News from June 2017
By DOE Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy (FE) today announced the availability of $12 million to advance new geological carbon storage projects that enable safe, cost-effective, and permanent geologic storage of carbon dioxide (CO2). Two funding opportunity announcements (FOA), under FE’s...
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) announced the following upcoming Committee event...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven has sentenced DaQuan Brooks (23, St. Petersburg) to 10 years in federal prison for possessing crack cocaine, with the intent to distribute it, and possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking activity. He pleaded guilty on Feb. 24, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: RICO Indictment Alleges Numerous Violent Overt Acts, Including Murder, Kidnapping, Assault and Firearms Crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: Admitted to wide-ranging schemes to steal private money & mask his misuse of public funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2017
News Release: CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - On Wednesday, June 14, 2017, Robert Doggart, 65, of Signal Mountain, Tennessee, was sentenced by the Honorable Curtis L. Collier, Senior U.S. District Judge, to serve 235 months in prison for soliciting another person to violate federal civil rights laws by burning down a mosque...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 15, 2017
News Release: W&M Announces Markup of Legislation to Modify the Nuclear Production Tax Credit.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2017
News Release: Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on June 9, 2017, Paula Forbes (age: 49) of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release and ordered to pay $143,016 in restitution for...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2017
News Release: Russell Leroy Tanner, 65, of Rock Springs, Wyoming, was sentenced by Chief Federal District Court Judge Nancy D. Freudenthal, on June 13, 2017, for possession of child pornography. Tanner was arrested in Sweetwater County, Wyoming. He received 97 months of imprisonment, to be followed by ten years of...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 15, 2017
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - The EM Richland Operations Office (RL) is working, in partnership with the Washington State Department of Ecology, on interim stabilization efforts for a tunnel that partially collapsed in May.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2017
News Release: SHERMAN, Texas - A 42-year-old Lewisville, Texas man has been found guilty of child exploitation charges in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 15, 2017
News Release: LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. - Effective Friday, June 16, 2017, the Bureau of Land Management’s Colorado River District will implement fire and smoking restrictions on all 5.4 million acres of public lands in western Arizona and southeastern California along the Colorado River. These restrictions are similar to those already implemented in other areas across Arizona.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A San Diego man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to distributing more than 30 packages of methamphetamine through the mail.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 15, 2017
News Release: Florida International University Miami, Florida 1:18 P.M. EDT THE VICE PRESIDENT: Thank you, Mr. Secretary. And thank you all, I’m truly honored to be with you at this important gathering.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 15, 2017
News Release: This morning U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, and U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly kicked-off the Conference on Prosperity and Security in Central America in Miami, Florida with Mexican Foreign Secretary Videgaray and Mexican Interior Secretary Osorio Chong. The open plenary session ...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 15, 2017
News Release: Task Force showcases broad interagency support for promoting economic growth and spurring innovation in rural America
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2017
News Release: On World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, our nation joins the world in voicing our opposition to elder abuse, neglect, and financial exploitation. On this day, the Department of Justice extends its support to elder victims and their loved ones, recognizing with gratitude those who have committed their lives to protecting older Americans, and affirms its unwavering commitment to combatting elder mistreatment in all its forms.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2017
News Release: A Northern California real estate investor pleaded guilty yesterday for his role in a conspiracy to rig bids at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Northern California, the Department of Justice announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2017
News Release: The Justice Department announced today the filing of civil forfeiture complaints seeking the forfeiture and recovery of approximately $540 million in assets associated with an international conspiracy to launder funds misappropriated from a Malaysian sovereign wealth fund. Combined with civil forfeiture ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2017
News Release: The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida entered a consent decree of permanent injunction against Stratus Pharmaceuticals Inc. of Miami, Florida; Sonar Products Inc. of Carlstadt, New Jersey; and individuals Alberto Hoyo and Juan Carlos Billoch, the Department of Justice announced ...
