News from April 2018
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 11, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) announced today that the Committee will hold a hearing on the effects on the U.S. economy and jobs of tariff increases related to Section 232 and Section 301 investigations. The hearing will take place on Thursday, April 12, 2018 in 1100 Longworth House Office Building, beginning at 10:00 AM.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA. - A resident of Texas pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiring to distribute narcotics, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2018
News Release: Memphis, TN - One of 16 alleged Gangster Disciples members and associates indicted on racketeering charges in May 2016 pleaded guilty to RICO conspiracy. Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant of the Western Division...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2018
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 55-year-old resident of Pettus has been ordered to federal prison following his admission that he attempted to meet two underage boys for the purpose of sex, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Darrell Freeze pleaded guilty Oct. 30, 2017, to one count of online solicitation of a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2018
News Release: EL PASO, Texas - A local physician faces federal drug trafficking charges, announced United States Attorney John F. Bash and Drug Enforcement (DEA) Acting Special Agent in Charge Steve A. Borak, El Paso Division.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 11, 2018
News Release: * Chattanooga, Tennessee - April 16 (8:00AM - 3:00PM) Edney Innovation Center, 1100 Market Street, 5th Floor, Chattanooga, TN 37402. Register at...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 11, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, delivered a speech on the Senate floor outlining her serious concerns with, and strong opposition to, the nomination of Patrick Pizzella to serve as Deputy Secretary of Labor.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 11, 2018
Release: MERIDIAN, Miss. - Demand for travelers interested in enrolling in the Transportation Security Administration’s TSA Pre✓® program has been so strong that a temporary application center will be stood up in the Meridian Regional Airport (MEI) from May 14 - 18.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 11, 2018
News Release: BILLINGS, Montana -- Reclamation's April forecast of the April through July runoff predicted for the Bighorn Basin is as follows...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that a Federal Grand Jury in Greenville, South Carolina, returned Indictments against the following.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Two Allegheny County residents have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of damaging railroad signals and equipment, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2018
News Release: In El Paso, a local physician faces federal drug trafficking charges, announced United States Attorney John F. Bash and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Acting Special Agent in Charge Steve A. Borak, El Paso Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2018
News Release: Memphis, TN - A former Shelby County Sheriff’s Deputy has been sentenced to 63 months in federal prison for one count of Hobbs Act extortion; one count of receipt of a bribe by a government agent and one count of solicitation to tamper with a witness. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant for the Western District of Tennessee announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2018
News Release: A man who mailed at least 45 pounds of methamphetamine from Phoenix, Arizona, to Dubuque, Iowa, was sentenced today to more than 15 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2018
News Release: North Carolina Return Preparer Sentenced to Over 10 Years in Jail for Filing Fraudulent Returns.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 11, 2018
News Release: Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a method for generating numbers guaranteed to be random by quantum mechanics. Described in the April 12 issue of Nature, the experimental technique surpasses all previous methods for ensuring the unpredictability of its random numbers and may enhance security and trust in cryptographic systems.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 11, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation released the draft Environmental Assessment and draft Finding of No Significant Impact for public comment that analyzes the inclusion of additional design constraints to the Delta-Mendota Canal Groundwater Pump-in Program. The design constraints have been developed in order to minimize potential contribution of the program’s impacts to subsidence along the Delta-Mendota Canal.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that a Carencro man was sentenced last week to 84 months in prison for possessing child pornography on his computer.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2018
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A citizen of Mexico pleaded guilty in federal court in Johnstown on his conviction of re-entry of an illegal alien, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2018
News Release: DURANGO -- Timothy Merritt, age 57, of Utah was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Robert Blackburn on April 9, 2018, to 24 years in prison for the crimes of Murder in the Second Degree in Indian Country and Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury in Indian Country. Merritt was convicted after...
