News from July 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney R. Trent Shores announced today that District Judge Claire V. Eagan, sentenced Trevor James Thompson, 32, of Locust Grove to serve 41 months in federal prison for Attempted Possession of Child Pornography, Thompson must also pay a special monetary assessment totaling $100. After release from prison, Thompson was ordered to serve 20 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Kenneth James, 51, of Dominica, was sentenced before District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez, to 78 months incarceration for conspiracy to distribute cocaine, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced. In addition, Judge Gomez also ordered that James be sentenced to five years of supervised release, pay a $100 special assessment, and complete 400 hours community service.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - A Beckley firefighter pled guilty today to committing mail fraud, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Michael Cowger, 50, admitted that he fraudulently received over $20,000 from the City of Beckley, West Virginia University, and Beaver Volunteer Fire Department. Stuart commended the investigative efforts of the West Virginia Commission on Special Investigations and the Beckley Police Department.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: WHAT: The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), held a hearing today discussing the latest efforts to detect and prevent drug-impaired driving. WHY: #SubDCCP Chairman Latta said, “Everyone knows driving while under the influence of alcohol is...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney R. Trent Shores announced today that BOLUTIFE OLUSEGUN OLORUNDA, 29, of Vancouver, Washington, pleaded guilty to Assault Within Maritime and Territorial Jurisdiction before U.S. Magistrate Judge Frank H. McCarthy.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, led all Committee Democrats in a letter to Chairman Trey Gowdy renewing their request from nearly a month ago for the Committee to hold a hearing on the Trump Administration’s inhumane...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: SPRINGDALE, UT - After receiving 3 inches of rain in a short amount of time, Zion National Park has been experiencing several rock and debris slides on the switchbacks below the tunnel. The road has been closed indefinitely between Canyon Junction and the East Entrance. The Zion Canyon Scenic Drive is also currently closed.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Washington, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating federal bank laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 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), delivered the following remarks at a hearing titled, “The Long-term Value to U.S. Taxpayers of Low-cost Federal Infrastructure Loans."
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: RENO, Nev. - A felon pleaded guilty Tuesday to possession of an explosive device at his residence in Winnemucca, Nevada, announced U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson for the District of Nevada and Special Agent in Charge Aaron C. Rouse for the FBI’s Las Vegas Division.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today demanded additional details on the hastily-announced agreement between Pfizer, the president, and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar, in which Pfizer pronounced they would delay price increases,...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: Communications and Technology Ranking Member Mike Doyle (D-PA) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Communications and Technology hearing on “Protecting Customer Proprietary Network Information in the Internet Age:"
By EPA Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Ranking Member Mike Doyle (D-PA) today sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) requesting a review of the effect local broadcaster agreements have on the...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: Orlando, FL - A federal indictment has been unsealed charging Geo Geovanni (49) and Elizabeth Longerbone (39), both of Moultrie, Georgia, with conspiracy to commit bank fraud and four counts of bank fraud. If convicted, each faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in federal prison for each count.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: In El Paso today, a federal grand jury indicted 31-year-old Jacob Salgado, owner of Canutillo Gun Shop, for scheme to sell firearms and ammunition to prohibited persons, announced United States Attorney John F. Bash and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Special Agent in Charge Jeffrey C. Boshek, II, Dallas Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A corrections officer at the Massachusetts Correctional Institute facility in Norfolk (MCI-Norfolk) pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to a conspiracy to smuggle Suboxone strips into the facility for an inmate.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: WHAT: The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), held a hearing today discussing the latest efforts to detect and prevent drug-impaired driving. WHY: #SubDCCP Chairman Latta said, “Everyone knows driving while under the influence of alcohol is...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Charleston man caught selling methamphetamine in June 2017 pleaded guilty today to a federal drug conspiracy charge, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. William Naylor, 30, entered his guilty plea to an indictment charging him with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Ranking Member Mike Doyle (D-PA) today sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) requesting a review of the effect local broadcaster agreements have on the...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Health hearing on “Opportunities to Improve the 340B Drug Pricing Program:"
