to 84 months in prison followed by four years of supervised release for his conviction on methamphetamine trafficking charges.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON -U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee along with Sens. John Cornyn (R-TX), John Barrasso (R-WY), and Thom Tillis (R-NC) introduced the Building America’s Trust Act, legislation that increases resources at our borders, boosts trade through ports of entry, and strengthens enforcement of existing laws on Thursday. A summary of the legislation is attached.
