News from July 2018
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 31, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), joined with Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), and Steve Daines (R-MT) to introduce the Water Quality Certification Improvement Act of 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2018
News Release: El Dorado, Arkansas - Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced today that Lawrence Shelton, age 69, of El Dorado, Arkansas was sentenced on July 30, 2018 to 36 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release, on one count of conspiracy...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 31, 2018
News Release: Zion National Park -- If you see coughing bighorn sheep during your visit to Zion National Park, please let the park biologists know. While some minor coughing is natural, excessive coughing is a symptom of bacterial pneumonia, a disease that can cause significant concern for populations of bighorn sheep.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 31, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., today announced the Committee voted to favorably report the nominations of Dan Michael Berkovitz to be a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ISAIAH GAMBLE, also known as “Fresh" and “Zay," 23, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 18 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing crack cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2018
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A former employee of the Jasper R-5 School District was sentenced in federal court today for embezzling more than $145,000 from the district.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2018
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - Five individuals, who conspired to operate a payment-processing scheme for proceeds received by telemarketing call centers and other activities associated with fraudulent telemarketing programs, have been sentenced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2018
News Release: CHARLESTON, W. Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced today that former West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals Justice Menis E. Ketchum II, age 75, was charged by Information with wire fraud. Justice Ketchum served as a Supreme Court Justice from Jan. 1, 2008 through July 27, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Anthony Desean Lee, 28, of Decatur, Georgia, was sentenced on July 26, 2018, to 120 months’ imprisonment for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. Court documents show that federal law enforcement...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2018
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Camden man was sentenced today to 80 months in prison for possessing a firearm as a previously convicted felon, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Mo., man and woman were sentenced in federal court today for their roles in a three-month-long spree of armed robberies at metropolitan area businesses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that KWAME FLEMING, age 27, of New Orleans, pled guilty to one count of accessory to murder through use of a firearm, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 924(j), two counts of carjacking, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2119...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 31, 2018
News Release: Gaffney, SC - The Southern Campaign of the American Revolution Parks Group is thrilled to share the announcement that the record series “Accounts Audited of Claims Growing out of the Revolution in South Carolina 1775-1856" is now active and images are available on the Online Records Index through the South Carolina Department of Archives and History (SCDAH).
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 31, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) issued the following statement after President Trump signed into law H.R. 6042, legislation authored by #SubHealth Vice Chairman Brett Guthrie (R-KY) to delay a deadline in law that would require the reduction in federal medical assistance for Medicaid personal care services furnished without an electronic visit verification (EVV) system.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Three citizens of Mexico were sentenced on Monday for immigration offenses related to their prior deportations, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2018
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - The United States Attorney’s Office, along with its law enforcement partners, will hold several town hall meetings throughout the City of Jackson over the next several weeks to discuss Project EJECT and solicit input from the community, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst. Project EJECT...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A federal jury convicted a Sterling woman today on health care fraud and tax charges for operating a fraudulent sleep study clinic in Northern Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2018
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA -Tyler Hall, of Ranson, West Virginia, was sentenced today to five years probation for a firearms charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2018
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Bradley Markley, of Hedgesville, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 180 months incarceration for distributing fentanyl, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Jordanian national residing in Monterrey, Mexico was arrested Saturday on arrival at JFK International Airport to face a criminal complaint issued in the Western District of Texas for his role in a scheme to smuggle special interest aliens from Mexico into the United States.
