News from February 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2018
News Release: Defendant previously deported on three occasions.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Joseph P. Kelly announced that on Feb. 23, 2018, Allie Johnson, 25, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced to 10 years (120 months) in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing methamphetamine between January of 2013 and August...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 23, 2018
News Release: Today, the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) announced up to $10 million to conduct research and development activities to further the utilization of cost-effective, highly efficient combined heat and power (CHP) specifically designed to provide support to the electric grid.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 23, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Yesterday, Congressman Richard Neal (D-MA), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Ways and Means, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee,...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2018
News Release: HAMMOND - The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, Thomas L. Kirsch II, announced the return of a 19-count indictment against 9 individuals for conspiracy to distribute cocaine and other offenses.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 23, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Ways and Means Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) and Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) introduced a bill to expand access to evidence-based treatment for opioid use disorders for Medicare beneficiaries.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Pennsylvania resident pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of wire fraud and damaging a computer, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 23, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Next Wednesday, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) will join Axios’s Mike Allen at Connecting the Future for a discussion on technology, the future of transportation, and the SELF DRIVE Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2018
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Henry Morales, age 23; Jorge Santiago, age 19; Fernando Rodriguez, age 20; and Ronald Grover, age 23, all of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, were indicted on Feb. 14, 2018, by a federal grand jury ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Jimmy Hunter, age 48, of Lancaster County, South Carolina was sentenced in federal court in Columbia, South Carolina, for felon in possession of a firearm. Senior United States District Judge Cameron McGowan Currie, of Columbia, sentenced Hunter to 78 months incarceration followed by 3 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2018
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Carlos E. Mendoza has sentenced Troy Bennett (30, Orange County) to 25 years in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon and for failing to register the firearm, a short-barreled rifle, with the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record. Due to his prior multiple felony convictions, he qualified for an increased penalty under the Armed Career Criminal Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Arsen Muhtarov, 39, of Sacramento, pleaded guilty to today to conspiracy to defraud the United States by filing fraudulent tax returns, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A federal jury convicted a Stafford man last night on charges of unlawfully possessing a firearm while being a convicted domestic batterer, and possessing with the intent to distribute marijuana.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 23, 2018
News Release: EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management Mother Lode Field Office is planning several construction improvement projects to heighten outdoor recreational options on public lands in El Dorado County this year.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 23, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Ways and Means Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) and Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) introduced a bill to expand access to evidence-based treatment for opioid use disorders for Medicare beneficiaries.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 23, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Next Thursday, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) will deliver keynote remarks at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, as part of a forum examining solutions to combat the opioid crisis.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
Release: Washington, DC, Feb. 22, 2018 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced that it is looking for innovative ideas to promote work and self-sufficiency among able-bodied adults participating in the department’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Norma Gold, 57, of Eldred, PA, who was convicted of making false entries in federal credit union reports, was sentenced to 30 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The defendant was also ordered to pay restitution totaling $179,939.21.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: Brian High, 45, of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, was charged today by Indictment with receipt and possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen. The Indictment alleges that High received child pornography on or about April 8, 2013, Aug. 10, 2015, Sept. 29, 2016, and further that High possessed child pornography on Oct. 27, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: A former research oceanographer in the Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce, has been sentenced for accepting a salary from the People’s Republic of China.
