News from July 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: A Federal Indictment unsealed today alleges a conspiracy to distribute more than 400 grams of fentanyl, a Schedule II controlled substance that is deadly in doses of only a few milligrams, centered in the Clinton-Peabody public housing complex on the near south side of the City of St. Louis. Many of the defendants lived outside the area but utilized the housing complex to distribute drugs.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), announced today a hearing for Wednesday, July 25, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Oversight of the Federal Communications Commission."
By EPA Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today sent letters requesting information from location data aggregator LocationSmart and third-party services Securus Technologies and 3CInteractive regarding reports of misuse of personally identifiable consumer location information collected by wireless providers.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 18, 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 rollback of the coal ash rule...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: In conjunction with this afternoon’s motion to proceed to conference on H.R. 2, the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi named the following 10 Democrats from the Agriculture Committee and representatives from other pertinent committees who will join their Republican colleagues and comprise the House conferees for the farm bill...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that MANUEL SERRATA, age 43, JOSE HINOJOSA, age 46, and JOSE CERVANTES-MARRON age 49, were sentenced today after being charged by an indictment with violating the Federal Controlled Substances Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - A federal jury convicted Marc Howard Berger today of three counts of aiding and abetting the filing of a false tax return announced Acting United States Attorney Alex G. Tse; Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division; Internal...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: WHAT: The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), held a hearing today on the growth of large-scale energy storage in the United States, the unique reliability attributes energy storage provides for the electric grid, and the use and impacts of energy storage within wholesale electricity...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that Milo Reuben Red Tomahawk, age 38, of Little Eagle, South Dakota, was sentenced to 57 months in federal prison for his conviction of Domestic Assault by an Habitual Offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Brandon Diggs, age 28, of Kingston, Pennsylvania, was indicted on July 10, 2018, by a federal grand jury for drug trafficking and firearms offenses. The indictment was unsealed today following Diggs’ arraignment before United States District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion. Diggs was detained pending trial.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), announced today a hearing for Wednesday, July 25, 2018 at 9:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Background on Renewable Identification Numbers under the Renewable Fuel Standard."
By DOE Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Subcommittee Ranking Member Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill) delivered the following opening remarks at a Subcommittee on Energy hearing on “Powering America: The Role of Energy Storage in the Nation’s Electricity System:"
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A former Orange County real estate investor was sentenced yesterday by United States District Judge David O. Carter to 78 months in prison for defrauding 70 investors out of more than $12 million.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: Dear Secretary Mnuchin and Acting Commissioner Kautter...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Chaka Meredith, 43, previously of Laconia, New Hampshire was sentenced to 48 months in federal prison for committing seven unarmed bank robberies in late 2016 and early 2017, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today advanced two bills to the House of Representatives for consideration.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), announced today a hearing for Wednesday, July 25, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Oversight of the Federal Communications Commission."
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Archie Phillips, 45, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, five kilograms or more of cocaine, was sentenced to 192 months in prison by Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Luis Molina, 33, of Santa Fe, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to a kidnapping charge. In entering the guilty plea, Molina acknowledged kidnapping and carjacking two women at the Ohkay Owingeh Casino and Resort in Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo, N.M., in Dec. 2015, and robbing them.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: Dr. Martin Tesher Found Guilty of Illegally Prescribing Highly Addictive Oxycodone and Fentanyl without Legitimate Medical Purpose.
