News from January 2018
By USDA Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 256,096 metric tons of corn for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2017/2018 marketing year.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: Grand Canyon, Arizona - Following the enactment of the continuing resolution, staff at Grand Canyon National Park resumed regular operations this morning. Please visit www.nps.gov/grca for updated information about the park.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: Last year’s historic tax overhaul not only included the biggest rewrite of our nation’s tax code in over 30 years, but it also took a large stride toward dismantling Obamacare by repealing the punitive and regressive individual mandate tax.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: Defendant wanted on homicide/manslaughter charges in Honduras.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018, at 11 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining Implementation of the Compounding Quality Act."
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: California Medical Device Company to Pay $7.62 Million to Resolve Allegations that Its Subsidiary Billed TRICARE for Excessive, Unnecessary Supplies.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018, at 11 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining Implementation of the Compounding Quality Act."
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - James J. Hunt, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced that James E. Sandford, III, 29, of Penn Yan, NY, who was convicted of possessing a stolen firearm, being a felon in possession of a firearm, and witness tampering, was sentenced to 156 months in prison by U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Homeland Security Committee Ranking Member Bennie G. Thompson, Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler, and Oversight & Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Elijah Cummings sent a letter to White House Chief of Staff John Kelly to demand answers on how the Trump...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former employee of the Glendale City Attorney’s Office has been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison after she admitted embezzling nearly $700,000 in a scheme that used false documents to make it appear the money was being used to pay civil claims against the city.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), announced today a hearing for Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Closing the Digital Divide: Broadband Infrastructure Solutions."
By Interior Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: Ashford, WA - Following the enactment of the continuing resolution, staff at Mount Rainier National Park have resumed regular park operations. Please visit www.nps.gov/mora for updated information about the park.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - An Elkridge, Maryland man was arrested and had his initial appearance today in federal court after being indicted by a grand jury sitting in Elkins on Dec. 19, 2017 for drug distribution charges, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX - EM's next quarterly public forum to discuss upcoming business opportunities in the legacy nuclear cleanup program is set for Tuesday, March 20 during the annual Waste Management Conference in Phoenix.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. B A Missouri man pleaded guilty Monday to charges he and his accomplices swindled homeowners facing foreclosure with false promises to help them save their homes, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: Today, Homeland Security Committee Ranking Member Bennie G. Thompson, Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler, and Oversight & Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Elijah Cummings sent a letter to White House Chief of Staff John Kelly to demand answers on how the Trump White House handles ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Jerry Oliver, age 52, of Lexington County, South Carolina, has entered a guilty plea in federal court in Columbia, to Murder for Hire, a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1958. United States District Judge Terry L. Wooten, of Columbia, accepted the guilty plea and will impose sentence after he has reviewed the presentence report which will be prepared by the U.S. Probation Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: FARGO - United States Attorney Christopher C. Myers announces that on Jan. 23, 2018, DANIEL MICHAEL TWOHEARTS, age 24, of Fort Totten, ND, was sentenced before Circuit Court Judge Ralph R. Erickson (sitting by designation), on drug trafficking and firearms charges, specifically: Possession of a Firearm ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Three defendants pleaded guilty today in federal court in Charleston, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Roger Lee Lemons, 23, of Charlotte, entered his guilty plea to distribution of hydromorphone. In a separate prosecution, Laron Safford, 41, of Bluefield, pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. In another separate prosecution, Tomas Mateo, 41, entered his guilty plea to possession of a weapon by a federal inmate.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Two Parkersburg men pleaded guilty today to a federal heroin conspiracy, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Joseph Reeder-Shaw, 32, and Bernard Spann, 34, entered their guilty pleas to conspiracy to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin. U.S. Attorney Stuart commended...
