News from April 2018
By DOE Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) made a $25 million funding opportunity announcement (FOA) to support energy sector cybersecurity. Under this FOA, the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability’s Cybersecurity for Energy Delivery Systems (CEDS) program will seek applications to conduct research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) for innovative approaches to advance cyber resilient energy delivery systems.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Stephanie Edmonds, of Baltimore, Maryland, was sentenced today to two years probation for money laundering, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: Jaime LOZANO-CEJA, 30, and Juan Jose SANCHEZ-RIVERA, 26, residents of O’Fallon, Illinois, were indicted on charges of conspiracy to distribute heroin, distribution of heroin, and possession with intent to distribute heroin, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The manager of a Springfield, Ill., establishment known as Mystic Enchantments has been arrested and charged by complaint in an ongoing investigation of distribution of synthetic cannabinoids, known as Spice or K2. Letha Dean, 71, of Salisbury, Ill., was arrested on April 13, and...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
Release: NEW DELHI, INDIA-- Today, U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry and India’s Atomic Energy Secretary Dr. Sekhar Basu signed an agreement to expand the two countries’ collaboration on world-leading science and technology projects. It opens the way for jointly advancing cutting-edge neutrino science projects ...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D. visited Rutgers University together to tour the campus’ Center for Structured Organic Particulate Systems (C-SOPS). Pallone invited Commissioner Gottlieb to Rutgers to discuss the university...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: William Glaser, 60 of Ellisville, Missouri surrendered this morning in federal court to an Indictment charging him with three counts of wire fraud in connection with his solicitation of more than $1,000,000 in investments from three former clients. The investments went to Paul Creager of Everett Builders whose St Louis County construction company was liquidated by creditors last summer.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA -The United States Attorney Office will speak to more than 3,000 students spanning several counties across the Northern District of West Virginia in April to recognize National Crime Victims’ Rights Week.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D. visited Rutgers University together to tour the campus’ Center for Structured Organic Particulate Systems (C-SOPS). Pallone invited Commissioner Gottlieb to Rutgers to discuss the university...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - Arnoldo Morfin-Arias, aka “Efrain Arias" and “Pollo," 44, of Dallas, Texas, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge John McBryde to Life in federal prison following his guilty plea in November 2017 to one count of conspiring to traffic in methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement regarding the Federal Communications Commission’s allocation of $742 million to reimburse TV stations as they relocate to new channels after the successful incentive auction.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Steven Robinson, of Baltimore, Maryland was sentenced today to 144 months incarceration for distributing heroin, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: Former Employee of Southern California Ambulance Company Sentenced to Prison for Role in Medicare Fraud Scheme.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D. visited Rutgers University together to tour the campus’ Center for Structured Organic Particulate Systems (C-SOPS). Pallone invited Commissioner Gottlieb to Rutgers to discuss the university...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced today a Wood County man was sentenced in connection with a federal methamphetamine charge. Timothy Waldron, 31, of Mineral Wells, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge John T. Copenhaver, Jr. to 12 years in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. Stuart praised the work of the Parkersburg Drug Task Force.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A Nashville man who filmed himself sexually exploiting a toddler boy and an infant girl on multiple occasions was sentenced to 105 years in federal prison Monday for multiple counts of producing and transporting child pornography. The sentencing follows an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The manager of a Springfield, Ill., establishment known as Mystic Enchantments has been arrested and charged by complaint in an ongoing investigation of distribution of synthetic cannabinoids, known as Spice or K2. Letha Dean, 71, of Salisbury, Ill., was arrested on April 13, and...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO), Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member Paul Tonko (D-NY) and full committee Vice Ranking Member Kathy Castor (D-FL) issued the following statement today reiterating their call for Administrator Pruitt’s resignation following troubling new reports from both GAO and the Inspector General...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement regarding the Federal Communications Commission’s allocation of $742 million to reimburse TV stations as they relocate to new channels after the successful incentive auction.
By State Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement regarding President Trump’s decision to override his Administration’s plan to impose new sanctions on Russia for Moscow’s support of the Assad regime...
