News from April 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2018
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Brendon Allan Young, 35, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of production, distribution and possession of child pornography, was sentenced to 35 years in prison and 20 years supervised release by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2018
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Cincinnati physician, who was convicted of illegally distributing oxycodone pills, was sentenced yesterday to 60 months in federal prison and a fine of $500,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2018
News Release: Fort Smith, Arkansas -Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Allen Frank Martin, age 57 of Arkoma, Oklahoma, was sentenced today to 87 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $277,767.40 in restitution...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2018
News Release: (ORLANDO, Fla.) - A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Ronald (36, Melbourne) with distributing heroin and cocaine that resulted in the death of another, distributing oxycodone, distributing heroin, possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, and two counts of carrying a firearm in relation...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 26, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today held a hearing with Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt regarding the agency’s Fiscal Year 2019 Environmental Protection Agency Budget.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 26, 2018
News Release: Report shows visitor spending supports 2,020 jobs in community.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2018
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced today that Preston Stewart, a/k/a “Pusha," 35, of Wilmington, was sentenced to five years’ incarceration by Chief U.S. District Judge Leonard P. Stark following convictions for two counts of possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 26, 2018
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has filed an administrative action under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) against The Produce Connection Inc.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 26, 2018
News Release: The Energy and Commerce Committee Democrats will host a news conference today at 9 a.m. at the House Triangle with environmental advocacy leaders to reiterate their call for the firing or resignation of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt and to discuss important issues he...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 26, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today held a hearing with Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt regarding the agency’s Fiscal Year 2019 Environmental Protection Agency Budget.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 26, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH) issued the following statement on the Senate confirmation of all five Federal Trade Commissioners.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 26, 2018
News Release: The Energy and Commerce Committee Democrats will host a news conference today at 9 a.m. at the House Triangle with environmental advocacy leaders to reiterate their call for the firing or resignation of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt and to discuss important issues he...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Three more defendants have been sentenced for their roles in a $4.3 million conspiracy to distribute large quantities of methamphetamine and heroin throughout Jackson, Clay, Ray, Clinton and Buchanan counties.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2018
News Release: An Ypsilanti resident was sentenced today to 87 months in prison for damaging a protected computer, United States Attorney Matthew Schneider announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2018
News Release: Everett James, 60, of St. Louis County, Missouri, has been indicted on charges of Social Security fraud, making false statements and theft of government funds.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 26, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), held a hearing today to examine the Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States (CFIUS), whether its process for reviewing investments needs an update, and the Foreign Investment Risk Review and Modernization Act (H.R. 4311).
By DOE Newswire | Apr 26, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today held a hearing with Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt regarding the agency’s Fiscal Year 2019 Environmental Protection Agency Budget.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2018
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Steven Paul Salmon, 56, of Vancleave, Mississippi, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola, Jr. to 97 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for distributing methamphetamine in Biloxi, Mississippi, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Freeze.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that JOHNNY BELTRE, 35, a citizen of the Dominican Republic last residing in Cromwell, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 108 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing heroin.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 26, 2018
News Release: MOOSE, WY-A new National Park Service report shows that more than 3.3 million recreational visitors to Grand Teton National Park in 2017 spent $590 million in communities near the park. That spending supported almost 8,700 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $744 million.
