News from August 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: Conspiracy Involved Target Department Store’s REDcard Accounts.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: DENVER - Kirsten Lippold, age 48, of Boulder, Colorado, was sentenced today to serve 10 years in federal prison for distributing heroin resulting in death, U.S. Attorney Bob Troyer and FBI Denver Division Special Agent in Charge Calvin Shivers announced. The sentence was handed down by U.S. District...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas -Demarcus Davis, aka “Zigg," 26, of Fort Worth, Texas, was sentenced Monday by U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Connor to life in federal prison, announced Erin Nealy Cox U.S. Attorney of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: Charleston, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon stated that Charles Baldwin Wilson, age 36, of Charleston, was sentenced in federal court in Charleston for Possession of Firearms by a Convicted Felon, and Possession with Intent to Distribute Marijuana, in violation of Title 18 U.S.C.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Johtonnie Yazzie, 30, of Rocksprings, N.M., was sentenced yesterday afternoon in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 45 months in prison followed by ten years of supervised release for possessing child pornography. Yazzie also will be required to register as a sex offender after he completes his prison sentence.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today in response to the Trump Administration’s proposed rollback of fuel efficiency and pollution standards, known as CAFE standards, for cars and trucks...
By DOE Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders sent a letter today to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) supporting their transparent, deliberative process for proposing the Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicle Rule, which addresses the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards and Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions standards for Model Years 2021-2026.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon stated today that United States District Judge Mary Geiger Lewis sentenced Nicole Jenice Samples, age 36, of Columbia, to one year incarceration as a result of her conviction for deprivation of civil rights, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 242.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX - On Aug. 1, 2018, Jason Allen Martinez, 37, of Parker, Ariz., and a member of the Colorado River Indian Tribes, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge David G. Campbell to 77 months in prison, followed by a term of three years of supervised release. Martinez had previously pleaded guilty to assault...
By DOE Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today in response to the Trump Administration’s proposed rollback of fuel efficiency and pollution standards, known as CAFE standards, for cars and trucks...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: A correlation between obesity and genetics has been found to be modified by diet, according to a scientific paper in the American Journal of Clinical Nutritio n. A research group led by a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA ) scientist found that a specific gene-APOA2-can result in a higher body mass index (BMI).
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today in response to the Trump Administration’s proposed rollback of fuel efficiency and pollution standards, known as CAFE standards, for cars and trucks...
By DOE Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan and Rep. Don Young, all R-Alaska, today released the following statements after the State of Alaska and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to officially initiate the rulemaking process to develop an Alaska-specific Roadless Rule, ensuring greater access to our national forests.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - William C. Ruff, age 43, of Clifton Park, New York, was sentenced on Tuesday to 10 years in prison for distributing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Zachary Allen Queen, of Clarksburg, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 15 months incarceration for his role in a heroin distribution operation, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn.- On Aug. 1, 2018, Michael J.W. Potter, 36, of Kingsport, Tennessee, was sentenced by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Judge, to serve the remainder of his life in federal prison. There is no parole in the federal system.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 2, 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), issued the following statement on the Trump administration's proposed Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions standards for cars and trucks in Model Years 2021 to 2026.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: Wanted FBI Fugitive Ransom Cardel White Captured in Lafayette, Louisiana.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders sent a letter today to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) supporting their transparent, deliberative process for proposing the Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicle Rule, which addresses the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards and Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions standards for Model Years 2021-2026.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: COLUMBUS, OH - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Sewing Collection Inc. - a coat hanger recycling company - for serious and repeat safety violations. The Columbus, Ohio-based company faces proposed penalties totaling $190,247.
