News from April 2018
By EPA Newswire | Apr 11, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a full committee hearing on “Facebook: Transparency and Use of Consumer Data:"
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 11, 2018
News Release: “Good morning. Today our Committee will consider measures crafted over the past two years by Democrats and Republicans working together to redesign the Internal Revenue Service, protect your private taxpayer information, and prevent identity theft of your Social Security numbers.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2018
News Release: A Florida man was sentenced yesterday to 180 months in federal prison for writing illegal prescriptions for pain killers and for laundering the proceeds of his crimes, U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2018
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Fredericksburg man was sentenced today to 16 1/2 years in prison for possession with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that a Texas man was sentenced last week to 16 months in prison for possessing an improvised weapon while a prisoner in Pollock, Louisiana.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2018
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that Mack Arthur Parker, 52, of Juneau, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Timothy M. Burgess, to serve 34 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 11, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS), today held a hearing to receive an update on grid restoration efforts in storm ravaged Puerto Rico.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2018
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Farmingdale, New Jersey, man today admitted perpetrating a long-running scheme to defraud investment clients out of millions of dollars, forging an attorney’s signature without authorization in connection with that scheme, and preparing false tax returns for his clients, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2018
News Release: Fraudulent Investment scam resulted in loss exceeding $1,000,000 for eleven partners.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 11, 2018
News Release: EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management Mother Lode Field Office is reopening recreation sites along the Merced River, including McCabe Flat, Willow Placer and Railroad Flat campgrounds, after a mudslide on Railroad Grade Road has been cleaned up.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2018
News Release: Defendant admits responsibility for death of innocent bystander in Chelsea.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 11, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources passed H.R. 3144 (Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash), H.R. 3392 (Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La.), H.R. 3997 (Rep. Keith Rothfus, R-Pa.), H.R. 4257 (Rep. Chris Stewart, R-Utah), and H.R. 5005 (Rep. Al Lawson, Jr., D-Fla.).
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 11, 2018
News Release: Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) issued the following statement after Speaker of the House Paul D. Ryan announced he will not seek re-election after serving 10 terms in the House of Representatives...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2018
News Release: Charges Include Firearm Possession, Drug Trafficking, Passing Counterfeiting Obligations, And Witness Tampering.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2018
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell today sentenced Paul Fabrizio Solis (40, Bradenton) to 16 years in federal prison for producing and possessing child pornography. He was also ordered to serve 25 years on supervised release, following his incarceration. Solis pleaded guilty on November 6, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2018
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that two men from Austin, Texas, pleaded guilty last week to using a credit card skimmer to steal information to create fake credit cards and steal thousands from private accounts.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2018
News Release: BISMARCK - U.S. Attorney Christopher C. Myers announced today that on April 13, 2018, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of North Dakota will host a National Crime Victims’ Rights Week Awards Ceremony to raise awareness about crime victims’ rights and to recognize individuals throughout the...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 11, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Human Resources Subcommittee Chairman Adrian Smith (R-NE) announced today a series of hearings on “Jobs and Opportunity: Perspectives on the Jobs Gap." The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, P.L. 115-97, is putting more money into...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 10, 2018
Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - United States District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced Montel Harvey, a/k/a “Telly," age 26, of Baltimore, Maryland, today to 21½ years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release for conspiring to participate in a racketeering enterprise known as the Black Guerilla ...
