News from April 2018
By Interior Newswire | Apr 2, 2018
News Release: National Park Service (NPS) Southeast Regional Director Stan Austin announced the selection of Pauline “Polly" Angelakis as superintendent of North Carolina’s Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site, effective May 13.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2018
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky., - Delvagio Christopher Lax,33, of Lexington, KY, was sentenced today to 37 months years in prison by United States Senior District Court Judge Joseph M. Hood for Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon. Judge Hood also ordered Lax to pay a fine of $5,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2018
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 30 months in prison on his conviction of violating federal drug and firearms laws in two separate cases, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2018
News Release: Military Employee Charged with Child Pornography Offenses.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 2, 2018
News Release: Several public information sessions aimed at educating the local community on the risks of wildfires are scheduled for later this month.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 2, 2018
Release: WASHINGTON, April 2, 2018 - It’s spring, which means many invasive Hungry Pests are emerging and will soon begin feeding on trees, plants and crops. These destructive species - which include the emerald ash borer, gypsy moth and citrus greening disease - cost the nation $40 billion each year in damages ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2018
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Hurricane man caught receiving a shipment of crystal methamphetamine in Huntington was sentenced today to 90 months in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Sean Bradsher, 35, previously pled guilty to aiding and abetting the attempted possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine in federal court in Huntington. United States Attorney Stuart praised the efforts of the DEA AHIDTA Task Force.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2018
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Detroit woman caught with pain pills in Huntington in 2015 pled guilty today to a federal drug crime, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Kieyonda Annette-Marie Toler, 28, entered her guilty plea to possession with intent to distribute oxymorphone in federal court in Huntington. United States Attorney Stuart commended the work of the Huntington FBI Drug Task Force.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 2, 2018
News Release: While it is true that disruptions to our Nation’s energy flow often cross state borders, the response and mitigation actions that are taken to accelerate restoration, and get communities back on their feet begin with state and local government.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2018
News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI - William H. Dority, 56, of South Kingstown, pleaded guilty in federal court in Providence today to robbing a Narragansett bank of more than $4,000 in November 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Eric Wilson, of Florence, South Carolina, entered a guilty plea in federal court in Columbia, to conspiracy to commit wire, mail, or bank fraud, a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1349. United States District Judge Mary Geiger Lewis, of Columbia, accepted the guilty plea and will impose sentence after she has reviewed the presentence report which will be prepared by the U.S. Probation Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2018
News Release: RENO, Nev. - A Reno man pleaded guilty in federal court today to sexually exploiting his infant daughter and to distributing images of her engaged in sexually explicit conduct, announced U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2018
News Release: HAMMOND- Deandrea “Shorty Black" Davis, 37, of East Chicago, Indiana, was sentenced before Hammond District Court Judge James T. Moody on his plea of guilty to conspiracy to distribute cocaine and cocaine base and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, announced U.S. Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Marlin Russell Derk, age 46, of Sumter, South Carolina, has entered a guilty plea in federal court in Columbia, to distributing child pornography images that had traveled in interstate/foreign commerce by computer, a violation...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 2, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chairman Gregg Harper (R-MS) sent a letter to the Linux Foundation requesting more information about the challenges and opportunities faced by the open-source software (OSS) ecosystem.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 2, 2018
News Release: Washington, DC - Three Energy and Commerce Democratic Leaders sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt today demanding answers about his troubling Washington, D.C. housing arrangement during a six-month period in 2017 in which he rented a room for $50 a night...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2018
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Columbus man who was caught selling heroin in Huntington in 2016, was sentenced today to 21 months in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Traemone Khalil Miller, 22, previously pleaded guilty to distribution of heroin and fentanyl in federal court in Huntington. United States Attorney Stuart praised the excellent investigative work of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 2, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today sent a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding media reports detailing instances of abuse, neglect, and patient harm at both Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) and Nursing Facilities (NFs) participating in Medicare and/or Medicaid.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 2, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chairman Gregg Harper (R-MS) sent a letter to the Linux Foundation requesting more information about the challenges and opportunities faced by the open-source software (OSS) ecosystem.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2018
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - MATTHEW EDWARD HARMS, 39, of El Reno, Oklahoma, has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for possessing child pornography, announced Robert J. Troester, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
