News from February 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Timothy Ortiz, 47, of Waukegan, Illinois, was sentenced today to three years in prison for conspiring to ship misbranded synthetic drugs in interstate commerce with intent to defraud, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin announced.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 12, 2018
News Release: The Oregon Inlet, Cape Point, Frisco, and Ocracoke campgrounds will open for the season on Friday, March 30.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2018
News Release: DES MOINES, Iowa - On Feb. 12, 2018, Shannon Maurice Johnson, age 32, of Des Moines, Iowa, appeared before United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey and was sentenced to 180 months in prison following his plea of guilty to a felon in possession of firearms charge.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 12, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill, the top-ranking Democrat on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, today released the latest product of her wide-ranging investigation into opioid manufacturers and distributors. “Fueling an Epidemic: Exposing the Financial Ties Between...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2018
News Release: ISIS Supporter Sentenced to Prison for Firearms Offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2018
News Release: A Honduran man who had previously been deported following a federal conviction for illegal reentry was sentenced today to one year in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - On Feb. 10, 2018, Jamal Shehadeh, 59, of Sacramento, pleaded guilty to two counts of arson to commit a felony in furtherance of a long-running arson and insurance fraud scheme and was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Morrison C. England Jr. to 30 years in prison, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 12, 2018
News Release: When: Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018 at 2:30 p.m.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 12, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - In keeping with the Administration’s goal of securing America’s energy dominance, President Trump has proposed a $1 billion Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 budget for the Bureau of Land Management that will provide resources to promote energy development on public lands while expanding access to recreation and conservation areas.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2018
News Release: Regan and Susan Reedy Will Both Serve Time in Federal Prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2018
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - On Thursday, February 8, 2018, Michael Graham Lowe, 25, of Prattville, Alabama, was found guilty by a federal jury of sex trafficking of a minor and conspiracy to commit sex trafficking, announced United States Attorney Louis V. Franklin Sr.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - An Illinois man was sentenced Monday to 73 months in federal prison for driving the getaway car in a $53,000 holdup at a Verizon store in Village West, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said. The robbers held store employees at gunpoint and bound them with zip ties.
By State Newswire | Feb 12, 2018
News Release: The Governments of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and the United States of America held the 5th Joint Forum on Environmental Technical Cooperation on February 11 and 12, 2018 under the United States-Jordan Joint Statement on Environmental Technical Cooperation (Joint Statement). The Joint Statement, which was executed in October 2000, was negotiated in parallel with the United States-Jordan Free Trade Agreement Environment Chapter.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2018
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Timothy A. Garrison, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a former Arkansas state representative pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a conspiracy to embezzle more than $4 million from a Springfield, Mo.-based health care charity.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2018
News Release: DAYTON - Nicholas Gay, 37, of Dayton, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 120 months in prison for distributing fentanyl.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 12, 2018
News Release: Washington, DC - Students from James Madison University (JMU) will be tackling air travel security issues for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) as part of their spring semester of the Hacking for Defense (H4D) class.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2018
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Rockford, Ill. man was sentenced today in federal court by U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala for possessing cocaine with the intent to distribute it and possessing a firearm as a convicted felon on April 8, 2016. RYAN A. PANCYRZ, 29, was sentenced to 151 months in federal prison, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release. Pancyrz pleaded guilty to the charge on Nov. 6, 2017.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 12, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) released the following response to the release of President Donald Trump’s infrastructure proposal...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 12, 2018
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Indian Energy, in partnership with the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA), is hosting a free webinar titled “Steps Toward Your Tribal Community Energy Future" on Wednesday, Feb. 28, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Mountain Time.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 12, 2018
News Release: Appomattox, Va. - The National Park Service is beginning the process of developing an Environmental Assessment (EA) for a proposed comprehensive site-wide trail system at Appomattox Court House National Historical Park. The Park comprises approximately 1,770 acres and preserves the site of the surrender...
