News from December 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: George Muzio, Jr., Posed as Teenager and Persuaded Minors Across the Country to Take and Send Him Sexually Explicit Photographs.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Several days after the conclusion of the COP24 climate conference in Poland, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), joined other Democrats on the Senate floor yesterday to discuss the urgent need for decisive action to fight climate ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO- A federal grand jury has indicted Jerry Ji Guo, charging him with eight counts of wire fraud in a scheme to defraud customers of cryptocurrencies, announced U.S. Attorney Alex G. Tse and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the committee released a new report from the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO). The watchdog’s report, “Information Security: Significant Progress Made, but CDC Needs to Take Further Action to Resolve Control Deficiencies and Improve Its Program," is the result...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced today that an illegal alien from Honduras pleaded guilty to illegally re-entering the country for a fifth time.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: Fraudulently Billed Insurance Companies approximately $5 Million for Services Never Performed.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Justin Dale Killer, age 35, of Stilwell, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to Felon In Possession Of Firearm in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2), punishable by not less than 10 years imprisonment, up to a $250,000.00 fine, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: El Dorado, Arkansas - Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Robert Craig “Bob" Smith, age 55, of El Dorado, Arkansas, was sentenced today to 24 months in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release and ordered to pay $850,399.79 in restitution on two counts of Bank Fraud. The Honorable Susan O. Hickey presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in El Dorado.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
Release: PHILADELPHIA - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) expects to screen a record number of travelers during the 2018 Christmas and New Year holiday travel season, so travelers flying out of the Philadelphia region will have plenty of company when passing through the airport.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: Following President Donald Trump’s signing of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Collin Peterson released the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The Justice Department today announced the seizure of 15 internet domains associated with DDoS-for-hire services, as well as criminal charges against three defendants who facilitated the computer attack platforms.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Earlier this week, U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), top Republican on the Energy and Natural Resources Committee (ENR), introduced a bill (S. 3779) that would establish a grant program ...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Delaware's Congressional Delegation, U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons, and Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (all D-Del.), celebrated the passage of the Strengthening Coastal Communities Act of 2018, which included legislation they led in the House and Senate that adjusts ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pa., pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy to distribute a quantity of crack cocaine, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Pittsburgh, PA has been sentenced in federal court to four years and nine months in prison, followed by six years of supervised release, on his conviction of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Charleston man pled guilty to a federal firearms charge, said United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Michael D. Williams, 49, pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. Williams was on supervised release for a prior federal conviction for conspiracy to commit arson. The investigation was conducted by the Charleston Police Department, with assistance from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today applauded the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s final rule on his landmark legislation - the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard - to protect the use of agriculture biotechnology, provide certainty to farmers and the supply chain, and ensure consumers have greater access to food information.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: TULSA, Okla. - An armed robber has been sentenced in U.S. District Court for the robbery of a Broken Arrow QuikTrip, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) today announced its latest funding opportunity designed to support early stage, transformative energy technologies. The “Solicitation on Topics Informing New Program Areas” funding opportunity enables ARPA-E to investigate potential new program areas while highlighting energy challenges of critical interest to American competitiveness and security.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry, today released the following statement on the U.S. Department of Agriculture‘s (USDA) proposed rule, which would increase obstacles for families participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)...
