News from January 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2018
News Release: Twelve members of the United States Senate and 33 members of the United States House filed a Congressional amicus brief in the appeal of the case City of Chicago v. Sessions, which is the lawsuit that the City of Chicago brought in August seeking a preliminary injunction to stop Attorney General Jeff ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Leslie Michelle Hays, 49, of Fresno pleaded guilty today to one count of wire fraud for embezzling funds from her employer, Borges USA, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 8, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. praised the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) 5-0 vote to terminate the “resiliency" rulemaking proposed by Trump Energy Secretary Rick Perry. Last year, Pallone sent a letter to Secretary Perry requesting details on the development of the proposal...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 8, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, Ranking Members Eliot Engel, Maxine Waters, Jerry Nadler, and Bennie Thompson, as well as Vice Ranking Member Gerry Connolly will hold a press conference tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. E.T. to highlight House Republicans’ inaction to sufficiently investigate...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 8, 2018
News Release: KINGMAN, Ariz. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Kingman Field Office, in cooperation with Pine Lake Fire Department, Pinion Pine Fire Department, and Mohave County, will be conducting prescribed burns near the communities of Pine Lake, Pinion Pine, and Atherton Acres in the Hualapai Mountains over the coming weeks. This project is being implemented to reduce the threat of wildfire in and around these communities.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 8, 2018
Release: Secretary of Energy Rick Perry: “I appreciate the Commission’s consideration and effort to further assess the marketplace distortions that are putting the long-term resiliency of our electric grid at risk. As intended, my proposal initiated a national debate on the resiliency of our electric system. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2018
News Release: DALLAS, TX-FBI Dallas is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying an unknown bank robber, who is believed to be responsible for a bank robbery in Amarillo, Texas on Nov. 13, 2017. This individual is considered armed and dangerous. Anyone with information is asked to contact the FBI Amarillo Resident Agency at 806-376-6395 or the FBI Dallas Field Office at 972-559-5000.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 8, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) released the following statement after President Trump signed two executive orders aimed at improving rural broadband.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2018
News Release: HONOLULU - Pablo M. Rivera, age 42, formerly a resident of Colorado and Hawaii, was sentenced today to 115 months in federal prison for committing a wire fraud offense by which he obtained approximately $3,096,241 from the University of the Nations (UOFN) on the island of Hawaii.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Former Roswell, Georgia, city council member Kent Igleheart has pleaded guilty to four counts of producing child pornography, one count of receiving child pornography, and one count of possessing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2018
News Release: DALLAS -Philip Gary Slaughter, 42, of Mesquite, Texas, was sentenced last week by U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater to 15 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in May 2017 to one count of possession or sale of stolen firearms, announced U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 8, 2018
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, United States Secretary of Energy Rick Perry announced the appointment of Chanette Armstrong as the Director of the Office of Technology Transitions (OTT).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2018
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - Cody Daniel Davis, 23, of Tallahassee, was arraigned Friday in the U.S. District Court in Tallahassee after a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging him with receipt, possession, and access with intent to view child pornography. The indictment was announced by Christopher P. Canova, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2018
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that Timothy Keith Igou, 31, of
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2018
News Release: Keith Andrews Owned Andrews Farming; Case Involved Over $1 Million in Cash.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 8, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) released the following statement after President Trump signed two executive orders aimed at improving rural broadband.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 8, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, released the following statement regarding the Trump Administration's decision to renominate Kathleen Hartnett White to lead the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) after her nomination was returned to President Trump when the Senate closed the first session of the 115th Congress last month.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2018
News Release: South Piedmont Violent Gang Task Force is Seeking Information Relative to the Murder of Mr. Tahir Mahmud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Former Roswell, Georgia, city council member Kent Igleheart has pleaded guilty to four counts of producing child pornography, one count of receiving child pornography, and one count of possessing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2018
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 53-year-old resident of Corpus Christi has been ordered to prison after admitting he attempted to meet two underage girls for the purpose of sex, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Jesse Hernandez pleaded guilty Oct. 5, 2017.
