News from May 2017

By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: California Man Sentenced to Prison for Stealing IDs and U.S. Treasury Checks.

By Interior Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - President Donald J. Trump today proposed a $2.55 billion Fiscal Year 2018 budget for the National Park Service (NPS), including funding increases for top Trump Administration priorities like deferred maintenance.

By Commerce Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at an Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing titled, “U.S. Public Health Response to the Zika Virus: Continuing Challenges:"

By Commerce Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: W&M Announces Markup of Legislation to Further Expand Health Care Options for Americans.

By DOE Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at a Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee hearing on “Disrupter Series: Delivering to Consumer:"

By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Marshall J. Cheromiah, the former supervisor at the Laguna Pueblo Superette, was sentenced today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to three months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for embezzling funds belonging to the Pueblo of Laguna. Cheromiah was also ordered to pay $21,758 in restitution to the Laguna Development Corporation and to perform 40 hours of community service.

By US DOT Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $63,000 civil penalty against Gladwin Paint Company of Arlington, Texas, for allegedly violating the Hazardous Materials Regulations.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: DAYTON - A federal grand jury returned two indictments today charging five people with robbing two Middletown pharmacies and stealing prescription drugs including morphine, oxycodone and hydrocodone for the purpose of selling the drugs on the street.

By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: Indianapolis--United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler, today announced the indictment of nine individuals in an investigation into an Indianapolis street gang known as The Mob. The indictment charges six of these defendants with violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations statute, which the U.S. Attorney’s Office used in 2013 to successfully prosecute members of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club.

By US DOT Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement regarding the drastic cuts to environmental and public health protections as well as infrastructure programs that are included in President Trump's fiscal year 2018 budget proposal.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Devell Devoual, 35, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court to a methamphetamine trafficking charge under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

By EPA Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone Jr. (D-N.J.) issued the following statement today after President Trump released his budget proposal for fiscal year 2018...

By Interior Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: President Donald Trump today requested a $1.1 billion Fiscal Year 2018 (FY18) budget for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) that supports the Administration’s priorities, including increased American energy development and promoting job growth.
By Commerce Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone Jr. (D-N.J.) issued the following statement today after President Trump released his budget proposal for fiscal year 2018...
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Maurice Garvin, age 27, of East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, was indicted on May 9, 2017, by a federal grand jury on drug trafficking charges. The indictment was unsealed on May 22, 2017, following Garvin’s arrest.

By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Victor Leos, 63, of Garland, Texas, appeared in federal court this morning before U.S. Magistrate Judge David L. Horan and pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit false statements in connection with immigration documents, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.

By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: The “MOB Gang" allegedly responsible for a number of area pharmacy robberies taking prescription narcotics for street sale.
By EPA Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today issued the following statement after the administration released their fiscal year 2018 budget request.

By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal jury in Fresno today found former Fresno deputy police chief Keith Foster, 53, guilty of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin and conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute marijuana, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By Interior Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: Capitol Reef National Park is delighted to announce photographer Kit Frost as the first Artist-in-Residence (AIR) at the park. Through this Artist-in-Residence program, artists are able to express the park’s features and issues in a powerful and engaging way. This emerging program can present a new perspective and understanding of Capitol Reef’s effect on us, and of the challenges the park faces in this century.