News from January 2018
By Interior Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: HEADQUARTERS - TUPELO, MS: Natchez Trace Parkway law enforcement rangers recommend travelers avoid several sections of the Parkway due to hazardous roadway conditions. Snow and ice covers much of the Parkway in Tennessee and Alabama. Shaded areas in Mississippi continue to thaw slowly, but still pose roadway hazards.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: CODY, Wyo. - In line with its commitment to supporting sustainable, working public lands for the American people, the Bureau of Land Management has analyzed a proposed bentonite mining project located in Park County. The BLM Cody Field Office will accept comments on the environmental assessment (EA) from Jan. 18-Feb. 16, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons, announced that a Ridgeview, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury was sentenced on Jan. 2, 2018, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Environment hearing on “Modernizing the Superfund Program:"
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces that Natalie Rene Panko (57, Tampa) has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit theft of government funds, three counts of theft of government property, three counts of access device fraud, and three counts of aggravated...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: United Kingdom-based global financial services company HSBC Holdings plc (HSBC) entered into a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) and agreed to pay a $63.1 million criminal penalty and $38.4 million in disgorgement and restitution to resolve charges that it engaged in a scheme to defraud two bank clients...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MATTHEW HARWOOD, 43, of Stratford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 18 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for his role in a large-scale fencing operation. Judge Shea also ordered HARWOOD to pay a $35,000 fine and perform 100 hours of community service while on supervised release.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed a Continuing Resolution (CR) to fund the government, by a vote of 230-197. Included in the CR is a provision providing six-years of funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), which is the longest and most generous funding extension of the program. In recent days, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has updated its scoring of the provision, projecting a net savings over a six-year window.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Timothy A. Garrison, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man was convicted by a federal trial jury today of distributing crack cocaine and illegally possessing firearms.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today chaired a hearing of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee to consider two of President Trump’s nominees for the Department of Energy (DOE). The nominees were Melissa Burnison to be Assistant Secretary of Energy for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs and Anne White to be Assistant Secretary of Energy for Environmental Management.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: “Only the divisive Trump Administration would use the Office for Civil Rights to implement policies that infringe on the rights of Americans"
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted under Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Health Subcommittee Chairman, Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today issued the following statement following the administration’s announcement of the creation of the Conscience and Religious Freedom Division within the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: HAMMOND - The United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, Thomas L. Kirsch II, announced that Elbert Johnson, age 40, of Crown Point, Indiana was sentenced before U.S. District Court Judge James T. Moody. Johnson was sentenced to 61 months imprisonment, 2 years supervised release, and ordered to pay $551,647 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service and the Indiana Department of Revenue.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Darin Doe, 41, of Waterville, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. to 10 years in prison and 10 years of supervised release for possession of child pornography. He was also ordered to pay $5,000 in restitution. Doe pled guilty on July 12, 2017.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Phoenix District is planning to conduct a 100-acre prescribed burn of hazardous fuels within the Agua Fria National Monument, for one to three days between January 19 - 21.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Environment hearing on “Modernizing the Superfund Program:"
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that Andre Walker was sentenced on Jan. 17, 2018, in the United States District Court in East St. Louis, to 108 months in federal prison for one count of delivery of fentanyl, with three years of supervised release to follow the imprisonment, and a $100 special assessment.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), held a hearing today on the Internet of Things (IoT) and its application to the manufacturing sector. Members had the opportunity to hear from manufacturers firsthand about the challenges and benefits that come with IoT technology.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Paul G. Byron has sentenced Christopher Gerard Dickerson (39, Sanford) to 21 years and 10 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute controlled substances, distribution and possession with the intent to distribute controlled substances, and possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. A federal jury found him guilty on Oct. 23, 2017.
