News from April 2018
By DOE Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today announced a markup for Wednesday, April 18, 2018, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), announced a roundtable discussion for Thursday, April 19, 2018, at 10:30 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The roundtable discussion is entitled, “Personal Stories from the Opioid Crisis."
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today announced a markup for Wednesday, April 18, 2018, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By Commerce 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 Interior Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: Come celebrate Earth Day at Rocky Mountain National Park. A special Earth Day event will be held Saturday, April 21, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Beaver Meadows Visitor Center and entrance to the park is free on Saturday. Earth Day is a chance for the world to unite around the importance of environmental...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Angela Dawn Roberts, of Stephenson, Virginia was ordered to pay more than $22,000 in restitution and sentenced to five years probation for identity theft, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 42 months of probation and 10 months of home confinement on her conviction of conspiring to possess and distribute opiate painkillers, oxycodone and oxymorphone, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: The former President & CEO and the former vault manager of Northwest Territorial Mint, a now-bankrupt company dealing in precious metals, were indicted last week for 20 federal felonies resulting from a Ponzi-like scheme that defrauded customers of millions of dollars, announced U.S. Attorney Annette...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: Margaret Ortiz, 35, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty today to an Indictment charging her with Conspiracy to defraud the United States through claims, announced United States Attorney William M. McSwain.
By State Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) today led a bipartisan group of senators in proposing legislation to replace the 2001 and 2002 authorizations for use of military force (AUMFs) with an updated AUMF against al-Qaida, the Taliban, and the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn.- April 18, 2018 - Deunta Finch, aka LT, 28, of Nashville, Tennessee, was sentenced on Friday to 290 months in prison on federal firearms and robbery charges, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran, for the Middle District of Tennessee. Finch pleaded guilty in January 2017 to being a convicted ...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) announced today that Glen Canyon National Recreation Area will modify its entrance fees to provide additional funding for infrastructure and maintenance needs to enhance the visitor experience. Effective June 1, 2018, the entrance fees to the park will be $30 per vehicle...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Jerome Dayzie, 44, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Roundrock, Ariz., pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to an involuntary manslaughter charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that Jennifer Marie Trengove, 41, of Anchorage, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Timothy M. Burgess to serve 105 months in federal prison for committing three bank robberies in Anchorage last May. Trengove previously pleaded guilty in August 2017 to three counts of bank robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: A Cleveland man was sentenced to nearly 16 years in federal prison for firing a shotgun during a carjacking in Euclid.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Dr. Tod Hagins, of Wintersville, Ohio, has admitted to writing fraudulent prescriptions to be sold on the streets from his Weirton, West Virginia practice, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House passed H.R. 3607 (Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Calif.), H.R. 4609 (Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Colo.), H.R. 443 (Rep. Scott DesJarlais, R-Tenn.), H.R. 146 (Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, R-Tenn.), H.R. 3961 (Rep. Darren Soto, D-Fla.), and S. 167 (Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan.). Chairman Rob Bishop (R-Utah) issued the following statement.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Following a five-day trial, a federal jury has found Jason James Neiheisel (28, Jacksonville) guilty of sharing child sex abuse videos and making them available for online for distribution. He faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 5 years, up to 40 years, in federal prison and a potential life term of supervised release. A sentencing date has not yet been set. FBI agents arrested Neiheisel on May 4, 2017.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: The 2018 Denali mountaineering season is off to an early start. The first expedition of the season has already come and gone. The four-member team from the United Kingdom and Australia began their early-season ascent of the West Buttress on March 22, 2018. Two members, Jonathon Gupta of Caernarfon, Wales and Steven Plain of Burswood, Western Australia reached Denali’s 20,310-foot summit on April 3.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A San Pedro man who called the Washington, D.C. office of United States Representative Maxine Waters and threatened to kill the congresswoman pleaded guilty today to a federal felony offense stemming from the threat.
