News from January 2018
By DOJ Gazette | Jan 30, 2018
The US Justice Department published a two page rule on Jan. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Jan 30, 2018
The US Commerce Department published a seven page proposed rule on Jan. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 30, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Jan. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2018
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Timothy A. Garrison, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced a convicted sex offender in Monett, Mo., was sentenced in federal court today for receiving child pornography over the Internet.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 30, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee delivered the following opening statement today at a hearing on Accountability and Risk to Taxpayers in higher education. Senator Murray expressed the need to build upon and strengthen the current accountability system as the Senate HELP Committee begins to negotiate a comprehensive reauthorization of the Higher Education Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2018
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven today sentenced Andrew Corrigan (24, New Port Richey) to 10 years in federal prison for conspiring to commit extortion and money laundering. As part of his sentence, the Court also ordered restitution to the victims and entered a money judgment in the amount of $870,652, representing the proceeds of conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2018
News Release: OMAHA - Matt Barden, Associate Special Agent in Charge of the Omaha District Office, today announced that Daniel Hodges, 35, from Sioux City, Iowa, and Stephen S. Smith, 30, from Austin, Texas, were both sentenced to multiple years in federal prison following their convictions for conspiracy to distribute...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2018
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - An inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution in Loretto, Pa., pleaded guilty in federal court in Johnstown to a charge of possession of a prohibited object in prison, and immediately following, was sentenced to 18 months in prison, consecutive to the current prison term he is serving, and three years’ supervised release, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 30, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement after President Trump’s State of the Union Address...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2018
News Release: FBI and Scappoose Police Search for Bank Robber-Update with up to $10,000 Reward.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOHN VIBBERT, 37, of Fairfield, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 12 months and one day of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing heroin and fentanyl involved in an overdose death.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Dupree, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Involuntary Manslaughter.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2018
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces that a federal jury has found William Harold Wright, Jr. (56, Los Angeles, CA), a/k/a “Flat Top," guilty of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with the intent to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin, possessing heroin with...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Three residents of the State of Florida, have been sentenced in federal court on a charge of conspiracy to commit identity theft, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 30, 2018
News Release: EMMETT, Idaho - The Bureau of Reclamation will begin accepting reservations for the gazebos and shelter facilities at its four parks near Black Canyon Dam beginning Feb. 1. The 2018 recreation season is from May 11 through Sept. 24.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2018
News Release: OXFORD, Miss. - United States Attorney William C. Lamar and Christopher Freeze, Special Agent in Charge at the Federal Bureau of Investigation announced today that Ricky Robertson a.k.a. “Slick Rick" and Ladarius Jackson, a.k.a. “Dee Don" were sentenced on sex trafficking charges before Chief District...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that United States District Judge David C. Norton sentenced Frank “Kilo" Odom, age 30, of North Charleston, South Carolina, to 72 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release. Odom was convicted at...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2018
News Release: Defendant Admitted Being on PCP and Xanax at the Time.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 30, 2018
News Release: MOAB, Utah-The Bureau of Land Management Moab Field Office, in partnership with Grand County, is continuing work to improve the Powerdam parking area. Construction will take place during the week of Feb. 12, so the parking area will not be available to the public due to the use of heavy equipment and dump trucks.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2018
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven today sentenced Andrew Corrigan (24, New Port Richey) to 10 years in federal prison for conspiring to commit extortion and money laundering. As part of his sentence, the Court also ordered restitution to the victims and entered a money judgment in the amount of $870,652, representing the proceeds of conspiracy.
