News from February 2018
By USDA Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 130,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2017/2018 marketing year.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - To ensure the security of airline passengers and the nation’s airports, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is implementing new, stronger screening procedures for carry-on items at Louisville International Airport (SDF). The new procedures, which were announced last July, require travelers to place all electronics larger than a cell phone in bins for X-ray screening in standard lanes.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: Dear Secretary Azar: On Feb. 15, 2018, the day after the Parkland high school shooting, you testified before the House Energy and Commerce Committee that you support research on gun violence prevention. You further stated that you consider it “a priority" for your Department.[1] The time has long...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of Federal Initiative to Address the Epidemic Incidence of Violence Against Native Women.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: Defendant Falsely Testified Under Oath in Brooklyn Federal Court about Photo Arrays that He Claimed to Have Administered.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Daniel Lee Vance, of Mill Creek, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 21 months incarceration for failing to update his sex offender registry, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Timothy A. Garrison, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Topeka, Kan., man was sentenced in federal court today for distributing large amounts of methamphetamine in the Joplin, Mo., area.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: You have one week left to register for the 2018 UAS (Unmanned Aircraft Systems) Symposium. Leaders in industry, technology and government will discuss the future of drones and their integration into the National Airspace System. The Symposium will take place at the Baltimore Convention Center, March 6-8, and preregistration will close in one week on Monday, March 5.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today announced that on Tuesday, March 6, 2018, they will hold a hearing to examine how to better protect American consumers by enforcing intellectual property rights and preventing imports of illegal...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Shaquan M. Shingledecker, 23, of Niagara Falls, NY, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute heroin, was sentenced to 30 months by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford. The defendant will serve his federal sentence once he completes a 24 month sentence he is currently serving for a New York State Parole violation.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced, after the unsealing of an indictment, that MICHAEL C. CRAWFORD, JR., age 42, of Houma, was charged with three counts of distribution of heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: A man who illegally possessed a gun was sentenced today to more than a year in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Richard Daniels, a/k/a “Stitch", 52, of Lewiston, Maine, was arrested and charged today by criminal complaint in U.S. District Court with possession with intent to distribute marijuana and manufacturing butane hash oil.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX- Yesterday, Earlson Tso, 39, of Chinle, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Douglas L. Rayes to 108 months’ imprisonment. Tso had previously pleaded guilty to abusive sexual contact with a minor.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: “Thank you Mr. Chairman and good morning everyone.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: Earlier today, a complaint was unsealed charging Bernard Augustine, a United States citizen, with attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a foreign terrorist organization. The defendant is scheduled to make his initial appearance this afternoon at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn before United States Magistrate Judge Vera M. Scanlon.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: Today, in response to the U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning the Ninth Circuit's ruling requiring that immigrants subjected to prolonged detention be given a custody hearing, Immigration and Boarder Security Subcommittee Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), along with Subcommittee Democratic Members ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Timothy A. Garrison, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Topeka, Kan., man was sentenced in federal court today for distributing large amounts of methamphetamine in the Joplin, Mo., area.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - On Feb. 26, 2018, a federal jury convicted Timothy Allen McNeal, age 31, of Baltimore, Maryland, on charges of armed robbery, conspiracy, and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2018
News Release: A 50-year-old serial bank robber was sentenced Feb. 26, 2018 in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 15 years in prison and five years of supervised release for armed bank robbery and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence, announced U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes. VINCENT L. FIELDS, 50, of...
