News from August 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON -- The Department of Justice and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) have proposed a reduction for controlled substances that may be manufactured in the U.S. next year. Consistent with President Trump’s “Safe Prescribing Plan" that seeks to “cut nationwide opioid prescription fills...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: Defendant Distributed Methamphetamine while on Probation for State Offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: DENVER - Steven Dykes, age 61, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Pasquale Rubbo, age 51, of Coral Springs, Florida, and Angela Monaco, age 45, of Coconut Creek, Florida, were sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge R. Brooke Jackson for their role in a six-million-dollar investment fraud. The sentences...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Valerie M. Stevens, 36, formerly of Lincoln, Nebraska, was sentenced Tuesday in Lincoln, Nebraska, to 15 months in prison by United States Senior District Judge Richard G. Kopf, for wire fraud. In addition to the prison sentence, Ms. Stevens will also be required to pay restitution in the amount of $222,322.43 and serve three years on supervised release.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) announces the signing of the Record of Decision for the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the replacement of the pier at Scorpion Anchorage on East Santa Cruz Island.
By State Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today delivered the following remarks during a hearing on the nomination of Ambassador David Hale to serve as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - United States District Court Judge David Hale sentenced Donald L. Martin, of Floyds Knobs, Indiana to federal prison for 10 years for seeking sex with a minor and traveling with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct, today announced United States Attorney Russell M. Coleman.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - Starting the week of Aug. 20, park staff will continue a project to eliminate nonnative fish from the upper Gibbon River drainage. Once nonnative fish are removed, biologists will reintroduce native fish species to the streams in this area.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
Release: ARLINGTON, Va. - For the third time within a short nine-day period, Transportation Security Administration officers at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) caught a gun at one of the airport’s checkpoints. All three men who were caught had their guns confiscated by police, who cited each man on weapons charges.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) today issued the following statement after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it has approved the first generic version of the EpiPen, used to treat allergic reactions.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held the hearing, “Hearing to Examine Implementation of Clean Water Act Section 401 and S. 3303, the Water Quality Certification Improvement Act of 2018." Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - One former resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court to one count of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Marc C. Turner, 44, of Sacramento, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Troy L. Nunley to 20 years in prison for receipt of child pornography, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Brockton man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for the armed kidnapping of a Quincy man and two children.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), delivered the following remarks at a legislative hearing titled, “Hearing to Examine Implementation of Clean Water Act Section 401 and S. 3303, the Water Quality Certification Improvement Act of 2018."
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: MILWAUKEE-The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will hold a wild horse and burro event providing wild horses and possibly a few yearling and burros, August 24 - 25, 2018, at Cheshire Fairgrounds, 247 Monadnock Highway, Swanzey, New Hampshire. Yearling and burros may not always be available at the event.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Quincy man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston on drug trafficking and firearm charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: Tampa, Florida - A federal grand jury has returned a charging William Matthew Napolitano (35, New Port Richey) with enticement of a minor and with producing, distributing, and possessing child pornography. If convicted on all counts, Napolitano faces a maximum penalty of life in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. -The Department of Justice and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) have proposed a reduction for controlled substances that may be manufactured in the U.S. next year. Consistent with President Trump’s “Safe Prescribing Plan" that seeks to “cut nationwide opioid prescription fills...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: This weekend, staff and volunteers from San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department Search and Rescue and the National Park Service continued searching for missing hiker, Paul Miller of Canada. Over a month has passed since Miller, 51, was last seen on Friday, July 13th as he departed his hotel with the intention of hiking Fortynine Palms Oasis, a popular hiking trail.
