News from April 2018
By State Newswire | Apr 17, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today made the following statement during a hearing on U.S. policy in Yemen.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2018
News Release: Defendants Charged with Distribution of Crack Cocaine and Heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2018
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - A federal grand jury has returned a superseding indictment against Jerry Drake Varnell, 24, of Sayre, Oklahoma, for attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction at BancFirst in downtown Oklahoma City, announced Robert J. Troester, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2018
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Seligman, Mo., man has been sentenced in federal court for possessing methamphetamine to distribute following a high-speed pursuit by law enforcement officers that ended at a chicken farm.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 17, 2018
News Release: Due to prolonged extreme fire danger, Carlsbad Caverns National Park has implemented the following preventative measures.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Daveon Brantley, a/k/a Swalay, and Amber Brinson were sentenced today to 22 years, one month and nine years, seven months, respectively, for sex trafficking a 13-year-old girl after she ran away from home.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2018
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On April 16, 2018, Jose Penaranda Tan, 58, of Morristown, Tennessee, was sentenced by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Judge, to serve 12 months and one day in federal prison. In addition to his prison sentence, Tan must also pay restitution to Medicare, Medicaid (known as TennCare in the state of Tennessee), Cigna, Optum, and Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) of Tennessee in an amount to be determined by Judge Greer.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2018
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Three people are facing a charge involving an illegal firearms operation, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Two men were arraigned today for their alleged roles in a phony check scheme that stole over $2 million in merchandise from multiple home-improvement stores throughout the country, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 17, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today announced a hearing to discuss early impressions of the new tax law. The hearing will take place on April 24, 2018, at 2:30 p.m., in 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2018
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that two men were sentenced to federal prison for multiple armed robberies, including the armed robbery of Wells Fargo Bank in August 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2018
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - The owner of American Auto Pros in Corpus Christi has been ordered to federal prison after admitting he used numerous credit card accounts belonging to others in order to obtain things of value without authorization, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Antonio Arteaga, 38, of Corpus Christi, pleaded guilty Nov. 2, 2017, to one count of credit card fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 17, 2018
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry announced up to $105.5 million to support America’s continued leadership in energy innovation through solar technology. Under the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO), DOE will fund about 70 projects to advance ...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 17, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Energy hearing on “Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Oversight and the FY2019 Budget:"
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Newark, New Jersey, resident today admitted conspiring to obtain marijuana from California to sell in New Jersey, and paying cash bribes to two U.S. Postal Service (USPS) mail carriers to intercept and deliver parcels to him, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 17, 2018
News Release: WINNEMUCCA, Nev. - On April 13, the Bureau of Land Management, Winnemucca District, Black Rock Field Office issued a Decision Record (DR) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) based on analysis provided in the Smoke Creek Complex Gather Plan Environmental Assessment (EA). The BLM developed a 10-year gather plan to manage wild horses within the Smoke Creek Complex.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A federal grand jury indictment unsealed here today charges six men with conspiracy to distribute heroin in Kansas City, Kan., U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago investment advisor was sentenced today to more than 12 years in federal prison for stealing $5.2 million from several clients, including his elderly in-laws.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 17, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON -Today, U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), joined Agriculture Committee members U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) to urge the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to review the proposed purchase of National Beef Packing Co. by a Brazilian meat company.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 17, 2018
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today chaired a hearing of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee focused on deferred maintenance and the operational needs of the National Park Service (NPS). The deferred maintenance backlog, which currently stands at $11.6 billion, is one of the most significant challenges for NPS to provide a quality visitor experience.
