News from April 2018
By DOT News Wire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: Remarks as Delivered by U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao Combined Federal Campaign Closing Ceremony Washington, D.C. Tuesday, Apr. 10, 2018 Good afternoon. Thank you, Keith [Nelson] for that introduction. I’m so pleased to be here with all of you to mark the close of the successful 2017 ...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - In the face of a worsening drought, the Bureau of Reclamation’s Albuquerque Area Office and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers today released their Annual Operating Plan for the Rio Grande. Some of the lowest snowpack reports on record will leave water managers with very little water to...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Joint Select Committee on the Solvency of Multiemployer Pension Plans Co-Chairmen Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) today announced they will convene a hearing on Wednesday, April 18, to provide an overview of the multiemployer pension system. The hearing will take place at 2 p.m. in Dirksen Senate Office Building Room 215.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorneys Benjamin J. Katz and Mark W. Pletcher (619) 546-9604 and (619) 546-9714.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: Three men pleaded guilty to their roles in concealing the provision of thousands of dollars to Anwar Al-Awlaki in an effort to support violent jihad against U.S. military personnel in Iraq, Afghanistan and throughout the world.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: Memphis, TN - A Memphis man has pleaded guilty to possession of accessing devices with intent to defraud and aggravated identity theft. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant of the Western Division of Tennessee announced the guilty plea today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Jesus Chavez, age 27 and Rudy Mendoza age 33, both federal inmates at the United States Penitentiary Canaan (“USP Canaan"), located in Waymart, Pennsylvania, were indicted on April 10, 2018, by a federal grand jury with assaulting another inmate with a dangerous weapon.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that RONALD VANTRESS, JR., age 53, of New Orleans, was charged in a three-count indictment with bank robbery, interstate transportation of stolen property, and interstate transportation of a stolen motor vehicle, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2113(a), 2314, and 2312.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - Today in separate criminal informations, tax charges were filed in federal court against two Portland-based marijuana business owners. Nathan Wheeler, 42, of Portland, was charged with one count each of wire fraud and tax evasion. Matthew Price, 32, also of Portland, faces four counts of willfully failing to file income tax returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that a former airline employee has been sentenced in federal court for hacking PenAir’s ticketing and reservation system between April and May 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Thomas Richard Lepre, 63, of Ocean Springs, Mississippi, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to two years in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for a wire fraud scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Freeze. Lepre was also ordered to pay $504,369.00 in restitution to victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: In Austin today, federal charges were filed against two Austin area residents and an Arizona machinegun manufacturer in connection with a firearms smuggling scheme that involved machine guns and assault weapons, announced United States Attorney John F. Bash; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - A former local probate judge for Hart County, Georgia, was charged in an indictment today for soliciting sexual contact in exchange for favorable action on driving under the influence charges and other traffic offenses, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the Justice...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: Seven House Democratic national security leaders sent a letter to Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen and Defense Secretary James Mattis to oppose President Trump’s recent decision to deploy National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border. Given the potential cost and with border crossings at a 40-year ...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: Cincinnati - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) awarded two indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) multiple-award contracts for the disposal of low-level radioactive waste (LLW) and mixed-low level radioactive waste (MLLW) today to EnergySolutions, LLC of Clive, Utah and Waste Control Specialists LLC of Andrews, Texas.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Seven House Democratic national security leaders sent a letter to Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen and Defense Secretary James Mattis to oppose President Trump’s recent decision to deploy National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border. Given the potential cost and with border crossings...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Medford, New Jersey, pharmacist was sentenced today to 180 months in prison for illegally distributing and dispensing oxycodone from two pharmacies located in Medford, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy Jr. announced today that Michael Krepp, 57, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography before U.S. District Judge Charles J. Sirgusa. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 120 months in prison and a maximum penalty of 240 months.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management will hold a meeting of the Coeur d’Alene Resource Advisory Council (RAC), demonstrating that partnerships and inclusion are vital to managing sustainable, working public lands.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that David Miedel, 42, of Michigan, who was convicted of conspiracy to transfer stolen property in interstate commerce, was sentenced to 12 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa. The defendant was also ordered to pay restitution to Xerox in the amount of $1,031,680.24.
