News from January 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2018
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Five members of a local drug trafficking organization have been ordered to federal prison following their varying convictions on drug and/or firearms charges, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Sentences ranged from 138-420 months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2018
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A Nuevo Laredo man has been sentenced to federal prison for attempting to import methamphetamine into the United States, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Edgar Contreras, 22, pleaded guilty Sept. 7, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2018
News Release: Second Conspirator Pleads Guilty in Fraudulent Medical Device Scheme.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 11, 2018
News Release: To celebrate the 237th anniversary of the decisive American victory over the British, Cowpens National Battlefield will celebrate special events from January 6 - 14, 2018.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 11, 2018
News Release: GRAND JUNCTION, COLO. - The Bureau of Reclamation released an Environmental Assessment and proposed Finding of No Significant Impact today for revocation of withdrawn lands for the Whitewater Unit.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 11, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today in response to the Trump Administration’s guidance to state Medicaid directors encouraging work requirements designed to bar Americans living on the brink from accessing health care services...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 11, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), announced today a hearing for Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Disrupter Series: The Internet of Things, Manufacturing and Innovation."
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 15 years imprisonment to be served consecutively to any state sentence, followed by 20 years of Supervised Release, on a charge of Receipt of Material Depicting the Sexual Exploitation of a Minor, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2018
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - Two inmates who possessed weapons at the Federal Correctional Institution at Beckley pleaded guilty today, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Brandon Owens, 22, pleaded guilty to possession of a weapon by an inmate. In a separate prosecution, George Harper, 32, entered his guilty plea to the same federal weapons charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2018
News Release: Fraudulent Investment scam resulted in loss exceeding $1,000,000 for eleven partners.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 11, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) released the following statement on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) plan to hold a listening session in Gillette, WY, on March 27. The listening session will be on the proposed repeal of the Obama administration's burdensome Clean Power Plan (CPP) regulation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2018
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Baltimore, Maryland man has admitted today to distributing heroin, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 11, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, all Democratic Members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform sent a letter to Chairman Trey Gowdy requesting that the Committee finally launch a serious investigation of President Donald J. Trump’s compliance with the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2018
News Release: BILLINGS-Jason Bradley Mize, a 37-year old resident of Billings, was sentenced today to 27 months of imprisonment to be followed by three years of supervised release after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. United States District Judge Susan Watters presided over the hearing.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Connecticut man was charged today in federal court with a felony computer hacking offense related to a phishing scheme that gave him illegal access to over 250 Apple iCloud accounts, many of which belonged to members of the entertainment industry in Los Angeles.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2018
News Release: JACKSONVILLE, FL-Charles P. Spencer, special agent in charge of the FBI Jacksonville Division announces the arrest of FBI fugitive Rahmon D. Allen, during a joint operation of federal, state, and local law enforcement partners in Jacksonville.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2018
News Release: Three Toledo residents were indicted in federal court for armed robberies of Happy’s Pizza and Metro PCS, said U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman, ATF Special Agent in Charge Trevor Velinor and Toledo Police Chief George Kral.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 11, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), announced today a hearing for Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Disrupter Series: The Internet of Things, Manufacturing and Innovation."
By DOE Newswire | Jan 11, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today in response to the Trump Administration’s guidance to state Medicaid directors encouraging work requirements designed to bar Americans living on the brink from accessing health care services...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 11, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - In order to increase recreational access to public land, the Bureau of Land Management will waive recreation-related fees for visitors to public lands on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Jan. 15, 2018.
