News from February 2018
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter asking Chairman Trey Gowdy to obtain a briefing from the White House on the status of the Trump Administration’s efforts to implement the recommendations of the President’s Opioid Commission.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Houston, Texas man was indicted today on multiple felony counts for allegedly staging a phishing attack that used the Los Angeles County Superior Court (LASC) computer system.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that James Mansfield, 33, of Etna, pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court to conspiring to manufacture, distribute, and possess with intent to distribute marijuana.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Earl Lafayette Hall, III, age 37, of Arlington, Tennessee, was sentenced on Feb. 15, 2018, to 116 months’ imprisonment and three years’ supervised release by United States District Court...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
News Release: A third defendant charged in the conspiracy remains at large.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
News Release: v. KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Timothy A. Garrison, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that two Kansas City, Mo., men were convicted by a federal trial jury today of charges related to the kidnapping and murder of another man. Raynal King, 26, and Howard R. Ross, III, also...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
News Release: FRANKFORT, Ky.- Myron B. Moore, age 31, of Frankfort, Ky., was sentenced today to 18 years, 10 months (226 months) in prison, by United States District Court Judge Gregory F. Van Tatenhove, for possession with intent to distribute over 28 grams of crack cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
News Release: A Barberton man was sentenced to more than 10 years in prison for methamphetamine trafficking and firearms crimes.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, February 13-The Senate education committee is working on the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte sent a letter to Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray regarding tips the FBI received on Nikolas Cruz, the shooter who tragically murdered 17 students, teachers, and school officials at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School this week.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
News Release: Virginia Man Pleads Guilty to Distributing Child Pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - This afternoon, a U.S. Magistrate Judge sitting in Las Cruces, N.M, ordered a resident of Grant County, N.M., who is charged with being a drug addict in possession of firearms and ammunition, detained pending trial based on findings that he poses a danger to the community.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
News Release: MONTICELLO, Utah - In support of Administration goals to serve American families, enhance recreation experiences and connect kids to America’s natural and cultural heritage, Cedar Mesa permit reservations will be available online at Recreation.gov, starting Feb. 20, 2018. The permit system was put in place in the 1980s to help maintain a quality visitor experience and protect cultural resources. The switch to online reservations makes trip planning easier and more efficient.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City man convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person was sentenced by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
News Release: Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, sent a letter to Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) to request a comprehensive oversight hearing on the ongoing efforts by Russia and other foreign actors seeking to interfere in our elections - and to...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Octaveon Woods has been arraigned on wire fraud and money laundering charges for his scheme to defraud colleges, universities, and others by falsely claiming that he was a booking agent for famous musicians such as Migos, Lil Yachty, and Lil Uzi Vert.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
News Release: v. KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Timothy A. Garrison, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that two Kansas City, Mo., men were convicted by a federal trial jury today of charges related to the kidnapping and murder of another man. Raynal King, 26, and Howard R. Ross, III, also...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
News Release: FORT WORTH - Garland Gilmore Lenoir III, 52, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Connor to serve a total of 221 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in October 2017 to his role in a conspiracy to rob Haltom’s Jewelers in Grapevine, announced U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
News Release: Dominican National Pleads Guilty to Role in National Conspiracy to Sell Identity Documents to Illegal Aliens.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
