News from August 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - On Aug. 29, 2018, Fernando Romero-Salgado, 38, of Rio Rico, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. Chief District Judge Raner C. Collins to 82 months’ imprisonment. Romero-Salgado had been previously found guilty following trial of smuggling goods from the United States and possession of ammunition by a convicted felon.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - All 10 Democratic members of the Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Environment wrote to Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Environment Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL) today renewing a request for the Chairmen to schedule a hearing on the Environmental...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: U.S. Soldier Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIS.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: TULSA, Okla.- United States Attorney Trent Shores announced that Mark Nicholas Jones, 37, of Sapulpa, pleaded guilty in federal court this morning to Bank Robbery and Brandishing a Firearm During a Crime of Violence.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - All 10 Democratic members of the Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Environment wrote to Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Environment Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL) today renewing a request for the Chairmen to schedule a hearing on the Environmental...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A methamphetamine user from Kansas City, Kan., was sentenced Monday to two years in federal prison on firearms charges, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces that William Matthew Napolitano (35, New Port Richey) today pleaded guilty to enticing and coercing a minor to engage in sexual activity and to possessing child pornography. Napolitano faces a maximum penalty of life in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), announced a hearing for Wednesday, September 5, 2018, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Opportunities to Improve Health Care."
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - G. Zachary Terwilliger has been confirmed by the United States Senate as the 62nd United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams has announced charges against six individuals for their roles in two vast conspiracies to traffic marijuana grown in Portland to Texas, Virginia and Florida.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: Last night, Tuesday, Aug. 28, Rocky Mountain National Park rangers were notified by a family member that Jens “Jay" Yambert, 60, of Urbana, Illinois, was overdue. Yambert is believed to have started from the Longs Peak Trailhead at 2 p.m. on Sunday, August 26. His rental car was found at the trailhead...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Aug. 29, 2018 - Muhammed Talik Shahid, 25, of Clarksville, Tennessee, was charged yesterday in a criminal complaint with attempting to rob the U.S. Bank in Clarksville, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: HAMMOND, Ind. - Lamont Coleman, 36 years old, and Katrina Owens, 24 years old, both of Gary, Indiana were charged via criminal complaint on Aug. 28, 2018 with conspiracy to distribute heroin. Also charged, in an indictment returned on Aug. 16, 2018, were Leroy Coleman, 55 years old, Tony Petty, 52 years old, and Augustine Pike, 45 years old, all of Gary, Indiana. The indictment contains charges of distribution of heroin.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), announced a hearing for Wednesday, September 5, 2018, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Opportunities to Improve Health Care."
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that an illegal alien from Mexico pleaded guilty Tuesday to re-entering the United States after being deported for the fifth time.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2018
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Robert Brown, of Detroit, Michigan, has admitted to selling oxycodone, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2018
News Release: Ocala, Florida - Heather Lee Kussoff (31, Cape Coral) today pleaded guilty to making a false statement to a federal law enforcement agency. She faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2018
News Release: Conviction under Continuing International Investigation Led by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and FBI into Violations of the Indian Arts and Crafts Act.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 28, 2018
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) has issued a prospectus soliciting proposals for the award of a concession contract to provide ferry/tourboat services at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore). The new concession contract will be for a term of 10 years, beginning on its effective date, which is estimated to be Jan. 1, 2019.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 28, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, Aug. 28, 2018 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that additional assistance has been made available for pecan growers to replant and replace trees through the Tree Assistance Program (TAP) as they recover from the impacts of 2017 weather events, which was made available by the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018.
