News from February 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2018
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky., - Two Detroit men have been sentenced to federal prison for drug and firearm offenses. U.S. District Judge Danny C. Reeves formally sentenced each, on Friday, Feb. 2, 2018.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 7, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS) announced a hearing for Wednesday, Feb. 14, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining the Impact of Health Care Consolidation."
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2018
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Heidi Jones was sentenced to 45 months in prison to be followed by 3 years supervised release and $92,401.20 in restitution to 11 different victims.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 7, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Environment Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today announced a hearing for Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018, at 2 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “New Source Review Permitting Challenges for Manufacturing and Infrastructure."
By EPA Newswire | Feb 7, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), will hold a hearing on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Oversight of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration."
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 7, 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 on the Senate floor on the need to rebuild America's aging infrastructure.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2018
News Release: BILLINGS - Rian Lee Kvernes, a 28-year-old resident of Livingston, was sentenced today to 78 months in prison followed by 4 years supervised release after pleading guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine in October. U.S. District Judge Susan Watters handed down the sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2018
News Release: NEWNAN, Ga. - Lloyd Christopher Young has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for receipt and possession of child pornography. Most of the images were of children between five to twelve years old, but Young collected pictures of infants as well.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 7, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today joined Senate colleagues on the floor to call for the immediate confirmation of Bill Northey, the nominee to serve as Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 7, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS) announced a hearing for Wednesday, Feb. 14, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining the Impact of Health Care Consolidation."
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 7, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a business meeting to consider the nomination of Andrew Wheeler, of Virginia, to be Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2018
News Release: BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - The last defendants in a methamphetamine conspiracy operating out of Barren County, Kentucky, was sentenced in United States District Court this week, by United States District Judge Greg N. Stivers, to 60 months in prison for the sale of 6.5 kilograms of methamphetamine announced United States Attorney Russell M. Coleman. There is no parole in the federal system.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Joshua Nestle, 26, of Las Cruces, N.M., was sentenced yesterday in federal court to 140 months in prison for his conviction on methamphetamine trafficking charges. Nestle will be on supervised release for four years after completing his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOHN G. KOUKOURAS, 40, of Eugene, Oregon, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 24 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for trafficking marijuana. Judge Arterton also ordered KOUKOURAS to pay a $4,000 fine.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 7, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House passed H.R. 2371, the “Western Area Power Administration Transparency Act." Introduced by Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Chairman Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ), the bill establishes a pilot project to increase the transparency of the Western Area Power Administration’s (WAPA) costs, rates, and other financial and operational dealings for utility ratepayers and taxpayers.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 7, 2018
News Release: Local, state, and federal agencies that manage lands or recreation facilities in the San Juan Islands sponsored a study in 2017 to collect better information about use, impacts, visitors, and preferences for management. The study addresses several questions related to San Juan Islands tourism, public...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 7, 2018
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer charged with advertising, receiving, distributing and possessing child pornography was arrested today at his place of residence in Toa Alta. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), working jointly with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) conducted the investigation that led to the arrest.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Gregory J. Haanstad has announced that yesterday, a federal jury found Otis Hunter (age 24) and Deshawn Evans (age 21) guilty of all charged counts. Otis Hunter was found guilty of conspiracy, three business robberies, two carjackings, and five counts of brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence. Deshawn Evans was found guilty of conspiracy, a business robbery, a carjacking, and two counts of brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Lelander Mays, 32, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Red Mesa, Utah, was sentenced yesterday afternoon in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 37 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for his conviction on an involuntary manslaughter charge.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 7, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), will hold a hearing on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Oversight of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration."
